Drawing Comics on an iPad

As some of you know, I used to be a comic artist. I had already decided in the mid-90s to draw comics, but my path led me to study computer science and from there into game development, where I worked for many years also as a graphic artist. Since I love comics, I later drew comics independently, which I owe especially to the former Marvel editor Jim Salicrup, for whose new company Papercutz I was able to draw stories for Tales from the Crypt. These days I work as a game developer and write comics on the side, which appear in Germany as graphic novels at SPLITTER-Verlag (MAYA and DARK ZERO). Since I still have the urge to tell stories with drawings myself, a few months ago I started using the remaining time of the day, which I normally spend with my wife on the couch in front of the TV, to try out whether you can draw comics on the iPad from the couch. Here are a few of the pages that were created. The last double page is not finally finished with grayscales and thus incomplete. One page per evening. It works... but it's not really relaxing ;)

MAYA #2 is OUT NOW!

It's here! The second installment of my science-fiction superhero comic series MAYA, developed by me (I'm the creator / writer) and published in album format by Splitter Verlag in Germany, is now available! Both the first and second volumes are available as stylish hardcover editions in comic shops, online, or directly from Splitter Verlag. The interior art is done by Ricardo Silva with cover art by Tina Valentino. The colors are done by VAGRANT and Arif Prianto.

What many readers don’t realize: MAYA is a German original production—not a licensed comic from the USA or the Franco-Belgian market. And because it’s an entirely new series, it needs your support! Many comic shops and fans may not know this yet or could be waiting to purchase the books until the series is complete (the first story arc will consist of three parts).

This is where you come in:
To help MAYA gain the recognition it deserves, we need to spread the word to all comic fans out there! Building a small but dedicated fanbase for MAYA—and for my second comic project, DARK ZERO—will make it easier to convince comic shops and publishers to continue supporting these German comics. This, in turn, will allow me to bring you even more stories from the world of MAYA and the DARK ZERO universe in the future. And I have big plans for both! ;)

So please, help share this message with all the comic lovers out there!

Thank you so much for your support!
Your Chris