How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel is an ongoing series and a labor of love for me. I am not exactly sure where it will end or how it got started, but it looks like it will be a multi-part series perhaps, 12 posts or more of instructions on how to make your own graphic novel. I try to cover every aspect of the how-to's and how to avoid the pitfalls (most of which I have fallen into already) on the way to success. Here are the first seven parts in the series, stick around for more if you like it...

1. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part One: THE IDEA

2. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part Two: WRITE IT DOWN

3. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part Three: WRITE IT BETTER

4. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part Four: DRAWING SUPPLIES AND TOOLS

5. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part Five: CHARACTER DESIGN

6. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part Six: STORYBOARDS

7. How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel Part Seven: LAYOUT

Part 8 coming up soon: INKING

This is The Orb, a two page short story comic I did for Adventures in Comics contest, which was published on line today. The contest winners will be announced later this Summer and printed in a book. I wrote and illustrated the story during my subway commute, and then digitally inked and colored it. Read it here for free along with the other submissions.

If you have a hard time reading The Orb here, try Adventures in Comics site.

Who are you? Where do you come from? Why are you here? Questions not easily answered when you are 9 light years away from earth without a way to get home... More to come soon.

This new project is progressing nicely, I already have my prototype books for proofing. Above, is the artwork I created for the cover from pencil, ink, and finally color.  Look for Quantum Enigma this Summer.