FAR AWAY COMIC update

Hello true believers. I recently got my hands on a printed version of Doc Pop's Far Away. I was fortunate enough to help Doc with the book, a challenging and rewarding experience. The comic should be available to buy in digital and print versions. You could also check out DocPop's website for more details on this book. Cheers!

A new comic

24 Hour Comic Challenge

Hello folks.

Last weekend Mission Comics in San Francisco hosted The annual 24 Hour Comics Day Challenge, a week before the official version starts because Alternative Press Expo falls on the same weekend of October 1st. Anyhow, I showed up and completed 26 pages of comics. Leef, the owner of the shop, was an amazing and patient host.

If you'd like to see some photographs of us toiling away, Leef posted some photos up on his Facebook page.

LLAMARAMA!

It's about Llamas and friendship.

It's slightly NSFW (nipples)

26 pages!

Right Click the links below to download:

Llama_ByMikeHales.cbz

Comic Book Reader Format

Remove the ".txt" bit after downloading

Llama_ByMikeHales.pdf

PDF Format

I originally set out to create the story for this book from my Instagram feed. That meant I relied on other people's photographs to tell the story. It worked up until the fourth page when I realized that I should change gears.

On page three I decided to to use a range of gray Copic markers instead of cross hatching to get the shading I wanted. I also kept the creases and debris on the sketchbook pages after scanning them because they not only add character, but I wanted to somehow simulate the experience of actually holding the sketchbook in your hand. Well, it's close enough.

Enjoy!

Alternative Press Expo

Folks, I'm going to be tabling at Alternative Press Expo this weekend in sunny San Francisco. I'll be sitting at table 707a so come on over and say hello. I just printed up some copies of my latest comic PUZZLED, and I thought I would post a small preview of the book here. Enjoy!

Saucy Sauce

My friend Audrey Soffa started creating a web comic based off of a character I had originally created at a Cartoonist Conspiracy meeting in San Francisco late last year. She took one look at the pictures and its vomitous existence was literally pouring our of Audrey's skull. Starting right about now, I am officially taking over responsibility of posting Sauce every Tuesday and Thursday up until the end of May. Audrey has taken a break but will be lurking behind the scenes to occasionally poke at my comics and make them sparkle.

To check it out, go HERE!

I hope you enjoy!

Lucky Sauce

I sketched this companion (or competitive) piece to the latest Sauce Comic that you can see HERE!

Hourly Comic Day

(edited Feb. 6th, 2010)



These and other Post-It-Note comic frames were created for the Hourly Comic Challenge that took place on February 1st, 2010.

The one thing I learned by making this comic was that I consume way too much food during the day. But that's because the awesome people working at the cafe in my building where I work always bakes us treats.

Holes

So, the results of the Hourly Comic mentioned yesterday was planned to be posted tonight, but I left everything at work. So, up goes a one page story about holes. Set in the future, holes are plentiful and flesh based companions are few and far between.

If you're beginning to notice a pattern, you might be correct. I'm making an attempt to post more on this blog as a way to keep myself motivated and driven to keep making art. Anyways, have an awesome day out there, and please come back once in awhile.

Flower

Kitty

Well, hello and welcome to 2010. It's the second decade in the 21st century. I'm happily employed, single, caffeinated, and ready to take on the world. As for the above comic, this could be described as a character study. It may not have a punchline, but it gets a message across. That message is: don't bother animals while they're chewing on dead things.

There are more comics to come. Yes, I am totally serious. I'm going to take it slow and attempt to post twice a week, three times if time permits.

Hang in there and enjoy!

Hole technology

Holes. The world is filled with them. All I know is that I really enjoyed making this robot dude. The weather bot says it's 44 degrees in San Francisco. Maybe that's not considered cold in other parts of the world, but I'm still freezing my ass off. Still, I managed to scan and greyscalify the image. Greyscalify! That's not really a word, but it sounds very technical. I'm just typing now to keep my fingers from freezing off. I'm off to go make some hot liquid to put down my question hole.

Morning Coffee

One of these days, we'll have vortex technology. It will be awesome.

New Comic page

A while ago, I had some interesting life changing experiences, so I thought I would make a comic about them. Enjoy!

Unknowing Robot

Hipster Fight

Here's a sketch I started At Cartoonist Conspiracy last Thursday and finally got around to inking it over the weekend. I spent most of Saturday moving all of my stuff into storage. Now i'm chilling at a residency hotel in the Mission until I can find a new home. Exciting!

The Resin Collector

This is another comic page for an upcoming collection. Stay tuned!

Really F@©king Happy!

Here's another comic from a batch created in late December.

A New comic page

Falling Nubbins

So, this is my latest comic. Although, it doesn't really look like a comic strip at first glance, but there's certainly a story going on here. Just imagine where they are getting shot from. And goodness, where are they headed? They're elated! Why? Mystery and suspense! That's why!

I'm going to be publishing a small book featuring the last dozen or so comics featured on this blog, plus more. I took a break from APE and everything else, but I should be posting more, so please stick around.

Thanks.

omg!