Adriana Blake is a great cartoonist and she draws an adorable comic called Fall on Me. If you guys miss my old comic strip, You’ll Have That, then go read Fall on Me and get your cups filled with plenty of fun, relationship-based humor. Seriously. It’s rad.
Thanks, Adriana!
- Wes
A couple weeks ago I decided to briefly discuss my top ten creative influences/inspirations. We’ve already talked about numbers 10 & 9 and 8 & 7, so let’s get the ball rolling on 6 & 5:
06. Craig Thompson – Craig Thompson is the award-winning creator of the graphic novels Goodbye, Chunky Rice and Blankets. He’s currently at work on a new GN, and he regularly updates the status of this next book at his website. I discovered Thompson’s work shortly after Blankets was released, and I picked up the book thanks to a suggestion from a comic news podcast I listened to at the time. Compared to other graphic novels on the market, Blankets is quite a tome weighing in at over 500 pages! I read it in one sitting and it renewed my faith in the comic medium. It was so refreshing to see a creator telling a story without any gimmicks. Blankets is beautifully drawn, intellectually honest, and – perhaps most importantly – very accessible. If you’ve never read Blankets – heck, if you’ve never read a graphic novel – then go pick it up and give it a chance. It’s definitely a “must read”.
05. Jeff Smith – You know Jeff Smith as the creator of the comics Bone and RASL, and there are many reasons why I love what this guy is throwin’ down. For starters, he’s a fellow Ohioan. In fact, he only lives about an hour from my home. The Bone locale “Old Man’s Cave” is an Ohio landmark, and the forest backgrounds in Bone were inspired by the Hocking Hills which acted as my wife’s backyard during her formative years. Secondly, Smith replied to a letter I sent him when I was in the 7th grade. It was a hand-written response on Bone letterhead telling me how much he loved Moby Dick. I framed it and hung it on my wall. Finally, Jeff is just an outstanding artist and writer. Bone is quite an epic adventure, and the art and writing suck you right into the world those characters inhabit. Head over to Amazon and grab the Bone: One Volume Edition. Then let your kids read it because they’ll love it!
Do you guys have any opinions on Craig Thompson and Jeff Smith? Who are YOUR influences?
- Wes
Today’s strip was sent in by Marcus Williams. If you like today’s strip, make sure to check out Marcus’ comic And Sometimes Why.
- Wes
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