Thirsty, Knox, and Gibson Re-Imagined

And here are the boy heroes of The Front: Rebirth, re-imagined in the style I've been using for those He-Man redesigns.

More on the blog. I'm liking this new look quite a bit. Starting to entertain the notion of doing a new Front story in this style.

Orange Guy Re-Imagined

Back to bad guys as I re-design every character from my graphic novel The Front: Rebirth!

Notes and size comparisons on my blog.

Max and Gaelin Re-Imagined

Cranking through a series of character re-imaginings from my own book! Turning out to be an illuminating project.

Full-on shots of each of these guys can be found on my blog.

Rex Re-Imagined

Having way too much fun re-imagining my own characters. Here's Rex, the leader of the good guys from The Front: Rebirth, with more of an Ed Asner's Lou Grant vibe.

More thoughts on the blog, as usual.

Dick Kourage Re-Imagined

Dick rendered in the style of the He-Man re-imaginings I've been working on. Thoughts on why I did this and what I plan to do with it can be found on my blog.

Faker Action Pose Colored

Posted some thoughts and a question about the final version on my blog.

Trying that Faker pose again, but in the re-imagining style

I'll color it later.

Sketching Faker While The Kids Work

Practicing Word Balloon Spotting in Comics Class

See the full gallery on Posterous

The kids have to create a scene with this dialogue alone, focusing on where to place the balloons.

Drawing Great Big Giant Comics in Class

See the full gallery on Posterous

Halloween-themed poster comics! Super fun at the Ann Arbor Art Center.

Asymmetrical Cowboy-Bot

Playing with asymmetry and clothing on this design. More notes on the design choices on my blog.

CAG 33 - Teens Make Comics

Comics Are Great! 33 is ready for watching/listening, featuring a panel discussion with some local teen cartoonists. These kids drop some serious food for thought for their fellow beginning cartoonists, but I think there's a wisdom in their words that we experienced artists would do well to give a listen.

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Joe Foo demonstrating his "Messed Up Fairy Tales" workshop at the Kids Read Comics Extravaganza this past March.

Joe will be our guest speaker at the next edition of the Ann Arbor Comic Artists Forum, at 1 pm Sunday, November 6. I'll be there--will you?

Comics Are Great! 32 - Alchemical Science

Comics Are Great! Episode 32, with Jim Ottaviani and Nick Abadzis. Fantastic discussion this time on getting into the mind of your characters, story flow, and why comics are "the greatest communications medium ever developed by humankind."

The great thing about producing the Comics Are Great! show is that every show is so packed with good discussion, it's impossible for me to pick a favorite. I always drive home intellectually on fire after talking with such exciting minds.

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Processing a ton of video today, which means I'll get a chance to sketch!

Video for Comics Are Great! Episode 31 is ready for viewing!

If you’re a cartoonist looking for information on how to get your books into libraries, this episode is for you.

If you’re a librarian or cartoonist looking to partner with the other to create comics-related events in your area, this episode is for you.

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Unpublished comic from 96 (isn't "unpublished" a weird word?)

And just saying the word "unpublished" strikes me as weird nowadays. With the Interworld, the only things that need to go unpublished are things you don't wish to share.

Sure was different in 1996 when Tom Root and I did this book Stranger Things, a Sam Raimi-esque fantasy/horror/comedy.

So I posted the whole comic on my blog, along with some thoughts on the difference between now and then.

More Holly Hammerhands thumbnail progress

Just finished acts 1 and 2, moving on to act 3. Finding myself at that horrible stage of thumbnailing where I begin to doubt everything I've been doing so far. Shared some thoughts about it on my blog.