Craig Thompson's Blog, page 13

crumb

Just as Kirk mentioned, I'll be doing an "artist demo" at the Portland Art Museum on June 19th, 2-4pm.

It's all part of the museum's summer-long exhibition of Robert Crumb's Illustrated GENESIS. For those in town, I'll be drawing live

and projected while simultaneously giving a talk. For those out of town, do pick up a copy of Crumb's amazing adaptation

if you haven't already. Here's a couple of comparative panels of the deluge.

PS — work on Habibi is progressing well. Happy summer, everyone!

the spirit of the dead keep watch

Paul Gauguin's influenced some of my drawing lately. A) a recent pin-up for Mike Allred's MADMAN referencing Gauguin's 1897 painting.

B) Gauguin's "MANAO TUPAPAU" translated as "the spirit of the dead keep watch" … C) flipped backwards in a HABIBI panel this week.

OTHER NOTES: 1) Last minute reminder to apply for the ACA graphic novel residency. The deadline is May 21st.

2) Nicolas, sorry to neglect your 5 questions. If it's not too late, here's some quick answers.
a...

the spirit of the dead keep watch

Paul Gauguin's influenced some of my drawing lately. A) a recent pin-up for Mike Allred's MADMAN referencing Gauguin's 1897 painting.

B) Gauguin's "MANAO TUPAPAU" translated as "the spirit of the dead keep watch" … C) flipped backwards in a HABIBI panel this week.

OTHER NOTES: 1) Last minute reminder to apply for the ACA graphic novel residency. The deadline is May 21st.

2) Nicolas, sorry to neglect your 5 questions. If it's not too late, here's some quick answers.
a...

pieces of april

a) spring blossoms … b) my only collection … c) close-up on page … d) inspiration

Thanks, all of you, for the flood of chapter seven support. The ninth and final chapter is underway! I skipped over the penultimate chapter for
now – the logic of which will reveal itself. This weekend in Portland will be buzzing with Stumptown Comics Fest activity. Paul Pope's arrived.
(Check out his great interview at Ain't It Cool.) And my panel (Sunday at 1PM) will be moderated by the amazing Lark Pien of Long...

pieces of april

a) spring blossoms … b) my only collection … c) close-up on page … d) inspiration

Thanks, all of you, for the flood of chapter seven support. The ninth and final chapter is underway! I skipped over the penultimate chapter for
now - the logic of which will reveal itself. This weekend in Portland will be buzzing with Stumptown Comics Fest activity. Paul Pope's arrived.
(Check out his great interview at Ain't It Cool.) And my panel (Sunday at 1PM) will be moderated by the amazing Lark Pien of Long...

chapter seven is finished!

First page drawn December first; Final page completed April sixth. FOUR MONTHS in-between … preceded by a five month stretch of rewrites.

The good news is that only two short chapters remain – a mere 67 pages – which keeps things on track to complete the book this summer.

Above's some glimpses of the recent chapter and a shot of me laboring with hunchbacked intensity during those long winter months.
Thank you, dear readers, for sticking with me and decorating the blog with your generous...

chapter seven is finished!

First page drawn December first; Final page completed April sixth. FOUR MONTHS in-between … preceded by a five month stretch of rewrites.

The good news is that only two short chapters remain - a mere 67 pages - which keeps things on track to complete the book this summer.

Above's some glimpses of the recent chapter and a shot of me laboring with hunchbacked intensity during those long winter months.
Thank you, dear readers, for sticking with me and decorating the blog with your generous...

hole in the sky

Finally chapter seven is finished! First page drawn December first, final page completed on Tuesday, April sixth.

FOUR MONTHS in-between … preceded by a five month stretch of rewrites. The good news is that only two short chapters remain

- a mere 67 pages - which keeps things on track to complete the book this summer.

Above's some glimpses of the recent chapter and a shot of me laboring with hunchbacked intensity during those long winter months.
Thank you, dear readers, for sticking with me...

stumped

Portland's Stumptown Comics Fest is fast approaching, and I'll be participating on Sunday, April 25th, with a signing and presentation.
For those of you who are local or able to attend, I'm curious what topics, images, and formats you're craving. It seems like the last three years
I've just talked about progress on HABIBI — at least this time it's only a couple of months from completion. What can I do to make this round
more fulfilling for the audience? … My apologies to all of ...

repairs

Lately, I've been redrawing lots of pages. The work days have been full of false starts — completing most of a page before realizing the

composition or rhythm doesn't flow. The fix is usually an extra panel or dialogue tweak or simply flipping the panel.

Always better to catch this in the thumbnail version!