October 31st, 2013
September 27th, 2013
Vortex #2 Sold Out; One Vortex #1-4 Combo Pack Left
I realized yesterday that I only have one copy of Vortex #2 left in my personal inventory. So I’m not selling any more individual copies of Vortex #2 and I only have one Vortex #1-4 combo pack left. The combo pack is four dollars cheaper than ordering each issue individually. You can order it in my store.
Vortex #2 is still available through other stores and distros: Farewell Books in Austin, Birdcage Bottom Books, Quimby’s, Sparkplug, Telegraph Gallery, Wow Cool, and some other places I’m probably forgetting (sorry I’m sleep deprived).
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August 15th, 2013
Vortex #1-4 Combo Pack
I’ve added a Vortex #1-4 combo pack to my store. $20 plus shipping for the complete psychedelic adventure: 128 pages of sf madness, melting forms, digital lines, and thick textures. Here are some photos my wife, Glade Hensel, took of the issues:
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July 26th, 2013
Vortex #4 Preorder
I sent Vortex #4 to the printer on Wednesday so I’ve put it up for preorder in my store. Here’s a preview:
The preorder price is a dollar off until I get the books in early August. At that point I’ll start shipping out preorders and raise the price to the same as the other issues.
June 21st, 2013
June 14th, 2013
Future Shock #4 and Vortex #1-3 at Farewell Books and CAKE; Vortex #4 Progress Update
I’ve dropped copies of Future Shock #4 and Vortex #1-3 off at Farewell Books here in Austin, located in Domy’s old space.
If you’re going to CAKE this weekend in Chicago, Kevin Czap will also have a few copies of the new Future Shock.
I’ve decided to draw the endpapers for this issue. My hand hurts.
I’ve been making good progress on Vortex. I’ve decided that #4 will be the final issue and I’ve pencilled all the way to the end. I’m over halfway done inking it also. My goal is to get the drawing done in June.
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May 28th, 2013
Vortex #4 Progress Screenshots
I’ve been getting back to work on Vortex #4. I’m finally at the point where finishing the whole story feels like a possibility. I’ve been working on this since the beginning of June in 2011.
Sometimes I use the grid in Manga Studio to sketch out hyperstructures:
Here’s that same page, ready for me to add patterns in Photoshop:
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May 21st, 2013
Future Shock #4 on Sale; “Hawk” from Future Shock #1
Future Shock #4, edited by Josh Burggraf, is now on sale here through the Birdcage Bottom Books distro.
Future Shock #4 cover by Jordan Speer.
Here’s one of the three pages that I did in collaboration with Sean T Collins for this issue:
A page from “The True Black,” written by Sean, drawn by me.
Now that #4 is out and #1 is almost out of print, I thought I’d share my comic “Hawk” that I drew for #1:
For “Hawk” I was experimenting with the pencil-style I used for the comic I drew in Frank Santoro’s correspondence comics course, “Moon Queen.” The story itself was, perhaps too obviously, inspired by M John Harrison’s horrific but beautifully written book Light, which I highly recommend.
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May 10th, 2013
The Gold County Paper Mill at TCAF
I’ll be exhibiting at TCAF this weekend. I’ll have Vortex #1-3 and a new, 16-page, quarter-legal-sized mini I did called Tranz #2.
I put out Tranz #1 back at the beginning of 2009.
My table is #248 on the second floor. I posted earlier that Josh Burggraf would be tabling with me but he can’t make it.
I also have a three-page comic in the new Hic and Hoc anthology Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends, edited by Emi Gennis. Hic and Hoc is at Table #102.
The cover of the anthology with one of my pages.
Anyway if you’re going to be at TCAF, I hope to see you there!
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April 16th, 2013
Hyperbroadcasts: Less Posting, TCAF, Future Shock #4
Hey y’all! I’ve gotten a bit behind in blogging. I’m going to hibernate for a while to get some serious work done. I’ll resurface when I have something substantial. Here’s a progress shot from Vortex #4, which, despite my 2013 new year’s resolution, I’ve only finished five pages of:
The next time you’ll see me is TCAF 2013. Unfortunately Vortex #4 won’t be ready by then.
I’ll be tabling with Josh Burggraf, who’ll be debuting Future Shock #4.
I have a comic in there that I did in collaboration with Sean T Collins.
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