Sample poster art & sources from the 1864 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …
Tag Archives: Civil War
Lincoln’s SPECIAL MESSAGE to Congress (4 July, 1861)
A warning about Democracy, from a wartime president.
Freeman Colby @ the National Book Festival / Washington DC
Interviews w/ “Great Reads from Great Places” Authors @ Library of Congress…
VOL. 3 COVER ART: Wilderness Wildfire (5 May 1864)
Drawn from a battlefield sketch by Alfred Waud.
Vol. 3 Sample Pages & Sources: “We Start in 20 Minutes for the Front”
What if the primary source text doesn’t say…?
“Sleeping on Their Arms” / Winslow Homer @ The Wilderness
Drawn from a 2p spread in Harper’s (28 May 1864)
How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)
From frontline sketchbook to front porch reading…
Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 3
Samples of the many sources I’m using to draw FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3
Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”
Featuring the Civil War battlefield artists whose work inspired Freeman Colby Vol. 3…
How to Create a (Historical Adventure) Graphic Novel
Super-quick tour of our sources & methods for Freeman Colby Vol. 3+!
Charging @ Spottsylvania Court House (12 May 1864)
Inking a 2-page spread from VOLUME 3…
Marching in DC (Demo Page from FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3)
How I build a page from Freeman Colby Vol. 3 using the SETTING + ACTION + RESULT layout …
