Hi! I’ve decided on what the name of the Plant-Man book will be: Small But Perfectly Formed.

It’ll be a manga-sized book with over a hundred pages of wacky tomfoolery, hence the name. It’ll collect many of Plant-Man and Flowerin’s first adventures with a handful of new comics, never-before seen pieces of art and a surprise or two. With a bit of luck we’ll have it on sale here before Christmas!

I don’t have any details on the price yet but stay tuned. I’m really excited about having a piece of Plant-Man in my hands.

Work on the cover has begun. I started with a couple of quick sketches, trying to make an image that works with the title and somehow sums up the feel of the comic:

Trampoline, eating cake and…being shrunk? OK, I guess. Let’s keep going…

I like the one where they’re looking at the bonsai tree. It’s about plants!

Then I was tinkering with a more arty one, with close ups of the character’s eyes and some character poses next to them:

I like it but it’s not really evoking the feel of the comic. I showed the sketches to the wife, each image on a seperate layer and then she grabbed Photoshop and made this:

Hee, she’s funny. BUT! It kick started an idea…how about a cover drawn in crayon, like it was drawn by Flowerin’?

I like this one. I like this one a lot. It might read a bit too kiddie given some of the humor inside…

So…what do YOU think? Maybe none of these ideas will end up as the final cover – all I know is that I want it to be vibrant, colorful and evoking the carefree attitude of the comic. Please let me know what you think!

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