My first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, is being published by Top Shelf and you can pre-order all hard-bound 144 pages for just $10 here.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
GRAPHIC NOVEL
My first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, is being published by Top Shelf and you can pre-order all hard-bound 144 pages for just $10 here.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Free Comic Book Day!
Friends: I have some great news! I know how bummed you've been about this weekend. It's been such a tough week and you've been losing sleep thinking about how you could possibly make up for the week's terrors, but I have just the thing...
SNAKE OIL! It'll cure what ails you and send your rheumatism down the drain!
Also: I'll be drawing pictures and selling things at Dragon's Keep this Saturday at 10am as part of Free Comic Book Day! More info here.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Help Make A Book! Part II
There are just 6 short days left to make "A Map in the Dirt" into a beautifully printed book!
Now is the time to tell all your friends about the sweet rewards: sketchbooks, original artwork, the book, the giant coloring poster, music, and the new personalized 24x36" poster filled with drawings of you and your friends or whatever you want!
http://kck.st/bH6PPT
Now is the time to tell all your friends about the sweet rewards: sketchbooks, original artwork, the book, the giant coloring poster, music, and the new personalized 24x36" poster filled with drawings of you and your friends or whatever you want!
http://kck.st/bH6PPT
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Odes to Animals
I've just finished up a short series of five portraits, this time the subject is animals. The portraits are odes to some of my wild friends, including: Brown Bear, Sparrow, White Tailed Deer, Fox and Jack Rabbit. I've surrounded them with some of their own loves as well as some of my own.
My friend was leaving his house the other day to go feed birds in the park. "I love animals!" He smiled. He pointed to his shirt, which was teeming with bears and trees and wildlife. "See?!" He gave me his 10 pound sack of bird seed and said, "You know what you can tell about a person that loves animals?" He paused and I tried to understand the question. "...They love people even more." He gave me a hug and we went our separate ways.
Animals have a soft and mysterious place in my heart. They seem to know something we don't and we've been given the unique responsibility of caring for them and sharing this world with them. These portraits are my small attempt to capture their majesty and mystery.
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I'll be turning one of my five portraits into a beautiful letterpress print. Please vote for your favorite here.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Interview
Tonight I'm being interviewed by Dungeon Crawlers Radio! I'm really nervous and am not sure if I should make up a fake voice to use on the radio or my own, regular plain-old-Jess voice...
I dare you to call in and ask questions!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
A Map in the Dirt (update)
Bleeding Cool News and Super Duper are helping spread the word about A Map in the Dirt! The project is at 18% and there are 43 days left to get a copy of the book.
In other news: Noah and I are sick, sick, sick! We've had 2 hours of sleep the last three nights and Noah's been throwing up. We both have ear infections and, as of last night, I have Pink Eye. We've been watching The Princess and the Frog over and over and over again. The music is great and the story is a lot of fun. It makes being sick a more bearable experience :)
Monday, March 15, 2010
"A Map In The Dirt" For Sale!
You can buy your very own copy of A Map in the Dirt here for just $15!
This project has been a long time coming and it's finally wearing skin :)
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
"A Map In The Dirt" Reviews!
Rachel Dukes (comics artist and owner of Poseur Ink) shared this kind review:
In other news, I got to share my thoughts on plagiarism in Pikaland 7.
Monday, March 8, 2010
CONCERTS
I have a couple of shows coming up to share the songs from Things That Light Up. Come listen and grab a free songbook!
THURS. MARCH 11
MUSE MUSIC
7:30 PM $5
WED. APRIL 7
GURUS CAFE
8-10PM FREE
Monday, March 1, 2010
A Map in the Dirt
This is the cover to a 15 page short story in comics form I just finished. The story is called A Map in the Dirt and follows a group of animals fleeing from a common threat. It's been selected for publication within the next couple of months by the always friendly Grimalkin Press, which should give me just enough time to finish some other things...
" love the foot prints! (although I dont like the little indian guy as much...sorry) other than that looks cool"---Rachael
"your straight from smoke signals. "---Eliza
Thursday, February 18, 2010
"Things That Light Up" for free! (Part II)
You can stream and download all 11 songs from "Things That Light Up" by visiting this link:
Monday, February 8, 2010
"Things That Light Up" for free!
http://www.yousendit.com/download/S1VCZFh0Q1JvQnZIRGc9PQ
The songs were all written and recorded at home, most of them in January 2010. The lyrics and chord progressions are also in the file, if you're interested.
Enjoy!
jess smart smiley
P.S. Due to a death in the family, I'll be away from the computer for the week, but let me know if you have any questions and I'll help when I can.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I'm Making a Graphic Novel
A few months ago I posted this video:
It's true: I'M MAKING A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
Monday, January 18, 2010
On Finishing...
Have you ever started a project and wanted to get it absolutely perfect, so you spend hours and days and months of your life making it perfect, only to realize later that this thing you've been perfecting is now so big and unwieldy that you'll never get it done? (Not to mention that fact that you're sick of it now and ready to move on to other things in your life...) Well, that's been me with my comics and stories and graphic novels.
The graphic novel I'm working on isn't even close to the first I've started, but I'm declaring it right here, right now, that it's going to be the first I'll finish! And if it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
It's embarrassing to think of everything I've started and haven't finished in my life---but that's part of why we wake up to a new day, right? To be refreshed? To try again? To make things better than they were before? My goal is to make stories and pictures until the day I die. That's what I have to offer and I'm re-dedicating and re-focusing my life to make it happen.
Anyway, the graphic novel I'm working on has been coming along real fast, and that's great, but it's only come after working on others (and not finishing them) for about 12 years!
Monday, January 11, 2010
CHAIN GANG 2
Here is page 2 of the riveting "Chain Gang." You can click on the pic to make it big enough to print and that would rock.
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