Hard to Swallow Kick Starter!

Hey All!

As you probably have noticed, we've had a kickstarter campaign going to fund the printing of the collected volume of Hard to Swallow Comics, put together by Zan of North West Press!

We passed the initial goal of $15,000 around midnight on Weds, and we have a few stretch goals in play now: hardcover editions if we reach $17,500, and a full color section including a cover gallery and color pin-ups if we reach the $20,000 mark. At the rate we are going, we will easily make the first stretch goal, and if momentum keeps we will make the second!
I had to kick and scream and generally make a fool of myself to get the color section goal included, so let's make my making an ass of myself worth it, Droogies!

Visit the Kickstarter page for the campaign here:

The book includes all four previous volumes of the celebrated smut-rag, and enough new material to constitute a new fifth issue.
Includes over three hundred pages of story from Justin Hall and Dave Davenport, and guest contributors Bil Sherman, Steve MacIsaac, Drub, Brad Rader, Victor Hodge, and Jon Macy... plus some sweet pin-ups from Julian Cardozo and William O. Tyler!

Set for a release date of March 7th, 2016 (at Emerald City comic-con in Seattle).

Bookmark hardtoswallowcomics.com to keep on top of any news :)


Thanks for your attention :D

Original Art Pages for $ale

    Hey there, I am going to offer original line drawings for my comics on sale here.

 The first batch is the FERAL story, "Bonin' in the Boneyard", which was the first story to feature Feral and the Ghost Skater. It was published in 2006 in "Hard to Swallow comics" #1, as well as a couple other shorts stories of mine which were completely digital art. The line drawing of the cover of the book was sold at San Diego Comic-con in 2011. Each page is 11" by 14" (with the art taking up 9" by 13") on smooth bristol. I believe this was the first piece I used a Copic marker on. The pages range from $40 to $60 each, and I'll handle the postage unless you are out of the continental U.S.. 

Page 1: $60

Page 2: $60

Page 3: $50

Page 4: $40 (has very slight water damage)

Page 5: $60

Page 6: $50

Page 7: $50

Interested? Write me directly at dave@dogspunk.com I will consider discounts for multiple items. 

Support your friendly neighborhood comicbook pornographer today!

Hard Heroes vii

Hey all, I will be posting updates on comicon and such very soon, but first I want to invite everyone to HARD HEROES 7 at MJ’s in Silver Lake this Sunday from 4-9pm.

I will be there, as well as Sean Z, Prism Comics, Iceman Blue, Brad Rader, Steven Garcia, Michael Troy, Will O. Tyler, Class Comics, and Axel. Check out the Facebook event page here.

COMIC-CON!

cover art for Hard to Swallow comics vol.2 #1

So i am still hoping to get this thing done for sdcomicon next month. Just finished the front cover art… it took a while to come up with an idea I liked. I am working on the logo and the final interior pages now.

I am also considering advertisers to help with printing costs. Anyone have any ideas? Anyone want to donate or sponsor a page? Buy original page artwork from the book?

Hard to Swallow comics, vol. 2

So I have been hoping to get the first issue of volume 2 of Hard to Swallow out by Comic-con in San Diego this summer. It may still happen, depends on how fast I can work. If not, the fall back plan is for the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco in the fall. This here is the back cover, featuring the characters from the story “Code Blue”.

Stray Bullet

Hey there, just thought I’d throw out a tease of the FULL COLOR comic work I am chipping away at.

This is a panel from “Stray Bullet”, the next storyline in the Feral world. It will be in Hard to Swallow Comics vol.2 issue 1, along with “Code Blue”. In this panel Doug is giving the Ghost Skater some instructions on using a computer to go online. Give him some slack, he’s been dead for 18 years!

HARD TO SWALLOW RELEASE PARTY AT ISOTOPE!

Please come by for the release party of hard to swallow #4 if you are in SF for folsom street weekend, or are lucky enough to live there. Isotope is a great place to be aware of in any case!

Quoting Justin Hall: “We’re having a big-ass release party at the Isotope Comics Lounge at 326 Fell St. (at Gough) in Hayes Valley on Friday,September 26th from 7-11pm.  Dave Davenport, my Hard To Swallow co-creator, will be there with me from LA, as well as a bevvy of other cartoonists.  There’ll be booze, naughty comics, cartoonists with loose morals, and DJ  bearzbub spinning a saucy collection of tunes.  I know it’s Folsom Street Fair weekend, but swing on by and get your groove on supporting local artists before heading out to whatever fisting party you have planned for that night…”

self-portrait

I did this for the creator’s bios page for the upcoming HARD to Swallow comics #4. Just thought I’d share it here…

Hard to swallow #4 back cover

For those who don’t know, Justin Hall and I take turns with the front and back covers of our comic book Hard to Swallow. The issue in production now (#4), Justin is doing the front, so I am doing the back. I just finished this one, and I love it. I’ve had this page from a small newspaper with kids portraying different emotions in a grid, kind of a guide to what feelings look like. I’ve had it on my fridge for years, always wanting to do something with it someday. The current Feral story has the biggest cast I’ve worked with so far, so it seemed like a perfect situation to use this layout for a cover. I tried to switch the emotions up with characters that wouldn’t normally be seen with that particular expression on his face…
Here’s the kids:

Here’s my cover: