On Lose #2-4

So I read issues 2 through 4 of Michael DeForge’s series Lose recently. For the first time! Anyways, I liked the comics and I thought I would jot down a few thoughts about them here. These comics work great as objects. The little ephemera pieces, the different cover stocks for each issue, the ‘about the […]

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I set up an online store where you can buy my comics from me directly. Currently available are We Will Remain, my book with Retrofit Comics, as well as Territory, the comic I made for Frank Santoro’s Comics Correspondence Course. I’ll do a nice drawing in all the comics I send out. Thanks.

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Process post! I’m drawing with brush pens on tracing paper, refining with each new layer. Tracing paper is nice to draw on, and it doesn’t really have problems with ink as long as you’re not doing huge areas of black. 1) I have a good general idea of the story, but I’m trying to write/compose […]

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Ok, let’s see if I can articulate this. 1) Comics benefit from and lend themselves to rereading in really interesting ways, I think. TS Moreau talked about this a little in a recent episode of his podcast. Listen up! Image repetition, layering, visual or tonal cues that aren’t apparent on the first read….comics does things […]

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retrofitcomics: Last night I turned a box of comics into these pile of copies of Andrew White’s We Will Remain!! Now shippping!! Finally available. I worked hard on this book and I would love for you to order it and read it and let me know what you think. You can see some pages from […]

Mfive for Monday: Parallel Universes

(All apologies to Mr. Spurgeon) 1) Seth Fisher doesn’t go on that roof and does a Mazzucchelli into alternative comics. 2) Frank Santoro stays on as Fracesco Clemente’s assistant and becomes an acclaimed painter with a side interest in comics. 3) Shirow never gets into computers and instead figures out plot. His new serial is […]