Calling 2023
I’m currently trying to work out what stories I want to tell next year. I have Solver 9 and 10 set for January to March, and a print miniseries due in the spring, but beyond that my slate is empty. Everything I’ve done over the last three years has come out of the confusion of the early pandemic, where I was very productive, but I can feel the weird, shut-in energy of that period fading fast now and I am looking to find a new direction. I have a vague sense of what I want to do but it lacks a shape, my job over the next few weeks is to pin it down.
In any case, my work for 2022 is over. I’ve finished drawing Solver 9 and writing #10, ready to return to my desk on Jan 2nd. I’m sure I’ll have a few bits to share here before the new year as I am seldom idle. Here’s one to be getting on with. Trying out a new Clip Studio pen.
Comments (11)
I hope you have a relaxing and re-invigorating holiday. All the better to face 2023 with a spring in your step.
Hope you get to relax and feel refreshed ready for that challenge! Whatever it turns out to be, I'm looking forward to reading it!
I hope these spider man style booties are an an indicator of our next big 2 crossover
That would be spectacular, wouldn't it? Amazing.
John you are such a huge talent, I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Thanks for all the pleasure you've brought us this year!
Was the surprise return of Shauna part of that Covid energy or a later addiion?
That reunion was not part of that era's thinking but it still derives from the stories I've made since we were all made to hide indoors for months.
Happy New Year! looking forward to it! Enjoy your holiday resting!
I really like the line of that pen. Enjoy your break!
Enjoy your well-deserved holiday rest. :)