The Amazing Adventures of Bill

It’s the holidays! You need gifts, and I need cash!

So I’m selling original art from my comics! So if you’ve ever looked at one of my comics and thought “Man, I’d love to hang that on my wall” – it can be yours! Send me an email or post a comment describing it (with a link, ideally), and I’ll locate the art in my files and mail it to you before the holidays.

This offer applies to any of my comics: The Amazing Adventures of Bill, romance comics, D&D comics, & Bar Scrawl.

Prices: $20 for a comic with a single row of panels, $40 for a strip with two rows, and $60 for a full page. Bar Scrawl pages are $200, because they take a lot of work.

A high-quality print of any page: $20.

You can pay via PayPal, or just hand it to me if you live in New York.

Disclaimers: Some of the comics have been digitally altered, so the original art does not look like the final strip. If this is the case, I’ll send you a photo of the original art, and you can decide whether you’d still like it or not. Anything drawn before 2008 will be missing word balloons, and probably panel borders, too. They’re a mess.

Also, I’m not selling the cover of “A to Z in the Monstrous Manual,” or page 3 of “Brood,” because they’re my favorites.

Questions? Leave a comment.

Or: “Why 20 minutes worth of drawing takes me 3 hours”

Me: Okay, time to finish the strip! First I’ll finish lettering this caption. Crap, where’s my #1 Micron pen?

*searches for 5 minutes, finds micron under desk*

Me: Okay, lettering! B-A-R-T-E-N-D-E-R H-E-

Brain: WAIT! Are you SURE his name is Henry?

Me: Yeah. I mean, pretty sure.

Brain: So you don’t know.

Me: Fine, I’ll check my notes. Yep, bartender Henry.

Brain: Is it spelled with a “Y”? Maybe it’s “Henri.”

Me:  What? No, that’s crazy.

Brain: Maybe he’s French.

Me: He’s not French.

Brain: Are you sure? Are you 100% positive that it’s “Henry-with-a-y”? Because if you’re wrong, he’ll get upset and call the editor, and you’ll have to issue a retraction, and then you can NEVER GO TO THAT BAR AGAIN.

Me: Fine, I’ll Google him.

*gets computer, visits bar’s website. Bartender’s name is not on it. Google several reviews of the bar, find enough that mention “Henry” the bartender/owner.*

Me: Okay, now back to – Fingers, what are you doing?

*Fingers automatically type web address of prolific Tumblr artist*

Fingers: Hee-hee!

Me: No, we’re not looking at-

Brain: Oooooh, pretty!

*10 minutes of scrolling*

Me: Okay, that’s enough! Time to get back to work.

Brain: Nooooo! It’s 11:58! You have to wait until exactly 12:00 to start working again!

Me: Why?

Brain: You just do! Wait two more minutes! Here, just click one more page.

*Seven pages later*

Me: Okay, time to work!

Brain: Noooo! Now it’s 12:06! Now you have to wait until 12:15!

Me: No! I’m going to work now!

*Returns to drafting table, finishes caption*

Stomach: Feed me!

Me: No, later.

Stomach: FEED ME!  Or I will DIE!

Me: Okay, we’ll work for another 10 minutes, then I’ll get some food.

Stomach: FEED ME! FEED ME! FEED ME! FEED ME! FEED ME! FEED ME!

Me: Fine!

*Gets up, eats chips & salsa. Returns to drafting table*

Brain: Oh God, food coma! I cannot concentrate.

Me: Seriously?

Brain: You should make some coffee!

Me: Oh, goddammit.

…and repeat for every caption or image in the strip.

(Inspired by John Scalzi.)