Gum Girl blog

Oof!

2013-03-21T01:58:00.001-07:00

Layout for the first page of Time Trial.

Cover sketches

2013-03-20T01:59:00.002-07:00

Looking for poses for the Countdown to Destruction cover.

Cover rough

2013-03-19T02:01:00.002-07:00

What time is it? Play time? Tea time? Hammer time? No, silly, Gum Time!

Space Cadets page 3

2013-03-18T01:52:00.002-07:00

A space probe taken down from the school roof and an ex-junior member of the Evil Genius After School Club. What could possibly go wrong?

And the layout for this page.
You're welcome.

Space Cadets page 2

2013-03-15T01:54:00.001-07:00

Mr Gibson wants you all to Think Big!

Space Cadets page 1

2013-03-14T02:04:00.002-07:00

From Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction. Grace gets it in the ear about Saturday evening telly.

Countdown to Destruction

2013-03-13T02:16:00.001-07:00

Unused cover idea. One of the stories is called Time Trial, so there's a clock theme.

Roller Grrlz page 3

2013-03-12T02:38:00.001-07:00

Page three of Roller Grrlz from Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction. Cats, roadworks and rocket boosted roller skates can never end well.

Here's the layout for the page. Panel six contained a feeble gag that was removed for being feeble.

Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction

2013-03-11T02:07:00.003-07:00

Book 3 is out now. This is page 2 of the Roller Grrlz story and the introduction of a new villain, Roller Raider.
As Gum Girl says, "Uh, oh. Built in rocket boosters?"

Roller Grrlz

2013-03-08T01:02:00.002-08:00

Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction is out now. Gum Girl checks out a robbery at the "safety first" Catastrophe fireworks factory.

Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction

2013-03-07T00:54:00.001-08:00

The book is out today. Yay! Here's the rough version of the cover. Making covers is fun so I tend to do a few different versions and then we choose which will work best.

Time Trial Page 3

2013-03-06T00:58:00.000-08:00

Gum Girl book 3 out tomorrow (March 7th). Like Billy, I was never much of a maths scholar.

Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction

2013-03-05T01:02:00.004-08:00

Time Trial page 2. Hang in there, Gum Girl. Book out 7th March.

This is the rough layout of page 2. Layouts are useful for figuring out where to put the word balloons and the characters. The character to speak first in a panel is the one I put on the left side, as we read left to right. Also, I make notes for important details that are in the script, here Grace is wearing a watch. The odd thing is that when I draw quickly and freely I can capture an expression or bit of body language that I can't quite get again in the finished page. I think the final panel is better on the rough than on the finished page.

Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction!

2013-03-04T00:26:00.002-08:00

The third Gum Girl book is out on the 7th of March (Thursday) yay! The first story is called Time Trial. Grace discovers that it isn't her lunch money that is going missing at school but her lunch time! Only Gum Girl can find out what's really going on.

Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction

2013-01-10T01:32:00.002-08:00

I just received my early proof copy of Gum Girl book 3 and it looks awesome! It has my fave cover
yet (thanks to Mark and Ben, design heroes) and the poppiest colours. As you an see, they make
a great set. I can't wait until the book's out on March 7th.
best,
andi

Happy Holidays!

2012-12-22T02:19:00.001-08:00

A big thank you to everyone who's followed the Gum Girl blog and read the Gum Girl books this year. We're back in March 2013 with Gum Girl: Countdown to Destruction with three new villains, including the fiendish Doctor Tick Tock!
Can't wait. Until then, Season's Greetings and see you all in the New Year.

Andi

Yipee!

2012-09-10T02:37:00.002-07:00

Lovely news. Gum Girl: Catastrophe Calling has been nominated for the Young People's Comic Awards. You can read more about it here and take the time to check out all the nominated books. Congrats to Lizzie, Ben, Mark and everyone at Walker who work so hard to bring you the best Gum Girl comics possible.

Unused cover rough

2012-09-07T00:07:00.000-07:00

for Gum Girl: The Tentacles of Doom!

Dust Bunny

2012-09-05T22:58:00.000-07:00

Layout for page three. Line art here and colour page here.

Unused cover rough

2012-09-05T00:17:00.001-07:00

for Gum Girl: The Tentacles of Doom!

Sick St Nick

2012-09-04T01:24:00.001-07:00

Layout for page 3. You can see the line art here and the finished page here.

Cover rough

2012-09-03T01:26:00.003-07:00

Unused.

Thumbnails

2012-08-30T23:12:00.003-07:00

A bunch of thumbnail-sized sketches for the Tentacles of Doom! cover.

Unused cover rough

2012-08-30T00:50:00.003-07:00

For Gum Girl: The Tentacles of Destruction. On this one I wanted to have all the main villains and an exciting GG pose.

Prep sketches

2012-08-29T01:19:00.001-07:00

Of Sick St. Nick. I needed a design that looked like a seedy and disreputable Santa.