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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: a peaceful night in a secluded cove. Certainly it will remain that way.
In order: final art, line art as scanned-in, tight rough, initial rough.
Wait a minute… this book is OUT. RIGHT NOW. You can BUY IT, you can READ IT! I recommend doing exactly that.
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: “They were trying to get OUT.”
In order: final art, line art as scanned-in, tight rough, initial rough.
THEY were trying to get OUT, but YOU should get IN to this book right now!
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: I cheer, you cheer, we all cheer for the port city of Algiers, on the North coast of Africa.
In order: final art, prepared line art, line art as scanned-in, tight rough, initial rough.
This book is out right now! Acquire one of your very own!
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE THIRD PILLAR OF HERCULES: passing the time in the port.
In order: final art, clean line art, line art as scanned-in, tight rough, initial rough.
Get this book right now!It’s out on bookstore shelves everywhere. Checkmate your own eyeballs!
(Point of pride: really liking the mood and lighting in the top panel, and note the panels added between the rough and tightened rough. The general composition suffers without the text boxes, though.)
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE THIRD PILLAR OF HERCULES, a full-colour adventure graphic novel that is now on book store shelves everywhere! The top panel here is one of my absolute favourites.
In order: final art, clean line art, line art as scanned-in, tight rough, initial rough.
Get this book right now! Smash some excitement into your face!
(Points of pride: chair flies off the ground to indicate force, little trailing specks indicate movement, line of action through characters is straightforward and strong, his arm frames her face AND gives him a curving line of action to sell her impact on him.)
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, book three in the series: maybe there’s a key under the doormat.
In order: final colour art; cleaned line art; line art as scanned-in; tightened-up rough drawing; initial rough drawing.
This book is out right now!Order a copyand/orleave a five-star review on Amazon and/or Goodreads – ensure there’s a fourth book in the series!
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As of August 7th, 2018, the third book in the series, DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, is on store shelves! Any reputable bookseller will have it or will be able to order it for you.
UseIndiebound to order it from a local bookstore! (This helps your local bookstores stay in business, which is a good thing for everyone.)
Or, you know, visit one of the usual suspects: Amazon.com(Amazon.ca),Barnes & Noble, or Chapters/Indigo.
A lot of hard work has been invested in these pages over the course of the last few years, so I’m extremely happy to be able to finally share it with you. I hope you get as much joy out of it as love and care was put into it.
APillars of Hercules launch event is swooping in to a town near you… as long as you are in the Pacific Northwest! Books will be signed, some events feature a presentation and/or Q&A, and generally convivial times will be had. All events are free and open to the public (that’s you). Bring books from home if you like!
VANCOUVER
Friday, August 10, 7:00PM
Pulp Fiction Books (Main Street)
2422 Main St
https://www.facebook.com/events/253695821890932/
PORTLAND
Wednesday, August 15, 6:00PM
Books With Pictures
1100 SE Division Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/451713648638744/
SEATTLE
Thursday, August 16, 7:00PM
Third Place Books (Seward Park)
5041 Wilson Ave S
https://www.facebook.com/events/1832152203519839/
SEATTLE
Friday, August 17, 6:00PM
Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park)
17171 Bothell Way NE
https://www.facebook.com/events/2121730461375908/
The third installment of DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES preview is up now! (If the book was being released as floppies, this would be “issue three”).
DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES is a 240-page, all-ages, full-colour, honest-to-goodness tomb-raiding, sword-swinging, globe-trotting adventure graphic novel, on bookshelves August 7th, 2018.
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, the third book in the series, on shelves August 7th, 2018: The Necropolis: a fixer-upper, but it’s got good bones.
In order: Final colour, colour script rough, prepared clean line art, clean line art as scanned-in, tightened rough, initial rough.
Start reading THE PILLARS OF HERCULES right now, if you want.
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The second installment of DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES preview is up now! (If the book was being released as floppies, this would be “issue two”). It includes one of my favourite panel layouts in the whole book - see the top image, above.
DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES is a 240-page, full-colour, honest-to-goodness tomb-raiding, sword-swinging, globe-trotting adventure graphic novel, on bookshelves August 7th, 2018.
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, the third book in the series, available as of August 7th 2018 (or start reading it now): “It’s worth it!”
In order: Final colour, colour script rough, prepared clean line art, clean line art as scanned-in, tightened rough, initial rough.
This is a double-page spread. It was drawn on two 11x17 sheets, with the inset panels drawn separately (so they could ideally be placed in the center of the final printed right-hand page).
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DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES will be out in August! In anticipation, I’m uploading four of its “chapters” between now and then.
START READING NOW, it’s all free and immediate in your Inter-Net Browser.
I’m a big fan of the “try before you buy” model (I grew up with shareware) so I like to be able to do the same thing for my books. Every two weeks, I’ll be posting another chapter-sized update to DelilahDirk.com. If you’ve been with DD since the early online days, you’ll notice the updates are larger this time, because I hate reading comics in two-page chunks. This way, it’s like getting a floppy comic every other week.
So keep an eye out here for future updates or I can send you an email or find DD on TwitterorInstagram.
Enjoy!
FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, book three in the series: ancient script in an ancient crypt.
In order: final colour art; cleaned line art; line art as scanned-in; tightened-up rough drawing; initial rough drawing.
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, book three in the series: morning teas and pleasantries.
In order: final colour art; cleaned line art; line art as scanned-in; tightened-up rough drawing; initial rough drawing.
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, book three in the series: a less-sunny Mediterranean home for less-nice people.
In order: final colour art; cleaned line art; line art as scanned-in; tightened-up rough drawing; initial rough drawing.
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FromDELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, book three in the series: looking out for a friend.
In order: final colour art; cleaned line art; tightened-up rough drawing; initial rough drawing.
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One of my favourite sequences from the upcoming DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: Maybe “yes.”
In order: final colour, prepared final line art, final line art as scanned-in, tightened rough, and initial rough.
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From DELILAH DIRK AND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, book three in the series: a sunny Mediterranean home for nice people.
In order: final colour art; cleaned line art; line art as scanned-in; tightened-up rough drawing; initial rough drawing.
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Just a little intermission update on the progress of PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY. It’ll be back this summer at the latest!
Anyway, you know how to keep in touch. Don’t be a stranger.
