20 July 2026
The companion print is not a poster
Newsprint-weight sheets in reading order keep a Marvel NFT comic honest when someone only wants to see paper.
Journal
Boards, holds, and arguments we keep having
Short pieces from the atelier: how we read a gutter, when a splash should stay still, and why a yellow belt has to match panel to panel.
8 June 2026
Reading a gutter out loud
Rowan’s first pass is still a pencil on printed boards. The seconds come after the sentence makes sense.
17 May 2026
Yellow belts and the costume drawer
Colour holds are cousins of print separation. A drifting gold is the fastest way to make a timed panel feel cheap.
1 April 2026
Edition caps we will actually write down
Ten, twenty-five, or fifty. Why we lock the number before colour holds, not after a first collector file leaves Wade Lane.
11 March 2026
When a splash should stay still
Not every X-Men cover wants a clock. How we decide a splash is already finished as ink.