F&G Digital Digest: August Antics!

F&G Digest Digest: August Antics! Sorry for the delay! The heat continues to get the better of me.

E.A.T. Pencils!

Not literally. Feast your eyes on these beauties from Terry Moore! I gave Terry the go-ahead to letter and ink, and he'll be taking photos of the latter stages as he works through the weekend. He plans to finish the pages on Monday, August 31.

Deluxe Subs Edit Party 1/2

Deluxe Subs Edit Party! This is going to be a part 1 of 2 because of the toxic heatwave that still grips my fair city.

When To Wedge In or Politely Decline a Last-minute Editing Job.

Pic-A-Mix. Taking on Freelance. It's the little things People Remember That Set You Apart & Make You Memorable. And the 5 reasons why, when I received a DM last week from a writer I adore, I was already buckled up and riding shotgun.

Deluxe Sub Edit Party & E.A.T. Update 1/2

I haven't heard back from Terry yet, so I'm breaking up this post into two components. Part 1/2: I'm pleased to report that we have our first 4-page script for our Deluxe Sub Edit Party/Review. Buckle up and read on...

2 Critical Words & A Pencil (r)evolution

If someone put a BB Gun to my head and told me to state the 2 most critical words in the history of editing comics, HIERARCHY and PROXIMITY will always pop out. Plus: A Pencilling Evolution (r)Evolution Revelation.

E.A.T. Update & The Full Godzilla

Oliver and I put our heads together and decided on the following edits which we shared with Terry. Plus: The Full Godzilla-sized Interview with editor Shawna Gore from last month's Editors Assemble!

F&G Ch 04 Annotated part 2 with bonus examples of key transitions!

This section on transitions was added AFTER the Kickstarter edition in 2022, and it's a critical one. I've reprised it here because I think it's that important to read now and often.

August Drive-By

In addition to continuing the F&G Annotations this month, I'll be adding some behind-the-scenes from a few short stories including this one-pager I published in i-DOPPELGäNGER.

F&G Digital Digest #007

Happy Summer, F&G Dot Com Subs! I wanted to make this month's Digital Digest completely free to show people what they've been missing, and what we've been up to.

Convention Attention

How to get just enough to make you memorable. And not annoying or forgettable. Plus: A non-pickled Piper pic.

F&G Annotated Ch 04 w/a heatwave survival tip & Hüsker Dü.

F&G Annotations, heatwaves, and Hüsker Dü.

Terry's Talk from July SS

Here's the link to watch the second half of our chat with Terry about the Character Designs for E.A.T. Records.

Second Saturday, July 11, Zoom Link

F&G Ch03 pt 2 Annotated & Asimina's Behind The Music

F&G Ch03 pt 2 Annotated & Asimina's Behind The Music on "Wang Chung & The Wang-Ho. Plus: My early writing and roughs on the 2-pager, and lettering practice for the win.

E.A.T. Records Character Design

Direct from a Lettering Maestro

F&G Annotated Ch 3, pt 1

And we're back! This week we'll take a chunk out of the hearty chapter 3 of F&G and save the rest for next week, so we have time to catch up with ASIMINA HOLLINGWORTH by way of a 2-page comic that I've waited 46 years to finish.

FGDD#006 Jubilant June Edition

It's here! The Record Shop Issue featuring a deleted scene at Rich Black Records that was intended to go in i-DOPPELGäNGER, an exciting E.A.T. Records update, an issue-specific playlist and more. Alert the media!

Terry Tells All

The Kickstarter Live Deep-Dive

8 True Printing & Production Crimes

I put this little gem together and thought you might appreciate this Drive-By on 8 True Printing & Production Crimes.

More Fun with Spot Black & Negative Spaces

I'm wrapping up my Comics Editing class today, and I've noticed that a lot of new artists don't understand how important it is to use heavy blacks to balance or ground their work.