i caught a lite sneeze
well, the story broke on this last week so i assume it’s okay to post this here:
this is a page from a story i’m contributing to for Comic Book Tattoo- an upcoming anthology inspired by the music of one of my favorite songwriters, tori amos. you can read the cbr article to read more, but basically we were all asked to choose a song but draw a comic that doesn’t just narrate said song. so what you end up with is a massive 500 page book full of comics that even a non tori fan can enjoy. smart thinking!
i choose the song caught a lite sneeze because, for mysterious reasons unknown even to me, i immediately thought of a story involving two faeries. and you all know it doesn’t take a whole lot to get me drawing pixies. hopefully my little story will hold back the legions of people clamoring for me to get back to drawing more seed (one day! i promise!).
anyhoo- i’m actually still working on this, but i anticipate being done within the next day or so. and then maybe i can get back to some regular blogging. or some cleopatra in spaaaace!
April 7th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Oh man, so how come I never heard about this? I am a huge Tori A. fan. This is awesome
April 7th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
congrats, Mike! I look forward to seeing the finished product.
And, yes. Cleopatra in Space. As much as possible.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:31 am
This is beautiful, Mike. The composition and colors are particularly sweet.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Very cool!
April 10th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
impressive style.
I love your characters and your abbility making comics.
see you soon!!!
April 10th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I would never thought of doing red and blue and yellow trees!!! fantastic colors Mike! fantasy all over the place!
:)
b.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:17 am
I really like your style. Stuff like this really inspires me. I really wish I could draw like you do. I do mostly animations and live-action film…I draw like a 3 year old (I even like to animate with crayons). Will you be posting the rest of your comic later on (even though it’s being published elsewhere)? I’d love to see the entire thing.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:11 am
The colors on the wide panel are fantastic Mike, but it’s helped by a great composition. Especially that light coming through the trees. And I definitely want to know more about the little character hanging out in the mushrooms.
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April 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
thanks so much everyone! the book comes out in july from image comics and it looks like it’s just going to be awesome.
bryan- the editor was pretty strict about keeping things under wraps until marketing began. still- if i had know you were a big tori fan i would have told you! promise!
ben- um… i don’t know. if i’m allowed, maybe someday. but i recommend just buying the book to read the whole story- there’s some much better work than mine in there that’ll make it worth it. :)
May 6th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Woo! That’s fantastic Mike!
Looking good! ^_^
May 7th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
thanks, sally!