I read this bit below, last night, and it really worked for me. The world of our fathers resides within us. Ten thousand generations and more. What has no past can have no future. At the core of our life is the history of which it is composed and in that core are no idioms but only the act of knowing and it is this we share in dreams and out. Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain. I’ve found that the more confident I become as a designer, as a visual communicator, the less that I want to say. I haven’t had a story that I want to tell in a long time (not counting little dwarf fortress comics).  I think this is a shame. A few weeks ago I had an idea for a comic, and it’s still knocking around my head now. The picture above is my first experiment - a single panel of a story that isn’t written yet. Concept art, I guess. It’s a post-apocalyptic comic, or more accurately a post-collapse comic. Set in New Zealand. I’ve been reading a lot of Chris Ware and Cormac McCarthy lately, so I would say they’re two strong influences right now. Plus Tom Gauld and and Herge and many others… I need to make a moodboard, get my inspiration straight.
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I read this bit below, last night, and it really worked for me.

The world of our fathers resides within us. Ten thousand generations and more. What has no past can have no future. At the core of our life is the history of which it is composed and in that core are no idioms but only the act of knowing and it is this we share in dreams and out.

Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain.

I’ve found that the more confident I become as a designer, as a visual communicator, the less that I want to say. I haven’t had a story that I want to tell in a long time (not counting little dwarf fortress comics). 

I think this is a shame.

A few weeks ago I had an idea for a comic, and it’s still knocking around my head now. The picture above is my first experiment - a single panel of a story that isn’t written yet. Concept art, I guess.

It’s a post-apocalyptic comic, or more accurately a post-collapse comic. Set in New Zealand. I’ve been reading a lot of Chris Ware and Cormac McCarthy lately, so I would say they’re two strong influences right now. Plus Tom Gauld and and Herge and many others… I need to make a moodboard, get my inspiration straight.

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