shop is back up!
and the shop is back up!
(thank you wordpress for fixing the bug)
to celebrate, how about a new ‘steps’ strip?
working on the next steps strip
this rough is pretty rough
but its the building blocks of a new steps strip
late layout changes to steps volume 2
the nice thing about printing these up myself is that i can make changes late in the game
when i printed up a few copies of steps volume 2, for instance, i was unsatisfied with the size of the images in the book (in a way that i wasn’t with volume 1)
the comics felt too small. they had no oomph. no impact at that size
so i decided to go with a 2 x 2 frame instead of fully vertical
with this change in the layout the images are quite a bit bigger. i didnt realize how important having those panels be as large as possible is – especially since the panel don’t change much
you can still preorder volume 2 in the store. or save some money with a steps 2 pack if you haven’t yet picked up volume 1
my plan is to start printing these no later than april 16
redacted’s dream
this dream’s not mine, it was a friend of mine, but it was a good one to turn in to comics
i wrote down as many dreams as i could remember in march, so i’ll be making more of these
and today i picked up a ream of cardstock, so i’ll start printing copies of steps volume 2 soon. preorder now!
and if you didn’t pick up volume 1 yet, pick up the 2 pack. they look and feel really good
hey carl 5
this might be the worst looking telescope ever drawn
hey carl 4
for some reason i can’t make a new comics collection for these, but if you’d like to catch up, here’s a link
hey carl 3
i dont know what these are yet but now theres three of them
hey carl
i’m starting to dig these guys
4 minute comic challenge
i think it was a 4 minute challenge
via the comics genius and guru lynda barry
sketchbook spread
drawn while watching thor: dark world tuesday night at my dad’s
which i suppose is how that spaceship hanging in the sky seeped in there
inked yesterday
untitled – 30dayscomics day 13
i had a lot more #30dayscomics deadline gags
but then this happened while i was drawing
and now i’m excited to see where it goes
scroll – 30dayscomics day 12
gaaaaahhh! i’m still behind!
UPDATE: Replaced this comic. Fixed the timing. Reads much better now. Check out the previous version below. I think you’ll agree:
backwards timelapse
here’s the sketch for yesterday’s journal strip ‘backwards’
and here’ s the timelapse
you’re getting about an hour of creation time in a scooch over a minute
making comics is hard work any way, and right now making comics seems very hard for me
just have to find ways to keep the pencil moving
straw
- yesterday’s strip was from my august sketchbook
- today’s was from my july sketchbook
- today’s is another digital strip as i try to get a little ahead in the 30 days of comics game. i can work so much faster in digital. yesterday’s and today’s strip each took about about a half hour to do, compared with a couple hours plus for me to do with real world materials. (though i am getting faster)
p.s. a note on the ‘(happened in july 18)’ note. when artist john porcellino (whose king-cat comics you should really subscribe to) makes his comics, he (often? always?) notes the date when the incident that inspired the comic occurs, and then also notes the dates when he draws and inks it, which i think is a lovely touch. i meant to do it for yesterday’s strip, since the date when the peas incident happened and i actually published the strip were so far apart, but in the rush to get it posted before midnight for yesterday’s 30 days of comics deadline, i completely forgot. so the date is my john p homage.
where you going – 30dayscomics day 4
another steps strip for day 4 of 30 days of comics
i’ll keep going with these until i run out of my stockpile of ideas
twitch twitch
30 days of comics in november begins.
here’s my day 1
its also a journal comic
and, there’s a typo! can you spot it?
hey man
in the journal is posted
it’s been awhile since i’ve done one of these
i did it in digital first
but then decided i need the practice so i drew it in ink and watercolor
as you can see i ran in to some lettering trouble in panel 2
the conclusion is here
we made it
you can now read the story in its entirety
i do hope you have enjoyed it
look, over there
of the story about a guy with no head
is up
page 19 is posted
not only is page 19 of the story about a guy with no head up
but i also posted a new ‘steps’ strip
read the story about a guy with no head from the beginning
read ‘steps’ from the beginning
a new steps strip is up
it’s been so long since the last one
but a new ‘steps’ strip, ‘potty training’, is up
almost every other ‘steps’ strip has been done in digital, pushing pixels around
but today’s is fully scribbled in pencil, with lots of (kneadable) erasing, then brushing down puddles of watercolor, and finally a bit of inking
if this is the first ‘steps’ comic you’ve happened to catch
page 18 is up
if you’re still reading
or if you haven’t started reading yet
lift
please go read it
read it? see it, i guess
there’s no words on these pages, so i don’t know if it’s still reading
no, wait
i do know. it is reading
you can read a river and there’s no words on a river
so it’s definitely reading
go read page 17
or
up to you
(but it is reading)
look at that
we’re nearing the end of our tale
union
