Category Archives: Hereville

Free Preview of the Entire Hereville Graphic Novel!

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Ampersand

I finished drawing the “Hereville” graphic novel this weekend, and Jake finished colors. That doesn’t mean I’m all done — there’s still a significant amount of work to do (title page, back cover art, fixes requested by the publisher, etc) … Continue reading →

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Another Hereville preview image: Mirka's entire family

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Ampersand

All Mirka’s siblings, plus her father and her stepmother, and Mirka herself. This was fun to draw. (Click on the image to see a bigger version).

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A Hereville preview page — and Introducing Jake

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Ampersand

Here’s a page of art from the upcoming Hereville graphic novel. The graphic novel will be 139 pages long, of which 104 are inked and I’m not sure exactly how many (but a lot) are colored. If all goes well, … Continue reading →

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Hereville update (and a drawing of Mirka's cafeteria)

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Ampersand

I haven’t forgotten Hereville! I’m still working hard on the graphic novel. Right now, I don’t have time to do much of anything but draw Hereville, which is one reason I’ve been posting so rarely. I should finish drawing the … Continue reading →

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Hereville Nominated For Two Lulu Awards!

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Ampersand

I’m thrilled to announce that Friends of Lulu has nominated Hereville for two awards! “The Lulu Awards recognizes the the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about … Continue reading →

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Hereville: sketch of Mirka's siblings

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Ampersand

Although most of them don’t come up in the comic, Mirka actually has a lot of sisters. Just one brother, though. Anyhow, I thought this sketch of all the siblings would be fun to post.

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Hereville Title Page Sketches

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Ampersand

Remember, you can own a paper copy of “Hereville” of your very own! For folks that pay extra, I do a sketch on the title page. Each sketch is different. Here are three sketches I haven’t posted before; you can … Continue reading →

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Two positive mentions of "Hereville"

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Ampersand

The School Library Journal blog has a “best graphic novels of 2008” post, in which longtime friend of Hereville Brigid Alverson is nice enough to recommend Hereville. Thanks, Brigid! (And reading through the rest of the post, I’m very jazzed … Continue reading →

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First "Hereville" story is now completely online!

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Ampersand

The first “Hereville” story (all 57 pages of it) is now available for online reading. The final page is posted here, and the first page is here.

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Hereville in Publisher's Weekly!

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Ampersand

On the website, at least. (There may be some spoilers there, so don’t click if you’re allergic!) Author Brigid Alverson was very patient with my babbling during the phone interview. From Brigid’s article: Hansen first saw Hereville at the Stumptown … Continue reading →

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