ILLUSTRATION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT With his illustrations, Jacob Yerex contributed a huge amount to character development. In this post, let’s look at the way he depicted the character Boom-Boom, NPK’s drummer. I have to say Jacob has a fantastic vision for my characters. Sometimes that… Read More
THE PAINTING At the beginning of the story called Bad Timing, we see Lazy in a room, presumably at his home, with an unknown woman. In the course of the story, there is a clue – cash on a dresser – that she is a… Read More
One day, back when I was first messing with the idea of writing what later became Squeeze Box Man, a strange image popped into my head. It was an image of a punk band on stage playing, snarling out their songs, all the while being… Read More
THE BOTTLE & CAN Is the idea that two talented musicians would find themselves working an industrial job to make ends meet far-fetched? I don’t think so. In fact, it may have been just that situation that sparked the stories in the first place. After… Read More
Many songs are referenced in Squeeze Box Man. Although NPK are a so-called “polka-punk” band, they actually play a huge variety of covers as well as their originals and those covers are all over the place musically. One of the things about this band is… Read More
It is true that the characters in Squeeze Box Man don’t live the healthiest of lifestyles. They all smoke, more or less all the time. When I think about musicians I knew and the bars we used to drink at to hear them, there was… Read More
Squeeze Box Man is a graphic novel told over 7 issues. I wrote it and Jacob Yerex illustrated it. The individual issues were published one at a time as we created them. We had actually planned for completing the story over 6 issues but we… Read More
This morning I picked up the new issue of Squeeze Box Man from the printer. Anyone interested in buying a copy can email me. Copies of this issue or any of the back issues are $12/copy + $3 postage to anywhere. For subscribers to the… Read More
Free books are available at the 27th Street Book Box, located in front of our place Twenty Seventh, about half a block north of Lake Prom, here in Toronto’s Long Branch neighbourhood. There has been more than the usual amount of activity and turnover at… Read More
I just picked up Volume 5 of the Squeeze Box Man graphic novel at the printers. Since we’re in a pandemic, this issue is available by mail only. If you’re interested in a copy of Volume 5 or any of the other issues, please email… Read More
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