Welcome.
Pull up a seat. Sit awhile. Take a load off. This is the best place to find out about all of my current and upcoming comic-oriented projects. You’ve found the comic book home of James Burns, graphic designer and artist. If you're looking for James' graphic design site, please follow this link.
If you’d like to see some process drawings (pencils, time-lapse videos...), be sure to follow me on Instagram.
My latest comic book
A continuing story...
My current comic deals with what happens after your initial treatment for prostate cancer. The short answer is that it’s a lot of waiting around, and tests, and a certain amount of fear. There’s really no such thing as an immediate cure for prostate cancer, just cautious optimism.
It’s 48 pages total, and is available for free on Kindle Unlimited. It’ll also be available on Indyplanet.com shortly, if you’d like a physical copy.
You can also download a free PDF here.
If you'd like to download a free PDF of my first comic about being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer, called The Death of Me?, click here.
(Please note, these files will take a while to download.)
How did I start making comics?
I've always enjoyed comics as a medium, from childhood to the present day. There's something about storytelling with words and pictures that I find very compelling, and I always wanted to do it myself. But I never had a story I wanted to tell.
Then in 2002, I was diagnosed with a detached retina, which threatened my eyesight. After recovering, and at age 45, I wrote and drew my first comic book, Detached, about that experience and since then I've started doing commercial illustration, as well as creating the weekly comic strip Grumbles.
What you'll find here
Here you'll find links to all my comics (including Grumbles), my gallery of comic-oriented images, a series of tutorials about comics, comic-oriented links, a way to get in touch with me, and lastly, my ongoing comic about my prostate cancer.