- Homage to Mifune
Based on the final shot of the actor from Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
- Coming in 2025….
From NBM Books, in July.
- NY 1930s Photo Studies
In preparation for my next project (more on that soon), I’ve been drawing from photos of NY in the 20s and 30s. Here are a few…
- Home of the Kewpies: the Motion Comic
- Shoujo Club Supplement, 1949
A small (approx 4″ by 6″) stapled pamphlet, this is an illustrated story called Satsuki Hime 五月姫, which seems to translate as “May Princess,” written by Manabe Kureo 眞鍋呉夫, with pictures by Watanabe Ikuko 渡辺郁子. 42 pages long on newsprint. I would have guessed it to be pre-war, but it’s an early post-war publication. Though…
Read more: Shoujo Club Supplement, 1949
- Hannabell Hobb and Her Horrible Heads
Some pages from my current work-in-progress, a gruesomely funny fable for children, with contemporary satirical subtext for grownups:
- Cycle Centaur
Two concept drawings for a new character. I’ll use these as a feature in an upcoming issue of Boston Powers: “Boston Superheroes Through the Ages”
- “Home of the Kewpies”
If I’m going to take time away from my bigger project for a one-page comic, you know it has to be a truly important story:
- Boston Powers Y2 Kickstarter is Live
Now through September 17, Boston Comics Roundtable is raising funds for the second year of “Boston Powers,” Superhero comics for kids, set in and around Boston: I’m the editor of the books, plus contributing stories of The Blue Lobster… …and other features, alongside the dozens of great stories from the artists and writers of the…
Read more: Boston Powers Y2 Kickstarter is Live
- LUNATIC Harvard Bookstore Event: January 28th 7 pm
https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_dan_mazur/ A virtual reading/signing for Lunatic will be hosted by the Harvard Bookstore on Thursday, January 28 at 7 pm. The event is free, and will feature a “reading” and a conversation about the book with the great Whit Taylor.
- Lunatic, reviewed
Two recent positive reviews for “Lunatic.” In the Boston Globe, Nina McLaughlin wrote on December 17: “Moonglow. Cambridge native Dan Mazur’s magic new book “Lunatic†(Ninth Art) is an elegant, moving wordless story of a woman’s ardent relationship with the moon. The illustrations move from her infancy to her adulthood, as she tilts her gaze…
Read more: Lunatic, reviewed
- “The Blue Lobster in ‘Ship-a-Hey’”
My new character, The Blue Lobster, makes his debut in issue 3 of “Boston Powers,” the kid-friendly, Boston-based superhero comic from Boston Comics Roundtable (which I also edited, so no wonder my story made it in!) You can buy it! Here: http://bostoncomics.com/boston-powers-on-sale-now/ Here’s a peek: page one!
- First Live Appearance of the Pandemic!
- Introducing THE BLUE LOBSTER
Here are the first sketches of the new character for my story which will appear later thie year, in the third issue of BOSTON POWERS:
- Lunatic, now in L or XL
I got my copies of the “official” Fanfare edition of Lunatic, so I now have the book available in 2 sizes: the Fanfare version is 240 by 190 mm (about 8.5 x 7.5 inches). My first version was printed at 12 by 9 inches, so… bigger! I still have a few of those left for…
Read more: Lunatic, now in L or XL
- Lunatic is Available!
Special Limited Edition or Fanfare edition…. My graphic novel/wordless book “Lunatic” will be published by Fanfare Presents and available in stores this winter; I’ll have copies this month, and it can be pre-ordered on Amazon as well. But RIGHT NOW I have a copies of a Special Limited Edition, printed before Fanfare picked up the…
Read more: Lunatic is Available!
- Lunatic – coming soon
- Lunatic Chapter 9 Process: Spatter, part 2
I’ve gone back and added a few pages to the final chapter of Lunatic,… a chance to do more spattering! Pencils: Inks: The globe-y thing in the middle is supposed to be casting light, so I want to shade the character’s clothing and face using ink-spatter. I mask off the areas that will NOT be…
Read more: Lunatic Chapter 9 Process: Spatter, part 2
- Lunatic Chapter 9 Process: Spatter!
For the last pages of this, the last chapter, I’m doing toothbrush ink spatter effects, for an alien/spacecraft that shows up (spoiler, sorry). Here are some process shots: First the basic black ink on bristol. drawing, as the alien pulls the character toward the spacecraft: Next I cut masks or stencils out of paper, and…
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- Lunatic Chapter 8: some spreads
- Lunatic, chapter 8: Process
For this chapter, since I’m changing media or style in each chapter, I decided to try black, white and gray acrylic paint. After trying some different kinds of paper I settled on Borden & Riley vellum film as the best support. Here are some process steps for Chapter 8, page 4 First, a rough sketch…
Read more: Lunatic, chapter 8: Process
- Article on artist Ibrahim Njoya, published on The Comics Journal
The Comics Journal has published my article on artist Ibrahim Njoya, who lived and worked in Cameroon during the first half of the 20th Century. Historical context, formal analysis, and most of all, images of Njoya’s beautiful work, like this:
- Lunatic, Chapter 7
With my one-page, transitional chapter 6 out of the way, I can move on to the next sequence. I want to get away from the cinematic, storyboard approach that I’ve been getting more and more into, pulled by the inexorable attraction of the filmic model. In other words, get as much information into a single…
Read more: Lunatic, Chapter 7
- Lunatic, Chapter 6!
I have been away from the project since the summer (it’s now January), for one or another reason. Getting back to something after a while always presents its challenges. Luckily, I left off at the end of a chapter, so I can start somewhat fresh, and in this case “Chapter 6” is a transition… actually…
Read more: Lunatic, Chapter 6!
- Lunatic, Chapter 5: process
After the last chapter ballooned to 34 pages, I decided to compress my story-telling for a while. The next section is transitional, showing the character’s college career, as she knuckles down and studies hard. I knew that it would be showing her studying long and hard in the library, and I decided it to do…
Read more: Lunatic, Chapter 5: process