Drawing a Halloween webcomic while listening to old-time radio horror stories

Having some fun in this short clip from the drawing session.

Watch the whole session below

Drawing a Halloween-themed webcomic story

During the last weeks of October, I decided to switch my webcomic from doing stories about my real life and make a fictional Halloween-themed storyline.

I did this a few years back with a ghost story and really enjoyed it.

illustration of four panel comic with people and text

So I thought I would try it again and this time it's an alien invasion story.

(Related post: How long does it take to draw my webcomic?)

I listen to old-time radio stories when I draw

To get in the mood for the story I thought I would listen to an episode of the old-time radio horror series Suspense.

But honestly, I usually listen to old horror radio programs when I draw so this really wasn't a stretch for me. 😁

Wanted to try out a new live stream drawing setup

I also wanted to test out a new live stream drawing setup I have.

I just got a new desktop podium for my Android tablet and wanted to try it out.

Screenshot of my live drawing setup

So I did a live video drawing my Halloween-themed alien invasion story while goofing along to an old-time radio episode of Suspense starring Cary Grant for about 30 minutes.

Watch the full live drawing session

New song! Variation witch

Keeping up with my plan to release new music every month. This time around I venture into the punk blues realm. Sort of a mixture of The Black Keys and The Eels . This is a song called "Variation witch" by my band Lorenzo's Music . The cover art is actually an antique top that I have in my collection. What I liked about it was the striped disc kind of like something in a Tim Burton film.

A quick peek behind-the-scenes of a new webcomic series. Coming soon!

I've recently paused my usual diary comic to dedicate my attention to an exciting new project—a fiction webcomic series featuring two characters that may be familiar to my long-time followers. These characters, Bobert and the Monster have made appearances on my website before , and now they're taking center stage. I'm working diligently with the hope of launching the series shortly. In the meantime, I'd like to share this behind-the-scenes video of the drawing process for one of the upcoming pages. Stay tuned for more updates as I bring this creative vision to life.

Working on a new comic

Drawing tablet screenshot I've been working on a new comic book idea. These are some screenshots of a few panels of a comic I'm drawing on my tablet. It's actually based on some characters I've had for a while called Bobert and the Monster . I don't even really remember how I came up with these characters themselves but the concept is: It's a world made of monsters and humans are the ones that haunt and terrorize them. Specifically, Bobert the human haunts and plays tricks on the main character who is just called "Monster". When I first started drawing them years ago they were just one-page gag comic strips. I was inspired to draw these characters based on those in-between comic stories I read in those old Gold Key and Dell comics from the 60s and 70s. Those comics would feature a main character like Yogi Bear or Huckleberry Hound . Then there were random one-page stories with a different character in the book to fill it out. I had drawn a few o

Can I Buy And Resell Copies Of My Own Book From Amazon KDP?

There are two questions that I get asked about publishing my webcomic books on Amazon KDP . 1 - Can I Order A Print Copy Of My Own Book From Amazon KDP? When I started printing on Amazon KDP I also had that question. The reason I put the books together is I was just kind of doing it for myself. I could make a paperback version of my webcomic books and then I and my family could get a copy. It didn't even occur to me that I could actually start selling the book in public. I thought it was just print-on-demand and then maybe I could order one. But when I print a book on Amazon KDP I can also get up to 999 copies and sell it on my own! I was able to get my own copies from Amazon KDP sent to me. As the author, I can get them at printing cost . So they're at a discounted price. The option to order author copies is right in the KDP publishing setup. The button is next to the book in KDP. 👇 The other question I get about publishing my book on Amazon KDP... 2 - Can I Sell My A

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