HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Just came across some vampire sketches of mine from one of my sketch books.  What ever happened to the Salem's Lot style vampires that I grew up with??  The kind that like to rip, tear, bite, and snarl!  

WHAT FOLLOWS IS TRUE WEBSITE
Be sure to check out the What Follows Is True website at http://followsistrue.blogspot.com/.  This is a companion site to our upcoming illustrated documentary graphic novel.  Here you can access info about the production of the book, view sample pages in production, read about the creators and see video interviews relating to the book, also read about the Crescent Hotel: History and Legend.  Also be sure to check out this site for upcoming talks and other related events.  Please visit the earlier posts dating back to February of 2011.   Enjoy!

COMICS   MONSTERS   MANGA
Hey, let's draw some monsters.  On Saturday, October 29 from 2-5pm I'll be teaching a Drawing Comics Class for teens at the Springdale Public Library just in time for Halloween!  The event is in conjunction with the Library, Teen Program's CAMGO Club.  Materials will be provided!


Contact Sharon Christian at 479.750.8180 or at sharonchristian@springdalelibrary.org.  For more information, check them out on the web at http://www.springdalelibrary.org/html/teens/teen_programs.php


The image provided is taken from my 2001 adaptation of the B-film The Horror of Party Beach. To see more sample pages from this book visit http://www.seanfitzgibbonart.com/illustration.partybeach.html

Communing With The Dead
Most of my time lately has been spent working on commission projects and research for this documentary graphic novel.  Working on historical projects involves a process that is much like communing with the dead.  It seems that I've spent more time in the last few years with people that are no longer living than with those that are.  When my head isn't buried in my sketchbook, it's buried in old newspaper obituaries, articles, criminal records, microfiche, and cemeteries locating graves of people that are found in this particular book.