The story so far...

What, your writing a comic book, at how many years of age?!

    This question is posed to me quite a bit. Sometimes it even comes from within my own head. Despite being an artist for the last 15 years comics never jumped onto my radar until recently. As a child I only had a few comics. One issue of Spider Man, (is there a space between Spider and Man?) One issue of Punisher and one musty smelling issue of Archie. But I never searched out any more than those first few issues. 

    Later on I broke a bone while skating and had to take a break from my outdoor activities. I set out to teach myself to paint. My mother loved the idea. She eagerly bought me art supplies with visions of impressionist paintings swirling around in her head. She probably had a spot all picked out for her sons masterpiece to hang. A spot that no doubt still collects dust down to this day. You see, I painted then and continue to paint things that no well balanced person wants hanging over their sofa.

    Then things took a turn, during one of my art shows. It was entitled Apocalypse Meow, and I had the idea to write a blurb for each painting. The blurbs were all just as bizarre as the paintings but they were a true look into my head and people loved them, sometimes more than the paintings themselves. During the opening a friend asked me, “Do you ever read comic books?” 

    “No,” I responded, more than a little confused by the question. But it stuck in my head and I kept thinking, why did he ask me that? Looking back I see now that the whole show was in essence a comic. Albeit in a larger format than normal but all the same...

    After that I got the bug to write so I did. I wrote a few novels and enjoyed every minute of it but the question asked at Apocalypse Meow rattled around in my head until one day I picked up a comic.

    In my opinion (and that’s all you’ll get here on my blog) comics are the perfect marriage of storytelling and art. The journey to that discovery has been long and filled with stops and detours but now that I have been bitten by the comics bug... I have a fever... and the only prescription... Is more comics! 

    But it wasn’t just my love of comics that I gleaned from that art show. The blurbs themselves taught me that discussing art with folks can be just as rewarding as making it!    

    That’s where this blog comes in. I have a few comic projects that I’m working on at the moment and I will no doubt be posting sketches along the way but I also see this blog as a vehicle to ask and answer the really important questions in life! 

    Such as: How much lotion would Aquaman need to survive a trip across America? Or, who would win in a fist fight Yeti or Bigfoot? What’s the most appropriate weaponry for a centaur wearing a ski mask? It’s these types of questions I intend to ask and I expect to hear some really great answers!