by jdsmeaton | Apr 20, 2023 | How To, Recommendations
OK that is a dumb clickbaity headline. I’ll explain in a minute. I am drawing a 200 page graphic novel and it is a looong process. It can be a little overwhelming. I’m also not particularly fast with drawing. No “World’s Fastest Cartoonist” title coming my way. I’m...
by jdsmeaton | Jan 4, 2023 | Recommendations
Favorite kid’s graphic novels 2022 I read a fair amount of kid comics this year. Most of the books on my list were released in 2022 but a few were not. I included them anyway because if I found it worth recommending, who cares what year it was published? These were my...
by jdsmeaton | Jan 5, 2022 | Recommendations, Storytelling, Writing
Stupid, inbred, cro-magnon, idiot, loser, jock, punks. That was a line I had a character say when some jock gatekeepers wouldn’t let him into a party. I was in a writing class years ago and brought in the piece that had that line in it. The writing teacher called it...
by jdsmeaton | Oct 6, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, News, Recommendations, Tyrannosaurus Recs
October is my favorite month and Halloween is my favorite Holiday. I like the cooler weather, changing leaves, sweaters, pumpkins and spooky stuff. So much so that I wrote Haunted, a graphic novel about that kind of stuff. I described it as Goonies in a haunted...
by jdsmeaton | Sep 1, 2021 | Recommendations, Tyrannosaurus Recs
Welcome to September and the end of summer. Where has the year gone? We did have a nice family outing. River had gelato for the first time. He’s a fan. Also popped into Secret Headquarters which has got to have the classiest sign of any comic shop ever. It’s a small...
by jdsmeaton | Aug 3, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, News, Recommendations, Tyrannosaurus Recs
Disco Sucks This is a short one this month. Hope you’re having an enjoyable summer and keeping cool. I’ve been to the beach with my family a couple of times in the past few weeks. It would be nice to keep that trend going. On to some recommendations. Song I’m...
