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The Planter with question marks over the people aboard

The Mystery of the Planter’s Escapees

October 16, 2024 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

The Struggle to Pin Down Exactly Who Was Aboard the Planter I’m currently rescripting the whole novel (yes – I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: escape, Planter, Research, Robert Smalls
A laptop open on a generic chat page, on a messy and cluttered artist's desk surrounded by notes, sketches, and a big picture on a chalkboard of a drawing of a man's face with the words "Robert Smalls" next to it.

Am I Cheating Art? The Unexpected Role of ChatGPT in My Graphic Novel Journey

April 24, 2024 Unsung Superheroes

Hello, Unsung Superheroes Fans! Yesterday, I had a rare day off work, where I had ALSO managed to complete all…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: AI Assistant, ChatGPT, graphic novel, Scripting, Writing
An AI generated image of a pink-haired black man drawing at a desk.

What’s Happening with the Project Now?

February 28, 2024 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

What’s happening is I’m not currently drawing. After the last page, I looked through my plan for the entire graphic…

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Posted in: From Script to Page Filed under: Hiatus, Scripting, Writing break
The completed page 17 of Robert Smalls - A Life Reclaimed showing Lydia Smalls' forbears being transported to America. It is a compromise of vision vs. time.

Page 17 – A Compromise?

December 7, 2022 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

Page 17 of my “Robert Smalls: A Life Reclaimed” graphic novel is now completed! What was the compromise? As I…

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Posted in: Completed Pages Filed under: Completed Page, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, Lydia Smalls, Slavery
Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 - Generated by Midjourney Generative AI

Generative AI and How it Could Help Me Create My Graphic Novel?

November 30, 2022 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

Yesterday, I made a post that started off with my fascination with Loab, the woman that is “haunting” the internet…

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Me looking thoughtful

My Beautiful Drive This Morning Has Resulted in Probably My Most Personal Post Online Ever.

November 29, 2022 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

[EDIT – Boy, I really can go when I start! This is a looooooong post!] This is probably the most…

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Page 17 - Colouring Completed with a Watercolour effect

Page 17 – Colouring Completed – Watercolour Effect

November 28, 2022 Unsung Superheroes 1 Comment

Hmmm…. I’m not sure how happy I am with this page.  Lydia is telling the story of how her family…

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Page 17 - WIP

Page 17 – Progress

October 24, 2022 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

How page 17 is shaping up so far. I’ll leave all except the first panel un-inked to give it a…

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Rough layouts for page 17 of my Robert Smalls Graphic Novel

A Long Overdue Return to Robert Smalls.

October 6, 2022 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

This return has been LONG overdue and for that, I can only apologise. After completing page 16, Lockdown ended and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: blackhistorymonth, Lockdown, New Page, Robert Smalls, roughs

Page 11 Completed

March 28, 2021 Unsung Superheroes Leave a comment

In page 11, the story jumps forward a couple of years, though that’s not specifically important. The next few pages…

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Posted in: Completed Pages Filed under: Completed Page, Prince Street, Robert Smalls, Slavery, Sleep

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