12 March 2010
By dale
Around this time of year things start to come together as a fixed point in the not too distant future becomes the focus of most of the projects I’m working on.
San Diego Comic Con
I registered this week for my Professional Pass, and things are starting to come together for the projects that I’ll be launching there. One of the projects is Nightmares in Oz, which will have a special Convention Only variant cover done by the super-talented Josh Howard. That’s gonna be a limited availability purchase so make plans if you want to avoid disappointment.
Nightmares in Oz is just one of the projects I’ll have available, so keep checking in to see what else you can get your hands on. I’ll also be doing signings for anyone who wants.
And while Luci Phurr’s Imps will have no official presence at SDCC this year, both myself (obviously) and Courtney Huddleston (my partner in crime) will be at the Con and are cooking up something that will at least give Luci and the Imps an unofficial presence.
Speaking of Luci, check out another of the early sketches for one of the characters -
08 March 2010
By dale
There are all kinds of feedback you can get doing this job. Not all of it is good; not all of it helpful; and not all of it warranted. But the negative stuff comes with the territory and as much as you might want to kid yourself, some of it might be warranted.
However the best thing to do is read or listen to it, take what you think will make you better, and move on.
That kinda feedback comes much later, usually when a book is out and even if you did want to make changes, it’s too late. But it’s not the only kinda feedback you get. You get notes all the way through the creation of a project, from editors, from collaborators and from the publisher.
The entire process of creating a comic book is exciting. I get to come up with a plot and characters and weave them all into a story. That then goes away and gets envisioned by an art team who will sometimes get down on paper exactly what was in my head as I typed; other times what comes back is something completely different and yet just as good if not better. And that creative team works in a little bubble until it’s time to deliver to the editor/publisher.
And the first real feedback comes in.
27 February 2010
By dale
I’ll start with the something new first. Hero Petz. We’re actually planning a LOT of things around this, but it’s coming out soon, via Blinko Books and is an all age adventure for the young and the young at heart.
Something else new is one of the projects I’ve been working on that’s starting to gather momentum and is finally starting to come together as a finished book.
Orpheus. If you’ve read other things I’ve done, you’ll likely find this book quite a departure from what’s gone before. Here’s the mini-synopsis...
