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Sketchbook: Joan of Arc

By | April 25th, 2013|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , , , |

This seems to be a week of making art for auctions. A couple days ago, I posted a drawing of Guan Yu that I did for an upcoming auction at ALA Chicago.  Here's one for BEA 2013 in New York. St. Joan of Arc also shows up in Boxers & Saints, my two graphic novels about [...]

Sketchbook: Guan Yu

By | April 23rd, 2013|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , , , , |

Just finished this pen and ink drawing of Guan Yu, the Chinese God of War, for an auction at ALA Chicago this summer. Guan Yu is one of the gods featured in my upcoming graphic novels Boxers & Saints, out from First Second Books this September!

Chinese Opera Hulk

By | April 3rd, 2013|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , , , , |

In September 2013, First Second Books will release Boxers & Saints, my graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion. In previous posts, I've argued that the Boxers were a lot like today's pop culture geeks and that the Chinese opera they watched was a lot like today's comic books. I've done some artwork inspired by that idea. Here's the latest: Chinese [...]

Chinese Opera Thor

By | March 27th, 2013|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , , , , |

In September 2013, First Second Books will release Boxers & Saints, my graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion. In previous posts, I’ve argued that the Boxers were a lot like today’s pop culture geeks and thatthe Chinese opera they watched was a lot like today’s comic books. I’ve done some artwork inspired by that idea. Here’s this week's: Chinese [...]

Chinese Opera Iron Man

By | March 20th, 2013|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , , , , |

In September 2013, First Second Books will release Boxers & Saints, my graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion. In previous posts, I’ve argued that the Boxers were a lot like today’s pop culture geeks and thatthe Chinese opera they watched was a lot like today’s comic books. I’ve done some artwork inspired by that idea. Here’s this week's: Chinese [...]

Chinese Opera Captain America

By | March 13th, 2013|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , , , , , |

In September 2013, First Second Books will release Boxers & Saints, my graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion. In previous posts, I've argued that the Boxers were a lot like today's pop culture geeks and that the Chinese opera they watched was a lot like today's comic books. I've done some artwork inspired by that idea. [...]

Sketchbook: Wacom Cintiq

By | December 20th, 2012|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: |

Finally got peer-pressured into buying a Cintiq tablet.  I love it.  Here's my third purely digital drawing.  (I'm too embarrassed to show my first two purely digital drawings.)

Sketchbook: Unused Cover Art

By | December 14th, 2012|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: |

For the past several weeks, I've been working on the covers for my upcoming Boxers and Saints project.  (For the record, I think First Second Books' Colleen AF Venable is Chip Kidd's heir apparent.) Here's some art that ultimately landed on the cutting room floor.

Sketchbook: What I’m Working On 1/20/12

By | January 21st, 2012|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

Sketchbook: What I’m Working On 12/27/11

By | December 27th, 2011|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |