Billy Banes is on Amazon and so is Kris Black

Billy Banes: Sidekick For Hire - Issue 1 , one of my projects I’m most proud to having been a part of, is on Amazon.com. How awesome is that? I’m listed as an illustrator but I just did the lettering and book design. This is really exciting!

Some of you may remember from my previous darker Web site theme that I had a large graphic featuring my lettering from Billy Banes on the homepage. I also have some sample pages in my Lettering Portfolio you can check out.

I encourage everyone to get a copy of this book. It’s a great, one-shot story by Billy Miller that wraps up very neatly in the end. If you happen to be a lucky consumer of this fine piece of art and know me personally, I’ll sign your copy when you get it. It’s not like you get to meet a letterer every day.

Morbid Myths Halloween Special 2007

Last year I lettered the 2007 Halloween Special of Morbid Myths. With 36 pages of spooky and creepy tales you are sure to be entertained from cover to cover. Now you are probably thinking I’m wanting you to rush out to your favorite comic book shop to pick this up but I’m not. Oh, no. I want you to download it for FREE! Seriously, I’m not kidding. To make this even better you can do it legally and not feel guilty about stealing it .

“How is this possible,” you ask? Wowio is Web site that is helping to bridge the gap between readers, sponsors and publishers. You can download all of the available books on their Web site for free. This is possible through the use of subtle, strategically placed advertisements.

Morbid Myths is only one of many available digital comics you can get on Wowio. They have a huge inventory of comics and graphic novels to choose from. Including the famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Head on over to Wowio, download the Morbid Myths 2007 Halloween Special and comment on what you think about the book and my lettering. You can also sample other projects and pages of my lettering on the right in the yellow Portfolio stickie.

Baltimore Comic-Con 2007

Adam and I are attending the Baltimore Comic Con September 8th and 9th to interview comic book professionals for the Dollar Bin. My favorite artist, John Romita Jr., has finally been added to the guest list. The guest list contains so many talented professionals that I can hardly wait to attend.

I will be taking my portfolio of lettering and graphic design work to show. I don’t have any big expectations from presenting it to anyone, but I do like to take advantage of situations like this.

MySpace and KBDS: together at last

It was inevitable. Sooner or later I was going to cave in and do it. That’s right. I finally have my very own MySpace page. Yup! You heard correct. MySpace and Kris Black Digital Studio are together at last.

“What took so long?” you ask. I was waiting for MySpace to have a better design style. Since I do not think that will ever happen I decided to do some research and take matters into my own designer hands. I found an article written by a great designer on the west coast, Mike Davidson of MikeIndustries.com. With a little bit of hacked CSS magic you can achieve a better designed MySpace page just like Mike and myself.

Head on over to my MySpace page and befriend me.

LinkedIn

A few weeks ago my friend and colleague, Else, encouraged me to sign up for my own LinkedIn account. I signed up that day but never really finished setting up my profile. I decided to do that this week and I’ve got to say that I’m impressed and excited about the possibilities of using LinkedIn to meet and connect with professionals in the comic book industry.

Over the next couple of days I’m going to evaluate how I’m going to network and connect with comic book industry professionals. The last thing I want to do is to come across as a spammer. That’s what MySpace is for right? While MySpace has it’s purposes and usefulness, I want to make sure that I use LinkedIn professionally and respectfully.