The Graphic Novel – the term that is casually misused on a regular basis among those who collect, read and create comics. Some view it as a method of collecting a series of comics, removing the cover and by-lines and sandwiching them all together as one big long story. Others see it as a way of breaking beyond the traditional 22+ page issue format into a lengthier story form, allowing the artists/writer to develop their characters and settings with greater depth.

I don’t care to argue – I love graphic novels whether they are series of sandwiched trades, or magnum opus full length tree killing volumes. But how does one go about starting to put their graphic novel together? Click here to continue…

As the New Year begins and we venture forth into ‘twenty-ten’, here’s a sampling of some illustration resources to inspire you and wake you up from your Holiday slumber! This was a late Christmas present (how about Ukrainian Christmas?) so I’ve turned it into more of a New Year’s present for you all. Click here to continue…

It isn’t the greatest way to start off the New Year. I had taken a bit of time off and set a couple of blog posts to auto-publish while I was off. Apparently, this guy doesn’t know how to follow the manual, and well – all you folks got for Christmas from idrawdigital was dead silence. I’m really sorry about that! So I will publish the posts that should have been, right away!

I also have some new content that I will update shortly, and a few new things on the go. Stay tuned.