Halloween Flashback: Frankenstein!
'Tis the season for spookiness! And the perfect time to revisit this Frankenstein illustration that Kyle drew a while back--but it's still one of our favorites.
"Expelliarmus!"
For his latest Inktober illustration, Kyle pays tribute to the legendary Harry Potter!
Inktober 2016: Black Phillip
Here is Kyle's second Inktober contribution: Black Phillip, the (possibly) haunted goat from the recent horror film The Witch!
Inktober 2016: Beware the Ink Monster!
It's October again -- and that must mean it's time for Inktober! Each year, artists all across the Internet complete one ink drawing each day and post their work online.
Kyle has participated in past years (see here and here) and loved it. However, as of this writing he has only 30 pages (!!) left to finish drawing of SMASH Book Two!
As exciting as that news is for SMASH fans, it sadly means he doesn't have a lot of time to finish a drawing each day. But we will post as many illustrations as Kyle manages to complete! Starting with the revenge of the Ink Monster.
Someone looks cranky.
Guess Who's Coming Back In Book Two...
SMASH Book 2 will have plenty of new villains to hiss at and root against. But it just wouldn't feel right if we didn't invite the biggest, baddest villain of them all to return and make life difficult for our ten-year-old superhero, Smash!
Andrew Ryan dreams about Defender.
SMASH Book 2 In Production!
Just a quick update that Chris and Kyle are still hard at work on SMASH Book 2. And it's more than halfway finished! Here is a penciled panel from p. 92.
SMASH Visit to Sweetbriar Elementary School
SMASH writer Chris A. Bolton had a wonderful time visiting with a couple of fifth grade classes from Sweetbriar Elementary School, where he read from SMASH: TRIAL BY FIRE (with the help of his good friend, Levi Buchanan) and answered students' wonderful questions -- including a few he had never heard before!
Chris collaborated with the students to create an original comic strip based on their suggestions. These brilliant kids volunteered awesome ideas for panels and dialogue, then the class voted for their favorites. Being a writer, naturally, Chris struggled a little with the artwork. Check out the zany results below! (Click on the pic for a larger view.)
Special thanks to Lynn Reaney for inviting me, and to the whole staff at Sweetbriar for making me feel so welcome.
A new Smash candidate?
The Smash Family Is Growing!
SMASH artist Kyle Bolton and his lovely wife, Jamie, are thrilled to welcome their baby, Brooke Antonella Sandejas Bolton, into the world! (And Uncle Chris couldn't be happier.)
Smash is ready to battle any book!
Tacoma Battle of the Books!
We're incredibly honored that our graphic novel, SMASH: TRIAL BY FIRE, is featured in this year's Battle of the Books by the Tacoma, Washington, school district! Click here to find out more about it.
Read All of Our Webcomic, "Monstrous!"
We've finished posting our weekly webcomic, so now you can sit and enjoy all 27 action-packed pages in one reading. Click here to get the action started!