Some of my C2E2 2025 haul, this one from the man on a mission to #keepcraftalive, @inkpulp himself, Shawn Crystal.

Here’s another to celebrate the start of C2E2. I’ll be there today. Who else issuing? Part of my Comics DNA: Batman Annual No. 8 (Vol. 5, 1982) with art by Trevor Von Eeden. This book lives rent free in my brain. Von Eeden was pushing against the edges of style and page design at that time.

Here’s one to celebrate the start of C2E2. I’ll be there today. Who else is going?

Part of my Comics DNA: John Paul Leon. Gone too soon.

Part of my Comics DNA: The Claremont/Byrne run of X-Men. Collected every issue, and is one of the few I collected for the story and not just the art.

Part of my Comics DNA: Freddy Lombard by Yves Chaland.

Part of my Comics DNA: Captain Canuck, with art by George Freeman. This was the third superhero I discovered growing up. The first was Spider-Man. The second was Johnny Canuck.

Part of my Comics DNA: Atari Force with art by the legendary Jose Luis Garcia Lopez.

Part of my Comics DNA, part 02: Graphic Storytelling video series by P. Craig Russell. Creeping up on 15 years since their release, this series of videos shape a great deal of my understanding of how to tell a story visually. Essential viewing in every sense by one of the greats.

Part of my Comics DNA, part 01: The art of P. Craig Russell. His interpretation of light and shadow through linework is just — no other way I can express it — sublime. I still want to draw like him when I grow up.

Figure study from my days in Steve Huston’s mentorship program focusing on constructive anatomy.

Part of my Comics DNA: THRILLER. The energy and creative invention of the art and layouts by Trevor Von Eeden stretched the possibilities of what could be done with a comic book page.

Late Night Digital Painting Practice: The Tick.

Part of my Comics DNA: Love and Rockets by Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez.

Wednesday Study Hall: The Art of Tyler Jacobson. One of my favorites.

Part of my comics DNA: The Marvel Comics Try-Out Book!

Late night doodling in Procreate

Monday Study Hall: Mark Schultz.

Part of my comics DNA: the second volume of The Art of Neal Adams.

In her graphic novel debut, Sleeping While Standing @TakiSoma shares the key moments that shaped her—with honesty, humor, and heart. Told in 4-page stories. Published by @AveryHillPubl #comics #graphicNovel

A few of my early pieces for Marvel SNAP made it into their new art book. So, of course, I now have ten copies!

Part of my comics DNA. This is the first of two volumes that marked me artistically.

NEW Stretch Item...A WHOLE NEW ADDITONAL BOOK! THE BRUSH-OFFS is a 24-page, 5”x7”, square bound, full-color addition to THIS INK RUNS COLD--an added bonus to the BOOKPLATE and NOIR/1-2 PUNCH tiers...but also available as a $20 pledge a'la carte! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Just read this, and I may need therapy. Congrats to Jim Mahfood on a story and art that reminds us of the awesome vision and energy of indie creators and what comics can be!

Now is a time to fight, and it should be a fight in which the allegiance of the American public to a free and fair press is clear. We hope.

Now Is the Time to Stand Up for Press Freedom

Bad-faith lawsuits, ugly smears, and even violence against journalists are becoming more common. To that, we must all say, ‘Enough.’

thebulwark.com

Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip

Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip

British cartoonist R.E. Burke has been detained for more than a week as an illegal alien, and her father is asking for help.

comicsbeat.com

Happy Comic Book Wednesday! These are not books. They are a roadmap in my creative journey to learn how to stretch realism. In case you don’t always get my posts, I share process videos and other more interesting stuff over on my website’s BLOG. If interested, just click on the link in my bio.

A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary: www.404media.co/archivists-r...

Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe

The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.

404media.co

Finally scored this book! Long time in the hunt for it. So much to learn from the work of Benjamin Flao.

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