Drawing Sunnyville and Drawing Life

Readers, I must apologize for failing to update the blog during the week.

Anyway, work is slow on Sunnyville number 10, but it’s steady.

Inking Sunnyville pages

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Episode 10 , Page 1 Inked

After many delays, I finally got to ink some pages of Sunnyville Stories episode 10 “Listen to the Music”.

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Compare this to the earlier pencils I had.  This emphasizes why inking comics is so important; pencils don’t reproduce well and you probably recall those images were hard to see.  The other reason is that this image looks so crisp and vivid.  It pops out on the page and catches your attention as opposed to the faint pencils.   Continue reading

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Updated contact information

Attention, readers!  Different Mousetrap Press LLC, the company that publishes Sunnyville Stories, has a brand new mailing address as of 7/2/2014.

Anyone interested in ordering products or sending any correspondence?  Please write to:

Different Mousetrap Press LLC, 1100 19th Avenue N, #108, Unit J, Fargo ND 58102-2269

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Different Mousetrap Press back in action!

A few announcements!

First, the paperwork has finally been processed by the bureaucrats in Bismarck.  Different Mousetrap Press is now a publishing company operating in the US state of North Dakota.  However, I still need a little more time to update everything.  I’m setting up a new mailing address and have to settle a few other business related matters.  The new mailing address will be updated soon on the contact page.

Second, we’ll be getting back to work on promoting the Sunnyville property.  I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve to help raise awareness of Sunnyville, including advertising.  On top of that, we expect to get more libraries carrying the books.  I’ll be contacting two libraries in Massachusetts who were interested and once that’s out of the way, I’m going to be targeting the local libraries too.

That includes the Fargo Public Library, West Fargo Public Library, and Lake Agassiz Regional Library (Moorhead, Minnesota).  Following those, I’ll be contacting school libraries in the area as well as ones in Grand Forks, Bismarck, and Minot.  Remember that my company is represented by Brodart Books and BCH Distribution.  Anyone interested in carrying our titles should get in touch with those companies.

Third, work has finally commenced on the inking for Sunnyville Stories episode 10.  For now, I’m just doing the letters but I should be able to make some good progress on the work over the weekend.

Stay tuned to the blog for more information!

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The Genre of Sunnyville

This is something I was only thinking about recently.  It’s about the classification of Sunnyville Stories; in other words, I’m trying to figure out what genre it is.

What was that?  You’re not familiar with the term “genre”?  Well, that’s what we’ll talk about today.  So what is genre?   Continue reading

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Kickstarter and Picking Myself Up

Alfred Pennyworth: Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.   Batman Begins (2005)

As some of you recall, a few colleagues have been holding Kickstarters recently.  My own Kickstarter was a failure and, truth be told, I didn’t want to see others share that fate.

Recently, JAR of Comics had his own Kickstarter and I stumped for him several times.  I used Facebook and Twitter to alert others to his campaign and even used my blog in the last hours to drive more donations.  He ended up succeeding.   Continue reading

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The Influence of Marc Brown

Today, I’d like to talk about yet another person who was an inspiration to my work.

Marc Brown (Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia)

This gentleman is named Marc Brown. For the uninitiated, Marc Brown is the creator of the famous literary and animated property, Arthur. Over the years, Brown has produced several books starring the aardvark Arthur Read, his family, and the many characters that make up his universe. Continue reading

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Episode 10 Page 5

I apologize again for not keeping up with the regular updates. Besides more business matters, I have some wonderful news. More libraries will be picking up Sunnyville Stories Volume 1 AND Von Herling, Vampire Hunter soon. Just this week, I filled another order for books with Brodart Company. That means some lucky library will be adding my titles to their collection. Don’t forget to contact Brodart Books if you’d like your local library to carry my work.

Anyway, let’s get on with the show.

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As you remember from the last page I did, I’m showing some of the inner workings of Sunnyville. The general store needs merchandise to sell and it seems that they won’t have rice to sell now. BTW, that name that Alexander mentions? That’s the name of my friendly neighborhood letter carrier. Continue reading

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Pages 3 and 4 Pencils

A few notes from the management: I’ve learned that copies of Sunnyville Stories Volume 1 and Volume 2 are getting checked out by patrons in the Alameda County Library. I’m very pleased with that development. At least the Sunnyville paperbacks are not sitting around gathering dust. If anyone representing the Alameda County Library is reading this, thank you very much for adding the Sunnyville saga to your collections.

As a reminder, if you’d like your local library to carry my work or you represent a library interested in expanding your graphic novel selection, please get in touch with Brodart Company, Baker & Taylor or Ingram. Sunnyville Stories Volume 1 is listed under ISBN 9780615653921 and Volume 2 is ISBN 9780989069601.

Anyway, moving on to the comics, I have more pencilled pages to share with you today. Continue reading

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Episode 10 page 2 pencils

Picking up from where we left off yesterday, Rusty is wandering through the woods surrounding Sunnyville.

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In yet another polyptych (a technique I picked up from Dave Sim of Cerebus fame), Rusty comes across a shadowy figure. Continue reading

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