Book Report… Finding Katya

Yes, I’m still here, and yes, the graphic novel Finding Katya is still in the works, but it’s very, very close to being published. It’s taken four years to get to this point. Yes, I said four years. That’s because I knew nothing when I started, made a lot of false starts and mistakes, and then made more false starts and mistakes. But I’m almost there.

I will never be a Marvel comics artist. And at 79, I don’t have time to become one. My Art Bucket List has included some kind of sequential art publication for many years, long before I knew it was called sequential art. I really just wanted to tell stories with pictures and I loved comic books as a kid. This was a way to scratch that itch.

The book, 140 pages, will be self-published. The art is primarily ink and watercolor, with some gouache in places. If I have to select a genre, I suppose Finding Katya is a fantasy/coming of age story, set in medieval times. Shown here is just the artwork. Speech bubbles and captions are added digitally.

For those who don’t remember, Nell and I are RV dwellers, living in our 36 foot fifth wheel. I mention that to explain that my creative pursuits are pursued in the little space pictured above.

We are reviewing the book and I’m redrawing several pages at present. Updates when there’s more news.