January 2012
18 posts
whispers of the heart country roads Japanese →
I’m sharing this clip with you, from Isao Takahata’s Whisper of the Heart, for one reason: I can’t get through it without crying. My girlfriend just made me birthday pancakes, so I’m going to keep this brief. It always moves me to see that a medium so controlled and constructed as ours is able to capture and convey a spontaneous miracle, a pure moment like this.
December 2011
15 posts
evilenvi-deactivated20120101 asked: Do you sell shirts?
Some of my NELSON pages
I went down to London for the launch of NELSON, last friday. I might post pictures of the event soon. Thanks to everyone who came out! I was blown away to have met cool, not-insane people who not only know who I am but are really looking forward to Zygote. This chick I’m seeing says: ‘get used to it, you are going to be famous’
I thought I’d show you some of the art from...
November 2011
11 posts
- Before and After I Saw Them: NPR's Morning...
All right, the producer of NPR’s Morning Edition got in touch with me on twitter and asked me to draw their hosts in the vein of my previous drawings. Cue my standard introduction for this feature:
As a comic book artist, I listen to a lot of podcasts while I draw. I can’t help but build a mental picture of the radio personalities I listen to, so I’m going to illustrate and examine this...
This book doesn't sell itself
“This book doesn’t sell itself” - that was one of the take-away lessons from my time spent helping out on the Blank Slate stall at Thought Bubble on Sunday. Annie Koyama’s wonderful books, which we help to distribute, were irresistible to visitors to our table- their colorful and playful colours begged to be picked up and thumbed through. My own book, however, needed a...
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October 2011
8 posts
themightybirenza asked: Harvey James, you have a tumblr now! Are we on for another Choose--Cat, Draw-a-Girl next month?
