the latest

I am in the midst of one of the busiest times at work and my wife is leaving for a mission trip to Honduras in just a couple of days. Despite everything else going on I have manages to finish pencilling issue 5 and last night I finished lettering. I have kept myself on schedule for the past several weeks. If I continue the pace then I will finish issue 5 in time to get it for heroescon.

With wendy gone for over a week one of two things will happen... I will either do nothing but draw, or I will be so bummed out i get nothing done.

yea!

Issue Four is now on sale on both IndyPlanet and ComicsMonkey. Tell your friends (tell your enemies, I don't care).

issue #5

It feels odd writing about issue #5 and not number #4. I have tried to put myself on a schedule to finish #5 so it doesn't take as long as #4 did. If all goes well then maybe i can have #4 and 5 for heroescon in Charlotte.

I have been a lot quicker and doing some good pencils so far. As of tonight I have the first 13 pages pencilled. Number 4 is ordered and despite my usual computer ineptness shouldn't be too much longer.

By the time I start doing shows again this year, I will have #4 for sale. I plan on going to shows in Charlotte, Salem, Asheville, and maybe hickory and Baltimore. It looks to be a busy year.

back to the swing of things

New York was wonderful. Wendy and I had a blast. I don't know if I ever need to be in New York on New Year's Eve ever again, but it was one of those things we always wanted to try.

So now we are home, back to work, doing all the things that piled up while we were away on vacation. Just the way it goes.

Here's a picture of everyone taking pictures of the fireworks. The stuff i find funny.

New years

Leaving for New York City in the morning so i wanted to post this before I go. I just attended another of the Charlotte Comic Con shows on Sunday. Rick Fortenberry puts on a good show and is a very good guy.

While there I talked with other artists. I met a guy who told me that he has had the idea he is working on for sixteen years and is working on issue one. I said not to feel bad, I've had intermezzo in my head for 18 years and I just finished issue four. The reason I am sharing this is to tell anyone reading this (as if anyone reads this) to just stop thinking about, talking about, drawing pictures that you show to no one, and just start really doing comics. Stop getting ready to do... and just do. Don't be me (the guy who wishes he had started 15 years ago, and thinks how many issues he would have finished by now). Just wanted to pass that along.

On another note, Wendy (my loving and oh so patient wife) are leaving for New York City in the morning. Partially for New Years but mostly for our 15 year anniversary. Beena while and I'm really looking forward to it.

happy jingles

Just wanted to put a word out that I have finished the fourth issue of Intermezzo! man am I tired.

Seeing my mom for Christmas, and then my wife Wendy and I are spending New Year's in New York City. I am on vacation until the new year. I really needed this.

I hope to begin pencilling issue 5 soon. Issue 4 will be for sale on indyplanet relatively soon next year.

Issue 4

I have just finished the inks on the last page of issue 4. All that remains is to paint the cover, do all of the scanning, write the intro and ending pages, upload it, and order it from Ka-Blam (maybe its not so close to being done as I thought).

But still... woohooo I'm closer than i was.

While finishing page 24 I had the tv on Snoopy come Home. All I remember from that movie when I was a kid was the No Dogs Allowed song and that it made me cry. The song was still there, but it had more than just the one line I remembered. And yes... it still made me cry.