BLOTTING PAPER The Comic: Production Report No.26

Art, Blotting Paper, Cats in Comics, Comics, Germania, Japanning February 28, 2016

I have completed production and commenced publication of the fifth issue of my artist book/comic…BLOTTING PAPER: The Recollected Graphic Impressions Of Doctor Comics. The pages are being printed, collated, trimmed, bound and covered. Copies will soon be mailed to readers. Each copy will have an original postcard size print on the cover.

Original print on cover of new issue-© 2013 Michael Hill
Example of original print on cover of new issue-©2013
Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)

It has now been four years since publication of the first issue. That was launched at Hondarake-Full of Books in Sydney in February 2012 (see earlier post about the launch). A further four issues have been produced and published. I am now considering collecting these issues into graphic novel form. This will allow me the opportunity to make revisions to the story and artwork. The five issues have generated 200 pages of material. This may be altered following editing and development of the existing material. There also remains the possibility of a further new chapter! We’ll see about that!

Woodblock ink print and painting-© 2014 Michael Hill
Woodblock ink print of sea-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Location photograph, Germany-© 2014 Michael Hill
Photograph of road design in Germany-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Rough scan of artwork, Germany-© 2016 Michael Hill
Rough scan of artwork collage-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Rough scan of artwork, woodblock prints, handwriting, cartooning Tokyo-© 2016 Michael Hill
Rough scan of artwork compilation from woodblock prints, handwriting and cartooning-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Rough scan of artwork, illustration, sketching, cartooning, Tokyo-© 2016 Michael Hill
Rough scan of artwork, illustration, sketching, cartooning-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Rough scan of artwork, Photography, character design, Tokyo-© 2016 Michael Hill
Rough scan of artwork compilation from photography, drawing, handwriting and character design-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)
Rough scan of artwork of a cat scanning artwork, Germany-© 2015 Michael Hill
Rough scan of artwork compilation from inking, drawing and printmaking-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics)

For details of the production of all five issues and a visual history of the project read previous reports.

(All text, photos and artwork-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

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Co-creator and former Director of the Master of Animation, Master of Design, and Visual Communication Design courses at the University of Technology, Sydney, Dr. Michael Hill has a Master's degree in animation plus a Ph.D. in comics studies, prompting his introduction on ABC Radio as “Doctor Comics”. A member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Comic Art, and former member of the Comics Grid Journal of Comics Scholarship and the Advisory Committee of the Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project, he has delivered public lectures on Comics, Anime and Manga and held academic directorships in Interdisciplinary Studies, Animation, Design and Visual Communication. Having retired from academia and completing the donation of his collection of research materials on Australian alternative comics to the National Library of Australia, he is now active in the artistic domain, writing, drawing and printmaking, creating art postcards and prints and his own graphic novel: Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics.

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