In The Telling ( Newsletter)

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…more Sherlock Holmes! I was seized with a fervor and could not rest until I illustrated one of my favorite scenes from Sherlock Holmes: the Adventure of the Devil's Foot. While Holmes and Watson take a holiday in the Cornish countryside for Holmes's health, multiple people in the nearby village are found driven mad or dead from horror. Holmes deduces a substance that was burned in their presence is to blame.

…more Sherlock Holmes! I was seized with a fervor and could not rest until I illustrated one of my favorite scenes from Sherlock Holmes: the Adventure of the Devil's Foot. While Holmes and Watson take a holiday in the Cornish countryside for Holmes's health, multiple people in the nearby village are found driven mad or dead from horror. Holmes deduces a substance that was burned in their presence is to blame.

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I’ve recently been very interested in Victorian era queer history. There’s something so interesting in reading about people I recognize instinctively, even if the words they use to describe themselves and the worlds they inhabit are very different from mine. It’s like a chain - one with many lost, destroyed, and hidden links, that nevertheless connects my present experience to people who feel like ancestors. A different kind of family tree, traced through experience and artistry and storytelling.

took a crack at one of the most romantic dramatic scenes in the original stories (cw for blood!) In an instant he had whisked out a revolver from his breast and had fired two shots. I felt a sudden hot sear as if a red-hot iron had been pressed to my thigh. There was a crash as Holmes’s pistol came down on the man’s head. I had a vision of him sprawling upon the floor with blood running down his face while Holmes rummaged him for weapons.

took a crack at one of the most romantic dramatic scenes in the original stories (cw for blood!) In an instant he had whisked out a revolver from his breast and had fired two shots. I felt a sudden hot sear as if a red-hot iron had been pressed to my thigh. There was a crash as Holmes’s pistol came down on the man’s head. I had a vision of him sprawling upon the floor with blood running down his face while Holmes rummaged him for weapons.

still drawing a super normal amount of Sherlock Holmes, all scenes from the Arthur Conan Doyle stories: "Look here, Watson; you look regularly done. Lie down there on the sofa, and see if I can put you to sleep.” He took up his violin from the corner, and as I stretched myself out he began to play some low, dreamy, melodious air- his own, no doubt, for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs, his earnest face, and the rise and fall of his bow.

still drawing a super normal amount of Sherlock Holmes, all scenes from the Arthur Conan Doyle stories: "Look here, Watson; you look regularly done. Lie down there on the sofa, and see if I can put you to sleep.” He took up his violin from the corner, and as I stretched myself out he began to play some low, dreamy, melodious air- his own, no doubt, for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs, his earnest face, and the rise and fall of his bow.

I mentioned this on the final comic update, but DARKEST NIGHT is going to be published by Scholastic on June 4, 2024, under the name THE DEEP DARK. Preorder from your local bookshop if you’re so inclined! I’ve spent the past few months turning those long scrolling updates into graphic novel spreads and cursing my past self for being so chaotic about how I layer my photoshop files.