Working with acrylic ink – Holbein Super Opaque Black
I was really into Holbein Special Black drawing ink. It was smooth, black, and created nice thin lines. But then I was out and the local store I was buying it from didn’t have it. ...
The Mullins Library – January 2020
As I mentioned, I have been posting over on Instagram about graphic novels and comics in my library. Here’s a list of what I’ve discussed this first month. The Minotaur’s Tale by Al Davison Kling ...
The Mullins Library
Moving makes you realize how many books you have. I’ve been reading comics since about sixth grade. I haven’t kept absolutely everything I’ve ever bought, but I have a lot of it. And most of ...
The Year (and Decade) in Review
2019 The Lost Cause of Poetry came out.The digital version came out in September. “Lounger” was released on Tapas.Then later I also released it on Webtoon. Tony Ez Esmond wrote a review of “Defrost” ...
Comics I Enjoyed in 2019
Alay-Oop, William Gropper NYRB reprinted this book this year, but it was originally published in 1930, the year after Lynd Ward’s God’s Man and the same year as Otto Nuckel’s Destiny and Milt Gross’s He ...
Soma
Soma Frictional Games I like sci-fi horror and the initial videos of Soma looked really cool. But while I was excited to play the game, I was also wary. Frictional games are hit-or-miss with me. I liked ...
Tom Spurgeon, 1968-2019
As with many other folks associated with comics, Tom’s death shocked me and is taking some time for me to process. While I only met Tom once and so wasn’t by any means close with ...
So yeah, no Inktober
After I sounded so confident, I ended up quitting my Inktober participation. Basically, I realized I was spending what time I had on drawings for Inktober instead of working on my comics. I decided I ...
Inktober 2019 – First Third
My initial feeling about Inktober was that I already drew in ink so I didn’t need a month devoted to it. Even so, I would post a few things every year half-heartedly. This year though, ...