STRAIGHT KIDS

2009-11-03T23:31:00.005-06:00

this is a slideshow presentation i did via telephone for noel black's show 'the big something'. noel is a smart creative person i knew in colorado springs.

notes:

i encourage you to view this here
i will probably take this down at some point soon
most of the images displayed during the talk about a 'graphic novel' are not actually in the 'graphic novel'
i sound like a 12 year old

If you have ordered zines from me, they have been shipped. Except for the 'grab bag' packages, which are taking a little longer, but will hopefully be done tomorrow.

love
don't hurt me

2009-10-22T18:51:00.008-05:00

I made some new zines:

The first one is 'not comics', the second one is 'very comics' and the third one is 'basically comics'. I also made a confusing Paypal button for them. UPDATE: THIS SHOULD WORK NOW.

3 small zines = Comics Youth, Yoko Ono in Hot Day, Katie Holmes Death Row
large color zine = Untitled (Architecture)

2009-10-05T15:02:00.001-05:00

2009-10-05T14:49:00.005-05:00

I sent off the xeric application. No idea how to feel about it. I think I'll release a zine or something of the first chapter. This is an early panel.

2009-09-20T01:54:00.006-05:00

How do people like the new layout? I am typing text here, something I normally don't do. I may do more of this in the future. Is this ok? Things will be back to normal soon. I am working on:

a split minicomic with Cole Johnson
a graphic novel to submit to the xeric grant
an interview zine which will feature interviews with Austin English, Jason Overby, and Jason T. Miles.

it's been months since i've had access to a scanner.
please don't lose faith in me

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Oh yeah I forgot to show the final version!

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Friend and future collaborator JT Rogstad has started an interview blog and I’m the first subject. We talk about CF, Adrian Tomine, creator process, creator-character relationships and more. Here is an excerpt:

JT: okay. one of the things i always find to be the strongest in your work is how you capture posture. you seem like a very good observer of how people present themselves down to the specifics of gesture, sitting position, etc. can you talk a little about that and how maybe that might relate to the way you (visually) describe action and movement?

BL: i think part of it - something i realized the other day - is i am an observer of observers. it's sort of narcissistic. i like the observer and i think it's worthwhile watching him/her. so a lot of my characters are not really participating in any action - they're on the sidelines, content with enjoying everything cathartically. i did this whole drawing zine where each page i drew my body as it was positioned at that moment. i was in this phase where i was drawing naked on the floor a lot, and i liked the way i looked in that action. i'm not a very action-oriented person - all my energy i channel inward. so i guess it's those moments where things happen for me - when i'm sitting or standing or lying down - that real things happen. so when i capture these physical acts, they're often lacking in any external force. when i did those salvia comics, i loved the idea of showing someone's physical state while they're going through this intense internal change. it's also funny because in comics the tendency is to show all that subjective stuff, but by leaving it out you can shift the focus to its absence.

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