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Yesterday was Free Comic Book Day, and because I was a good little artist and finished my book on time, I unchained myself from the desk and bolted for freedom; I wound up at Green Brain Comics in Dearborn. Dan and Katie Merritt run the place, and they are the some of the best people going. The store was packed … Read More

I didn’t think the May PREVIEWS would be available till next week, but Paul brought it home today with his weekly pull. It’s on the same page with American Born Chinese from First Second. Talk about good company. And in case you missed it elsewhere, here’s another link to the 24-page preview on Comicon.com’s PULSE.

Gentle readers, At long, long last, I finally have a preview for you. You can find it here. After I get a few more things nailed down (like, for instance, the columns mentioned in the preview) I’ll post it here on this website in JPG format and also as one big PDF so that you can download it. Here, also, … Read More

This is the e-newsletter I just sent out to all my readers. If you want to be on the mailing list, please send me an email at fierystudios@hotmail.com and I’ll add you right away. ******* Hello, everyone, after a terribly long absence. My archives tell me that it was sometime in 2003 when I sent out my last newsletter — … Read More

Well, after an hourlong conversation yesterday with my Diamond Rep, it looks like I’m going to pull a hail-mary and put Vogelein:Old Ghosts in the May PREVIEWS, for shipping in July. You heard it here first! Since I won’t be doing pre-orders, the absolute bestest, kindest, most wonderfullest thing you could do would be not to order from me, but … Read More

I had a really wonderful visit at the Bacon Memorial Library in Wyandotte last night. Lots of people showed up and we had a really fun, productive evening. I really hope they’ll have me back again someday, because the attendees were really eager and ready to draw and everyone participated really well. It’s so much more fun when the audience … Read More

It was ten years ago this month that Vogelein was created. Yeah, it took me a while to wrap my head around that one, too. Set the wayback machine to February of 1997: It’s cold and gloomy, and my buddy Jeff and I were both in the post-collegiate pre-real-life doldrums. We decided to cheer ourselves up by making a recipe … Read More

I’ve got the penultimate batch of pages on my desk; a group of six all pencilled and inked and awaiting toning. This is the end of the forward narrative, and the one pickup page I had left. Once these are done, I’ll finish scanning, cleanup and lettering, then drop them into the layout program. After that it’s writing notes, adjusting … Read More

Thankfully, this has been an extremely productive month for me. I’ve got seven or eight pages pencilled and four inked and painted. Last night I cleaned up three half-finished pages and completed their pencils. This means, by my count, that I only have two more pages to pencil, and the forward narrative is finished! I could be done by early … Read More

So, it’s official. Paul, Jim Ottaviani and I just booked ourselves into the ALA Annual Conference in DC. The booth alone — not counting the carpet and table rental fee (!) — costs more than my first two used cars did. Put together. Now I really have to get the new book done. Panic: It’s not just for breakfast anymore.