I am doing a Kickstarter Fundraiser to help pay printing and shipping on the El Vocho graphic novel. You can pledge $15 to get the book, more gets you a painting. And, I just added this reward:
Event. A live performance with "The Dick Nixon Experience", Steve's cow punk band. Event includes one graphic novel, choose from El Vocho, Bughouse, 40 Hour Man or Scalawag. Complimentary mezcal will be served. Venue to be announced, San Francisco Bay Area. Mezcal is, of course, the smokey smooth agave distilled spirit that embodies the mystique of Oaxaca.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
El Vocho Endpapers
Just put together the endpapers (inside cover) image for El Vocho -- this will be in the edition that appears in comics shops.
I took the photo at a VOCHO (VW Bug) show in the spring of '08 in Oaxaca. The spooky goon of course is Cliff, iconic bad guy. He looks a lot like I would if I gained a few pounds, got a trench coat and cool hat, and started rubbing people out. Click on image to see it bigger.
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El Vocho: Page 290 of October Previews, order code OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR). Diamond has listed El Vocho as “Certified Cool”.
I took the photo at a VOCHO (VW Bug) show in the spring of '08 in Oaxaca. The spooky goon of course is Cliff, iconic bad guy. He looks a lot like I would if I gained a few pounds, got a trench coat and cool hat, and started rubbing people out. Click on image to see it bigger.
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El Vocho: Page 290 of October Previews, order code OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR). Diamond has listed El Vocho as “Certified Cool”.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Ballad of the Bug - Let's Embed!
A prominent comics news site tells me they had a problem with the embed code for the EL VOCHO theme song, Ballad of the Bug. Let's see how this works.
Whoa! It works. Cool.
El Vocho: Page 290 of October Previews, order code OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR)
Whoa! It works. Cool.
El Vocho: Page 290 of October Previews, order code OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR)
Monday, September 27, 2010
El Vocho Reviewed in The Comics Journal
A review of the El Vocho graphic novel has appeared in The Comics Journal at this link.
I'm pleased to see an informed review of the book by critic Robert Clough, who has a decent level of familiarity with my comics.
El Vocho is listed in the October Diamond Comics catalog (PREVIEWS). The order code is OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR)
I'm pleased to see an informed review of the book by critic Robert Clough, who has a decent level of familiarity with my comics.
El Vocho is listed in the October Diamond Comics catalog (PREVIEWS). The order code is OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Ballad of the Bug
This is Ballad of the Bug, the theme song for my El Vocho graphic novel. By Steve Lafler & Todd Spiehler.
Click here to download Ballad of the Bug
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
El Vocho in Diamond Comics Previews
El Vocho will be in the next Diamond Comics Previews, their monthly catalog of new comics. The ordering code for El Vocho is OCT101061 EL VOCHO GN (MR)
If you know comics retailers, or if you are one, please order 9723 copies, or more.
If you know comics retailers, or if you are one, please order 9723 copies, or more.
Friday, August 27, 2010
El Vocho in Previews
The El Vocho graphic novel will be listed in Diamond Comic Distributor's PREVIEWS catalog in October for items shipping in December. I'll be stepping up my promotional efforts, in particular my communication with comics retailers, in an effort to sell a whole lotta Vochos!
Steve and J.R. Williams performing July 15 at Reading Frenzy in Portland, Oregon at the El Vocho publishing event.
Steve and J.R. Williams performing July 15 at Reading Frenzy in Portland, Oregon at the El Vocho publishing event.
Friday, July 23, 2010
El Vocho Publishing Party Redux
Had a great publishing party for El Vocho at the Mercury Cafe in San Francisco last night. Here is an audio of our pick up band the DICK NIXON EXPERIENCE -- it was ragged fun, not so well rehearsed but damn we had a blast!
Recording compliments of Sir Dave Soule. Thanks to Scotty, bass, Jeff on drums, Jon on electric guitar, and Jeff 2 on fiddle and alto sax. That's me on vocals and acoustic guitar.
Recording compliments of Sir Dave Soule. Thanks to Scotty, bass, Jeff on drums, Jon on electric guitar, and Jeff 2 on fiddle and alto sax. That's me on vocals and acoustic guitar.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
El Vocho in Portland, Oregon
I'm appearing at Reading Frenzy at 921 SW Oak Street in downtown Portland, Oregon on July 15th at 7 p.m. with my new graphic novel El Vocho.
I am really excited to be going back to Portland where I used to live.
I'll be playing my Oaxacabilly tunes with my good friend David Perkin on percussion. I just released one of my tunes today, Jack Black Song, on a web zine called This Zine Will Save Your Life.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
El Vocho Book is For Sale
El Vocho, my new 100 page graphic novel, is now available for $12.00 + postage at this link from my lulu page.
For an easy to read preview, visit El Vocho online at CO2. Bill and Gerry have figured out online comics better than anybody, and it's my good fortune to post with them.
For an easy to read preview, visit El Vocho online at CO2. Bill and Gerry have figured out online comics better than anybody, and it's my good fortune to post with them.
Friday, May 21, 2010
El Vocho Book Cover
Here is the cover for the El Vocho graphic novel. Click on the image to see it larger.
I am creating a limited edition prepublication run of El Vocho to tour with this summer. I will sell these at my tour stops. The formal release of the book will come later, after I create humongous buzz with the summer tour.
This book is getting the long roll out, so I can take over the known and unknown universe with it.
copyright 2010 Steve Lafler
I am creating a limited edition prepublication run of El Vocho to tour with this summer. I will sell these at my tour stops. The formal release of the book will come later, after I create humongous buzz with the summer tour.
This book is getting the long roll out, so I can take over the known and unknown universe with it.
copyright 2010 Steve Lafler
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
El Vocho: The End
CLICK ON THE PAGES TO SEE THEM LARGER
These are the last two pages of the El Vocho graphic novel.
I've posted the whole book. Actually, I've written and drawn a 3 page prelude to the story, I gotta go back and check if I ever posted that.
Now, I'm on to some story edits, then the whole process of publishing and marketing a graphic novel.
El Vocho is also being posted from the start in a more visually friendly format at CO2 comics, check it out.
I'll continue to post to this blog pertinent news and info about the upcoming book version of the story.
I hope you enjoy this, and comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Steve Lafler
These are the last two pages of the El Vocho graphic novel.
I've posted the whole book. Actually, I've written and drawn a 3 page prelude to the story, I gotta go back and check if I ever posted that.
Now, I'm on to some story edits, then the whole process of publishing and marketing a graphic novel.
El Vocho is also being posted from the start in a more visually friendly format at CO2 comics, check it out.
I'll continue to post to this blog pertinent news and info about the upcoming book version of the story.
I hope you enjoy this, and comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Steve Lafler
Monday, April 12, 2010
El Vocho #57
CLICK ON THE ART TO SEE IT BIGGER.
This was the last page of El Vocho, with the major conflict resolved, but I just wrote a few more pages to tie up some loose ends. No matter how you slice it, the book is just about done!
My former publisher Brett (Top shelf) also made a suggestion to expand the scene in the middle of the book where Rosa finally flies in the Vocho, so I'm gonna look over the story and think about adding a page or two there also.
This was the last page of El Vocho, with the major conflict resolved, but I just wrote a few more pages to tie up some loose ends. No matter how you slice it, the book is just about done!
My former publisher Brett (Top shelf) also made a suggestion to expand the scene in the middle of the book where Rosa finally flies in the Vocho, so I'm gonna look over the story and think about adding a page or two there also.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
El Vocho #55
CLICK ON THE ART TO SEE IT BIGGER
Bye! I'm off to Mexico City to haunt some museums n' stuff.
Bye! I'm off to Mexico City to haunt some museums n' stuff.
Monday, March 29, 2010
El Vocho #54
CLICK ON THE ART TO SEE IT BIGGER.
You can hit CTRL+ once you've isolated the page to bring it up even bigger.
Holy shit, just a couple more pages to go! Damn near a whole graphic novel stuffed in here. Next I'll give EL VOCHO a close edit, then get it out into the world as a printed graphic novel.
I guess I'll just post now as the pages are done, the Wednesday schedule worked well for a good half a year, but I'm putting it aside now.
To read El Vocho from the start, hit the archives, it's loaded all ass backwards in here.
You can hit CTRL+ once you've isolated the page to bring it up even bigger.
Holy shit, just a couple more pages to go! Damn near a whole graphic novel stuffed in here. Next I'll give EL VOCHO a close edit, then get it out into the world as a printed graphic novel.
I guess I'll just post now as the pages are done, the Wednesday schedule worked well for a good half a year, but I'm putting it aside now.
To read El Vocho from the start, hit the archives, it's loaded all ass backwards in here.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
El Vocho update
No new page this week, between entertaining guests in Oaxaca, my adopted city, handling a slightly hysterical four year old, and playing too much Oaxacabilly guitar with too many musicians, I did not finish a page. I will say, the one in the works is a wild page! I'll post asap.
Meanwhile, my classic comic Dog Boy from the 80s has returned, via the online comics site CO2. The site is run by comics veterans Gerry Giovinco and Bill Cucinotta, and it's a total class act.
They are posting some great web comics in a visually dynamic format. I should mention they will also be posting El Vocho, and the first few pages are up.
Gerry and Bill are way smarter than I about web marketing, so this is a great chance for me to create buzz for these stories as I get ready to publish the El Vocho book.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
El Vocho #53
Just returned from five days at the coast in Puerto Angel and environs. What a great run of beach towns there! Gorgeous and laid back.
Now it's back to work, here is the latest EL VOCHO page.
Click on the art to see it large.
Just a few more pages to ink, then it's on to a round of revisions. Then I'll pitch this baby to a list of publishers I've put together, although I could always put it out on my own MANX MEDIA imprint too.
For sure, I will have a publishing event in San Francisco at the Mercury Cafe in Hayes Valley on July 22, if you happen to be in town just then. We're puttin' together a pickup band for the event, as the DICK NIXON EXPEREINCE, but the music itself will be puro Oaxacabilly.
Now it's back to work, here is the latest EL VOCHO page.
Click on the art to see it large.
Just a few more pages to ink, then it's on to a round of revisions. Then I'll pitch this baby to a list of publishers I've put together, although I could always put it out on my own MANX MEDIA imprint too.
For sure, I will have a publishing event in San Francisco at the Mercury Cafe in Hayes Valley on July 22, if you happen to be in town just then. We're puttin' together a pickup band for the event, as the DICK NIXON EXPEREINCE, but the music itself will be puro Oaxacabilly.
Monday, March 8, 2010
El Vocho #52
Click on the art to see it REAL BIG!
I'm posting on Monday night instead of Wednesday this week, I'm heading to the beach!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
I'm posting on Monday night instead of Wednesday this week, I'm heading to the beach!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
El Vocho #51
Another preposterous page of comics from El Bocho.
Click on the art to see it much larger!!!
I'm still digging into my supply of ratty brushes to see what emerges on the page. It's a cool technical challenge to make good looking comics with THICK Mexican ink and ratty, beat up brushes. I'm diggin' it.
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Click on the art to see it much larger!!!
I'm still digging into my supply of ratty brushes to see what emerges on the page. It's a cool technical challenge to make good looking comics with THICK Mexican ink and ratty, beat up brushes. I'm diggin' it.
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
El Vocho #50
Click on the page to see it REALLY BIG!
Today's page is strange in that lyric, poetic mode that I love so much.
Leave logic behind, stop thinking and let it flow, baby!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Today's page is strange in that lyric, poetic mode that I love so much.
Leave logic behind, stop thinking and let it flow, baby!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
El Vocho #49
Please click on the comics to see them BIG! This week I've uploaded a couple pages from El Vocho at the biggest size blogger allows.
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
El Vocho #48
Again I've posted full comic pages to El Vocho. To see these suckers really big, just click on them. Lemme know whatcha think about this approach to posting these comics.
The web is great for media like animation, music and movies, but comics? They just work better in book format. However, I post these El Vocho pages anyway, it's the best way to get the word out about the book prior to official publication.
IN the old days, I'd put out a series of comic magazines such as Bughouse, then collect them all in a graphic novel. To say it's no longer economically viable for me to publish individual comic mags is an understatement! I used to make a bit of money on it before the big Diamond Comics monopoly takeover of comics distribution in 1996. I miss the old comic books, but maybe things are better now, fewer trees are cut to put out the mags, and the graphic novel has a literary cache that it did not yet have back then. Now, if only MY graphic novels could catch on like the latest teen pop sensation! Fuck, if only I was sixteen!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
The web is great for media like animation, music and movies, but comics? They just work better in book format. However, I post these El Vocho pages anyway, it's the best way to get the word out about the book prior to official publication.
IN the old days, I'd put out a series of comic magazines such as Bughouse, then collect them all in a graphic novel. To say it's no longer economically viable for me to publish individual comic mags is an understatement! I used to make a bit of money on it before the big Diamond Comics monopoly takeover of comics distribution in 1996. I miss the old comic books, but maybe things are better now, fewer trees are cut to put out the mags, and the graphic novel has a literary cache that it did not yet have back then. Now, if only MY graphic novels could catch on like the latest teen pop sensation! Fuck, if only I was sixteen!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
El Vocho #47
Another experiment today with El Vocho, just posting the whole page as drawn. Click on the art to get a larger size image to appear.
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
El Vocho #46
El Vocho looks a bit different this week, I'm going to post the story without image edits. I've usually trimmed stuff out that sticks in from adjoining panels (I have no desire to honor the panel borders).
The book is nearing completion. I'm trying to hit a gear where the pace picks up, so no more time wasting edits!
Sort of like when publisher Kitchen Sink was putting out their reprints of Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff, you could see where he'd drawn outside of the panel border and they left it in, it just looked brilliant, what a brush man ol' imperialist Milton was!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
El Vocho #45
I brought a new large format scanner from the states to my studio in Mexico over the holidays. I'm excited about it, as it will help me put comics from my entire career back in print, including Bughouse, Dog Boy and more. It will take time to get everything in print, especially as I want to publish El Vocho first.
But I gotta say, the prospect of having it all available is thrilling. I mean, the Dog Boy book alone with be close to 500 pages of very unusual, highly entertaining underground comics!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
El Vocho #44
Here's a couple more panels of El Vocho. Trying to get back up to speed after the holidays, problem is I'm obsessed with playin' guitar, gotta put the damn thing down and pick up the brush! Hey!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler
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