Artists Create Characters
It’s turnabout time!
On a typical week over here at The Comic Jam, we all throw out a bunch of ideas and then everyone votes to pick a theme for the week. Then the writers sharpen their pencils and head off to craft a script while the artists and letterers sit around patiently twiddling their collective thumbs. But this week we mixed it up a bit.
For this week’s theme, the artists were invited to create a character sketch first. Those characters then served as inspiration for the writers to come up with a story. The letterers eventually stopped thumb twiddling and also got to work. Enjoy our comics for the theme “Artists Create Characters”!
Character: The Boo-Rista
Artist: Jack Van Thomme
Character: De-Capybara
Artist: Jack Van Thomme
Character: Dart Foot
Artist: Bear Claw
Patrick Hicks lives in Minnesota and has been writing since that time he shattered his leg in 7th grade. He’s written short stories, comics, and once spent a year interviewing a former Mafia Made Man and writing a novel of his life (seriously). Has been known to drop everything and start structuring a new story at all hours of the night. He loves discussing outlines and story structure and can be reached on https://www.instagram.com/patrickhickspy/
BM “BearClaw” is a writer and artist just passing through and trying to write stories that he finds interesting. While he likes having a darker bend to most of his works, he s also capable of writing and drawing somewhat on the softer side.
Jack Van Thomme illustrates comics and pitches in when he can. You can see the things he likes to draw and read the things he likes to talk about on Twitter and Instagram @Real_JackVT https://www.instagram.com/real_jackvt/
Tom Lynott lives in Arizona with his adorable wife, two boys and a Corgi / Border-Collie mix named Ace. He took part in Comics Experience’s Introduction to Lettering Comics class in May 2021. You can see more of his work at https://tomlynottcomiclettering.myportfolio.com/. He has also been known to script a story or two.
Luke W. Henderson (They/Them) is a writer of comics, prose, and poetry. Their work has been published in multiple anthologies and zines including Corrupting the Youth, Sage Cigarettes, and The Dark Side of Purity Vol. 3 (Bands of Bards) with upcoming works in Project Big Hype Vol. 3 and Comics from the Kitchen (Foreign Press Comics).
Ryan always enjoyed reading comics and copying the images, from Beano to the Real Ghostbusters to the Punisher. He joined a charity art group a few years ago which really got him back in to putting pen to paper. Now he is here at The Comic Jam and is getting to produce some great comics with other creatives.
Jerna Van Vooren is a comic writer from Belgium, who hopes someday to make that her full-time occupation. She dreams of creating something that would intrigue readers as well as repel them at the same time. Follow her at https://twitter.com/Jernacious
