Blind Alley No. 259
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Ode to Toriyama
Toriyama is one of few influences that have stayed with me for my whole life. What a rarity that someone could make something that follows you for a lifetime - the few others in this category are Miyazaki, Tezuka and Sendak. Much of who I am as a cartoonist I owe to those formative days of walkin...
2024-03-08 12:15:26 +0000 UTC View PostEverygreen (Oli's Playlist)
While writing The Gulf, I found myself listening to a lot of the mid-00's indie music I had listened to in high school. I found imagining what was on the different character ipod's to be a helpful writing excercise. I ended up with a ten hour playlist for Oli. For the book release, I've shortened...
2024-03-07 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Gulf has released...
I can't believe it but The Gulf is now a book you can buy at any book or comic store. 2024 once felt like an impossible year but here we are.
If you pick it up I hope you enjoy it.
2024-03-06 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBrambles Chapter One
Here's a download to a pdf of the complete first chapter of Brambles.
2024-03-06 13:28:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Oli at dusk (myself at my desk a week before the book release)
I have been hesitant to speak about The Gulf too directly. At this point, my considerations and intentions would only colour someones reading. That palette could easily be garish.
In writing the story, I have done my best to create a map that, though interpretable, communicates the pa...
2024-02-29 15:07:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The Gulf illustration
Cannot fathom the fact that this book is out in under a month. Unbelievable.
2024-02-12 20:14:41 +0000 UTC View Post
THE GULF x BLIND ALLEY Book Signing at Gosh! Comics
March 30th from 1 to 2pm. Be there if you can!:o) I'll have limited prints to give out with books.
2024-02-11 18:22:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Les Herbes Sauvages
Excited to share that The Gulf will be releashed in French by Gallimard BD this March. :o) More news soon.
2024-02-06 16:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
