Cropped Will Cardini artwork

November 2nd, 2012

Catch Up #3 Pre-Sale and Release Party

Filed under: Events,Print Comics — Tags: , — William Cardini @ 10:22 am

Hey y’all, sorry about the silence this week. I’ve been deep in it working to finish up Vortex #3 so that it’ll be ready to debut at Josh and I’s GCPM table at BCGF.

Today though I’m excited to announce that Catch Up #3 is available! Catch Up is a literature and comics journal that the Gold County Paper Mill puts out. I’m a comics editor alongside Josh Burggraf and PB Kain. We’ve got a ton of great folks in #3, you can see a full list and order a copy on our site.

If you’re in Louisville, there’s a release party tonight at 7pm. Here’s a link to the Facebook event. There’ll be poetry readings, an older poetry/comics collaboration I did with Jak Cardini called Impossible Objects, and a few copies of Vortex #1 and #2 if USPS delivers it on time.

October 26th, 2012

Vortex #3 is Drawn

Filed under: Print Comics — Tags: , , — William Cardini @ 7:52 am

I finished drawing Vortex #3 this past week! It’s not quite done yet (I’ve still got post-production to do – patterns, tweaking, and corrections) but I feel good about getting this far. Here’s a preview of a double-page spread:

Second Vortex 3 Double-Page Spread

I’ve drawn 96 pages of Vortex so far. I think I can wrap the whole thing up in a fourth issue but there may be a fifth one also. But most likely no more than that! I’ll have details about Vortex #3’s con debut and release party soon.

October 17th, 2012

APE 2012 Recap

Filed under: Events,Print Comics — Tags: , , — William Cardini @ 9:59 pm

Thanks to everyone who came by our table during APE 2012!

Table 807 at APE
Table #807 at APE 2012. Left to right it’s me, Melinda Tracy Boyce, and Aaron Whitaker.

Although I’ve gone to MoCCA a couple of times as an attendee, this was my first time tabling at a big city con. Although I covered my table cost, I was surprised I didn’t make as much as I do in Austin at Staple! That might be because I’m a known quantity in my hometown. Regardless, traveling to one of the most expensive cities in America isn’t a good way to make some cash in the first place. Overall I had a blast and got to see friends and meet a lot of cartoonists I’ve only known online (as well as kewl new people). San Francisco is always a mystical, fog-shrouded adventure and I hope to be back for another APE!

October 10th, 2012

I’ll be at APE 2012

Filed under: Events,Print Comics — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 9:45 pm

I’m super stoked to let y’all know that I’m going to be at the Alternative Press Expo this weekend (October 13th and 14th) in San Francisco!

APE 2012 Flyer

I’ll be representing the Gold County Paper Mill at Table #807, which I’m sharing with the fantastic cartoonists Aaron Whitaker and Melinda Tracy Boyce. Here’s a picture of all four of us with my wife, Glade:

Group photo
Left to right: me, Aaron, Melinda, and Glade

I’ll have Vortex #1, Vortex #2, Future Shock #1, and Kid Space Heater #2. If I bring up any extra older stuff I’ll bring that also.

October 5th, 2012

“Corruption ATTACKS the Miizzzard” an Abstract Comic

Filed under: Web Comics — Tags: , — William Cardini @ 7:36 am

Previewing my tif files in Google Drive does interesting things to them. Here are corrupted versions of all six pages of my latest comic:

I think its works as an abstract comic. Props to Josh Burggraf for pointing this out to me.

October 2nd, 2012

“The Miizzzard of the Year One Million ATTACKS the Moon Base of the Floating Crystal Witch” Preview Page

Filed under: Print Comics — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 7:18 am

I finally finished the six-page full-color comic that I’ve been working on and blogging about for the past few weeks. It’s going to be in the third issue of Future Shock, a sf anthology edited by Josh Burggraf.

Here’s the first page as a preview:

The Miizzzard of the Year One Million ATTACKS the Moon Base of the Floating Crystal Witch Page 1

I’m pretty proud of this one, I put a lot of work into it. By the way, if you’ve wanted to buy the first issue of Future Shock or other comics put out by Josh that I’ve mentioned, they’re now available through the Birdcage Bottom Books distro.

September 28th, 2012

Self-Portrait

Filed under: Artwork — Tags: — William Cardini @ 7:22 am

Here’s a large version of my self-portrait for the Digestate contributing artists section of the revamped Birdcage Bottom Books site:

William Cardini self-portrait

There were a couple years in high school when almost every piece of art I made was a self-portrait.

September 25th, 2012

More “The Miizzzard of the Year One Million ATTACKS the Moon Base of the Floating Crystal Witch” Process Shots

Filed under: Print Comics — Tags: — William Cardini @ 7:13 am

I’m still working on a six-page comic for Future Shock #2 so I thought I’d show y’all more screenshots of my process:


In this screenshot I’m selecting a fill so that all of the detail lines I draw are contained in it even if I draw right to the edge. This saves me a lot of time erasing the lines that extend past the edge later. I should’ve done this from the beginning!


Scribbling out all of these stars takes a while but hopefully the effect will be worth it.

September 21st, 2012

Five-Eyed Office-Dwelling Cat-Demon #4

Filed under: Artwork — Tags: , — William Cardini @ 7:55 am

Here’s a drawing:

Five-Eyed Cat Demon #4

You can see all of my five-eyed office-dwelling cat demon drawings here.

September 18th, 2012

“The Miizzzard of the Year One Million ATTACKS the Moon Base of the Floating Crystal Witch” Process Shots

Filed under: Print Comics — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 10:27 pm

I’m focused on finishing a six-page full-color comic for the second issue of the Josh Burggraf-edited sf anthology Future Shock.

Here are some process shots in MangaStudio. First I draw color outlines and rough shapes with the pencil tool. Then I draw black containing lines for shapes with the marker and pen nib tools. I give the black lines different transparencies so that I can see where they overlap.

William Cardini process shot

I draw detail lines outside of containing shapes and then erase them later.

William Cardini process shot

The page in this final shot is almost done. After I’m finished with a page in MangaStudio, I transfer it to Photoshop and fill in the black shapes and lines with different colors.

William Cardini process shot

I’m working on a couple different projects. I’m not sure how much in-depth posting I’ll be doing over the next few months.