Back in my college days I was (and actually still am) really into my comics. So much so that I was planning since I was a teenager to become a *real* comic book artist. Back then I didn’t have a computer yet (that would only happen in 1998) so I was hunched over my drawing table drawing comics if I wasn’t reading them.
In 1996 I was in my 2nd year of graphic design at college when my old high school teacher (and fellow comic lover) got in touch with a bunch of us to put together a one-off indie comic featuring all his students past & present who were involved in one shape or another with the indie comic scene in Antwerp at the time. Too cool to decline of course. So I set about to cram as much of the things I loved into the 3 pages you see below: cyborgs, silly tech, aliens,.. anything with textures. Old school fans will probably recognize that I wore my influences on my sleeve - and I spend a couple of sleepless nights rendering the hell out of my drawings (remember, these were the 90s).
Of course, by the time I graduated graphic design had completely taken over. And although I still read comics as much as I did back then, I’m not drawing them… but have been lucky enough to design a couple of them.
A big thanks to my old high school teach Peter Coen to send me scans of my pages!
comcore-tom-96-01, originally uploaded by helloMuller.
comcore-tom-96-02, originally uploaded by helloMuller.
comcore-tom96-03, originally uploaded by helloMuller.
January 15th, 2008
Thanks Tom for sharing. Its amazing how many graphic designers/artist I know had the same aspirations. I was fortunate enough to somewhat pursue my dreams at a few comic companies as a designer and I still find a lot of inspiration from the genre.