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Tag: Tom Kaczynski

  • David Lynch Poster

    Art for a recent poster I drew for the David Lynch series at the Trylon.

  • Signing Some Books

    Just signin’ some Beta Testing The Apocalypse. Get your own signed copy (with a free Skyway Sleepless!) here.

  • Skyway Sleepless + Signed Books

    Ho ho ho! I recently released a new mini-comic: Skyway Sleepless. It originally appeared in Twin Cities Noir. You can buy it on the Uncivilized Books site… OR if you’ve always wanted a signed copy of Beta Testing The Apocalypse but couldn’t get one, I’m offering them now for a limited time here. All copies will come with a free copy of Skyway Sleepless! Order now!

  • Brooklyn Book Festival

    I’m excited to announce that I’ll be a guest at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 22nd. I’ll be on the The Real: Comics Nonfiction panel. Here’s a description:

    3:00 P.M. The Real: Comics Nonfiction. Three artists represent the diverse spectrum of topics taken on by nonfiction comics-Ed Piskor’sHip-Hop Family Tree offers an encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop; Lucy Knisley’sRelish: My Life in the Kitchen is a loving memoir of growing up gourmet and Tom Kaczynski‘s Trans-Terra: Towards a Cartoon Philosophy is a mutant memoir that melds comics, politics, and philosophy. Moderated by ProfessorJonathan W. Gray, John Jay College. Featuring screen projection. [ at BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AUDITORIUM (128 Pierrepont Street) ]

    Check out the rest of the comics programming. It’s looking great!

    I’ll also be running the Uncivilized Books table all day. Stop by and say hello!

  • Music For Neanderthals Outtake

    Unused & unfinished page from ‘Music For Neanderthals’ (collected in Beta Testing the Apocalypse).

  • Beta Testing Cover Process Part 7

    This is how final front/back cover (pictured, click to see full-size) to Beta Testing the Apocalypse came to be (see parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of this series).

    It was one of the most complicated drawings I’d drawn. It was done! Or was it… ?

    More soon!

  • Beta Testing Cover Process Part 6

    So, I’m continuing the cover process for the Beta Testing the Apocalypse cover. Previous parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In the last post, I was showing the evolution of the color. This time I’m focusing on the type design.

    This was the first iteration. I wanted to typographically mirror the ‘beta testing’ concept by having some kind of wireframe version of the type present… it was a little too much.

    I still wanted they type to be somehow active… but not quite as hyperactive as here.

    This is pretty close to what I settled on. The drawing had so much going on in it, that I decided the type needed to be more subtle and clean… so the two elements won’t compete with each other.

  • Beta Testing Cover Process Part 5

    The next task was color. I started out by blocking out areas that were closer to the viewer… more in focus.

    I ended up subdividing the line art into three ‘layers’ apparent below. Initially I wanted a limited 2-3 color palette… but it quickly became obvious that the detail demanded something else…

    I eventually settled on this general color palette… but it still needed more.

    This is how the final color scheme ended up.

  • Beta Testing Cover Process Part 4

    If you’re just joining us, check out parts 1, 2, 3.
    It took me a while to work up the nerve to ink this thing. Normally I would’ve inked most of the building with rules & rapidographs. But I decided against it… Since everything was so rigidly planned out, I wanted to have a more organic line in the finishing process. Click on the image to super-size.

  • Beta Testing Cover Process Part 3

    A few quick tests of the pencils with type & color.

    beta testing the apocalypse cover rough