Oak City Comicon

I was in Raleigh for the Oak City Comicon yesterday with my good friend from Leather Mischief.  We both had really a good day, but never got much of a rest.  Big crowds, a lot of people looking at our stuff and a lot of people who liked it enough to make a purchase.  In a comicon, there is a lot of things for you to spend your money, so when people spend it on my art and comics I feel very grateful.

This was my best 1 day show yet.  In the past year I keep going to shows that set a new personal record.  I still have shows that I don't do well, but that is just part of the deal. 

Next week I have another show that set a new record last year, Winston Salem Comicon.  So time to try for a new personal best.

Issue 13 is at Ka-blam being printed.  I should get it back by the middle of May.

Mixed

I have finally sent issue 12 to the printer (Ka-Blam, a great company that I have had great experiences with)!  I have been working at this for a long while.  I should definitely have it for Heroescon in Charlotte on June 19th.  I was looking forward to this for so long that I should be dancing.


But our dog passed away this morning.  We recently found out she had cancer, and things went bad quickly.  We had 2 weeks of relative normalcy with her after that, but today was the end.  She was 13 years old, and the smartest dog I have ever known.  So to be very honest, I have spent most of today with tears filling my eyes and rolling down my cheeks.


After all of that, I sent off issue 12.  Mixed.

Wendy (of course)

Issue #11 is officially ordered.  Wendy loaded the files at the library.  She always comes up with solutions.  So it is going to be here (hopefully) in time for Heroescon (I say hopefully because I am a pessimist, Ka-Blam has always made their deadlines with me).


I am sure Wendy did that because she loved me, but there is a part of me who just thinks she couldn't put up with me freaking out about it anymore.  6 of one...




So soon Issue #11 will be available.  And I will stress over issue #12.

Issue 11 is extremely close to completion!

I have finished inking the last page of Issue 11 of iNTERMEZZO!  There is still some computer work, the inside covers, and the outside cover to finish, but it is very near!  It will not be nearly the time it took Issue 10 (But The Journey of Brave Ulysses came in the middle, and slowed that one down a lot).  I plan to have it by Heroescon, June 20th.

ISSUE 10!

I have completed the inks and the cover of issue 10 of iNTERMEZZO!  I have completed one inside cover, one more to go.  Then I must confront my arch enemy... Dr. Scanner! 


I have decided to call my scanner Dr. Scanner so it sounds more impressive. 
"I am having problems with my scanner... again."
or
"My plans have been thwarted by Dr. Scanner!  NOOOO!"

New Video

http://animoto.com/play/r592azGyI5ZlQCPUBCRihQ

Here is the video previewing art from The Journey of Brave Ulysses.  Check it out!  Spread it around.

What if Superheroes Behaved like Politicains?

Its a pic of a sketch instead of a scan (the scanner is still the bane of my existence) so it is a little hard to read.

"We would love to stop the Masters of Evil, but we have Shut Down the Avengers until we decide if our battlecry will be AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! OR AVENGERS UP AND AT 'EM!"

This is the second in what may become a series of this idea.  Here was the first...

Sketch

One of the daily sketches I am posting both here and on my Facebook page.  This one is the best Catwoman who ever purred...

And so far the scanner is working (fingers crossed).  I will try and remember to post a sketch a day.

Issue 10 pencils are done.

Finished penciling the last page last night. Wendy has poured over the pages to see what I may have messed up and I fixed what needed to be so I am moving on to lettering today.  This issue features more Huh art from the 90's so I have 5 pages already lettered and inked, so it feels like I am moving along at a good clip.

Soon the Bootooth Saga, my first epic storyline, will be in full swing.

Bios

These are the bios from issue 9.  Starting with that issue I will now include bios of various characters in the back to fill you in on these characters who take up so much room in my head. 

Who do you want to see get a bio next issue?

BOOM Studios

So I posted some pages on BOOM Studios artist submissions page on Facebook.  That is a great thing for them to do.  The prospect of keeping up with that is not an easy thing to do, but they are providing people with the avenue to submit to them very easily. 

Here are the pages I put up there, run by and check it out.  "Like" my stuff if you are so inclined.  There's a lot from a lot of people so look around, it's interesting to see the different styles and levels of talent.

New Pic

There's a lot of layers to geek in this original sketch by yours truly..

Progress on issue 10

So I have been working on issue 10, and so far I have completed 5 pages of Huh's story and penciled 10 pages of the Bootooth Saga.  It has been moving along at a fair clip, really into the big story now.  The Bootooth Saga is the first real crossover of the separate storylines.

Really hope to have it done soon, I am excited about this one.  Plus it takes us to issue 11, which will be REALLY cool.

Picture of Huh

Huh is a cosmic Polar bear Superhero that I created in 1990 (way back when I was a youngster).  I was waiting in a line for a few hours very early in the morning.  In that sleep deprived state I saw a face in the pattern of the concrete.  I thought "Hey, that looks like a bear's face.  But wearing a mask."

The cartoon light bulb went off over my head and Huh was born.  He went through a few changes, originally I envisioned him as green, but he has played a part in all the iNTERMEZZO stories.  Originally the comic started with him and his origin and went from there.  It changed a bit and began his story in issue 7 (after the Alleviators introduction), but he is still a focal point to the book.  I've got big plans for that bear.

Backdrop question

Looking to design a backdrop for comic book conventions.  I have worked up a few designs. If you have a favorite, let me know.

New/Old Huh comic pages

Huh the Cosmic Polar Bear (introduced in issue 8 of iNTERMEZZO) is a character I have had in my head since 1990.  I originally started the story of iNTERMEZZO with his origin but later made the changes to the timeline I have been following in the comics that are published (and available for purchase on Indyplanet.com). It has allowed me to change things as I go, or in the case of issue 9 take art directly from the past and include it.  That makes me happy to see it again, and it helps me get the next issue done faster.

Issue 10 will include more artwork from 1996-1997, but this time I have altered those pages a bit. I took panels and rearranged them so that I could fit the next chapter of Huh originally done in 10 pages and fit it into 5.  I think there was room and pacing that allowed it to be adjusted, and I think the end result is quite nice and lead to some great pages. I finished them yesterday, here is one.

New Comic

Its not a new iNTERMEZZO or DYSLEXIC COSMIC, this is a stand alone one shot project that is completely different than anything else I have ever done.

Finally someone looks at the Odyssey and asks that burning question that no one has dared to ask.

What if Ulysses was a wiener dog?

Now available at Indyplanet.com.  The shipment of my comics from Ka-Blam is on the way and I will have copies at any conventions I attend, starting with Heroescon.

Heroescon is coming!

I will be set up at Heroescon this year (I missed last year because of work, grrr).  I will be there with two artist friends of mine; Stacy and her leather masks who does a lot of shows with me and Jason, a sculpture and steampunk costumer who did the last Heroescon with us.  Both of them have beautiful work. 
We will NOT be along the wall in the small press area.  We have chipped in to get a booth in the main area of the action. I think that will really get us to where we will be noticed and easy to find.

I am working on another new art print for the show.  I have been doing a lot of those lately and they have some very funny stuff.  Be sure to stop by and check them out.

Be sure to stop by and check out my new comics as well.  By showtime I will have 9 issues of iNTERMEZZO, 2 issues of DYSLEXIC COSMIC and a stand alone story called THE JOURNEY OF BRAVE ULYSSES (which is so much different than anything else I have ever done). More on it when the book is back from Ka-Blam, my printer who is fantastic to work with.

Dyslexic Cosmic 2

A new issue of runaway trains of thought!  This issue features art by Matthew D. Smith and  Joseph T. Rentschler, and the writing of myself and Esko Mason (who also appears in live action in the lead story).  I wrote a bunch of stuff, did the photo work and the cover.

Very Pleased.  Soon to be available on Indyplanet.com and available at Free Comic Book Day at the Hobby Shop in Wilson NC tomorrow (May 4th)!

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

Free Comic Book Day is less than 2 weeks away.  I am finishing up a new art print, getting ready to order a new comic called "The Journey of Brave Ulysses" (more on that later), and I have an idea for another art print that I hope to get done in time for FCBD (and Heroescon after that!).

I will be set up at The Hobby Shop in Wilson, NC for FCBD, please stop by if you are in the area.  Should be a good time.  The Hobby Shop is in a new store that is very nice.


Its Monday (boo) but tomorrow is the Tuesday I have off every other week (Yay!).  I have lots of stuff I want to get done and ready for con season.

Will post more info when I get more cons scheduled.