Optics Binding

05/15/2026

It's been over a decade(!) since I started The Optics Press, a personal art project where I design, print, and hand-bind (along with everything in between) books that for various reasons will never exist. Now I'm super excited to let y'all know what I've been working on for the 10th book…
It's Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu! It's going to be incredible!
Here's a sneak peak at what to expect:

* Oversize (naturally) - page size is a whopping 10" x 14.25"
* Contains all the color pages from the original serialization
* Presented in the original right-to-left reading format
* Unaltered artwork: All hand drawn sound-effects remain intact
* New English translation/adaptation and lettering
* and more! Stay tuned...

03/17/2026

I just discovered that my website has been down since last week! Luckily, I have skills in the field of computers (see photo for proof). I apologize if you tried emailing me this past week and just got an error message. Everything is back up and running now. And if you haven’t checked out my website in a while, do it! (www.opticsbinding.com) Signing up for my mailing list is the best way to get the inside scoop on my upcoming projects.

02/14/2026

That’s a wrap. All the Outland books are finished and en route to their forever homes. Farewell my lovelies!

02/10/2026

I officially wrapped production on the new Optics Press book today! Steranko’s Outland is one of my favorite works of Illustration and design and I was thrilled to be able to bring it to life in a new fine press edition. If you’re not familiar with the book, Outland was a comic adaptation of the 1981 Sean Connery Sci-Fi film. It was originally serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. Although comic book movie adaptations are most commonly associated with cheap cash grabs, Steranko used his opportunity to not only tell a great story that’s better than the movie but one that also pushed the comics medium itself into new and exciting territory with an influence that can still be seen today. Unfortunately, due to licensing and copyright issues, Steranko’s Outland has never been collected in English and even foreign editions have remained out of print for decades. Here’s a whole bunch of process shots/videos from the past few months that show an in depth look at the whole binding process.

01/06/2026

For the past year I've been working on a secret project and am thrilled to finally be able to show it off. I was commissioned to make some custom binds for the team at Heavy Metal to celebrate the relaunch of one of the greatest illustrated magazines of all time. This is one of my favorite pieces of graphic illustration and I had an absolute blast designing and binding this beast.

The 9th book from The Optics Press was created for the team at Heavy Metal to celebrate the relaunch of one of the greatest illustrated magazines of all time...