How to paint on BIG canvas
There’s no right or wrong answer to this, but I thought it would be fun to record me painting a bit.
Brewery Artwalk
I had a blast last weekend going to the artwalk. It was like Comic-Con for Fine art. I MUST do this again. Very inspiring.
The Out Groove
We have a new YouTube channel, focusing solely on music. It’s music/album reviews, deep dives on songs, audio equipment, and a blog of traveling looking for records. I am having a blast with it and I hope you check it out! Here are some episodes to see what we are up to.
Designing art for skateboards
I wanted to share with you a project I’ve been working on for a few weeks. I wanted to get a skateboard deck that was the old-school 80s shape that I rode as a kid, so I picked up a moose deck on Amazon, for $35 and started working on some new designs. Originally I …
Visit our new Patreon page!
We launched our Patreon page! Hello, my name is Andres Salazar, and I’m a storyteller. For the last 6 years I’ve been focused on comics and graphic novels, and previous to that I wrote and directed a short film, After Cheri and wrote some plays in Santa Barbara, CA. I wrote and colored the graphic novel series, Pariah, …
The Art of Comics
The Art of Comics is a new Youtube channel that I started. The goal is to talk about comics. I’m going to review and uncover some great comics, also talk about my experience making comics, going to conventions, working with distributors, artists and comic shops. Take a look and subscribe!
How to Write Solicitations
Solicitations are those magical blurbs that we find on virtually everything sold. It’s to say “Hey check this out, buy it!”. Rarely do we think about who or how they are made, and as an independent publisher, I’ve written a few myself, so today let’s talk about the strategy of writing solicitations for your book …
Father and Son – Behind the Scenes
We released a 28-minute behind the scenes episode of Father and Son Outing. Listen Here!
The Nightly News – Part 1
Today I’m going to talk about The Nightly News graphic novel (issues #1-6) created by Jonathan Hickman, published by Image Comics in 2010. I’m going to break this up in 2 parts because this deserves it. It’s that meaty and I need more time to let this marinate in my noggin. I don’t even know …
Winter is Here! A look at the brilliant Winter Men comic book
Winter is not Coming, it’s been here. An analysis of The Winter Men by Brett Lewis and John Paul Leon. I recall when this book first came out, in 2005, I was very excited to see Leon’s artwork again. He had done Earth X, with Alex Ross and Jim Krueger a few years prior, which …
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Father and Son Outing
The Hidden Frequencies is the fully-produced radio-drama anthology with the tone of Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. I was selected as one of their writers on staff and wrote episode 5: Father and Son. A Father and Son navigate through an urban wasteland only to find horrors at every turn. Can they survive to reach the “safe-land”? …
Analysis of Image Comics Titles
In my quest to understand the publishing world of comics better, I spent a few hours researching Image Comics current line up of titles. I went through 68 titles that are being published right now, or in Diamond for the next 2 months and came up with some interesting numbers. First thing I wanted to …
Horror Marathon Day 6: Swamp Thing
I’m changing it up today, not doing a movie but a classic comic book series back in the late 80s. Alan Moore is a brith writer and is one of my all time favorite writers. If you are reading this, you will be familiar with his work: The Watchmen, V for Vendetta, League of Extraordinary …