Showing posts with label VW bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VW bug. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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, 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, December 16, 2009
El Vocho #43
This here is a short edition of El Vocho online. I'm traveling over the holidays, away from the drawing board. The new comics on Wednesday posts will resume in January.
I'll be visiting some indy comics shops & bookstores late December/early January as I drive from Massachusetts to Oaxaca. Nothing formal, just looking to stock some stores with my books and lay groundwork for the El Vocho tour for summer 2010.
Probably will post from the road.
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler
I'll be visiting some indy comics shops & bookstores late December/early January as I drive from Massachusetts to Oaxaca. Nothing formal, just looking to stock some stores with my books and lay groundwork for the El Vocho tour for summer 2010.
Probably will post from the road.
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
El Vocho #42
The El Vocho Graphic Novel will appear in summer 2010. I am planning a U.S. tour to promote the book, with west coast dates in mid July and East coast dates in late July/early August. Any suggestions for art cafes or indie comics shops to visit are welcome!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
El Vocho #40
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
El Vocho #39
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler
Monday, September 7, 2009
Ballad of the Bug
Wow, it's 3 months since I've posted to the EL VOCHO blog. I have indeed been working on the EL VOCHO graphic novel, and will resume posting the story at some point--right now I'm busy inking pages and making publishing arrangements to release the book next year.
Meanwhile, I've shot a provisional video of the Ballad of the Bug, a song that pretty much goes with the El Vocho graphic novel. I hope to get a version done this fall with some other musicians, but thought I'd put this one up in the meanwhile. I wrote the words and my musical mentor Todd Spiehler wrote the music to this one. Here is a link to the song on You Tube, Ballad of the Bug.
Meanwhile, I've shot a provisional video of the Ballad of the Bug, a song that pretty much goes with the El Vocho graphic novel. I hope to get a version done this fall with some other musicians, but thought I'd put this one up in the meanwhile. I wrote the words and my musical mentor Todd Spiehler wrote the music to this one. Here is a link to the song on You Tube, Ballad of the Bug.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
El Vocho #9
I have returned from my lengthy trip back to the U.S. and I'm ready to resume work on El Vocho, so I'll be posting early and often from here on in with updates to the story. I actually have some stuff ready to post, just have to scan it.
But first, let's geek out on some reference material! I've never been a cartoonist who uses a lot of reference; my preference is to just blast the drawings right outa my skull and let the chips fall where they may. However, there is a place for using on the spot sketches and photo reference. Sometimes you just want a realistic look. For me, it's often the case that I'll use reference to get the basic look of something, then I'll freehand it from there.
As this present story features very specific makes and models of autos, there is an obvious need for reference. Since moving to Mexico, I've bought a beat up Vocho (VW Bug) and refurbished it a bit, so my reference is sitting right in the driveway!
Recently, I heard that there would be a Vocho show right here in Oaxaca (Thanks for the tip, Todd!) -- so my son Max and I headed down with my camera and took a few shots that will no doubt come in handy in the course of drawing El Vocho, a few of which are posted here for your enjoyment.
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