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Another review, or set of notes, this time on Backyard by Sam Alden. Order a print copy here, or read it online here. – I like the format. This comic is nearly square and quite small at 4" x 5". 26 pages. I think the size of the comic matches the size/scope of the story. A sparse, focused format […]

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I’d like to try posting more about comics that I’ve read recently. Here are some thoughts on Simon Moreton’s Smoo #7, now available for you to order. – The presentation – three comics, a letter and a map, held together with a belly band – is excellent. Just works really well. A very appealing package. – I read […]

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Pleased with this series from Comics Workbook, so I’m putting it together as one post. For each of the ‘variation’ sets I’ve done like this, I draw the abstract color layer first and try not to think about any kind of story. Then make comics to fit it. It’s a fun/interesting challenge.

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A redrawn page from the first volume of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Number Five. I made a few mistakes in reproducing this one, got lazy in places, but Matsumoto’s ink style is really fun to replicate. Anyways, look at this layout. Look at the way the angle of the black hole and the shape of that first […]