2009: A Musical Year In Review (Part 1)

Every year I produce an extensive "Best Of" list. It has ranged from a "Top 35" to a "Top 50." I get some feedback, but I don't know if it becomes part of the yearly list noise, and I have no idea if people actually read it.

So - this year I'm trying something different. Over the next couple weeks I will be posting my Top 15... in comic form. Short illustrated reviews for the Top 15 albums, and a post with albums 50-16 (with some short reviews), plus my usual Show List and other sundry bonuses.

Anyways, I hope you'll all stick around, comment, discuss, and come back every few days to read the next 2-5 reviews (depending on how fast I can draw).

First page will be up in the next couple days... stay tuned!

D.E.A.D : My Better Half

Another day, another D.E.A.D.


So - I realize that I tend to draw myself a lot... which is why it's strange that I seem to draw my partner-in-crime less often. Not sure why that is - I guess most of my sad (read: interesting) stories tend to have happened before we were a permanent item... alas... I do draw her. Different styles, different haircuts and all that - so today's D.E.A.D - Sarah.

I'm feeling a little beside myself...

With my slow experiments in style change, and the simplification of how (I think) I'm going to move forward with my auto-bio work... I needed to be sure I could make myself look LIKE myself... throughout all my eras... some more tragic looking than others, obviously.

So - me... through the ages.

What Can't Be Erased: 2009.02.07

Just a little something about the band behind the song whose title inspired my auto-bio work's name... the band has broken up, but the lead singer (who recorded most of the music himself anyways) is still running strong here...

One of the greatest happy/sad songs ever recorded (playing in that comic).

What Can't Be Erased: 2009.01.31

Trying a simplified style... still mulling it all over.

A style for my lifestyle.

Some time back, when I had first self-published my auto-bio comic "What Can't Be Erased" I showed it to another artist and she said it was good, but told me the higher level of detail (whatever that means in MY art) detracted from the story.

Strangely this has stuck with me. Now, for the last year I've been working on a pseudo-superhero book - so the detail has been fine. As that book winds down, I find myself right back with that dilemma... and trying to figure out what style to use as I re-invest myself in some auto-bio stuff (watch here - I've, obviously, settled on Blogger over LiveJournal). It just adds an extra level of complication - I can't start drawing until I decide how detailed I'm supposed to make myself...