Chris Beckett has been kind enough to write this amazing piece about the Process for his column, For Your Consideration, on the Pulse. Here’s the article in its entirety with the rest coming after the break:

Thanks a ton, Chris!

For Your Consideration:
Joe Infurnari’s The Process

By Chris Beckett

Joe Infurnari is the artist for Oni’s Borrowed Time, written by Neal Shaffer. With that book, he showed that he is an accomplished comic artist. But online, Infurnari is experimenting with style, pushing himself to evolve as an artist while pushing the boundaries of comic storytelling. His webcomic, The Process, is an entertaining experiment that is well worth checking out.

The 411:
The Process webcomic
Story & Art by Joe Infurnari
Color, b/w, collage
http://theprocesscomic.com
What It Is (with apologies to Dave the Thune):

At Joe Infurnari’s website (artist of Borrowed Time and Wasteland #14), the artist is experimenting with his art – with style, with storytelling, and with the process. The tale begins with a mad stampede of strange creatures barreling over the rolling dunes trying to stay ahead of a great storm that pushes them forward. Witnessing this mad dash is a scrit, a small land crustacean similar to a small crab that is able to curl into a ball and shield itself with its hard outer shell. Unlucky enough to be in the path of these wild animals, the scrit rolls itself up and manages to avoid being crushed. But the storm is close behind and the tiny animal moves off searching for shelter.

Hiding under an overarching leaf of a tall plant, the scrit does not avoid being drenched as the upper leaves of this same plant quickly fill with raindrops, the rush of water cascading down from one upturned leaf to another before reaching the one just above the scrit’s head, sending the crustacean sluicing along the now moist ground. Realizing the flora of this strange place will not provide the shelter it needs, the scrit scuttles off to a cave. There it is indeed dry and warm, but as the scrit moves further into the darkness it discovers another inhabitant residing within the cave. A young boy has already sought shelter there, and when the boy sees the crustacean he smashes the tiny animal with a rock, killing it instantly and bringing chapter one to a close.

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I’m planing on offering a draw for email subscribers and I wanted to find out what readers would like to see most as the prize. That’s where this poll comes in. Head on over there now and vote for what you would like to see offered as a giveaway. There’s unused art, original color sketches, cardboard constructions, T-shirts and books all available for your vote in what you would like to win! Once I’ve gotten enough votes, I’ll announce the winning prize and soon thereafter I’ll start the drawing. Any email subscriber will be automatically entered to win. Isn’t this exciting! Okay, git on over there and vote!

While you’re there, you can also see some of the new design tweaks I’ve applied to the Process blog. There’s a new banner highlighting the current page, the addition of sticky posts and announcements and subtle post header coloring. I can barely contain myself!

Page 32 is finally available over at the Process. This one’s been a long time in the making and that’s because I had to create these sculptures, photograph them, manipulate them etc into what you see below. I’ve also had a few obstacles to overcome as well. I hope that over the next few weeks these things will clear up and I’ll be rolling on all cylinders again. Thanks for stopping by and reading the Process!

Over at the sister site, the Process, I posted up this image. This little sculpture of a theater seat was recently completed and I thought I’d show it off. It’s made completely out of cardboard with a wooden dowel that allows the seat to fold up just like in a real theater. This piece will be making an appearance in upcoming pages of the Process so readers should stay tuned to see if they spot it in action.

Stay tuned as I will also be posting up images of other cardboard constructions over the course of the next little while leading into Chapter 3.

As thorough readers of this blog already know, I’m in a bit of a pinch. This pinched nerve in my neck is sending me a constant fireworks display of pain down my arm only interrupted with periods of numbness. It’s not a pleasant experience and one of the hardest things about it is how it has prevented me from doing any work. But all’s not misery and woe! Webcomics.com has honored the Process as it’s featured webcomic today! What a nice Valentine’s Day this is! Here’s what they had to say:

Webcomicgeek calls Joe Infurnari the best webcomics artist of 2007. His comic is a celebration of the creative process like no other, bursting and swarming with arresting visions.

Thank you kindly, Webcomics.com! This goes a long way…