I write and publish independent comics. I was the co-founder of the Boston Comics Roundtable, which since 2005 has amassed over 150 members, produced 10 anthologies, and aided and encouraged scores of new comics from individual members. I have also been a co-organizer for MICE, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. I’ve been an occasional public speaker and interview subject on the topic of comics, and even more occasionally made a valid point.
Blue Moon is a limited series book written by Dave Kender, with art by D.N.S. and colors by Braden Lamb.
It finally happened. The liberals, the intellectuals, and the Silicon Valley millionaires fled to the coasts, and then left the planet altogether. The ones who stayed behind shaped a new America in their own image. But young Simon Stevens from Ohio has gone and fallen in love with a girl on the moon and now nothing is going to stop him from seeing her.
Blue Moon #1 is available for for digital download at Comixology.
The Ragbox: A graphic novel series
The Ragbox is a graphic novel series I wrote and produced, published in parts beginning in 2007. Each chapter is illustrated by a different illustrator.
In total, the original script runs many hundreds of pages, with progressively longer and more ambitious chapters. The first five chapters (published in the three books pictured above) have since seen the light of day through collaborations with five incredible— and incredibly different—artists. Once the fifth chapter was completed, I began to feel the nagging desire to move on, so this is a dead project. Or as they say in comics, an ultra-rare collectors item.
You can read the completed comics online here:
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
To offer a peek behind the curtain, each page of the comic is accompanied by the original script for that page.
It’s often said that a film is made three times: on the page, on the set, and in the editing room. My own experience with comics was quite similar: first the script, then the drawn pages, and finally the lettering process. Because I took on the lettering myself, I was able to have a final edit on the story and eliminate much of the dialogue. By comparing the script and the finished pages side-by-side, you can see the differences for yourself.