I started this piece called Lightbeam in 2005. After I was unable to draw due to stress fractures that developed in my hands, I continued working on it by using the slight movement I had in my index finger on the computer mouse to make each pixel by pixel composing the images (sometimes using a larger brush tool for the larger white areas). Over the years, it eventually became a 48-page story.
In 2007, eight of the more abstract pages of Lightbeam were used in Andrei's pitch to Fantagraphics for Abstract Comics: The Anthology. (My piece in the book called Shapes is something I inked and painted last year after my hands healed).
At the time of this post (April through the end of May 2009) an excerpt from Lightbeam is featured in Comics To The People! at the Portland Center for Performing Arts on Broadway. Others in the show include: Farel Dalrymple, Erika Moen, Jesse Reklaw, Craig Thompson and more - so if you're in the Portland area, check it out!
