Drawing from Life #1
"Drawing From Life or I Can't Make This Shit Up" is a raw, personal collection of vignettes from Jim Valentino’s life, rendered in his unmistakable style. From the chaos of his son’s first day of school to surreal moments like smoking peyote and landing an award, the stories are as unpredictable as they are heartfelt. With every page drawn, inked, lettered, and written by Valentino himself, the cover by Valentino captures the same unfiltered honesty that defines the issue.
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Jim Valentino shares short anecdotes from his life including his son's first day of school, being tear gassed at the beach, selling his first work to a big company, working on a comic simply for the paycheck, smoking peyote and winning an award for his comic work.
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