We’re really getting somewhere now, aren’t we? Heavens have mercy. (They won’t.)
I’m a little wonky under the hood this week, so I won’t try to dredge a big blog post up out of my fuzzy brain. Enjoy the page, and I will see you all next week for more fun with the Nolte family.
Meanwhile, here is Mama Quilla, an Inca goddess – click to read a little more about her and see her full-size.
Rector Nolte is having a very, very bad day. It will probably not get any better. I never had any particular fondness in the past for drawing aggravated old dudes of post-boxer physique, but he honestly might be my favorite thing to draw. Go figure.
As my aside for this week, I thought I’d point out a nice article that Laura Hudson recently posted on ComicsAlliance. She asked nearly a dozen comics creators and editors – including at least four people I can personally confirm are awesome – to sound off about how superhero comics could do a better job at depicting female characters. I’m don’t follow many capes ‘n tights titles these days, but there are lots of good, thoughtful suggestions in there that apply to any storytelling genre. Well worth the read!
Lastly, I’ve been drawing goddesses from around the world as a warmup exercise. Here are the first two – click to find out who they are and which mythology they come from!
Tra-la-la, I think we’ve officially gone from “foreshadowing” to just plain old “shadowing” at this point.
More good news for comic book fans: my studiomate Jonathan Case is taking the world by storm this month! His debut graphic novel Dear Creature hits the shelves on the 11th. You will like it, because it stars a B-movie sea monster who speaks in iambic pentameter and occasionally pauses in his wholesale devouring of careless 1960’s beach bunnies to express his longing for true love. Basically it is the best.
You can also catch Green River Killer, where Jonathan provides the suitably unsettling and gritty art to match Jeff Jensen’s real-world tale of his father’s pursuit of Gary Ridgway. It’s lovely and fascinating to see Jonathan operate in such different modes.
Friends, let us all reflect on this week’s page and remind ourselves: it is never a good idea to piss off a crowd of lawyers.
Thanks to all of you who checked out my recent short story, Outfoxed, when I posted it last Friday; for those of you who missed it, you can find all 23 pages online here!
Also, there are two very different books of comics fresh out this week, both of which my readers should love: Kate Beaton’s collection of her wonderfully silly strips riffing on literature and history, and Craig Thompson’s novel Habibi, which is a love story between two people and two faiths. I know both creators in the real world, and they’re absolutely stand-up people who deserve your support as a reader and customer. Go forth and purchase!
I’m back from my self-imposed, summer-long internet break! And updating Family Man once more. This week’s page goes up on Wednesday, so that on Friday I can hit you with a 20-page short story that I drew over the summer.
