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  My journey as an Artist Part 4: My life in the small press. After graduating from high school in 1984 I spent the next 5 to 6 years actively doing illustrations in the world of the small press. Organizations like SPWAO (small press writers and artists organization) made it possible for small press creators to communicate with small press publishers from around the country. It was our social media environment long before social media itself. Through this platform, I made contact with different small press publishers. One memorable one for me was The Gate. I did interior art for this publication for several years. It was a book about the paranormal.  Pictured here is one of my old copies of the book (cover was not done by me) from the late 80's. I did illustrations for a number of small press books in the realm of sci and horror as well. I also continued to work on my own comic projects. Coming up in part 5, we'll move into the 90's and how my artistic focused changed fro...

    Another great video about what publishers want from comic book creators. I learned a lot here and once I've published a couple of my own comics this might still be an avenue I want to pursue. However make sure that you know that publishers may change a lot of your original ideas and characters. This video explains it all! Love it!

  I have some copies of my promo book featuring my comic characters. To receive a copy just post a comment to the blog or send me an email to pkscomix88@gmail.com. I would love to send you a copy!

    Here's another video article about making comics that I have found to be very helpful. Check it out!

Ghost Pirates Page Preview. A page from the upcoming comic story from the World of P.K.S. CoMiX!  

  Another Video about comic book self-publishing. I think it's a good one. Take a look!

  My Journey as an Artist: Part 3 (The 80's) In 1980 I attended The Rennaissance Art School in Oakland California. It was a special school for students with artistic talents. I attended there and graduated in 1984. It was at this school that I was able to really build my skills as an artist in terms of illustration, drawing, and cartooning. On the creative side, I managed to introduce a whole new line of comic characters to the fellow students I went to school with.  The first Character I created was Moondog, who was a character based primarily on the Rex character I had just created in the gang. This character was dealt with a much darker and violent tone, as many of the comic stories created featured blood and gore. The character was created in spring of 1981 and shortly after that I created the Private Eyes in the fall of 1981. Also created throughout the 80's were characters like Tomato Man, Pretty Poison, and the Hemerodes.  I really enjoyed doing these comics...