EDIT! This page was not in the original web edition of this book. It was created for the print edition, and I’m glad to be able to bring it to you for the first time as of 2/23/16. I hope you’ll consider getting the print editions. Hint Hint. Robert J. Guadagno of New Moon Comics wrote to let us know he supports A Distant Soil in his fabulous north New Jersey comic shop. We have Volume 3 left in-stock now – I do my re-orders for trades today (as you can most likely guess; with the economy the way it is, we’re not going too crazy). I have to placed…

This painting dates back to the 1980’s and doesn’t directly reflect what actually happens in the book. I used it on a cover anyway. A former publisher insisted I use Dr. Martin’s concentrated watercolors for my work, and the originals they produce are bright and pretty. Unfortunately, the old Dr. Martin’s formulations tend to fade. Also, many of the paints have flourescent pigments which cause the printed works to look radically different from the originals – the scanner does not see color the same way your eye does. I don’t know anyone who uses Dr Martin’s for illustrations intended for publication anymore. Many still use them for mockups. (Edit) Newer…

I drew the original pencil art for this scene in the 1980’s when I was still in high school. Somewhere in my files these penciled pages remain. I will try to find them and post them. My free time the last couple of weeks was devoted to spring cleaning and purging, but I never seem to have enough time to organize the old art files! The early sketches and development art stacks several feet high! It’s lots of fun to shuffle through. Some of my idea sketches are incredibly silly!

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