Reflections

A Personal Journey into Action, Adventure, and Imagination Creating Kitt Frost has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my artistic life. At its heart, it’s a cartoon in my mind, and that’s what makes it such a blast. Letting go of the pressure to make everything as real as possible has opened a…

I’ve been doing a lot of studies for the next chapter of Teo’s Journey. Recently, I shared a reflection on whether to revisit and refine previous work or to boldly push ahead. It became clear that my indecision was precisely what held me back, creating an invisible barrier against the very progress I aimed to…

Two prevailing philosophies shape how comic artists approach their work: At first glance, these seem contradictory. The first urges creators to dive in, embrace imperfection, and let experience be the teacher. The second warns against revisiting the past, urging continuous forward motion rather than getting trapped in a loop of endless revision. Both ideas have…

Teo’s journey was always meant to dance along the edge of something darker, something unsettling. His innocence, his supposed cuteness, is not a shield but a contrast—a lens through which the creeping weight of his reality becomes more pronounced. I never expected to invest so much into him, and yet, here he stands, commanding more…

The beginning of any journey is often an enigma, an unfolding narrative that seems to have always existed in the periphery of thought. My journey with the Derry Bears was no different. The idea took root on October 17th, my wedding day, when my wife’s simple yet profound suggestion – “write about what you don’t…

As I expand the lore of Derry Bears and venture beyond the wholesome realm of a children’s cartoon, I find myself drawn to an unexpected duality—one that some fans seem eager to explore. There’s a peculiar fascination with the juxtaposition of innocence against adversity, of something pure and endearing facing impossible odds or even existential…

When I develop a character, I like to start at the end—who they become, their traits, demeanor, and how they respond to the world. Then, I work backward to shape their starting point. How would they react to a situation now? How would they have reacted at the beginning of the story? And what key…

As I approach month two of my journey as a comic book writer and artist, I find myself navigating new waters, particularly the world of Reddit. It’s an interesting space, to say the least. Everyone here is incredibly opinionated—and I don’t mean that negatively at all. In fact, I’ve come to realize that Reddit is…

I’m not a comic strip artist by trade. By day, I’m an enterprise software architect. But in truth, I’ve spent my life torn between two loves: coding and art. From the time I could hold a crayon, I was drawing. By age eight, I was writing my first lines of code on the single computer…