Speaking of free comics, most webcomics are free.  I would like to introduce a couple pf relatively new ones.  I am particularly proud to present these because they are the work of students at Megamoth Studio. Ashley Lancaster has a couple of comics she has been uploading to Smack Jeeves for a a short while now, Hippies, a story about a werewolf and a vampire looking for a roommate too keep their sweet pad, and Host, the story of a young man trying to make it through high school while possessed by a parasitic demon. Ashley’s work just gets better and better so check it out. We also have a webcomic being produced by Emily Barber called Wells. Wells is just getting started, but you should check it out all the same, because it’s going to get good. I know because I’ve seen the pages and story in progress. There are days when it is a great thing to be a teacher.

My own creative practice is still running hard in different directions, but some things are starting to get done. Check out this sweet watercolor!

Seeing how the prints have not been titled yet, I have only a quick pencil drawing for you this week.  Bearded men in hats are inevitable after seeing the Rembrandt’s Century show at the DeYoung.

I’ve been through this before.  I have put books down and abandoned television shows over it in the past.  HBO is particularly good at creating shows I just don’t want to watch due to a lack of heroic victory.  I suppose it’s not really a new thing in television.  I grew up watching mostly episodic shows where a conflict is resolved by the end of the episode and the good guys usually win, but there have been soap operas for longer than I have been alive. Given the train wrecks that soap opera characters call their lives week after week, I am forced to admit the wanton tormenting of characters for the long haul is s pretty old hat after all.

I will admit to having my doubts about whether to continue reading Martin’s books.  I enjoyed reading them, but I don’t want to get stuck waiting anxiously for the next book, particularly given Martin’s current rate of production.  Fortunately, I have an ample supply of other reading and I can wait to see if Martin ever finishes the story before picking it up again.

In other news, I have a new print for you.  There are now links in the gallery to purchase this, and the last two prints in the gallery captions for each of them.  Or you can click here, here or here.

I have seen his drawings and prints in books many times.  Dover even publishes a book that reproduces all of Rembrandt’s prints at their real sizes and I have studied my copy closely indeed.  It was still incredible to see the prints in real life.  Intaglio prints are meant to be seen in person.  There are certainly works of art that are best viewed through digital reproduction or as films or photographs in books, but the physical experience of looking at a print is truly the best way to experience a print.

There should be a new etching next week and some announcements about some book projects hopefully in the weeks following.

I do have some intention to get back to lithography in the future.  I do have some higher priorities for capabilities to add to my shop first, but litho is on the list, at least it will be if I can ever figure out where to put a press and levigation counter….