Attention, libraries! Please carry Sunnyville Stories Volume 1!
I have a special blog post here. I’m calling on all of you out there, both regular readers and visitors, who encounter this blog entry.
For the past few months, I’ve been sending out direct mail to libraries all over the Southern USA. So far, my first trade paperback is being carried in a handful of libraries. That’s not bad for a first-timer with his very first book. However, I cannot rest on my laurels. Continue reading
Review: How to Draw Cartoons Editors Will Buy
I’ve got another book review today and it’s somewhat different from other books I’ve reviewed. It’s a title by the late George Webster Crenshaw (1913-2007) called How to Draw Cartoons Editors Will Buy.
This book was featured on the Small Press Comics FAQ page, as a part of their bookshelf page. I’ve mentioned this page earlier on the blog for a big reason. In addition to being a handy guide, the FAQ creator also coined something he called “M’s Law” which goes like this - any substantial book on how to draw cartoons will be written by an artist you never heard of before, whose own art is particularly average and uninspiring. However, that is NOT the case with George Crenshaw. If any of you readers out there are familiar with newspaper comic strips, you’ll probably recognize him as the creator of Belvedere, a newspaper gag cartoon which ran for over thirty years. But that’s just the start of his credentials. There’s a whole page listing his impressive credentials. He was an animator for both Disney and MGM, he drew cartoons for various magazines, and even “ghosted” (worked without being credited) on Dennis the Menace! If that’s not an impressive resume, I don’t know what is. Anyway, let’s talk about the book itself. Continue reading
Sunnyville Stories Volume 2 Official Trailer
The official trailer for Sunnyville Stories Volume 2 is now up! Be sure to watch for it in March 2014!
Q&A on Olivia's Comic Book Blog
I was interviewed over on Olivia’s Comic Book Blog. Go check it out!
Episode 9 and Freelancing
Ladies and gentlemen, everything is okay with me and I will be starting work on Sunnyville Stories episode 9 “The Japanese Connection” today. I know – I haven’t done any work on Sunnyville Stories for the past two weeks. That’s because I needed to start the inking on my graphic novel Von Herling, Vampire Hunter.
There’s my work table with pages of Von Herling waiting to be inked. At the time of this writing, I have just under 100 pages of art to completely finish. Like the second volume of Sunnyville Stories, these has to be put to bed (that is, sent to the printers) by no later than October 31st to meet the March 2014 release date. Continue reading
Sunnyville available at Park Road Books!
Another store has picked up Sunnyville Stories Volume 1.
This time, it is Park Road Books of Charlotte, North Carolina. Located at 4139 Park Road, this independent bookstore carries all kinds of neat books from North Carolina based authors in addition to a wide selection of other literature. Did I mention they also have special events?
Make sure you visit Park Road Books of Charlotte. Be sure to give them your business, especially by purchasing my own book. Tell them Max West sent you!
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