Illuminated Manuscripts

The Newberry Library in Chicago has a great collection of old and rare books - such as The Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, a 15th century illuminated manuscript retelling St. John's vision of the apocalypse from the book of Revelations. In exchange for getting to take a look at this amazing book, I gave my thoughts on seeing it in the context of being an early form of graphic novel. You can listen to those thoughts on The Newberry Library Podcast.

Comics Have Finally Made It

Since the whole Frederic Wertham/Comics Code debacle, it seems like comics have been struggling to make it big and be accepted as a legitimate and important part of popular culture. This morning I received a spam email with the subject line "graphic novels from the masters". I think it's a definite sign that comics have indeed made it.

Bigshot

A lot of the characters in Bighead are based on friends. Here's a short comic with Bigshot, based on my pen pal of sorts Kav. Bigshot's hands explode at criminals. The Grenade Jumper was something that came up at San Diego Comicon a few years ago - he's a hero based on the idea of going out with someone so your friend can go out with their friend, even though it's a bad idea. So his power is to just... jump on grenades.

igoogle

If you missed Comicon, you may have missed Google's launch of Comics themes for the igoogle homepage. I was lucky enough to have the chance to design a theme, and created a series of drawings of my son Oscar and I.

Drawing Between The Lines

A few years ago, filmmaker Bruce Parsons shot a short documentary about me called 'Drawing Between The Lines'. Later this year Top Shelf will be putting out a limited release DVD of the film, along with some extras. If you're at San Diego Comicon though, you can see a screening of the film followed by a Q&A session with Bruce and myself. It's Saturday night at 5:45PM in Room 26AB.

Original Art at San Diego Comicon

If you're at San Diego Comicon, stop by the Scott Eder Gallery, Booth 4515, where you can see the original sketchbook that I drew
Funny Misshapen Body in. There will also be other original art of mine for sale there. If you can't make it to Comicon, you can still see some of my work online, including a number of my art school paintings...

Spanish Interview