Category: Comics

RESEARCHING COMICS ART: Third Reading

Comics May 11, 2022

Welcome to another visit to my modest library collection of titles related to comics art…where I hone in on a small section of books on my shelves…select a book or two or three from that section…and take a closer look. As previously stated, the books are not shelved following standard library rules. They are stacked more by size than specific subject. They generally all have some connection with comics art…being either comics, collections of comics or histories and critiques of comics.

_{This post is a bit of a mixed bag…from Gahan Wilson’s PLAYBOY cartoons out of North America…across to France and the classic comics art of Emile Cohl…then down to Asia and surveys of manga including one from Great Britain! Finally, back to the USA for an appearance by the work of Ivan Brunetti. (Photo-©2022 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{This is one book of a three volume set from Gahan Wilson of Playboy cartoon fame…below there is a photo I took of him at the Comic Con in San Diego in 2000. It was great to get to that amazing USA event Comic-Con and very privileged to be present at his presentation. (Photo-©2022 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{He said some wonderful things about his job with PLAYBOY Magazine…about the generous amount of time he was given to produce his cartoons…and the supportive management he received from Hugh Hefner. He also approved of the generous remuneration Hugh provided. That’s another cartoonist, Sergio Aragones of MAD Magazine fame, sitting opposite Gahan. (Photo-©2000 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{There’s my Professional Pass to COMIC-CON with the Gahan Wilson illustration. (Photo-©2000 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{The wonderful illustrative style and humour of William Steig can be studied in abundance in this large volume. (Photo-©2022 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{A biographical study of the French artist Emile Cohl, an important figure in the development of comic art and film. (Photo-©2022 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics) See My Comics Art Travels post on France for a visit to his memorial site.}

^{And a brief visit to the field of manga…from a British perspective this time…with a detailed publication…based on an exhibition of manga staged at the British Museum from 23 May to 26 August 2019…and I just happened to be in London that month. Oh joy! Cited as “the modern graphic art of storytelling” by the Museum’s Director Hartwig Fischer…in this exhibition catalogue of 350 pages where manga is both celebrated and studied.}

The MANGA exhibition catalogue for the British Museum.

_{And to conclude this post there are two Ivan Brunetti books. Misery Loves Comedy: the dust jacket was missing from this book when I bought it…probably stolen according to the bookshop staff…but I bought it anyway. I wasn’t going to deprive myself of his brutal humour over a cover…and being a collection of his work it had three covers in it in any case!}

_{This Brunetti comic contains a complete collection of his early work…the first three issues of his comic SCHIZO published by Fantagraphics Books. Above is the cover of Issue No. 1. (Photo-©2022 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

My RESEARCH posts form part of my graphic based material…that includes the fields of painting, printmaking and cartooning…including artwork for my comic and graphic novel BLOTTING PAPER: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics…plus my scholarly research and study of the comics medium.

MY COMICS ART TRAVELS: Japan

animation, character design, comic art, Comics, Japanning, printmaking, Travels November 1, 2021

This post features one of my many visits to Japan to study and research anime, manga, comics and cartoons…not to mention fashion and food!

_{Doctor Comics in Japan, outside of Takadanobaba Station…under the railway tracks (see steel girder supporting a section of the tracks above the mural at top of photo). Here, near his former Tokyo Studio, is a memorial mural to the anime and manga artist, Osamu Tezuka, October 2016. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{Japan is sometimes referred to as the Character Kingdom. This is due to its massive merchandising of manga, comics, film and anime figurines and collectibles. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{Doctor Comics recognises Anime and Manga characters designed by Shigeru Mizuki, in the toy store, Yamashiroya, in Ueno, Tokyo. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{Doctor Comics studies an original scroll in a window of the bookshop area of Tokyo called Kanda. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{Another print shop in Kanda… (Photo-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).}

_{In a shop window in Kanda Doctor Comics finds figurines of characters from Shigeru Mizuki’s manga and anime KITARO. (Photo-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).}

_{A beer ad with cartoon figures (Doctor Comics often enjoys a beer whilst reading manga).}
_{(Photo-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).}

_{…and D.I.Y. printmaking, at Ogawamachi Railway Station. Here one can print the station logo on a post card at the stamp desk provided for passengers -see below}.
_{(Photo-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).}

_{Stamp and stamp pad plus work desk await.}
_{(Photo-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).}

The ON MY TRAVELS… posts form part of my graphic based material. This includes painting, printmaking, cartooning and scrapbooking plus the odd bit of animation.

POSTCARD ART: Eighth Posting

Comics August 19, 2021

Here is another post profiling the design and production of my art postcards. I have been designing and printing these for a few years now…see links to some previous POSTCARD posts below. On this occasion I am looking back at assorted batches. These have been made back since commencement of design and production in 2006…some subsequent batches from the following years are included.

_{Above and below, some of my art postcards on display. This exhibition accompanied the launch of the first issue of my comic BLOTTING PAPER. (Photo and artwork-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{I treat these postcards both as artworks as well as functional items of communication. They have been made by hand in limited numbers rather than commercially printed…no two cards are identical(see note below). (Photo and artwork-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{In some cases the flip side of the postcards carry a stamped greeting. No two cards are identical due to the variations in the printing…including hand-stamping, hand pressure, strength of ink, and position and alignment of the various letters, icons and details. (Photo and artwork-©2013 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Equipment used for stamping details on the flip side of the postcards. (Photo-©2006 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Production shot made in the studio with multiple cards at simultaneous printmaking stage…rather unusual for me as I usually only have one design in process at a time. Listening to music while I work, as always…this time Plastic Beach by GORILLAZ...Go Damon! (Photo and artwork-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Production still from that same session. (Photo and artwork-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Two more simultaneous postcard production runs…note the limited number of cards in a batch, the ink and paint materials, and the backing music…Bjork on this occasion. I always work to music and she is currently one of my favourite artists. (Photo and artwork-©2013 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Another time and another batch in process…this time with a bowl of fruit! I tend to get hungry during a an art postcard printmaking production run. (Photo and artwork-©2018 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{All photos, postcards, postcard art and printmaking by Dr. Michael Hill aka Doctor Comics.}

IN THE STUDIO-Session 2

Archive of Australian Alternative Comics, Art, Blotting Paper, Comics, printmaking May 21, 2021

These production posts document the “making” stage, whether animation, comics, postcards, prints or paintings, in a small studio. I always work to music and some photos in my blog posts show the equipment and the CD…not these, unfortunately.

_{Miro, our studio cat, in the foreground bottom, right, is keeping watch whilst a batch of background coloured postcards dry. Our cat offered a similar service for the printing of comics labels (see below). (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Exposure to sunlight for a batch of freshly printed postcards. This proved to be a quick method of drying the ink and paint. (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Printed sheets hanging out to dry. These long strips were sometimes cut into smaller pieces, depending upon their graphic application. (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{First stage in the printing of labels for an issue of my comic BLOTTING PAPER…labels would then be overprinted with the title (see below). (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Second stage…labels drying in the sun…different studio…a little windswept. These are some of the overprinted covers for my comic BLOTTING PAPER, following addition of second layer (see above). (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Second stage at the other studio…some of the comics covers have been blown into the grass. These are left to dry…usually pegged on a clothesline…but not these, left lying before being blown away…then being returned to the studio for overprinting with the title of the comic. (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Third stage, title block for the comics cover…with loosely assembled rubber type…becomes the third print layer. (Photo and printmaking block-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Third stage of printing…complete with labels following overprinting of title of the comic. (Photo-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Finally, the finished labels are glued to the covers containing the printed copies of the comic. (Photo and artwork-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

RESEARCHING COMICS ART: Second Reading

Art, Coffee Table, Comics November 7, 2020

_{Welcome to another post on books about comics art…where I hone in on a small section of my shelves…select a few titles…and take a closer look…and as I have previously stated, the books are not shelved according to normal library rules…but by size rather than subject…however, they generally all have something to do with animation or comics art.}

_{In this instance, despite the solid presence of a trio of books from the Marvel universe…I am going to start at the opposite end of the shelf with the two unjacketed books by Ronald Searle…MERRY ENGLAND ETC. and SOULS IN TORMENT. These books were bought second-hand from a dealer at a local market…and both had lost their jackets. Despite my unorthodox shelving policy…these books by an English artist happen to be shelved next to a title from another English author/artist…TAMARA DREWE by Posy Simmonds. The juxtapositional positions of the titles on the shelves throw up other amusing aspects…Posy Simmonds sitting next to Robert Crumb’s THE BOOK OF MR. NATURAL…Ronald Searle side by side with JACK COLE AND PLASTIC MAN…and Fletcher Hanks’ YOU SHALL DIE BY YOUR OWN EVIL CREATION near Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s DOCTOR STRANGE VOL.1. In the midst of these there is a journal on comics art titled COMIC ART, or comic art is… as it reads on the spine.… and at one end we have HOUDINI by Jason Lutes and Nick Bertozzi…whilst at the other end there are THE X-MEN and UNCANNY X-MEN tomes, both first volumes in a longer series…and there is another Fletcher Hanks title I SHALL DESTROY ALL THE CIVILIZED PLANETS! in the middle of it all with both of the Hanks titles introduced by Paul Karasik…but let’s return to the starting end of the row with a Ronald Searle. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Ronald Searle delivers some cruel snippets of English life in his books Merry England, etc. (from 1956) and Souls In Torment…both of which feature collections of his single panel satirical cartoons…these are deftly rendered in pen and ink and left floating on the page without frames or borders. Whilst it is amusing his cartooning can be cruel. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Also of English origin is a graphic novel on the countryside chronicles of rural based romantic relationships…these are displayed in Tamara Drewe…written and drawn by Posy Simmonds…whose treatment of the subject is markedly softer and less satirical than Searle’s but telling, nonetheless. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{In contrast to TAMARA DREWE and the English countryside I also have tales from outer space and the jungle…these by the American auteur Fletcher Hanks, mostly from the 1940s. This collection of 7 or 8 page comic strips titled YOU SHALL DIE BY YOUR OWN EVIL CREATION! is a collection of short stories…with titles Space Smith In The Battle Of The Earth Against The Martian Ogres…The Super Wizard Stardust…Whirlwind Carter Of The Interplanetary Secret Service… and Fantomah: Mystery Woman Of The Jungle, as pictured above on the cover of the book. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Also of North American origin is this first volume of the collected X-MEN comics…Nos. 1-31, from 1963-67…with the creator credits Written by Stan Lee and Drawn (or designed or illustrated or layouts) by Jack Kirby. It seems from the credits that Stan was always involved but from Issue No.20 he moved away from the writing to the editing with Roy Thomas taking over the scripting. Kirby, although involved up to and including Issue No.17, had some help here and there with the pencilling, inking and lettering. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Next on display are Jack Cole’s humorous and stylistic talents in JACK COLE AND PLASTIC MAN…written and celebrated by Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd. It documents Cole’s work on the comic and some of his contributions to Playboy magazine as a staff cartoonist. The principal character, Plastic Man, was an incredibly flexible and stretchable figure in Cole’s hands…able to stretch his neck up five times the length of his body to peer over the landscape’s horizon! This ability was referred to in the comic as “polymorphously perverse plasticity.” (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Finally to Robert Crumb’s MR. NATURAL: Profane Tales Of That Old Mystic Madcap from Fantagraphics Books…more American work in this post, although Crumb did eventually move to France to live in 1990…so it can possibly be referred to as American comics art made in France. Essentially though it dates from the late 1960s…with comics art about the Hippy philosopher and his down-to-earth lifestyle. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

^{To complete this post is a visual reference to an issue of a high quality journal…(possibly the absolutely highest quality visually produced journal on comics art that I have ever seen)…from that big country north of Mexico, titled COMIC ART. This journal, an annual from Buenaventura Press, has been sumptuously produced in full colour on quality gloss paper. It is issue No.9 Fall 2007. Sadly, it is apparently no longer published. This issue has stunning reproductions of extracts from comic strips and informative articles about the creators and their work…and some rare historical material on the work of George Clark by Donald Phelps…the latter whom I met a a comics conference in the U.S.). I would love to find further issues of this publication! (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{My COMICS ART posts form part of my graphic based material…this includes the fields of drawing, painting, printmaking and cartooning…including artwork for my comic and graphic novel BLOTTING PAPER: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics.}

MY COMICS ART TRAVELS: France.

Blotting Paper, Comics August 19, 2020

_{On my travels, remaining in Europe and moving from Germany to France for this post.}

_{This one was not in France. It was a prior stopover on the way from the U.K….and a visit to the National Gallery in London to see a painting by William Hogarth…who looms large in the history of comics art…that’s my Wedding ringed hand gesturing to, and acknowledging a work by this master. Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode, Stage 3, The Inspection, circa 1745…one of a set of 6 sequential paintings, later engraved and printed as an early form of graphic storytelling. Next stop, Paris! (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{At the grave of Georges Méliès. June 2019 (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{On arrival in Paris, the first priority is the paying of respects. First, at the Pere Lachaise cemetery…where I make an historical link between film and comics art…of a playful nature, visiting the grave of the film pioneer, fantasy director Georges Méliès.}

_{I had brought some strips of an experimental film that I made that was inspired by him. I unreeled it and spread it across his grave. (Photo-©2019 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{A study of Cohl and the context in which he created…this excellent book by Donald Crafton provided lecture material on comics art and animation history for me…both when I was teaching in the Visual Communication course at Sydney College of the Arts…and later in the Master of Animation course in the Faculty of Design at the University of Technology, Sydney. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Then Doctor Comics makes his obligatory visits to the comics shops of Paris. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{There’s an area in Saint Germain des Prés populated with bookshops including comics shops. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{This shop in Paris was a good source of second-hand books. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{Waiting in the Metro for the next train and finding Tintin on a billboard…a moment of surprise and delight…quite wonderful! (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{On the outskirts of Paris the cartoonist and animator Emile Cohl has a park named after him. It is also named for Georges Méliès. The park includes a playground for children. The French are proud of their comics artists, animators and filmmakers. June 2019. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{Adjacent to the park for Emile Cohl is the one for Georges Méliès…a nice connection for these two pioneers of cinema. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

POSTCARD ART: Seventh Posting

Art, Coffee Table, Comics, printmaking May 27, 2020

Continuing my posts profiling the design and creation of art postcards that I have been making and printing. On this occasion I am looking at assorted batches that I have made in the past…going right back to the earliest designs in 2006 and some subsequent batches from the following few years.

_{Title: Pink, Purple and Black-©2006 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics. Some rapid rubber stamping here…like dancing to a visual cacophony of pounding…I try to stamp in time to music…the repetitive stamping without stopping for re-inking results in the layers of ink gradually fading as the ink runs out.}

_{Title: Abstract No.14-©2007 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics. Another instance of percussive stamping and printing and the overlaying of a Japanese language character.}

_{Title: The Jewel Box-©2007 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics. This set is gentler, more composed and offset with a rectangular tracing of coloured carbon pink pencil.}

_{The Graphic Guitar-©2008 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics. The muddled shape is wet, inky, brown and textural.}

_{Mountainous blue view landscape-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics. Plus a couple of cards in the vertical format, above and below, steep, blue and textured.}

_{Mountainous blue view landscape-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics. Same, but different…from the variations on a theme box.}

_{And heading towards the completion of this little set, Abstract Pink on Blue-©2010 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics…another from the scattered, broken shapes domain.}

_{To conclude this post, I am moving from the abstract to the figurative with my postcard Black Bird Landing-©2011 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics.}

IN THE STUDIO-Session 1

Art, Comics, printmaking February 22, 2020

This post features assorted photos of the production stage of my art projects…whether on postcards, prints, paintings or comics…produced by hand in a small studio…whilst listening to music (some photos show a glimpse of the music machine and the disc being played)…taken over the past few years.

_{A printmaking session, postcards this time…woodblock, inked and reflective, at the bottom of the photo, with brushes, ink bowl and lid, knife and stirring stick…on a stained table cloth. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Much the same as the first one…woodblock with ink bowl and lid with red paint markings, brush, stirring spoon and first layer printed postcards. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Stamp pad with rubber letters for creating text on comics page…workbook with script plus pencil to make lists and for corrections…and music…I like to work to music…Merrie Land for this session from Damon Albarn’s band The Good, The Bad and The Queen…with speaker at top right next to ink bottle. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Drying time for wet postcards, arranged in rows…only two layers on the brown and black ones…but those blue and orange cards have been printed five times…a base, blue layer, then reddish brown and black over the blue…plus the orange squiggle and my signature stamp…five layers in all. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{The box of rubber type I use for stamping the text in my comic…and bottom of the music machine in sight at top left. (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{A wider view… you can see the speakers and the featured album…it’s The WHO HITS 50!…thumping stuff that keeps my printmaking process really moving along…more art postcards, three variations, all with white ink on black paper…WOO WHO!…the joy of postcard art! (Photo-©2020 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

MY COMICS ART TRAVELS: Germany.

Art, Blotting Paper, Comics, Germania November 18, 2019

On my travels to comics art and animation events around the world…I have studied the creative work of many notable artists. Sometimes I have even managed to meet and converse with them. This post starts with an image from an event in Asia then moves to Europe, in Germany. It’s a catalyst for a series of blogs with a fun photo to begin…the Taiwan International Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2004. In future posts I shall feature some of my travels to events such as this…starting in Europe with Germany and followed by France, Japan and Australia and finally U.S.A. So, off to Germany we go to start my journey!

COMIC SALON, ERLANGEN, GERMANY, 2014

A decade after my visit to Taiwan I travelled to Germany. In the town of Erlangen where there was a comics festival, the 16th Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen in June 2014. I attended with comics artist Louise Graber and some German academic colleagues. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics). The poster featured the characters Max und Moritz created by German comics creator Wilhelm Busch. I had previously visited his museum in Hanover(see photo below).

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_0481.jpg — _{The Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover, an entire institution named after this pioneer in comics history. I was fortunate to find and purchase a book about him and his work at the museum shop. I also saw examples of his creative work on the gallery walls. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{(Photo-©2019 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Street poster for the Comic Salon, the comics festival in Erlangen, Germany. The poster carries the anti-war theme of the festival. This was expressed in the work of French comics artist Jacques Tardi (in the poster)…and in the work of American comics artist Joe Sacco (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Entrance to the comics festival in Erlangen. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Inside along a section of the comics festival. There was an accompanying outside section in a large tent, as well. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{In Erlangen Joe Sacco, creator of the graphic novel The Great War staged two exhibitions of his work…one in a hall at the exhibition site…another in the main square in front of the Town Hall. Both displayed a continuous single panel spread over 24 pages representing a connected scene from one moment of the war. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{A two panel section of Joe Sacco’s installation of his graphic novel The Great War…across the main square of the town of Erlangen, Germany. It was a new experience for me to literally walk through a comic…but that was Sacco’s rule of engagement in this instance. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Another major exhibition at the festival was Landscape of Death, the anti-war graphic work of French comics artist Jacques Tardi. (Photo-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics)}

_{Launching an issue of my own comic…BLOTTING PAPER: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics…at the festival in Erlangen…with support from my German colleagues…L to R: Louise Graber, Professor Michael Mahlstedt, me, Professor Markus Fischmann, and student Krisi.)}

_{There was also a large section in the exhibition featuring the FINN FAMILY MOOMINTROLL graphic work of Tove Jansson. (Photo by Louise Graber)}

_{My TRAVELS posts form part of my graphic based material that includes…painting, printmaking, cartooning and scrapbooking including artwork for my comic and graphic novel BLOTTING PAPER.}

BLOTTING PAPER The Comic: Production Report No. 30

Art, Blotting Paper, Comics, printmaking August 10, 2019

NEWS…CONFIRMING THE COMPLETION OF MY COMIC, NOW GRAPHIC NOVEL…BLOTTING PAPER! I have completed the final stage of the writing and editing of my comic…or should I say…graphic novel…as what began as a single origin publication has ended up in half a dozen units! Now all six chapters will be compiled into the graphic novel format. This includes the previous three separate comics that made up The Cat Cooking Comics In Kappabashi No.1 No.2 and No.3 that were not initially intended to form part of the BLOTTING PAPER comic. The title remains Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions Of Doctor Comics. All six chapters will be made available on my Blog. Below are some photos from the original launch back in 2012 at Hondarake Full Of Books bookshop in Sydney. Eight years later the work is essentially complete. Here is a photo from the original launch.