April 2013
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Update!
It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, and for that I apologize. The good news is that what’s kept me away has been making stuff. I am involved in a few things at the moment, so here’s an update:
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I contributed a panel to a jam comic started by the mighty Pharoah Bolding, creator of The Dot! comic and all-around cool guy.
A jam comic, to those who might be...
August 2012
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ATOMIC MINI COMICS ISSUE #2 LIVES!
That’s right, the headline is not a fever dream or wild imagining. You’re not injured or in a near death state of irrationality.
I finished another mini comic.[[MORE]]
As I mentioned before, I participated in a mini comics dump truck with some fine folks on the Facebook group Comics Projects. Thanks to the support and encouragement of a peer group in general and some good advice and...
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June 2012
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May 2012
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Mini Comics Dump Truck!
Hi out there in internet land, I just wanted to let you know that I’m participating in a mini comics dump truck, over at this group on Facebook!
What on Earth is a mini comics dump truck, you may ask? Well, it’s sort of a group comic project, where each person makes a mini and then you all send them to each other. I first heard about it on the Art & Story podcast, which as I have...
April 2012
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March 2012
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10 Things I've Learned Making A Mini Comic
I recently finished my first bona fide, genuine mini comic. While this might seem like an accomplishment on par with matching your shoes to your jacket, I found quite a lot to learn about visual storytelling and drawing in general. These are a few of those things.
Keep in mind, these are about me, and my fumblings towards making something decent. If I appear to give advice or play the instructor,...
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Coming Soon...
I’ve decided to host a little Process Blog here, to show in loving detail my fumbling process as I hamfistedly create little stories with pictures!
Here is where I will moan and whine about how hard it is to make my stuff share the process as I make more mini-comics and a webcomic project I have planned for late in the year.
There will also be tips and techniques featured that I’ve...
February 2012
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Hello and welcome!
Hi everybody,
I just wanted to welcome you all to the new home of my little mini comic projects. Read here, download or check out some of the people and places I find inspirational and helpful as I learn to make these things.
Thanks to everyone who has made this possible so far.
-Nathan
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Instructive places and people
Here are a few links I’ve found very useful in my pursuit of making comics and illustration in general, listed in whatever crazy order I thought of them at the time and constantly being updated:
Escape From Illustration Island - the podcasts and interviews here from Thomas James are amazingly informative. Apparently concluded as an active site, but still a good repository.
Chris...