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Tony Cliff Dec 6, 2024

( Sorry, as Bluesky has gained traction, and as I’ve been cutting down on my Social Media, I’ve been checking here less often, despite it being the superior platform, IMO.
Like, never mind an “edit” button, they still don’t even have “disable reposts” for individual follows. It’s ridiculous.
Oh well. If you’re over there, I’m https://bsky.app/profile/tangocharlie.bsky.social )

Tony Cliff (@tangocharlie.bsky.social)

Author/illustrator: the DELILAH DIRK series, LET'S GET SLEEPY, BUBBLE. Currently making an epic tale of 19th-century adventure, PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY, or #PDAP 🎨 tonycliff.com ⚔️ delilahdirk.com ✨ patreon.com/tonycliff

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Tony Cliff Dec 6, 2024

This week’s post is up for Secret Readers, looking at freshly inked pages from Chapter Five, and some thoughts about working on a *much* longer project than I’m used to.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/117378567?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

#comics #graphicnovels #DD4 #PDAP

Tony Cliff Oct 11, 2024

I accidentally drew a boring panel this week! Sorry!

The recovery process involves acceptance, a little arts-and-crafts cut-and-paste, and of course the most interesting part goes by the fastest. Read all about it in the DD4 Production Diary:

https://www.tonycliff.ca/blog/fixing-a-boring-panel

#comic #GraphicNovels #mastoart

Fixing a Boring Panel — Tony Cliff

This week I accidentally drew a boring panel. Sorry! Join me on my cut-and-paste quest to make it better.

Tony Cliff

Tony Cliff Oct 3, 2024

This week in the good ol’ PDAP Production Diary,
- more love for Chris Schweizer,
- the audiobooks really improve Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series,
- My New Least Favourite Thing To Draw,
- and an autumn experience better than pumpkin spice.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/113309291?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Tony Cliff Sep 26, 2024

This week in the PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY ("#DD4") production diary:

More drawings, and I ask, "what structures can I include in a comic to guide a reader toward the intended interpretation?" (in terms of pacing and emotional resonance).

https://www.patreon.com/posts/112823476

Tony Cliff Sep 20, 2024

One of those pages where you get to the end and groan aloud because you’re glad to put that behind you

(Crowds, perspective, architecture, characters interlocking, etc. wheeee)
(Practical Defence Against Piracy / “DD4”)

Tony Cliff Sep 19, 2024

Glenn Fleishman Sep 19, 2024

If anyone ever needs advice about ISBNs—acquiring, applying, making barcodes, testing barcodes, etc.—please ask. I’ve been working with ISBN data since a stint at Amazon in the mid-90s and running a book-price comparison service, https://isbn.nu, since 1999. I’ve self-published tons of books, too!

Fun fact: EAN codes that start 978 or 979 are used for books. Because EAN codes were country based, the industry invented Bookland for books—international. (ISBNs are regional!)

ISBN.nu — Book Price Comparison

Compare book prices across Amazon, eBay, AbeBooks, Alibris, and more. Search by ISBN, title, or author to find the lowest price.

ISBN.nu

Tony Cliff Sep 19, 2024

🏴‍☠️ Happy International Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day! 🏴‍☠️

Read my comic (webcomic/graphic novel) about pirates!

Set sail immediately: https://www.delilahdirk.com/dd4/
More information: https://www.tonycliff.ca/delilahdirk/dd4

Practical Defense Against Piracy

The fourth book in the Delilah Dirk series of graphic novels, about young Alexandra Nichols' quest to have a half-decent birthday. Read it now at delilahdirk.com.

DelilahDirk.com

Tony Cliff Sep 12, 2024

Glenn Fleishman Sep 12, 2024

The proofs for How Comics Were Made arrived! The proof was made on an HP Indigo and then bound like the final offset-printed version, so the proof very closely resembles what I’ll see on the offset press.

The 288-page book will be shipping in October to backers and pre-order customers. Copies remain available at https://howcomicsweremade.ink/order

Details of the project are at https://howcomicsweremade.ink/

Participate :: How Comics Were Made: a Visual History of Printing Cartoons by Glenn Fleishman

Tony Cliff Sep 12, 2024

This week in the PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY Production Diary:

- as TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY approaches, I recommend David Graeber's PIRATE ENLIGHTENMENT,
- a secret delightful thing about kids books,
- some snaps from the drawing board,
- and thoughts on drawing foliage!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/111932818

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