Jase Harper
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2012?
I’d have
to say collecting and printing my comic strips at this year’s Sticky zine fair,
was a lot of fun and I got lots of positive feedback which is always nice.
Another highlight was visiting the Small press Expo in the states and getting
to see comic Gods, Ware, Burns and Clowes all in the same room.
Who are some of the comics creators that you've discovered and enjoyed for the first time in 2012?
Joseph Lambert. I picked up his book ‘I
will bite you!’ at SPX this year. His stories are playful, beautiful and
surreal. ‘Turtle keep it steady’ from that book is probably my fave thing this
year.
What is
something non-comics that you have enjoyed in 2012?
I saw a
retrospective of the Quay brothers at Moma that was amazing. After pouring over their
animations at art college it was mind blowing to see their stop motion sets
first hand, So beautiful and creepy.
Have you
implemented any significant changes to your working methods this year?
I came to
a realisation that doing super clean artwork is painful and I just don’t enjoy
it anymore, for my personal work at least. Swapping to brush pens was a big
step, It gave my line work a bit more of a lively feel, plus I’m able to produce
a page much quicker now.
What are
you looking forward to in 2013?
For those
who are members of the Mini Comic of the Month club I’ll be releasing my 16 pg
mini in January. I'm a few pages in and really enjoying it. I also have a
chapter in Jason Franks next Sixsmiths book, which I’m pretty chuffed about. I’m
also looking forward to finishing my long form comic sometime next year as
well, it’s well overdue. As for other people’s work. I’m super keen to see Tim Molloy’s next book as well as more of J Stew’s Giants.
