Thursday November 26th 2015, 12:23 am
Thanks for so much enthusiasm for the issue 1 original art, most has found its way to friendly hands.
We’ve selected the next date for available Sandman Overture 2 art to be Saturday December 12th. The time of the release will be 12pm noon PST.
For your enticement (this one is for all the Lovecraft fans, and one of my favorites). It was mostly done using ink (brush and pen), ink wash, copic grey-tone marker, gouache, white ink, and bits of color pencil …
Tuesday November 17th 2015, 11:57 pm
I want to thank everyone for such a tremendous response to the original art of Overture 1 last Sunday. So happy that much of it has found good homes.
Now time to start revving up for Overture 2. A date and time will be coming soon. In the meanwhile, for your enticement…
Friday November 13th 2015, 3:02 pm
I lost a dear friend yesterday. His name was Bhangra, and he was a cat. A special cat. I know that those of us who have cats know how special they all are. But he was particularly special to me. I certainly have loved all of our cats that have been a part of our lives. But he was different. He was the one that always had to know where I was, he to had have breakfast with me everyday, If he’d been out on a backyard adventure I had to be the first thing he needed to see upon returning to indoors. He was a master hunter. Catching mice was his sport. We all distinctly remember the time he proudly walked through his cat door with two mice in his mouth at the same time, one already dead, the other not. How does a cat even do that? Master hunter indeed. He very much liked people, but wasn’t cuddly. He loved food, food was love. His favorite thing was to eat while getting a good rub down. He beckoned for food that you’d think a cat wouldn’t want anything to do with, like hummus; that is what he is doing in the above photo, demanding hummus. Always difficult because you can’t give a cat garlic. He was very much an office cat. Wanting to be in my lap while drawing, or writing. Sometimes content to just quietly sit next to my chair as I worked, often settling around my feet, or sleeping on my scanner. But it isn’t all those things that made him so special. It’s simply something that my loving wife said to me yesterday while laying in a crumpled blubbering mess, she said that he chose ME. That he had wanted me to be his best friend. This morning I stared at the bedroom doorway, as I kept hoping he’d be there patiently waiting for me to get up so we could have breakfast. But now he’s gone, he had cancer, he sadly withered. I’m left now to look at my office without him. And after a few days I’ll have to try to get on with work, even though something fundamentally is wrong now.
In 2012 I had written an experimental bog project, one that required me to post something everyday, and I had written something that was about him. That attempted to show how big of a personality he was. So I’m posting it again below in his tribute.
Jet sheen, light shines off revealing elegant ripples of sinewy strength. Leaping and jumping, no barrier can hold against. Sleek and intimidating, moving silently like a true hunter, a warrior not to be trifled with. Ruling from above, lethal, baring a mouth full of daggers. Stalking proud, always watching with gleaming eyes of yellowed flecked jade. Tall pointed ears perk, no sound escapes attention. The deepest shadows engulf, vanishing like a ghost, becoming invisible in the dark of night. I am lord of this domain and master of many, of lands vast, filled with concrete, trees and tall dried grasses. I claim this all. Be it burning hot, sleet, or rain, I will prowl, I will guard. I am King, The Mouse-Killer, Friend to giants. I am Bhangra, The Cat.
Saturday November 07th 2015, 8:08 pm
WE’VE REVISED THE TIME OF THE SALE TO NOW BE 12PM NOON PST!!
Mark your calendars, set your notices, set your clocks.
Each issue of the original art will be made available every 3 to 4 weeks. Those dates will post shortly after each sale starts.
Our store uses Paypal, so if you’re not set up for a verified account, it’s recommended to do that. They offer various ways to obtain purchases, including offering a payment plan.
And FYI, some pieces may not be made available. This means they stayed in the family. So if you don’t see something, that would be why.
For your enticement…
Friday November 06th 2015, 2:26 am
The Sandman Overture deluxe hardcover book is out now.
It features some fun extras that date back by a decade, also some minor coloring tweaks, but most importantly it features a scene from the final chapter put back to how it was originally meant to be presented. There isn’t necessarily anything added to the art of this scene, but more on how it was meant to be paced and presented, which actually does impact how the scene feels and functions, giving it broader visual scope.
For those who have read the story in singles form already, I’m sure you’ll see what I’m talking about when you read it all again in this very fine edition. But for those who are coming to this story for the first time, you won’t even realize that anything was amiss, it flows as intended without second guessing it.
So I hope you all find plenty of enjoyment in taking in the story as a whole now. So proud to have been a part of this project.
Wednesday November 04th 2015, 12:18 pm
November 15th at 5pm PST
The art for Sandman Overture issue 1 goes live. Here’s a taste…
Monday November 02nd 2015, 12:21 pm
We’re celebrating the book release of Sandman Overture at one of the all time best places to do that in SF. Details are here.
