Before Comics: The Standard of Ur

Originating around 2,500 BCE, the Standard of Ur is one of the earliest examples of sequential art that we have. While there is earlier art that is definitely narrative, it is not clearly sequential. The ...

Goodbye Twitter and Instagram

I’ve just gotten rid of my Twitter and Instagram accounts. I’ve got many reasons. Mental health. Politics. Increasing advertising. AI account mining. Politically abhorrent corporate overlords. I realize that there is only so much you ...

May 2024 update

I haven’t posted here for awhile. Mostly, I’ve just been busy with my paying jobs. But, as I’ve said earlier, I’ve been having trouble completing comics projects. Case in point: I have given up on ...

20 Years Ago: Litmus Test 13

In October of 1996, I put out the first issue of my title Litmus Test. It was my early place to explore comics and try out ideas. Eventually, I wanted to create longer works and ...

Slough & Stair pages 12-15

New pages will probably take awhile after this. I need to plan out the next chapter and write some (!) dialogue. But here are the last few pages of (what is now) the prologue:

Bonfires

This is another little thing that I discovered. I quickly pencilled this back in March of 2022 and promptly forgot about it. I found it again when I found “The Secret” and also decided to ...

The Secret

This is a little comic that I pencilled back in March of 2022. I found it the other day and decided to flesh it out. It fits with my other comics about my NPE experience, ...

The Weary Blues

Twenty years ago, I was finishing my comics adaptation of the Langston Hughes poem “The Weary Blues.” The final page was completed on January 14, 2004. I remember that my goal was to replicate the ...