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After finally reaching a breathing point after months-worth of deadlines (could be the eye of the storm, mind you) I finally took the chance to get back to some illustration work. Here’s the new cover of my soon-to-be-launched comic (co-written with Nikil Saval), Hard Hats. For more info, go to the Hard Hats page.
After a brief hiatus, the hardhats story continues: only a few more corrections to go and the WHOLE first part is finally ready to send off. If you’re new to the site, have a look around! Comics are accessible via the drop down menus above (hover over the different categories to choose a subject).
The more observant among you will have noticed that the comic above has not changed in a while. The reason? I left Archbeast I, my brand spanking macbook pro, in the world’s busiest airport (London Heathrow) after spending most of the night before working on a new website launch (about which, more another time). Thankfully it has since been tracked down and will be back safe and sound on the west coast tomorrow, together with my lovely wife. In the meantime, scroll down for news and updates of a more textual variety – alas my scanner and old macbook don’t get on, and Archbeast has all of my new material on. Time for an external hard drive backup methinks.
Harry and Kwame debate the motivational discrepancies that student filmmakers face when making art with a message – a sample from my graphic novel in progress, Hardhats. More to follow. More info on the true story behind the project here for those new to the site.
Above is a continued sequence from Hardhats, my graphic novel in progress, set in May 1970 at the height of anti-Vietnam sentiment. Hit “previous” to read from the start of this little interlude. It being Martin Luther King day here in the US, celebrate it wherever you are in the world by listening to one of his speeches on Vietnam here: “the press generally won’t tell you these things, but God told me to tell you this morning…” RIP MLK.
…from my first graphic novel and current long-term project. More about this next week. In the meantime, scroll down for news.
I’ve decided to change things up from the Chile strip, which -fear not- will be continued shortly, to showcase a new piece I’ve been working on with my good friend and co-conspirator Nikil Saval about the riots that hit New York in May, 1970. Before you ask, yes it is a coincidence that both comics happen around the same time – no idea why I’m drawn to this specific period at the moment. My challenge is to upload a page every other day for the next month, though that could be more or less, depending on what makes it into the final cut (which is still being hastily revised).
Like Chile, this is all based on real events, though I won’t spoil too much by giving you the schpiel now. Sit back and enjoy! Chile pages for the end of the prologue are on their way also, then I’ll post the entire Chile strip in the proper order as a more webreader-friendly issuu file.
