Back in town. Back to work.
November 10, 2011
I’m back in Denver from Minneapolis, which was the best trip I took this year. MIX is a really great show and a lot of fun. I’m slowly getting back to work on The Hypo and hopefully will be finishing it pretty soon. Every time I leave town I get asked a ton about my book, which is good! I am glad that word is spreading about it. I’ve started daydreaming about setting up signings in different cities for it when it’s out. And imagining the flyers I’ll get to draw to promote it. I hope it all turns out okay. I really have been working hard.
Here is a picture of me with a woman I don’t know, Zak Sally, Julia Wertz and John p. in Minneapolis. I stole this from somebody’s site. I’m holding a copy of Zak’s new book of Sammy the Mouse comics which is amazing!
And here I am doing a live TCJ talkies interview with Marinaomi and Mike Dawson.
Here are two pages from a chapter of The Hypo that I’m currently working on. It takes place in the August of 1841.
Thanks for reading!
how long did those pages take you? they look amazing.
Thanks a lot! I draw a page a day. So those two equal 2 days. 2 lonely days in Denver.
full eight hour days?
It depends. I like to put a few movies on and get into a zone while drawing. I don’t time myself you know? I can just get into it. Once I finish a page, if I still feel like drawing I’ll just rule out another page and keep going. It’s the best part of my life I think. Feeling tired from drawing all day long has a satisfaction to it that’s hard to beat.
nice.
Those are some gorgeous pages, there, Mr. Van Sciver. I look forward to seeing the book.
The lady on the left in the first photo is cartoonist Chris Monroe of the wonderful strip Violet Days:
Ultra Violet: Ten Years of "Violet Days"