Sample poster art & sources from SUMMER 1864 …
Category Archives: Vol. 4
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 4 (1864) ๐
JUNE-JULY, 1864: Freeman Colby rejoins his regiment for one last march on Richmond, but there’s no end in sight to the wider struggleโฆ
INKING: Battle of the Crater ๐ฅ (30 July 1864)
Inking a 2-page spread from Freeman Colby Vol. 4…
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address ๐ 4 March, 1865
“All knew that [slavery] was somehow the cause of the war…”
VOL. 4 PREVIEW ๐ฅ “Return to Port Royal”: Alec Turner’s Story
Memories of enslavement & revenge in Northern Virginia…
August 1864 PREVIEW ๐ฅ City Point Explosion
Colby writes home between battles… (Originally drawn for VOL. 4 / Now planned for VOL. 5)
FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4 ๐ Progress Charts
A full year of Page-Per-Day progress charts from work on the new book…
Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 4
Samples of the many primary sources I’m using to draw Summer 1864 in FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4…
VOL. 4 PREVIEW / Jane Tyler #2: After the Battle
Enslaved mother Jane Tyler saves lives at the battle of Cold Harbor…
VOL. 4 PREVIEW / Jane Tyler #1: Before the Battle
Jane Tyler holds 3 generations of her family together, despite being enslaved by the family of a US president…
VOL. 4 PREVIEW MINI / “My Dear Parents” (1 June 1864)
Our first set of sample pages from the upcoming book!
VOL. 4 / p.32-33 ๐๐ “My dear parents…” (1 June 1864)
Drawing an opening spread from FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4…