NCS nominates The Middle Age for best “Online Comic – Long Form”
I’m thrilled to find out that The Middle Age has been named a Reuben Award finalist by the National Cartoonists Society.
I’m thrilled to find out that The Middle Age has been named a Reuben Award finalist by the National Cartoonists Society.
Today, The Middle Age turns two years old. So much has happened... Ninety-eight episodes - even through two hurricanes! An Eisner Award nomination for "Best Webcomic"! Three Ringo Awards nominations - two for "Best Webcomic" and one for "Best Cartoonist"!…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of my webcomic and comic series Astounding Space Thrills. To celebrate, I'm prepping and re-releasing the original comics with a 20th anniversary Omnibus Kickstarter planned for later this year (please sign up for my…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of my comic book and webcomic series Astounding Space Thrills. This year, I'll be producing an omnibus edition collecting all the AST stories into a single volume. The omnibus will be available through a…
I draw my Eisner- and Ringo-nominated webcomic The Middle Age using the Procreate app on an iPad Pro. I've worked this way for nearly two years and during that time, I've stumbled on to some pretty good tips and tricks.…
If I want to reach the widest possible audience, I can't let technology or format stand in the way of a new reader. The past decade of online publishing has shown that... Screen sizes will change (it seems that every…
I am thrilled to learn that I've been nominated twice in the inaugural Ringo Awards. The Middle Age received a nomination in the 'Best Webcomic' category and I was nominated in the 'Best Cartoonist (Writer & Artist)' category. A lot…
Today marks the first birthday of The Middle Age.
I started writing a list of things I’ve learned in the past year but then scrapped it as I recalled I don’t have any idea what I’m doing.
Paraphrasing William Goldman, ?Nobody knows anything…? and, as a nobody, I can confirm that.
Well, I know one thing and the past twelve months made it even clearer: my friends are the best.
I’ve started many comic projects. Some of them blew up on the launch pad. Some gained a little altitude only fall apart in the air. Some were announced with great fanfare but never left the drawing board. Objectively, when it comes to comics projects, my track record indicates that I’m anything but a sure bet.
Now, here I was I starting yet another comic – this one starring an oddly named character with a weirdly shaped head and who seemed to die on page one. And it was a fantasy webcomic – like the Internet isn’t already saturated with those.
But what did my friends do? They jumped on board and supported it immediately. Like I said, they are the best.
They made this comic strip possible and I’ll work every single day to be worthy of that friendship.
— Steve
Heartfelt thanks must go to Dustin, Tracy, James, Robert, Brad, Karen, French, Greg, Shelly, Pookie, Mike, Neil, Robert, Nate, Tyler, Matthew, Vanessa, Simon, Gareth, Rich, Mike, John, Joe, Macthe, Lee and David! They support me on Patreon and they make The Middle Age possible.
Or more specifically... how I draw chain mail in my webcomic The Middle Age. I get a lot of comments and questions asking how I create the chain mail texture in The Middle Age. The hero of the story, Sir…