I finally took the time to add a comics section to my web portfolio. Check it out here. I’ve been meaning to do this since I redesigned the site back in March but I didn’t really have the time. The page has links to the 8 stories I’ve had published. Excluding the Missile Mouse graphic novel I’m working on now (which is completely roughed out a third inked, and clocks in at 172 pages,) they are all short stories, 10 – 20 pages each. I like the short story format because it forces you to make your point quickly. The trick is to make it feel like you actually spent some time in that world instead of feeling like you’re staring at a vignette. And I think the way you do that is making sure the story has a beginning, middle, and end. If a Peanuts strip can do it in three panels, I should be able to in ten pages. I can’t say I’ve been successful at this with all of them, but I’ve learned a lot with each one. They were each little adventures where I came out on the other side knowing more than I did when I began the journey. Each of them is dear to me in their own way. If the people who read them can take home a even sliver of what it might feel like to be in the worlds I’ve created then I call it a success. Hopefully you enjoy them as much as I did creating them.
Because The Antler Boy and Missile Mouse: The Guardian Prophecy just came out this year and you can find the books they’re in at most large book stores I’ve only posted a few pages from each. The rest are posted in their entirety.
If I had to pick a favorite it would have to be The Robot and the Sparrow, a tale about an unlikely friendship and how to cope with saying goodbye. I like drawing the big adventure stuff too like MM, and it has it’s place, but a part of me likes living in the small simple world of the Robot and the Sparrow.
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