The Harold library exhibit is live! (plus some)
We haven’t posted an official update in a while, but we’ve been busy as ever. So — a few updates: Most importantly! We have two Illustrated Press stories on exhibit at the Harold… Read More
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Curious City Comics
Ever wonder how Erik gets started on our stories? In the run-up to our first project with WBEZ (Chicago Public Media/NPR), here’s a short run-through of the early illustration process from on-site reporting, to… Read More
First Pages
We’re only a few weeks away from publication! The book is starting to take shape, and we’re definitely looking forward to seeing everything come together after a year of writing and illustrating. The… Read More
Preview #5: Untitled
We haven’t posted a preview in a while. So! Here’s a preview for a story we’re working on for the McCormick Foundation about news literacy and student debt. The full story should be out… Read More
Day 3: Beat the Machines
We tend to post sketches and rough illustrations of stories as we storyboard/draw them, but the writing side of it goes through a rough draft/editing process also. Here are a couple scans of… Read More
Day 1: …10 days to go
This is the first of a 10-day blogathon for the final stretch of our Kickstarter campaign. Erik and I will be posting one update a day on our progress (including original artwork and… Read More
Where We’ve Been
Here’s a map of places that have been featured in our stories since July 2011. We want to cover as much of the city as we possibly can—So, we’ll be updating it as… Read More
State & Chambers
Story by Darryl Holliday // Illustration by Erik Nelson Rodriguez. If you’ve walked down State Street in the Loop anytime during the last four decades, you’ve likely seen 70-year-old Mr. Chambers with his microphone. He’s usually by the… Read More
Visiting: Pilsen Coal
We took a tour through the Fisk coal plant in Pilsen in October –This is essentially what happens. Update: it seems QuitCoal.org has taken a liking to us.
Wedlock: Love and Marriage at the Cook County Jail
Story by Darryl Holliday // Illustrated by Erik Nelson Rodriguez. We consider it a sort of genre-bending — journalistic reporting with comic books. Graphic journalism. Our first story follows one Chicago woman through her marriage at the Cook… Read More
