My five page comics
story “Follow the Moon” has been accepted for publication in Oh,
Comics #27: Moon, an anthology edited and published by Bob Corby over
at Back Porch Comics. The anthology will debut at SPACE (Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo), April 27 & 28, 2019. I will not be
at this convention (I tabled in SPACE 2017 and loved it) but my work
will. My contribution to the Moon issue is likely to be my first
print publication of 2019—unless Carlsbad Caverns National Park
sends the Junior Bat Biologist book I illustrated in 2018 to the
printer first. I think that "Follow the Moon" is one of the best
comics I have ever done. I plan to find more venues to publish it in.
However, a book full of Moon stories is a great place to start! In
the story, I bring together several topics that fire my
passions—marine turtles, Native American legends, and our friendly
natural satellite. As is often my process, it started with a single
drawing... this one... and later on, I searched for the story behind
the image. And I found it.
Notably, there is also a story which preceded the image, a story which my grandmother, Evelyn Wood Moyle, frequently shared in her elder years, about a bird dropping a turtle on her rooftop. In my comic, I expand upon her anecdote and push it into new territory.
Page One:
The fourth panel of page two:
And that's all I'm sharing online. Buy the
print version (online sales of the anthology will start after SPACE 2019) to read the full story.
