“Once Upon a Time…” anthology cover

The finished cover design for my submission to Gurukitty’s “Once Upon a Time…” anthology, and a process shot. (I get too eager to ink & usually end up doing some pencils, inks, more pencils, more inking, and so on.)

Drawn & inked traditionally, then colored in Photoshop.

Back from C2E2 & missing it already. It was great to finally meet my artist, Emi Yonemura Brown, & her husband, Garry, & their talented friends. Above are the pitch book for our property, “Sushi”, which we handed out to some editors and publishers, & the custom t-shirts we had made for Saturday. (I did colors on the shirt & book cover.)

Also, a pic of my son in his pj’s at the hotel. We debated letting him wear them to the con, but ended up getting him an Incredibles shirt while we were there instead. He was Dash & did his best to run away from us at every aisle.

Page 2 of a 12-page comic I created for submission to Gurukitty’s “Once Upon a Time…” anthology.

The short story is titled, “Small Wars Of Inconsequential Beings”, and is an adaptation of the ancient folk tale, “Batrachomyomachia (The Battle Of Frogs and Mice)”.

Written in about 4 days. Drawn, inked and lettered in 10. Slept? About 0.

C2E2, here we go!

Meet me there. I’ll be wearing blue & excitement.

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There’s a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.

— Alan Moore interview

I dig that — “signs of hope for the future” — as I struggle to find a footing in the professional comics arena. This interview made me much more sympathetic to Moore’s stance on the issue at hand. Interesting stuff about European “moral rights” too.

“From Out That Darkness”

This is a 4-page story I created for the Melaina Comics anthology, “Cartoonists Against Bullying”.

It’s the first time I’ve tried inking with a brush, & I really enjoyed it. I’ll probably use a combo of brush & pen on future projects. Written, drawn, inked, colored, & lettered by me. Grey tones were done in Photoshop, since I was unsure how well grey washes would scan. Lettering done in InDesign.

I bought a fake decorative bird from Michaels to use as a reference model, but never ended up using it. Apparently my son named it “Bulgogi” while I was at work one day.

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Slamming Cadillac doors.

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We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

—  Frank Tibolt