“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 38

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 37

The last panel of this page is is another one I got my friend Dylan to pose for.

By the way, in case anyone’s not already reading it, Dylan’s webcomic Family Man is awesome.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 36

This is one of my favorite pages in the entire book — possibly my favorite page, period. I really like this page conceptually. Plus, the drawing came out very nicely; I think I’ve rarely done a better job of drawing Mirka than on all the little background panels on this page.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 35

I don’t like using tight close-ups very much, but panel four of this page is one of the times it seemed called for.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 34

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 33

A couple of art notes:

This was the first page of “Hereville” I drew entirely on computer. The previous pages all had linework drawn with ink on paper, and then scanned in to the computer for coloring.

I try and do most of my figure drawing without photo reference, but for some poses it’s really needed. Many thanks to my friends Jenn Lee and Dylan Meconis — both of whom do great webcomics of their own, by the way, so check those links out — for their willingness to pose for this sequence. And doesn’t it look like Jenn is having far too much fun twisting Dylan’s arm?

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 32

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 31

This is one of the nicer-looking pages, I think.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 30

Panel three of this page always gives me the giggles, for some reason.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 29

This is one of my favorite pages; for my tastes, the layout is very successful. A lot of cartoonists don’t like drawing people talking, but it’s actually my favorite thing to draw.

This is the first page of the comic without Mirka on it, I think.