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Wanted a valentines theme with the colors on this one. Read this comic on Slipshine. @sayunclecomics and I wish you a lovely February~

Here’s a Bearwho I posted on twitter a while back.

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Willing Sacrifice 3: Chastity Belt

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Here’s my favorite page from this chapter. Traditional inks and collaborative coloring with @sayunclecomics on these sexy comics.

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My favorite scene from the Welter Hitch part 3. We actually made some posters of this if anyone is interested in some erotic art hung on their walls.

Here’s my favorite reads this year. Some of them did not come out in 2016, but they are worth talking about. Since I don’t agree with any best of 2016 lists, I thought I’d share what I enjoyed this year.

Let me preface this, I am a picky reader. I place art above story and will easily put down a book if it has too much text jammed into a single page. That being said, All of these books have stories worth reading and examining with further readings. Kairos and Petit are both in French and have (yet) to be translated, but through the magic of clear story telling and a limited amount of french reading knowledge I was able to piece together the stories and still enjoyed reading them. I also threw Dungeon in there because it’s always on my required reading lists for comics (I’ll hold off on reviewing them). I would import more comics if I could, but that shipping adds up.

Anywhos, lets go from top left to bottom right:

Ancestor and Habitat are two of the first Island stories to be collected into print. Both being Science fiction and thought provoking stories. Ancestor takes a look at the evolution of human contentiousness with the advancement of technology.  While habitat looks at humans trying to stay alive after an age of extreme technology advancements. I love the way Simon Roy combines organic and synthetic through out Habitat, even in the way he constructs the panel boarders, he uses a rounded panel boarder, but in a geometric like patern.

The longest day of the Future has no words, but manages to pull you into a world full of Rabbit suited and Boar suited beings going about one very long day. Extremely clear storytelling with plenty of background gags that beckon future rereadings. The coloring of the book is pleasant on my eyes, every pallet was harmonious, a selling point for me. (I will not buy a comic if the colors hurt my eyes or distract from the storytelling) I feel like 2016 was the year of soft pink skies.      

Athos in America Speaking of pink skies, this was my first Jason book. I’d leafed through his other books in comic shops before, but 2016 I caved in and bought one. Somber stories about animal people being hitmen, musketeers in the modern times, Time travelers, and being a cartoonist with a girlfriend. I enjoy the way Jason plays with a concrete comics format, No reliance on panel gimmicks or wacky faces. Like he developed his own language using different animals as accents.

Headlopper I’m going to put my critic hat on because I’ve said enough about how much I like Headlopper. Visually I love where the art has evolved through the issues, being a quarterly comic you can see a clear jump in quality between chapters. Storywise, I didn’t get anything out of the first trade, it was visually entertaining, but there wasn’t any character arcs for our main hero or even a reaction to what he was slaying. The climax felt oddly calm with the way it was colored. Stoic nature aside, I’m looking forward to the next chapters and where Andrew’s art evolves to.

Patience Lets start with the cover of Patience, the amount of thought and design put into the cover alone is worth buying. The rays surrounding Patience may seem random or odd, but if you have any knowledge of ink practice you will know that each of these rays requires a tremendous amount of patience to master (all real media ink, no ctrl+Z). The book itself feels good to hold and stands out on any bookshelf. As for the story it has built in re-readings, being a time travel story in all . I feel a bit cheated that the book is named after the female character, but we follow the male character most of the book. I would have liked to see more of Patience’s POV through out this whole thing, especially with how the book ends.

Space Dumplings Kids books about whale shit in space! I’ll enjoy Craig Thompson books until I die, but I specifically loved this book. Beautiful brush inking and intricate layouts/compositions for panels. Looking at his process pages you can tell the amount of hard work went into every panel of this comic. I related a lot to the story’s characters and anything with flying space whales gets my seal of approval. My only crit would be I loved the coloring before they decided to switch to a more saturated version.

Lucky in Love This book came out in 2010, but I didn’t hear a peep about it from anyone in the 6 years since then. Stephen DeStaphano’s drawing/inking makes my jaw hit the floor. The solid construction of every character in this book causes me to sing. His use of shadows and layout design make this comic about a short pervert‘s series of life events beautiful. I wouldn’t normally pick up a book like this on story alone, but Destaphano’s cartooning career piqued my interest. My crit for this book would be to give it a better cover. The one they have is simple and tells the story, but in a sea of books it gets lost.

Alright I’ll go back to my hole and work on my own comics a bit more. Hope this helps some people, all of these books make great gifts and comics are the best gift to give.

My favorite not so sexually graphic panels from 2016!

What an interesting year. The biggest hurdle was fully transitioning my work flow over to real media inks. No regrets, love how the pages look and have a physical page for all the Owlin slipshine comics. Spent the year learning and experimenting with the comic process, to expand my range and flexibility. I’m extremely happy with my progress this year, had many thought explosions that changed how I view my art. The difference from Jan to Dec might look small on this selection of panels, but the amount of foundational knowledge I was lacking in previous years has been addressed. Along with many life changes that occurred through this period of time

As for the year outside of slipshine comics. Moved to a new apartment, Met new fantastic friends, helped color a couple other comics, visited Canada for the first time,met fantastic Canadian friends, met some art idols and didn’t implode, ate many tasty foods, laughed till I cried, smoked legal weed, petted many cute dogs, adored some cats from far away. Hopefully next year will be even better!

A neat stat is that I’ve reached over 800 pages drawn for Slipshine. (woo!)

The grandest and warmest thank you to JB3 <3<3

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The Bare and the Maiden Faire: Camp Visit

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This one’s for all the glass canon Lizard ladies out there.

Happy thanksgiving, my favorite day of the year! So here’s a Bearwho about being a redhead. You can read 30+ of these on the ol’ Patreon.

Over the past year I have got to work on several of my favorite comics being published. I’ve learned a lot from coloring these heroic tales, lessons I will repeat for eternity. So now it is my turn to stand tall and write a story about a hero worth following. I promise, there will be growth and laughter all through out the journey. Looking forward to more collaborations with great artists. Character inks by @sayunclecomics