FREE COMICS: I’ve archived all of my serious comics to date on Tapastic and Line Webtoon including the NEVER-BEFORE AVAILABLE ONLINE Tales from the Clarkside companion comic!! (You still need to hear Carl’s actual album though, it’s amazing.) You can also download 43 pages of comics from my ko-fi shop, FREE.
Down My Street, a set of sequential stories I did for The Sketchbook Project, was hosted by the Brooklyn Art Library until its closing. I still have all my scans of it though, so it will be coming back to the internet once I have the time!
BUYING COMICS: I also sell print versions and digital downloads of my comics on Amazon, IndyPlanet, ko-fi, Gumroad (coming soon), and Etsy. These versions have special content in them, like previews of unpublished work and bonus art.
COMIC RELEASES: All new and upcoming comic projects will be released first on my Patreon page, and on my ongoing project The River People, where they will ALWAYS be free to read!
Below is everything about the comics I have released to date!
the river people
In 2023 I became a Fellow of the Indiana Arts Commission and received funding to complete a project I have wanted to make for a very long time: a graphic novel illustrating the family folklore, urban legends and recurring nightmares of my friends and neighbors here in the Ohio River Valley. I just got started, so follow along here and contribute your own stories if you dare!
All contributors will receive a free copy of the eBook, and anyone who’s story(s) I illustrate will also get a free copy of the printed book.
our beautiful, dead land
Our Beautiful, Dead Land is something I began as a direct response to the advent of AI generated imagery. It is the comic book adaptation of my horror-fantasy novel The Cradle of the Worm, which will be releasing as chapters on Vella starting in February of 2024.
The comic is intentionally drawn in a very loose, expressionist style with an emphasis on emotion and meaning over technical perfection. This is to combat the tendencies of AI generated imagery, which may approach technical perfection but does not directly express the human feelings and flaws of its creator. I’ve also been told comics are easier to read for people who need visuals, so I’m excited to potentially make this book more accessible.
The Allstory project
Allstory is my attempt to unite all of the art I have made to date into one narrative comic. Different comics in this series explore my own personal thoughts, impressions and memories. It’s like a look inside my brain for lack of a better word.
Allstory updates sporadically as a standalone series on Tapas and will be collected as part of Dream-Land on Line Webtoon.
The killing of Dreams and other comics
The killing of Dreams is a full-color comic of 52 pages including The killing of Dreams part 1, The killing of Dreams part 2 (end), the short comic The Pretty Sun, and several bonus pages including art and text previews of my fantasy horror novel The Cradle of the Worm.
Plot summary: In a snow-locked village a girl watches helplessly as her friend’s health begins to fail. Is her sickness related to the monster stalking the village at night? The killing of Dreams gives a simultaneously tender and nightmarish treatment to this story of friendship, forbidden love, and the end of childhood.
The killing of Dreams (edited) can be read online on Tapas and Line Webtoon. The complete (unedited) HD comic with bonus art is also available for purchase as an eBook on Amazon and is available IN PRINT at IndyPlanet.
Reviews:
Just finished reading your book…beautiful work.
This is a stunningly beautiful and haunting tale. Heather’s handling of color and light are particularly masterful. I highly recommend it!
If you want to know more about the comic for articles, blog posts or interviews, feel free to use these tools:
Press Kit || Media Kit || Blogger Kit
Below are three preview pages from the comic! You can also view short excerpts by going to the Media Kit above.
Dog Street
Dog Street Part ONE is a black and white comic with color covers, 20 pages long including The Ruby Machine and The Stone Squirrel (Original ending).
Plot summary: The tales in Dog Street all center around young boys in a suburban setting wrestling with unknown horrors that their families and neighbors no longer possess the clarity to recognize and fear. In Part ONE, one little boy observes the progress of a ruthlessly advancing machine, while two friends discover an inexplicable horror in the neighbor-lady’s front yard.
Dog Street Part ONE is currently available from IndyPlanet in print form and the ongoing series is free to read on Tapas and Line Webtoon.
Below are three preview pages from the comic! You can also read the story The Ruby Machine below.
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