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    Neil Gaiman’s SNOW, GLASS, APPLES Wins 2020 Eisner Award

    Neil Gaiman’s SNOW, GLASS, APPLES, the short story originally written in 1994, adapted and illustrated into a graphic novel for Dark Horse Comics by Colleen, has won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium. From Colleen’s Patreon Page: My most sincere and humble thanks to Neil Gaiman who kindly trusts me with his work; our editor Daniel Chabon; our agent Merilee Heifetz; Dark Horse Comics; my assistant Val Trullinger; my long-suffering family who just sort of listened to me grunt and threw meat under the door while I was working; and all the kind people who voted for us because amazing books were nominated and I am…

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    THE CLOCK is Ticking!

    Crossposted from my Patreon and the A DISTANT SOIL blog. Coming in January, by Matt Hawkins who, in my humble opinion has the best mind for science fiction in comics, with art by me! THE CLOCK! Long delayed (mostly by me, I love the irony of the title of the book and my feet dragging on the schedule) finally on the roster and available for preorder! Please do so now so your comic retailer will have those copies for you! Many lovely words and preorder recommendations from multiple websites including SYFY and more, please do ask for it at your comic retailer NOW! In The Clock, within three weeks, hundreds…

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    Colleen Doran for Rescue Time

    In this interview I talk about how I used the app RESCUE TIME to retrain myself to adapt to a new lifestyle with chronic illness and re-acclimate myself to full time work habits. This is not a paid endorsement. I am going on my 6th month of full-time work hours, and for the last 2 months, have been able to enjoy over 200 hours of monthly drawing time, for a full time work tally of over 250 hours per month. I also use the FREEDOM app to block websites and set up specific times for websurfing and social media. But RESCUE TIME coordinates and tracks all my productive hours, and…

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    Colleen Doran’s SQUIRREL GIRL Art on Official Marvel Products!

    I’m doing more and more art for licensors these days, and I don’t post nearly as much as I used to outside of my Patreon because I have so much work to do! I was so happy to see my Squirrel Girl art on Marvel t-shirts and posters. Squirrel Girl is such a fun character, who knew she’d end up on TV after all these years! Get the t-shirt at Reedpop, the company that brings you the largest comic con in the United States, New York Comic Con! And get the poster at AllPosters! All officially licensed direct from Marvel Comics! Also, I’m selling a major page from Neil Gaiman’s…