near legend series begins soon-ish

alrighty folks, i make lots of promises

most of them i keep, some of them i break, but all of these are for the greater good, no matter where on the line they fall

the one shot of near legend (i showed off a month or two ago) is not the final version

instead, im being me, and making executive decisions based on what i think might be better.

trust me, i am not doing this without reason.

the actual first issue of the series is going to be a full 3o pages chock o block full of comic, with all the stops pulled out, and special surprises in store.

sorry for the inconvenience. im doing what i can so my fans can get what they deserve.

awesomesauce

on the bright side this is pretty

http://mandaflewaway.tumblr.com/post/2057242738

end of june, beginning of awesome

okay folks, its an exciting month ahead of us.

i have some surprises for all of you cool cats who care

1. im turning Near Legend and Deep Suit into series, hoping to get the second issues of each out before the...

2. massachusetts independent comics exposition which me and some of my associates are planning to get a table at, although nothing is set in stone, i began making

3. paintings that i will print and sell at the convention, given that i have a table

near legend issue one is out!

and there you have it folks, cover to issue one, assuming that we will have issues beyond this.

im thinking a semi-regular publication of ten pages each telling a story from the life of Charlie O. youngest leader in postwar New Troy and opponent of what appears to be a musical robot.

with any luck, i will have special promo art posted up here, but that all depends on how soon i find a scanner. volunteer your hardware to circulate my oddities!

excuses and eye candy

portraits.

all right then, i'll be back soon

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hello

so its been a month since i've said anything? well at least i'm not as bad at updating as Paul Pope.

some recent developments in my life have made self expression somewhat difficult. like homework for my classes at massart. and nanowrimo.com. and relationship issues. but enough about me, this is a blog...

about me...

so well that kinda defeats all purposes.

anyhow, i'm almost finished with my new one shot, a ten pager currently untitled, but its probably got some of the best drawing i've done in a while, so i look forward to finishing that. finally you'll get some eye candy up here.

what else can i do... hmm

i know!

see above:

initiating launch sequence

i think that in the best interest of anyone that may stumble upon this site, there ought to be some sort of introduction in the way of letting people know what i am about over here.

my name is benjamin doane, and i make comics.

presently (as of october eleventh two thousand and ten) i am unpublished, but have produced several works and am currently involved in a number of projects, which include my graphic novel "muckraker" (which has been "in the works" for the last three years) and a picaresque science fiction serial started this september.

however, anything i do in this area is outside of my being a undergraduate student of the massachusetts college of art and design, and so the time in which i am able to work on these projects is severely limited. hopefully though, i will learn to balance these aspects of my life so as to benefit both, and still make time for my social life and perhaps even a job (if i can find one.)

yep, all this and still optimistic.

For all the nouns i draw on for inspiration, foremost on this list are my friends and family who support just about every one of my harebrained ideas. where would a protagonist be without his supporting cast?

as far as other artists go, i am endlessly enthralled by the painting and photocollage of artist dave mckean, whose work graced the covers of neil gaiman's "sandman" series and filled the pages of gaiman's "black orchid" and grant morrison's "arkham asylum."

http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/

closely thereafter is mike mignola with his simplified yet instantly recognizable forms, which stike with clarity and then compel reapplied attentions to his sequences of splendor. mignola is known foremost for his creation of the comic series "hellboy."

http://www.artofmikemignola.com

and lastly is paul pope, who has worked with both american and japanese companies, producing such provocative pieces such as "heavy liquid" and "batman; year 100" in which the fluid linework just leaps off the page.

http://pulphope.blogspot.com/

so thats the crux of all that stuff

thanks for tuning in, and here

something cool to look at