Saturday, December 2, 2017

Mr. Wolf's Class Book 1 Covers


Above is the paperback front cover to Mr. Wolf's Class book 1. Covers are always such a difficult part of the book making process. Give me 50 pages of comics over a cover any day. But after all the hard work back and forth between me and my art director, Phil Falco, we arrived at a pretty handsome cover. I'm please.


Above is the full paperback cover. 

Below is the jacket for the hardcover version. I'm absolutely thrilled with that jacket cover. Nice job Phil Falco! All the artwork is mine but it is quite a skill to be able to select and arrange it in a way that is appealing. Even just the color selection of that dark green was something that Phil did and I think it works perfect to offset the lighter colors. 



Mark your calendars for June 26. Stay tuned for tour dates and book release parties. I'm planning on attending San Diego Comic Con this year and ALA this summer in New Orleans. 



Friday, May 5, 2017

Oregon Writer's Festival/ Status Update


This Saturday, May 6th I will be leading a comics making workshop at PSU for the 33rd Oregon Writing Festival. I'm excited to see what kind of comics expert 4/5 grade writers can create in a short time frame. Sadly I'll miss Free Comic Book Day this year. 

What is the deal with my forthcoming graphic novel series, Mr. Wolf's Class? -- Well, the first book will come out in the summer of 2018. It's mostly been done since last summer but that's how it goes sometimes. Gotta get a couple in the can first for closer release dates. I'm currently over halfway through doing clean pencils for the second book in the series and will be inking starting in June. I can't wait! inking is my favorite part of the process. Just for reference I do my final pencils with a .05 mechanical pencil and ink with an 06 Sakura Pigma Sensei. The jumble of tools above came from my son's art box.