Kickapoo

So, I haven't mentioned this but Trickster is coming out very shorty! I'll let the words of the anthology's editor and contributor Matt Dembicki fill you in on the particulars...

'Trickster' to debut at SPACE

The 232-page, full-color anthology Trickster that I've worked on for the past four years will debut at the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo April 24-25 in Columbus, Ohio. The book features trickster stories from more than 20 Native American storytellers illustrated by some of today's most dynamic indie comics artists! (You can also pre-order copies here at Amazon.com.)

Needless to say, I'm very excited to be a part of this book and hope you all will give it a chance!

Wonderous Stories

Here's the exciting info from Trickster head honcho, Matt Dembicki:

Fulcrum Publishing will publish Trickster. It will be out June 2010, premiering at Book Expo America in late May. Fulcrum is printing some bookmarks to promote the book that I hope to have for the Small Press Expo in September. Yeah!

I'm thrilled to be part of this anthology. It's filled with wonderful stories and art that center around the Trickster character from various Native American cultures. It is also the very first graphic novel from Fulcrum, which is an honour, indeed.

Make sure to check out the Trickster blog for more info.

The new cover ( shown above) is by artist Jacob Warrenfeltz.

Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)

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Here is a fully coloured Braids of the Gorgon page! This is the first page of the pitch Ken, James and I are putting together.

Colouring my comic art is relatively new to me, the only other colouring I've done was on my 5 page Dear Santa story, "Whatever It Takes" and the 14 page Trickster tale I drew. So, yeah, colouring is still pretty much a "learn as I go" experience. I posted an earlier version of the colours for this page up at Digital Webbing and got a few great critiques, especially the amazing post from pro colorist Nick Filardi, which helped me improve the page. I think it's "done" now, but I never can really tell when something is done.

I'm now almost finished colouring the third page of the pitch. The colouring is getting a little faster, but not any easier.

Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?

Here's a panel from page 6 of the Raven the Trickster story I'm illustrating. Tricksters' editor/headhoncho has posted the entire colored page 6 up on the TRICKSTER BLOG. Please head over and have a look.

Pretty please.... ?

Danger Bird

My Trickster art is getting very near being finished. I've inked all the pages and I'm knee deep in the colouring of them now. I'm not going to post any colour work from it just yet. I want to make sure everything is how I want it.... but, in the meantime, here's a panel from page 2.

Moby Dick

The inking of my Trickster pages continues and I'm pretty darn happy with the results, thus far. This is a panel from page 6.

Once the inking is done (and approved), I'm going to be attempting to colour the story myself. I was going to try and do it in watercolors but I've opted to give computer coloring a go.

Your Latest Trick

Trickster, the comic anthology project that comprises about 20 trickster tales as told by Native American storytellers, now has itself a blog! Project editor/headhoncho, Matt Dembicki, will be updating it with news, sketches and other tidbits related to the project. The blog will also be dedicated to promoting projects to preserve the Native American culture.

Make sure to give it a look.

Kick Out The Jams

Here's a warm up drawing I did for a new short story I'll be illustrating for an anthology called Trickster. I'm not sure if I can talk about it yet but it's going to be a really interesting book.

More info coming soon!