End, Reset, and Restart Last Friday I submitted my last page of pencils for Shatterspin, the second LEGO Ninjago miniseries I did with Skybound. If you include the pages from Garmadon, the first miniseries, that would equate to 248 pages of story and art as well as 12 covers which would account for about
I'll be at New York Comic Con 2024! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! In case you didn't know, us Canadians like to get a head start on the giving of thanks and eating of turkey a full month ahead of our southern counterparts. In any case, in between mouthfuls of turkey, I realized that I haven'
Shatterspin #2 out October 9th! Hey everyone, Shatterspin #2 will finally be out in comic stores tommorow! I know the release schedule for this series has been a little all over the place and to tell you the truth, I wasn’t even aware of the delay until one of you readers messaged me on
Oscar Zahn Book Launch “The Stranges Tales of Oscar Zahn” launched this past Saturday and I’m pleased to say it was a smashing success! I wanted to take a moment and thank all the friends, family, and fans who stopped by to support the book (and me!). Special thanks goes to Adam Santangelo
Oscar Zahn Book Launch, Give Aways, and Early Reviews! Hey everyone, I just had a few quick (but exciting) Oscar Zahn announcements that I wanted to share with you all. First, "The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn" Volume One will have its book launch at Little Ghost Books on September 14th, 2024 at 1PM. Little Ghost Books
Only a few more weeks until the Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn Volume One will be on shelves! Wow, the day has finally arrived. Eight years after “The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn” launched on Line Webtoon, the comic finally exists in print! A couple weeks ago, I came home to find a large and unremarkable cardboard box waiting on my front porch. This is not an unusual
Shatterspin #1 is out! Hey all! In case you missed the news, Shatterspin #1 is out in stores right now! I know it's taken a little longer than expected to get the comics in your hands but I hope that it's been worth the wait. With the book finally released,
The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn... Volume One! Hi everyone, The cat's finally out of the bag, and I can officially announce that "The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn" will be coming out as a series of graphic novels from the fine folks at Ten Speed Graphic! This moment has been a LONG time
More Oscar Zahn Comic Strips and a cool horror Kickstarter Hi everyone, welcome back to another edition (I've given up on numbering them) of Tomago House, my bi-weekly(ish) newsletter... blog... thing where I try to keep you up to date on the stuff that's going on with me. Sadly a lot of stuff I'
NINJAGO: SHATTERSPIN #1 Hi everyone! In case you hadn't heard Ninjago: Shatterspin #1 was recently announced by Skybound and Image comics. After the Garmadon graphic novel, I received a lot of questions about whether I would be returning to the Ninjago franchise but I had to keep my answers vague until
Oscar Zahn Comic Strips Happy belated New Year everyone! Sorry I've been missing in action for so long but I've been busy working on some projects that I think will be announced very soon! It's been a hectic end to 2023 and a frantic beginning to 2024, but
Tomago House #13: Rashguards and Raccoons Hi everyone! Welcome back and thanks for taking the time to read my bi-weekly (ish) newsletter. It's been a busy month juggling multiple projects, big and small, but here are a few things that I've been dabbling with: Tanuki Martial Arts Rash Guard Design This summer
Paid-members only SUPER TOMAGO #10: The Return of Oscar Zahn? Happy Halloween, everyone! I'm writing to you while sitting on my porch on what might be the last nice day of Autumn, where jackets are optional and the sun is still out at a reasonable time (i.e., 4 PM). If you've been following my Instagram,
Tomago House #12: I need a vacation from my vacation. When I left for Europe a couple weeks ago for my first vacation since the pandemic, I was hopeful that it would be somewhat of a restful trip. This was going to be the first time since going freelance that I did not have to take work with me. Every
Tomago House #11: Where did summer go? Whoah, what the heck? Why is it the middle of September already? I don’t know about you guys, but this was a very strange summer for me. It hasn’t been a bad one or even an overly busy one, it just seemed like it didn’t exist at
Tomago House #10: A Typical Day. Happy August, everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read this month's newsletter. I've been making good progress on "Big Dreamers" and have finally gotten into the flow of the project. It's going to be quite a large book, over two hundred
Members only SUPER TOMAGO #7: Every first draft is bad. Hey everyone! This week I made some pretty significant progress on the opening story arc for Lancer (which is still a working name). I THINK it might be pretty close to its final form, although truth be told, I always think that's the case only to discover some
Tomago House #9: Cameras and Interviews Happy July everyone! Here in Toronto we are currently experiencing a swelteringly hot summer but I would imagine this is also the case for the rest of the world since the Earth just experienced the hottest day ever recorded. Ugh... global warming... On the plus side, I did get snag
Big Dreamers Tomago House #8: Big Dreamers Hi everyone, I hope you're all enjoying the early days of summer wherever you might be in the world. Here in Toronto, we are currently dealing with some unusually hot weather for this time of year. The temperature is nearly 30 degrees Celsius, which is pretty sweltering heat
Paid-members only Lancer SUPER TOMAGO #5: AI and Comics After a longer-than-expected hiatus, I've finally managed to carve out some dedicated time for Lancer. Last time, I shared my progress and mentioned being somewhat satisfied with the outline. However, there was a minor hiccup—I needed to change the name since there's already a mech
