Where the balloons end up – (2015)

For the last year or so I’ve been writing a newsletter. This Sorry Spacesuit it’s called, and it’s been a great way for me to figure out some things about myself and my goals as an artist, my process and my values. I’ve made some great friends with it and had wonderful in-depth conversations about …

Directions “Left” – (2003)

“Left” was the most problematic of the Directions installments. The biggest difficulty was in making a comic that reads from right to left. It’s counter intuitive because pretty much all of the internet—from code-writing to browser rendering—is based on top-right orientation. So I employed a few tricks back then to make it work. Unfortunately, most …

The Halcyon Years “Sleeping Dark Things” – (2001)

The Halcyon Years was a series of short infinite canvas comics, some of which included early experiments with interactive elements. This installment was a typical vertical scroller, but it was constructed in reverse like the previous HY installment “Go Figure”. I came across some lovely photos at abandoned-places.com and started to use Poser to constructs scenes …

The Halcyon Years “Go Figure” – (2001)

The Halcyon Years was a series of short infinite canvas comics, some of which included early experiments with interactive elements. This particular episode was a straight forward comic, though it was produced backwards. I began by drawing random pictures of clowns, then created a narrative structure to tie the images together. It’s a method I’ve …

A Short Fiction Using 8 Webcomics Titles – (2004)

For a time I was involved in writing for and publishing The Webcomics Examiner, a webcomic review site dedicated to long-form webcomics and hypercomics. For some reason, it’s publication seemed to be somewhat divisive at the time. If memory serves, there was some balking regarding “serious criticism” of webcomics. Seems pretty funny now, given the niche nature of …