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Although the state of the publishing industry has looked dark and gloomy as of late, one consistently bright spot has been in the area of graphic novels. Figures from industry website ICv2 report that sales of graphic novels have increased at least 5 percent every year since 2001, while countless indie (American Splendor, Persepolis) and mainstream (Hellboy, Watchmen) movies are mining the genre left and right. Even television is reaching for its cut, as zombie comics fans recently learned that The Walking Dead will be a series on cable TV network AMC.
Some posts let the art do all the talking. In this case, I’ll have to let the pieces below do just that as this is all test art for a couple of projects that may or may not see the light of day.
This one is not really what I wanted and may go into the trash:
This piece turned out more so how I wanted and will escape the garbage. I’ll tell more about them when or if I can!
Tim Hamilton lives in Brooklyn, NY and has produced work for The New York Times, Cicada Magazine, King Features, DC comics, Mad Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, Dow Jones, Lifetime, ABC Television and Activatecomix.com. He adapted “Treasure Island” into a graphic novel for Puffin Graphics, and more recently did the same with Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”