http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/harvey-pekar-who-chronicled-ordinary-lives-in-american-splendor-comics-dies/?src=me Harvey Pekar, one of my all-time favorite comics writers died yesterday. He was 70. I first learned about Harvey from a valued penpal of mine, Marty Pahls, in the early ’80s. I was a struggling small press comics creator at the time and Marty was a key figure in my development as a writer [...]
Not long after I activated the series page for MJ and started sending around my press release, I started feeling somewhat anxious. I worked extremely hard on the first MJ story. I was quite happy with the 3d artwork and all that I had learned about 3d art over the course of doing the story. [...]
Okay, okay … I haven’t blogged in over a month. I promised a July update on my “Mistaken Identity” strip, so here I am. (Earlier entries on my upcoming online comic strip can be found here.) The story runs 28 pages. It’s all written. The pages are all laid out. I’ve completed the art for [...]
I haven’t posted here for a bit, and I thought it would be a good idea to post an update on the status of the autobiographical “Mistaken Identity” strip that will soon appear on this site. (Archived blog entries on it are here.) Site traffic is up quite a bit. (Perhaps the word is spreading [...]
Okay, my interview for Sebastien Dumesnil’s Top Two Three Films website has been emailed over to him. I imagine it will show up there shortly. The script and page layouts for my “Mistaken Identity” strip (which is discussed in these posts) are nearly done. The first seven pages are completely written and laid out. Pages [...]
Here’s an interesting link on Woody Allen and his new film. I too go through periods where I question my own value. It’s very likely that you’re going to see a Woody Allen influence in my new comics. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY and HUSBANDS & WIFES in particular have had a big impact on me. (You might [...]
Cameron Crowe is one of my heroes. (In case you know nothing about him, he began as a ROLLING STONE writer when he was only 15 and sold his first script — for the famous coming-of-age teen sex comedy FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH — a couple of years later. He wrote and directed the [...]
When I first unveiled the new “blogcentric” version of this site, I wrote an introductory post which you can see by clicking here. This post and other comments on the About page and the New Comics page should give you some idea what I’m trying to do with this blog. One big reason for the [...]
I’ve written a summary/treatment for the story (which I’ve mentioned earlier in this journal). It’s a synopsis of all the main events that includes some captions and dialogue. I’ve broken the plot down into pages. It will run approximately 24 pages. The page size will be the same size Justine Shaw used for one of [...]
Here’s yet another post I’ve been wanting to get out of the shoot for quite some time. As I’ve noted on this site, my next round of comics will be autobiographical. (I’m not giving out timelines or release dates at this point, but the stories are on my mind constantly and will happen. I’ll go [...]
Online dating has been on my mind in a serious way over the past few months, and I think I owe it to myself to start blogging about it. I want the new blog entries on this site to focus on my own personal growth, and when I do get some new comics done, I [...]
I’m very proud of the revamped version of this site that I rolled out earlier this year, but I’m a little disappointed in myself for slowing down so much over the past few months. The last few entries will clue you in on the types of things that have been on my mind these days, [...]
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