Intense rains right now.

Here there’s some inking process for a new comic. Patrons who pledged for drawings / avatars? I’m drawing those now and receiving reference pics. More news soon.

Thanks everyone! 

Thank you so much for the support this month!

That’s one of the Secret Knots horoscopes made some time ago, the first one if I’m not mistaken. My first Patreon goal has been achieved (thanks), so new horoscopes are coming. Do you have a sign of choice for the next one? Feel free to comment and suggest one.

As I write this, i’m at the penciling stage for the next comic, and a little behind the schedule I wanted. But I’m fond of this particular story and look forward to finish it. It touches some characteristic topics of my comics I guess, but it’s condensed in the two pages format I’m working currently, which changes the narrative and requires the visual elements to be very narrative.

Inspiration and recreation this week comes, among other things, from:

Re-reading: The Filth written by Grant Morrisson, drawn by Chris Weston and Gary Erskine. My housemate brought this trade so I found myself diving again in this meticulous Morrissonian psychedelic dystopia. As a side note, reading this kind of material before sleeping has an interesting effect on my dreams. It’s the kind of comics that transmits ideas in an infectious way I guess. It speaks directly to my dreaming brain. Does this kind of thing happen to you? Do you avoid/enjoy watching Hannibal before sleeping? Do you modify or reinforce your rest with a particular piece of music or writing?

I keep watching Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and it gets better with each episode. Also, watching some anime series again but I’ll leave the detail of those for a next blog.

Feel free to leave comments. Thanks for your support and have a great day!

Juan

Hello there! First and most important of all, thank you very much for supporting my Patreon. We’ve already reached a first goal, so soon we’ll see the return of the Secret Knots Horoscopes with new tales of the destiny we actually make up each time.

I hoped you read the latest comic, which went somewhat viral over the weekend -at least for my usual modest numbers. It was a kind of parody of clickbait, an exercise which has the potential for turning into clickbait itself, apparently. Not that I’m complaining. It meant new things for me in terms of drawing too, and I had fun designing that hindu-inspired demon or spirit.

The next comic is very different of course, although I’m trying to maintain the same length and general format for a while. It’s a small story about a town.

That raw sketch up there is my first approach to the cover of the Santa Marina ebook. It will include the four ‘Santa Marina comics’ from Secret Knots, plus new small stories in the shape of illustrated bios and overall data about the town, its founders and some remarkable citizens. It will be available on Gumroad and of course it’s part of the freebies for some tiers of this very Patreon. Coming Soon!

Thanks again for your support and time.

Current distractions and fuel:

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Penny Dreadful, True Detective (tv)
Número cero by Umberto Eco, ‘Trees’ and ‘Injection’ comics by Warren Ellis and respective artists (reading)

Also loved this comic, via Robert Stutts.