Hermit Hill | Vol.1 | 09/03/08

Taking out the trash. The everyday problems of an agoraphobic can lead to some strange problems that need to be solved. The insensitivity of the average waste disposal engineer doesn't help matters.

On the drawing table tonight

Here's a photo from my drawing board tonight. I just finished inking a comic that'll be online next week. So, this is kind of a preview I guess, a peak behind the curtain. I pencil the page in non-photo blue and then ink over top of that directly. The borders and text will be added after I scan it into the computer using PhotoShop.

Hermit Hill | Vol. 1 | 09/02/08

Put that in your pipe and smoke it! This comic was updated while I was on vacation with my family. Hence my dedication to you, the loyal Hermit Hill reader. Namaste.

Hermit Hill | Vol. 1 | 08/28/08

Ah yes, the plight of the artist. A famous artist was once asked how he could charge such a high price for his paintings and the artist replied that one doesn't pay for a single painting, one pays for the lifetime of artistic experience that leads up to the painting's creation. That's probably a more eloquent way to express this idea than a crude cartoon of an old guy brow beating some kid, but we all do what we can I suppose.

Hermit Hill | Vol. 1 | 08/26/08

The Bird of Wisdom, he gets what he deserves if you ask me. Mouthy little fowl. Enjoy!

Hermit Hill | Vol. 1 | 08/21/08

New Hermit Hill comic uploaded, Quit Bugging Me.

Hermit Hill Webcomic Moves to Own Site

Hermit Hill now has it's own web site. Since I'll be focusing on Hermit Hill as my cartooning project for the foreseeable future I've split the comic out of the Bramble Vine Comics site and created HermitHillComic.com. I've also re-written the code I created to manage the comic navigation to allow for individual URL's for each comic. This will allow people to link directly to their favorite comics.

I still need to add some content to the site, like character details and comic book info once the first volume is complete, but it's a good start I think.

Hermit Hill | Vol. 1 | 08/19/08

Here is the latest Hermit Hill comic, "Shout from on High".

Synesthetic book release party this weekend

Almost a year and a half ago I joined up with some local Dallas artists who were looking for cartoonists and comic book creators in the area to help put an anthology book together. After all that time and a lot of work from everyone involved the book is finally complete. The Synesthetic Anthology is a collection of skilled cartoonists, writers and illustrators here in Dallas. I'm proud to say I have a story in the book and the book looks great.

This weekend we're having a release party in Dallas at Titan Comics. Creators who worked on the book will be on hand for signings and war stories about getting our part complete by the dead lines. We'll be there from noon to about 5:00, so please come by and have a look at all our hard work.

Kudos to Jake and Luan, the editors and the two guys who brought the whole thing together. Give 'em a pat on the back when you see them, they deserve a ton of creadit for getting this project complete.

New Bramble Vine Comics Hat Design

Here I am wearing my hat. I designed it through Lids.com where you can upload your own image and have them incorporate it into the hat stitching. I used one of the cartoon faces I made for a recent poster I designed. The quality of the hat is excellent, it came out pretty good I think.

Hermit Hill Webcomic Launch Day

Today I am starting a regularly updated comic called Hermit Hill. I'll be uploading new Hermit Hill comics twice a week, one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. This is something I've been developing since I completed my last comic book and I am pretty excited about it.

The comic revolves around Walter, an agoraphobic shut-in and all around old coot. He lives in a little house on top of a hill. He gets occasional deliveries from a kid named Francis who brings Walter his groceries and mail and tries hard to cheer up the old grouch.

My plan is to upload the installments in volumes, starting of course with volume one. Each time I reach 24 pages in a volume I'll put out a comic book that collects all the comics up to that point and move on to the next volume. Each book will be available for sale here on my web site, at local Dallas area comic shops and at any comic conventions that I attend.

Anyway, before I get too far ahead of myself, for now I just need to get the comics created. I have several week's worth ready to go and many more already scripted.

Ok, here we go.