‘Nuff Said Review #24: Phoenix
June 27, 2011 by gene
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Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka
Recommended for High School and Up
In Japan, they call him the GOD OF MANGA.
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Sketchbook: General Model Sheet
June 24, 2011 by gene
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Model sheet from an upcoming project.
‘Nuff Said Review #23: Dororo
June 20, 2011 by gene
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Dororo by Osamu Tezuka
Recommended for High School and Up
He’s got no eyes, no ears, no mouth, no arms, no legs. But he can still take you out.
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Sketchbook: Father Model Sheet
June 17, 2011 by gene
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The father of the main character, from an upcoming graphic novel of mine.
Sketchbook: Girls
June 16, 2011 by gene
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Another sketch trying out a new inking style. I didn’t wait long enough for the ink to dry, which is why the one girl’s face is all smudgy.
Legends of the Joystick Complete!
June 15, 2011 by gene
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Legends of the Joystick, my and Thien’s ten page “Where Are They Now?” comic about 80′s video game icons, is finally complete! Read the whole thing at Tor.com!
Working with Thien Pham
June 15, 2011 by gene
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I wrote about working with Thien Pham, my collaborator on Level Up, for DiversityInYA.com:
It took us years to make Level Up. And I must confess, I spent a significant amount of that time rubbing my temples and explaining to Thien the importance of rulers and deadlines and knowing the average number of words that will fit in a square inch of white space. Thien would nod, chuckle to himself, and then keep making comics his own way. Eventually, he took to calling me “Tiger Partner.”
Read the whole blog post here.
‘Nuff Said Review #22: Ratfist
June 13, 2011 by gene
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Ratfist by Doug Tennapel
Recommended for High School and Up
The dude fights with a giant talking rat tail!
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Sketchbook: Emperor Model Sheet
June 11, 2011 by gene
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Another model sheet from a graphic novel I’m currently working on.
Sketchbook: Boy with Big Hat
June 9, 2011 by gene
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I’m playing around with a new drawing/inking style in preparation for a graphic novel I’m about to draw. I want to capture the spirit of later Charles Schulz, when he inked with that unstable line. There’s something beautiful and intimate about that line– I think it’d be perfect for my story. I hung out with some of the Schulz Associates about a month ago and they told me that the shaky line was completely unintentional. He had a stroke and wasn’t able to hold his pen steady after. I was shocked. I thought he was doing it on purpose, as a way of getting to that intimacy. Shows what a consummate cartoonist he was.
