![]() After a few changes in that stage, I began to draw the actual pages, which took me anywhere from 8–12 hours each. Once I had it sufficiently scripted out, I drew rough sketches of what I wanted the pages to look like. It was my hope that the big moments would provide emotional anchors for the reader, and that the smaller illustrations would fill in some of the blanks. I decided to represent this by drawing those major moments as large illustrations, and then using smaller, inset comics panels to convey smaller details. I knew that I only had a limited number of pages to tell the story of this man's life, so I identified 6 major moments from his book, and decided they would be the major parts of my story. I noticed that, even in slavery, horses provided a way for Love to find freedom, and that trend continued throughout his entire life. I read Love's autobiography, and looked for connecting themes that I could use to distill his story down to a few pages. Then he told me his excitement about this historical figure! So, I worked my father's title into the art of my comic.Ĭan you describe some of the aspects of your creative process? How do you begin? (That was a nickname that Nat Love was given.) I didn't know about the latter, until I told my father that I was writing and drawing this comic about Nat Love for the Denver Art Museum. ![]() He intended to write a book about Nat Love, but only got as far as an intended title, They Call Me Deadwood Dick. Second, my father bought me a series of Black history comic books when I was a kid, and one of them was about Nat Love! He first learned of Nat Love back when he was in college. I have a somewhat personal connection to this story in at least two ways. What was most striking to you about Nat Love's story, and how did you try to capture that? It wasn't until 2016, however, that I decided to try out writing a graphic novel, and I have to tell you, I LOVED it! I put out my first book in 2017, and haven't looked back. But in 2010, I started hanging out with a local group of comics creators called the Denver Drink & Draw, and began drawing again, casually. ![]() I stopped drawing, in pursuit of making hip-hop, but kept reading comics. I spent years drawing, until about 14 years old, when I got waylaid by my love for battle-rapping. From that time, I was always a dedicated fan, going to conventions in the '80s-often as the only Black person (and the only child). When I was 5 years old, my father, a journalist, introduced me to comic books, because he wanted to encourage a love of reading in me. Would you mind sharing some of your background? How did you become an author and illustrator?
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