Walking Berkeley
WFH means I’m walking around the neighborhood a lot more now, and it’s been cool finding all the little gems nearby. California flowers and houses that look like they were built by people who actually had fun doing it.
THree dimensions of Story
Want to make your designs actually resonate? Start by mastering three words and I’ll show you why they’re game changers.
I’ve been reading Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead in Advertising by Thomas Kemeny, and it reminded me of the timeless power of the Greeks. 🇬🇷✨
Proto-MCU
The Marvel Cinematic Universe would not have succeeded without Wildstorm’s output of the 1990’s. Superheroes are at a saturation point I never thought possible. Artist Bryan Hitch and writer Mark Millar’s superhero opus “The Ultimates” was the blueprint. That comic would not exist without a rogue forward-thinking studio: Wildstorm.
The sea in the desert
A. 1000 hours to pencil. 1 hour to ink. More on this below.
B. There were two parts of the gathering I went to over the weekend. First was in a desolate near post-apocalyptic town (population 200, yes just two zeros) in the desert. The second was a gloriously poolside party. You can see a bit my trip here. It was like a wedding but it also was not one…
Mural flashback
I wore coveralls and rolled huge swaths of yellow. I fucking love yellow. You can see it from space. Once I had Marvel’s Black Panther and “Black Lives Matter” blocked in on the mural, locals started with the kind words. I painted a mural once before and it was quadruple the size of the one I put on the front of Cape & Cowl Comics in Oakland, California…