new story: Callisto 7
I’m not done with Lounger, but I’ve already started on a new story, Callisto 7. This is going to be a sci-fi story set on a station on Jupiter’s moon, Callisto. As the title implies, ...
A Meditation on Being
What is will be what was, Though yesterday was what will be. What you hope will be Must first be what isn’t. There is no gain without nothing. There is no loss that is not ...
20th Anniversary of Litmus Test 10
After my first mini comic Jack Face came out in July 1996, I started my ongoing title, Litmus Test. This is was my training ground and I did all kinds of stories in this title ...
The Last Guardian redux
So yeah, I’ve been playing more video games during this global pandemic, remote teaching, constant fires, nihilistic political world we’re in. Recently, I played the 2018 remake of Shadow of the Colossus. I was mildly ...
Panel: top and bottom
Rudolf Arnheim states that in an artistic space, “dynamics [vary] with direction” (30). Or to put it another way, location in a comics panel implies meaning. In the Famous Artists Cartoon Course Lesson 11, the ...
Panel: left to right
The idea that comics have greater clarity when composed with the reading direction in mind tends to be widely understood. Almost all books on comics creation mention this. For instance, addressing English readers, Robyn Chapman ...
Tachikawa Jet Black ink
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m always on the quest for the perfect black ink. So I bought a few inks from JetPens along with some other things I needed. And– BAM– I found an incredible ...
Someone to Watch Over Me
I’ve had this idea for an autobiographical piece for awhile and I’ve been trying to develop it. Yet as soon as I think I have a handle on it, things spiral in other directions. And ...