{"id":6065,"date":"2019-01-03T00:08:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T05:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2019-01-03T00:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T05:08:50","slug":"2018-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypercastle.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/03\/2018-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

In terms of my art and comics, 2018 was mixed. I wasn’t as productive as I had hoped I would be, but some exciting things happened. I wanted to self-publish a mini-comic or two so I was switching between two different comics but I didn\u2019t get either one quite finished.<\/p>\n


\nA preview of the black-and-white mini-comic I’ve almost completed.
\nHopefully y\u2019all will see it by mid-2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I mentioned in last year\u2019s recap<\/a>, I’ve continued to collaborate with Zach Taylor on character and environment designs and the script for his video game-in-progress, Project Quinoa. In Zach\u2019s latest update<\/a>, he announces that the demo will be available in mid-2019!<\/p>\n

Here you can see some of my designs on the left compared with Zach\u2019s pixel art versions:<\/p>\n

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And here’s an environmental design:<\/p>\n

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I made three risograph prints in 2018, all printed by Oddities Prints<\/a>, my local print shop. Two were for me to sell and are still available in my shop<\/a>; the third was for the Oddities Prints Grab Bag Fundraiser<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nOn the left is a print of a splash page from Tales from the Hyperverse 2<\/em> showing Mim the Rainbow Robot descending on a new world. On the right is a print of a one-page comic from the first Tales from the Hyperverse<\/em> called \u201cDiana in Ghost Arrow.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I included the Rainbow Robot and Diana prints and a Diana watercolor painting<\/a> in my portfolio for the 2018 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile show at the H&R Block Artspace. Flatfile is a cool biennial show in KC \u2013 this is my second time to participate. The invited artists put their flat artworks in portfolios that are stored in a huge flat file cabinet. The show runs for several months. Guest curators pick some of the art to go on the walls for a month and then the next curator picks different pieces. Visitors can check out the artwork in any of the files with the help of gallery assistants with gloves.<\/p>\n

\"Thayer
\nArtboards by my friend Thayer Bray<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This year I also submitted to another interesting KC arts event \u2013 the Mobank Artboards<\/a>, where the Charlotte Street Foundation and a local bank commission and install art on two double-sided billboards in the arts district. The billboards are right next to each other, with a small space in between. It’d be interesting to see someone draw a comic for this space.<\/p>\n


\nMy submission for the left artboard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nMy submission for the right artboard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My submission wasn’t selected but I’m still proud of what I created for it.<\/p>\n

One weird and amazing thing that happened was that Vortex<\/em> was shown for a split second in the trailer for M Night Shyamalan\u2019s next superhero movie, Glass<\/em>! All credit to my wife, Glade Hensel<\/a>, for her eye-catching cover design. You can see it in this screenshot or this link should go directly to the timestamp (0:48)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eagle-eyed Zack Soto spotted that. Speaking of Zack, the fourth and final part of my second graphic novel, Skew<\/em>, was posted on his comics site, Study Group Comics, this past April. Read the whole thing here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Although my comic from Retrofit, Tales from the Hyperverse<\/em>, debuted Sept 2017 at SPX, it was released through Diamond to the direct market in Jan 2018. As I’ve mentioned previously, Hyperverse<\/em> was discussed in a<\/a> few<\/a> places<\/a> in 2018, but it also made Colin Panetta\u2019s 2017 faves list<\/a>, which he posted on Dec 31st, 2018. I also drew some pages for the sequel in 2018.<\/p>\n

Sphere Fear<\/em>, my 2015 risograph-printed mini-comic published by Yeah Dude Comics, is now distributed by Domino Books<\/a>. In addition to the review I’ve already posted about<\/a>, it got positively reviewed (and analyzed!) on Ryan C.\u2019s Four-Color Apocalypse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Loving<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I drew one page for Loving Richard\u2019s Valley<\/em><\/a>, a comics anthology edited by Scott Roberts that pays tribute to Michael DeForge\u2019s originally online, and soon to be in print, masterful comic Leaving Richard\u2019s Valley<\/em><\/a>. All proceeds from the tribute anthology benefit the Toronto Overdose Prevention Society.<\/p>\n

I only posted one book review<\/a> on this blog in 2018.<\/p>\n

I tabled for CAKE for the first time and KC Zine Con for the third time. Both were fantastic shows and I hope to table at them again next year. Maybe I\u2019ll see y\u2019all there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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