Doug Lefler

Category Archives: News

You can find all blog posts/news related to my projects are listed in this section.

Gold Key Collector’s Edition – Tarzan at the Earth’s Core

August 18, 2014

I didn’t own many comic books as a child (my parents considered them a waste of pocket change), but these three Gold Key collector editions featuring Tarzan of the Apes were the pride of my limited library. Not having a collector’s mentality, books were utilitarian things to me, and comic books were my art classes.

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Southward Bound

July 22, 2014

This is Twen, who is soon to make her appearance in The Heart of the Hollow World. Last night I got a good night’s sleep. Never let it be said I’m not willing to try new things. Tomorrow morning I leave for San Diego. Anyone at Comic-Con this year stop by the Scrollon booth 1221/1223.

Emery Trent vs the Raptors

July 5, 2014

This is just the beginning of Emery’s trouble with dinosaurs. Read his continuing adventures at www.scrollon.com.

Message…

January 13, 2014

t isn’t all fun and games and messages from outer space. There are times when wearing the Cone of Shame is no darn fun.

New Years / Old Years

January 6, 2014

Happy New Year everyone! I spent a good chunk of the Holiday break drawing people and places around New York, circa 1898. These are for my upcoming story The Heart of the Hollow World. And consistent with this time period, Part Three of “Outlaws and Orphans” went live on the Scrollon App this morning! Be

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Happy Holidays 2013

December 23, 2013

Seasons Greetings from the most famous Reinschnauzer of all.

My Three Least Favorite Words in a Story Meeting

December 9, 2013

Recently I noticed myself cringing when I heard these words: “backstory” and “reluctant hero”. It came as a surprise. I know backstories are important, and reluctant heroes can be engaging. But I’ve come to realize that after giving our protagonist a backstory (always tragic), and making them reluctant to resort to violence (until absolutely necessary),

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Canines of Courage

November 18, 2013

In 1941 a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal for saving her owner’s life during an air raid by the Luftwaffe. Allegedly she accomplished this heroic act by urinating on an incendiary device that came through the roof. The bomb was defused and the day was saved. It was the first

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The Definition of a Writer

November 11, 2013

Defining a writer should be easy. A writer is someone who writes. However, most of us learn to string words into sentences in grade school, so we all can claim to be writers. We could define a professional writer as someone paid to write. That narrows the field considerably. But within the entertainment industry, where

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