Prey Fan Comic

Hey all!

I recently played Prey from 2017 and I really liked it so I made a fan comic of a scene I wished was in there. SPOILERS FOR PREY OBVIOUSLY! But anyways, the whole thing is below! I hope you like it!

Graphic Novel Extravaganza!

The Holidays are upon us! And what's the best gift to give? COMICS! I've got waaaay too many graphic novels and not enough space, so I'm going to be selling a bunch of my graphic novels. Pictures and prices below! Email me at thenoirguy(at)gmail(dot)com for any questions or offers, first come first served! Pictures and full graphic novel list below!

Sketch dump 10:03: Comics, Spider-Man villains, Gorillaz, and DnD

Welp it's been awhile! Lot's of new stuff is out now! First up, some new comics!

Call Your Reps is a comprehensive comic about how to call your congressional representatives and True Stories of Gun Violence 2017 collects some of the stories of gun incidents in 2017! Both up on itch.io and both are pay what you want!

Also, I finally launched a new webcomic, Rickety Rat; Toon P.I.! You can start here from the beginning!

And finally, plenty of new sketches you might have missed!

Here's Jack-O-lantern! More lesser known spider-man villains, Gorillaz, and D&D characters after the jump!

Noirvember 2017 Week 1

Hey y'all! It's Noirvember! The most noiry month of the year! This year I'm doing cartoony noir characters from my upcoming Rickety Rat comic! Plus, for patrons of mine, I'm gonna have a number of Rickety Rat pages up as Patreon exclusives! Anyways, here's the characters for week 1 so far!

Rickety Rat!

Punching Nazis is actually good

Hey! I was actually sick this week! But here's a comic I made about punching nazis! And look, I'm not advocating violence or saying violence is the answer, but nazis getting punched is good.

Notes:
Here's the Southern Poverty Law Center's profile on Spencer, here's where Spencer advocates for forced government sterilization and other tidbits, here's Spencer saying white people are morally superior and deserve their own place and Jews shouldn't be a part of it, Here's video go Spencer shouting "Heil Trump, heil victory heil our people!" while getting nazi salutes, and here's Donald Trump talking about beating up a peaceful protestor.

Oh, and here's video and gifs of Spencer getting punched.

That's it for this week! Keep punching nazis!

As always, if you like my work, consider giving to my Patreon, or buying something on my Etsy, buying my comics on Gumroad, Itch.io, or Comixology, or even asking for a commission!

Power Rangers, Thief and Barbarian comics

It's nearly the end of the year! And I wanted to get a few comic ideas out before the year ended. Just needed to take a break and make some good good comics that are nice. So here are some comics!

Journalistic Comics

Hey guys, November was a busy and...tough month, which is why I haven't done a blog in awhile, so here's one with some comics! I took a Comics as Journalism class and here are the fruits of my labor.

A comic about people dealign with deportation. More after the jump

Treasure Map Quest

Hey it's Friday! Here's a special comics treat! A COMIC!!!

This was made for an anthology but it wasn't accepted so I colored it and now you get to see it! I hope you enjoy this weird comic. Anyways, see you next week!

Misty Knight: Hero for Hire

Hey! I've been working on this fan comic for about a week and I finally got it finished! It's about Misty Knight, who should have her own ongoing series in my humble opinion. Check it out after the jump!

Monday Round-Up 8/17: Sword and Comics

Hey there! It's Monday! I did some THINGS and some COMICS!

Here's an illustration of a comic I want to be a thing: Agents of SWORD, because why not.

Also, here are some comics I did for Greening Forward:

More stuff after the jump!

Monday Round-Up 7/06: Storm, Livewire and Americas

Hey it's Monday! Here are some sketches I did this past week!

Here's a sketch of 90's Storm I recently did!

And here's Livewire! More after the jump!

Comic page process for Date Night (NSFW)

I'm busy working on my new comic, Date Night, so I thought I'd show my process from thumbnails to finished page! The page I'm going through is NSFW fyi.

I'm a visual person by nature, so when I start a new comic, I go straight to thumbnails. I thumbnail the entire comic, and THEN write down the script. I usually do 4 thumbnails to a regular page(and draw them in backwards order because I'm left-handed and don't want to smudge them).

I might do a number of different thumbnails before I'm happy with the flow and pacing, then write down all the actions and dialogue before I forget what I had in mind and have to go go back and read my handwriting or try to figure out what I was doing with the doodles. These two pages turned into three when I was transitioning to the next phase.

Monday Sketch update 7/28

You may have noticed some differences in the blog. I'm slowly updating this and my portfolio site. Anyways, here are some sketches!

I drew a Batman for Batman day last week!

SUPER into Jessica Drew Spider-Woman as PI. I seriously want to write and draw this book. More sketches after the jump!

 I don't know why I don't draw more Punisher.

You know Ms. Marvel is a kickass comic, right?

 Another Batman!

 Also super into Miss America Chavez and the Young Avengers.

 And she's just a badass punk girl.

Also I drew this silly thing after listening to the latest Rachel and Miles Xplain the X-Men. It's a really great podcast!

Also also I did these comics based on a model in class for a thing and I thought they were pretty interesting.

Last week, I had two new One-Hour One-Shots on Dime-Store Noir! Check out Got a Light? and You'll Never get away with this!

And on Sketched Screenings, I reviewed Escape from Tomorrow and SEX, neither of which turned out very good. Go read them to find out why!

More stuff to come next week! See you then!

MoCCA Round-up Round 1

I was at MoCCA last week, so I wanted to go over a few of my favorite books that I’ve gotten through so far! 

Heartless by Will Payne

This is the first time I’ve found Will Payne’s art, because it’s a pretty great book. For one thing, it’s fairly lengthy comic(over 50 pages for an indy!) that’s completely wordless! It’s a fantastic way to show off his storytelling chops, and he pulls it off beautifully. It also helps cement an all-ages feel, which the light-hearted story seems to be going for. And for another, it’s got a female protagonist! In a fantasy setting! Saving her beloved! And it makes sense! It’s the story of a lady on a quest to retrieve the stolen heart of her fiance from a group of demons. It’s a really great story. The art style is simple, cartoony, and really lovely. It’s just a nice story that’s well-told and wraps up in a way that’s fitting where all the characters are satisfied at the end. It’s really good is what I’m saying. You can check out his work here, and if you want to read it, you can read the whole thing here, though I’d recommend buying it if he’s selling it at another con. 

The Feast and The Godins by Anna Bongiovanni and Evan Palmer

The Feast was written by Anna Bongiovanni, but both were illustrated by Evan Palmer, so I’m going to include these comics together. They’re both fantasy stories, and I doubt they take place in the same universe, but they’re both drawn beautifully. Palmer has a great inking style, a great handle on black and white contrast, and really cartoony expressive characters. The Feast is a one-off story about a group of orphan girls running and fighting a giant beast who has been hunting them. And oh look at that, not just one female protagonist, but MULTIPLE! That’s great. And since there’s a whole gaggle of ‘em, you get a range of ages and varying personalities with varying degrees of cute and badass. And they all have silly names like Gigglespeak and Mudbutt, because I mean, why wouldn’t they? 

The Godins is a longer series with three books already out(there’s supposed to be 11 in the series) about a group of small creatures called Godins(similar to Goblins or Kobolds I guess?) on a quest to bring a girl to their lord, the Thunder King. It’s an interesting idea to have a story from the bad guys’ perspective, especially the four worst and weakest bad guys. And because Palmer is so great at characters, you really start to feel for these guys. And there are a number of great female characters in here as well. He sets up a world that feels creative and unique with creatures and classes similar to your regular D&D things, but with enough variation to feel original. They’re both beautifully done fun adventure stories, and I’d recommend buying them all. You can read them all on his site, or if you feel like getting some really gorgeous mini-comics, you can buy them all at Evan Palmer’s etsy shop here: http://www.evanpalmercomics.com/shop/ all the Godin books are 5$ and the feast is only 4$!

Fantasy Basketball by Sam Bosma

Ok ok after this no more comics with female protagonists I swear. But this is a cool fantasy story about a cool duo of adventurers Mean Mug and Wiz-Kid! Wiz is more of the protagonist of the story and the level headed one of the two. She’s an intern to Mug, actually. Together they delve into a dungeon to get some fantastic treasure, but the only way to get past is with…Basketball! It’s cool and weird is what it is. The art by Sam Bosma is cartoony and fantastic. It reminds me a lot of a Studio Ghibli movie, with super exaggerated designs, a cool female protagonist, and pretty in depth backgrounds with a great attention to detail. Also there is a mummy with a foot-tall high top and a skeleton captain, so that’s fun. You can get the digital version for 2$ or the print version for 12$!

The Other Gang by Wyeth Yates

HAHAHA JK FEMALE PROTAGONISTS FOREVER HAHAHA OH YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ON YOUR FACES ah anyways, The Other Gang by Wyeth Yates is proooobably everything I want in a comic right now. It’s about a group of housewives in the 50’s who cross-dress as a male greaser gang. That is fantastic. There’s nothing I don’t love about that premise. Is it noir? Kinda? Maybe? Don’t care! Fantastic. It’s such a cool premise and he follows through with solid characters and a compelling story. Will they get caught? What happens if they get hurt? How will they explain it? Is this just used as an escape or does it mean something more? It helps that he’s got a great art style. Although I get two of the characters mixed up because they have similar faces and only slightly different hairstyles. But other than that, wow it’s a cool story. The first two issues are out, and you can download the first one here. Go check it out now!

Genus by Anuj Shrestha

Genus by Anuj Shrestha is a weird book. It takes place in a world where apparently the upper class higher ups all have plants for heads, and everyone else is looked down upon? That’s what I’m getting so far. It’s kind of hard to tell exactly, but I get the general idea. There are 4 books out already, and what I love is that the 1st is a wordless comic. it’s a great, quick way of getting us introduced to the world and out main character, who’s just trying to get a high-paying job in the giant company Genus, maker of fine products. Things get weird(er) when he starts growing leaves and plant parts himself. It’s drawn in a very simple yet more realistic and serious looking style. The best parts are the details of the plant people, especially when they get a close up or a 2 page spread. It’s a weird comic and I don’t fully know what’s going on, and I kind of like that. You can get the books for around 6$ at one of these places, or see a preview of each on his art blog here. 

Tales to Behold by Paul Hoppe

This feels like a cheat because I’ve been a fan of Paul Hoppe’s work for years, but I picked up his two latest books and I can’t NOT talk about them. If you’re new to his work, Tales to Behold and his early series(which you should also pick up), Journey into Misery is a ridiculous superhero comic that feels like it’s told from the 90’s underground comic perspective. It’s got adult humor, with characters frequently getting naked or having casual off-panel sex, and it goes to great lengths to make fun of the ridiculous continuity and constantly changing comic world. Heroes will be held in aquatic chambers, naked but in the right angle as to not show anything, only to then move slightly and ruin the illusion. Villains have to deal with bratty teenage daughters, heroes find their epic battles are cut short by silly solutions, and forth walls are frequently broken. Each book acts more like a magazine than a single comic, with different storylines, multiple preludes, interludes, epilogues and the occasional mini-poster. And it’s all held together by Hoppe’s fantastic art style, that’s loose, exciting and has great contrast. Right now there’s five each of both series, and I’d recommend starting at number 1, as they can get as convoluted as any Marvel or DC book, but that’s half the fun! You can buy them all for around $4-$6 here.

Cirrus Skylark and the Tomb of the Thunderlord by H. Caldwell Tanner

H. Caldwell Tanner does some fantastic work at College Humor and his own site, loldwell. But this is his own new story it seems, and while it’s a great little one-shot comic, I really hope he continues it. It’s about Cirrus and his flying skyshark(yes FLYING SKYSHARK) on a quest to find a map. It feels like a Zelda game but in the snarky style of College Humor. Caldwell is a fantastic illustrator, and it’s no different here. The design of everything is super fun and silly, and I love the monotone color-scheme. I could honestly read a whole book with this character. Or play a whole game. One of those things. You can read the whole thing here!

If you think these are all the books I got, you have honestly not seen me during a comics sale. I’ll talk about more of my stash in a later update!

NEW COMICS NEW NEW NEW!

Hey there! I've got more new comics! I'm also exhausted! YAY COMICS.

This is another comic I did for Greening Forward. I think last week's comic came out better because it had a more dynamic composition and this takes place in Bangladesh, which I do not know a lot about and didn't have a lot of time to research. But I still think it's pretty good. Especially panel 1 with that beautiful beautiful three-point perspective! PERSPECTIVE!

Also last week, I had two new pages of The Wrong Girl on Dime-Store Noir! Page 3 and Page 4. Go check those out if you haven't been reading!

And also I know have a Facebook page for Dime-Store Noir so if you could like it that would be cool I guess. What kinds of things would you like to see on the Dime-Store Noir Facebook page? More after the jump!

Earth Savers Comics

So! I have finally finished my comics internship with Greening Forward. I'll still be working with them for some graphical stuff here and there, but for now all of the comic strips I was making for them are complete and are being sent out! Super exciting. Here they all are!

Super Qualified

So I have finally finished my 8 page comic, "Super Qualified", and finally had enough free time to upload it. And here it is after the jump!

Save the butts, save the world

Hey guys! It's late and I'm tired so here is a sketch dump!

I've finally figured out the face of my heroine.  Bottom left!

This is a preview for my 8-page comic that I should be done with in around 5 weeks. Oh butts.

Anyways, I've been trying out different inking techniques to figure out how exactly I'm going to ink it.

I think I'm going with the ink and wash on the right. Butts butts butts. FIERCE buts.

I did this also while practicing inking. It's of a facebook friend. maybe I will post it on facebook. maybe.

I was considering making the heroine's design more extreme, but I think I like how it is.  The guy on the left however I LOVE. He's going in exactly like that.

This comic will also have superheroes looking at resumes disapprovingly. This entertains me greatly.

And finally some random designs for Ivy an Joker because of reasons.  Full disclosure, if I were ever put  in charge of a Batman movie, I would make Christina Hendricks Posion Ivy. Perhaps I will continue these and ink them. PERHAPS.

I've been falling behind on Sketched Screenings.  I will get on that soon, mostly because I want to make super-special posters involving Spider-Man.

Also also, I got an internship! Making Comics! It's with a cool company called Greening Forward. You should check them out. I still have more gesture drawings from class but I will scan those in tomorrow.

Goodnight all.