I'm thrilled to be a part of a new 180-page comics anthology called Memory:

You can preorder it through Kickstarter now. Edited by Jeremy Baum, it features over 40 fantastic artists. Plus, if you pledge at the $10 level you get a PDF of the anthology AND a bunch of other digital comics from contributing artists, including me!

My contribution to the book is Run Backwards, a story I drew during last year's Cartooning All Night. I've reworked it into a full-color vertical five-pager.

My short story stars Iye, an anthropomorphic eyeball inspired by Shuma-Gorath and Suezo. You can read more Iye in my 2012 24 Hour Comic, Heat Seeker.

I hope you'll pop over to Kickstarter and consider preordering Memory!

For the second year in a row, I banged out a complete 24-page story from scratch for 24-Hour Comics Day. The result is Heat Seeker, an experimental fantasy tale about a mysterious eyeball's journey from cold to warmth.

I'm trying out Issuu for the first time and I'd love to hear your feedback on the reading experience.

Heat Seeker by Nick Marino (click here for more reading options if you don't see the embedded reader or your device can't run Flash)

I hope you enjoy Heat Seeker. I had a kickass time writing and drawing it, and I want that fun to spill through as you breeze through this weird comic book!

UPDATE: If you hate reading stuff online, you can download a PDF of Heat Seeker.

UPDATE 2: You can also read Heat Seeker on Flickr and deviantART.

Last Saturday night, I participated in Cartooning All Night, a section of the larger Art All Night event here in Pittsburgh. I started around 10:30 PM and finished at 12:15 AM. Here's the three-page story I cranked out:

I know, I know. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But gimme a goddamn break!!! I did it in less than two hours. Here are the unedited, uncleaned up pages:

Thx to Pierce Johnson for organizing the activity. It was tons of fun!!

EDIT: Marcel Walker has created a Cartooning All Night Facebook page and scanned the art created at the event. Check out everybody's comics and cartoons from 2012's Cartooning All Night.