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floattoinkyruin asked:
Love your work Mr. Dawson! Such a great, cartoony drawing style and you have an impressive ear for dialogue, Troop 142 is one of my favourite comics, it has such a high re-readability factor. Anyway I'd love to know what's your primary inking tool? I'd guess a nib of some sort but which one?!?!? Go on, surprise me.
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You’d guess right - it’s a nib! :)
I used to use the Hunt 102 (which it looks like you use as well), but switched to these Manga Deleter pens made by JetPens. They have a couple of nib options. A lot of people like the G-Nib, but I am only using their Maru one, which is very similar to the 102. I like the nibs because they don’t seem to need any breaking in, but I also find they don’t last as long as the Hunts, so I go through them quickly.
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Vintage 1990 Junior High School yearbook defacements. Hilarity. You just knew the kid who came up with these gags was going to grow up to become a professional*-funnyman.
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The Ink Panthers Show! 163
Mike Dawson and Alex Robinson — Perfect
A shocking announcement, and then the lads are joined in Panthers Lair by Mike’s old chum Gary Gretsky, whereupon they argue about a variety of things to humorous effect.
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Meeting Freddie Mercury and the rest of the guys from Queen
This is really cool - and of course, super-flattering that Adam took so much time to draw something based on a drawing of mine. I can’t help but notice areas in the new drawing that look stronger against my original. The additional solid-black on the floor, the proportions of the figure in the bed - seem like improvements to me. I am not sure there’s much I’m going to do about the size of the guy in the bed, but I do think I’m going to lay down some additional ink on the floorboards before this page makes it to print.# 1 6 0 - M I K E D A W S O N S T U D Y (Mike’s original image is on the left, my study of his image is on the right)
I met Mike Dawson at birthing class about 5 years ago just as his autobiographical graphic novel, Freddie and Me was coming out. I purchased it and was blown away. It’s so soo good. Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Freddie-Me-Coming-Age-Bohemian/dp/1596914769
Anyway, Mike is a great artist and writer and a few days ago I saw this image he posted on his site (http://mikedawwwson.tumblr.com/image/50651198069) and decided it would be really interesting to do a study of the drawing (and so I did).
It was a difficult and interesting exercise but so educational. I have nothing but respect and admiration for graphic novelists- and more now (as I’ve gotten a glimpse into how much work goes into one single page much less a whole book).
Enjoy. And check out Mike’s killer, killer work: http://mikedawwwson.tumblr.com/comics
Check out Adam’s Tumblr here. He posts great images, daily. I’m totally impressed about the amount of work he accomplishes with multiple kids, a day-job, etc…
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This is really cool. Adam does some excellent drawings
