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Subscribe to join me on this creative journey of storytelling and art-making. Here you’ll find my sketches, ideas, and notes on the creative process, fatherhood, and the power of narrative. We’ll also go deeper into the groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed cross-platform Star Wars initiative, The High Republic, which I’ve spent the past few years as one of the lead story architects for, along with my own series and stand alone books.
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—Exclusive drawings and original mini-comics
While I’ll still be posting some of these on the free section, there will be others that just go in the paid tier. Essentially, I’ll be inviting the paid subscribers deep into my own learning process, explaining the steps along the way and posting my thoughts on the connections between writing and drawing. And of course, random dad thoughts to tie it all together.
—Art Commissions!!!
Okay, this one I’m especially excited about. Since I’m at this early stage of my (re)learning to draw journey, I’m temporarily offering all paid subscribers one (1) free commission request. How often do you have an opportunity to get a Star Wars writer to draw your favorite character? Rarely, that’s how often. Rarely. (Definitely doesn’t have to be SW characters tho!) Full details at the tail end of this post.
—Exclusive episodes of INKBOTTLE including Q+As, interviews and more
To accompany our latest episode on the experiential process of beginning a book, Brittany and I recorded a bonus episode about how to navigate the actual content of beginnings — there is so much that a beginning has to do (and not do) and did a deep dive on all of it. There’s a LOT to think about in this episode and we had a great time putting it together. In the months ahead, we’ll be posting more special content just for paid subscribers.
—Behind the scenes look at my art process
Personal reflections and process videos of the comics I post. This will be a regular feature. I love that Procreate makes these videos easy to create and download — it’s really great to demystify the process and always hilarious to see how many different times i had to draw and redraw certain things (HANDS) (MYSELF) (JFK) and what reference photos I used.
—Exclusive discounts on master classes.
This is also something new we’ll be doing on this Substack, and the first one is really exciting — my good friend and High Republic teammate (and ESCAPE FROM VALO co-author) the legendary Alyssa Wong and I will be teaching a class on writing comic books! Stay tuned for more details.
—Vouchers to send mail-ins for me to sign and personalize
This is for books, comics, and posters only (unless given special permission) for me to sign and personalize, including with a drawing if desired. Signing is free, subscribers will have to pay the shipping fees only. More information to come shortly.
And down the road, we’ll add monthly live chats, which will both be casual chill sessions and also a chance to chat about/follow up on how y’all’s creative endeavors are going, ask questions related to process and the industry.
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