Lives in: Cambridge, Mass.
Does: comics.
Used to live in: Topanga Canyon, California
But grew up in: Cambridge, mostly
Used to do (maybe still?): Screenwriter, journalist, teaches some too
The previous cover was deemed a bit too dark and moody – though it captured the “noir” feel of Eisner’s work, the thinking was that it would put off prospective readers who weren’t hip to that tone. So without changing the line art at all, the setting is changed from nighttime to sunrise. It was a difficult process to go through, but I’m happy with the new cover.
Based on the final shot of the actor from Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
From NBM Books, in July.
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…
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 I’m not able to read the Japanese, the illustrations have a very classic shoujo look, reminiscent of artists like Hiroshi Katsuyama and Junichi Nakahara.
Some pages from my current work-in-progress, a gruesomely funny fable for children, with contemporary satirical subtext for grownups:
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”
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:
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 BCR.
Be a pal, won’t you, and help fund issues 4, 5 and 6 of Boston Powers?
