Hello! Would you be interested in seeing me ink a couple of pages of FLIP tomorrow on Picarto? Then join me at 3PM CST tomorrow for just that! I've been making steady progress on this graphic novel, and I love sharing the development with Patrons. ✏️
Tomorrow @ 3PM CST -> FLIP! 2022-04-23 18:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been INKING! Here's six pages that (a) introduce one of my favorite side characters of FLIP—Flip's best friend Oliver, and (b) show how Chi-Chi, Esther, and Yesenia met freshman year. From FLIP, pages 127 to 132!
2022-04-17 18:25:26 +0000 UTC
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Hello! This month it's more of the same—I'm inking and finishing up pencils on FLIP. This graphic novel won't be on shelves for another two? Years? So I'm going to be inking and drawing it for another year???
But let's not look too far into the future—here are some pencils that I created today!
Love Flip's little pout as he discovers that being a woman means dealing with creeps all the time! Also, Chi-Chi coaching Flip through a high school interaction. She's no...
2022-04-05 23:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi! The 11 x 17 screen print poster for the Check, Please!: Year Four Kickstarter is a fun little bit of graphic design. I'm inking it and finalizing the colors today during the stream on Picarto here. See ya there!
2022-03-12 17:56:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Livestream: Saturday, March 12th @ NOON CST!
March will be like February which was just like January in that I'm still drawing FLIP. But, I will be switching gears to do fun things like taxes and Check, Please! Year Four Kickstarter miscellany. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm doing two things I unironically love: listening to 90's alternative rock and drawing backgrounds. 🙃✏️ On Picarto. Check back at this post for images!
picarto.tv/ngozidraws/SENIORFESTIVE
Ahh! this is all I got done in an hour. Crowd scenes, amirite?
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2022-02-19 18:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll be livestreaming tomorrow! NOON CST on PICARTO. Can't wait to churn out another page of FLIP :^)
I'm nearly done penciling my 300 page graphic novel! (35ish pages to go?) Part of ACT III takes place at a Kpop concert, where Chi-Chi flips into Flip's body and freaks out over her favorite band in the universe BGBB.
FLIP 260 - Chi-Chi and Flip switch bodies right before the big BGBB conc...
2022-02-18 23:25:14 +0000 UTC View Post
An early newsletter? February is like January in that I'm penciling Flip! Working on Barda! And doing fanart!! SAME OLD!!
2022-01-31 04:20:30 +0000 UTC
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@ NOON CST Today! (In about half an hour.)
HI! Slowly watching FLIP come together page by page. Join me for extremely, extremely chill vibes. 👍 On Picarto, here!
2022-01-22 17:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Livestream on Saturday, Jan 22nd @ NOON CST. I'm making pages for FLIP on Picarto. 👍
I've been penciling! I have no idea why "Protagonist Wildly Procrastinating A Final Project" is a theme in my work, but here we are—example 2. Chi-Chi (who is in Flip's body for another few days) finishes her senior project. Barely.
2022-01-20 23:06:05 +0000 UTC
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This year should be interesting. You heard it here first—things of interest might be happening. Not to be mysterious!
Oh, btw, the livestream next weekend will be at NOON CST on Picarto! Saturday the 22nd!
MADISON
I finished Madison last year! It was as challenging as it was rewarding to complete. The initial seed of...
2022-01-10 22:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! I'M DRAWING THE FURIES TODAY. I'm writing and illutrating a graphic novel about Big Barda, and no Barda book would be complete without your favorite felonious female squad, the female furies! They're a squad of assassins and warriors of which Barda is the leader.
Join me on Picarto! Get to know them!
2021-12-11 17:56:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Livestream! I'm going to do one tomorrow @ NOON CST! I have no idea what I'll be drawing! Could be fanart! Exclamation points!
Ah, occasionally working on spec for a prestigious cultural magazine does have its benefits: my one-panel comic was a daily cartoon for The New Yorker this week!
2021-12-10 17:21:33 +0000 UTC
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Hi! I'll be livestreaming on PICARTO in about five minutes. Come drop by! I'll be finishing up some things for Madison while wondering what the heck 2022 is going to look like. Adios!
⭐ Here on PICARTO ⭐
2021-11-20 17:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Livestream. I'll be livestreaming on the 20th at NOON CST over on Picarto. Please join so we can talk about how nervous Bitty is while trying to make out with another boy. 🙃 Madison is a kind and gracious examination of Eric Bittle being awkward af yet determined to cop a feel on that JLZ butt.
Discount Code. For the holidays and exclusively for patrons! 2021-11-14 18:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post
It's November!
Over the years, I've said "yes" to many projects. I like the excitement of exploring a new idea. The only downside to starting new projects is, ah, you suddenly have many many projects. You might, say, be working on a 7-year old zine that you started because you wanted to visit Madison, Georgia in 2015. Or you might, for example, have to do weeks-long revisions on a very fun graphic novel about softball and art school. Or—just throwing out hyp...
2021-11-01 17:24:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons, howdy,
I'll be streaming on Picarto @ NOON CST. I'm in the final stretch of coloring Madison; I can't believe it. Turns out coloring a 40-ish page short ("short"???) comic takes up more time than one would think. Putting the final touches on it these last few weeks has felt GREAT.
Here! Take a gander at some of the completed pages!
Hi! I've been hard at work coloring Madison!
It's....so nice....to see....huge chunks of this comic finished! The difference between the pages I penciled in 2015 and the pages I drew in 2021 is stark to me, but I wonder if your eyes can spot the changes? I've gotten better at anatomy and composition over the years, but so much of my style is the same.
Spoilers ahead! This is a short zine and you're seeing a good portion of the pages.
2021-10-08 15:16:23 +0000 UTC
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Hi!
I think back to October 2019, when in addition to cool weather in Texas, we had Staple! Comics Expo to look forward to. I was also knee-deep in something-or-other for Check, Please!: Sticks & Scones, drawing and editing like a fiend and awaiting its April 2020 release. Man, that was a lot of work.
Someone recently described October a...
2021-10-01 21:10:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, hello, I'm streaming on Picarto right now! Check back for screencaps and a link to the recorded stream. 👍👍👍
Working on the scene where Bitty and Jack are alone together for the first time since they kissed sophomore year....Lots of dark rooms and singular light sources!
OKAY, I'M STREAMING THIS WEEKEND! Noon CST on Sunday the 19th on Picarto. Madison requires a lot more work before I can call it complete, so join me for nice session of coloring. 🙏
When I'm not thinking about Madison, I'm working on FLIP, chipping away at the story page by page.
I finished this page a few minutes ago. The ...
2021-09-15 00:42:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
Ladies, gentlemen, and esteemed guests—WE'RE DONE WITH FLATS. It only took several years and stops and starts BUT! That means that all I have left to do is render, that is, shade. (And design the cover and the interior but *waves hands.*)
The entirety of August was dedicated to penciling and inking several new pages of Madison 2021-09-01 20:51:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I'm working on Madison. I've been working on Madison for nearly six years, but I'm actually making headway. Join in to see a bunch of new pages. Cheers!
(1) I'll post images here in a few hours after the stream!
(2) This one should also be recorded, so you can check it out later.
Edited: The stream was recorded! We ...
2021-08-14 16:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK UPDATE - I'll be livestreaming on Saturday @ NOON CST. I added like 10 pages to Madison and I have to ink them all :)))))))))))))))))))). HERE ON PICARTO.
A peek a few of the new pages I finished penciling last week:
Jack Zimmermann in Eric Bittle's h...
2021-08-11 18:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post
HI HELLO I'M BACK
Now announcing... I'm proud to announce that my next graphic novel is called FLIP. I love snappy titles with multiple meanings, and FLIP points to multiple themes and characters in this story! Chi-Chi is our protagonist, but the entire story revolves around her...
2021-08-01 18:37:59 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! I'm streaming on Picarto at NOON CST today. I'll be inking a few pages of MADISON while talking about The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki, and what makes me fall in love with a character. You can watch and listen here!
I'll update this post with some finished lineart in a bit! 🎉
Edited to Add: 2021-06-26 16:56:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons!
Livestream! Saturday, June 26th at NOON CST! I'll likely be inking or coloring Madison. 👍
Project Yesenia. Hoorah, 50% of pencils for my next graphic novel are done! And guess what: turns out that drawing 150 pages of comics makes you better at drawing comics? Who woulda thunk. If yo...
2021-06-24 22:37:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, if I had waited an hour I could've included this in the last newsletter since it is big news BUT CHECK, PLEASE! BOOK 2: STICKS & SCONES HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN EISNER AWARD!!
Check out the full list of nominees: here! ⭐
2021-06-09 18:06:31 +0000 UTC View Post
June Livestream: The LAST Saturday of this month, June 26th @ NOON CST. I will probably be Madisonin'!
The Check, Please! Year Four Kickstarter. Ah yes, so you are wondering what I was up to in this last month, yes, understandable. Might I direct sirs, madams, and esteemed guests to the Check, Please...
2021-06-09 16:41:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Patrons! Just letting you know that the Year Four Kickstarter is now live. I'll be promoting it tomorrow—but until then, enjoy taking a look at it! Thank you so much! 🎉
2021-04-27 02:06:25 +0000 UTC View Post