New Cauldron Page and Other Comic Stuff

 

Livi's tired of not knowing rhat's going on, too. She doesn't quite know why she's scared suddenly, but she's gonna find out.

Also--

A bit comics journalism: Matt McClure from the IPFW Communicator contacted me about contributing to their comics themed issue of The Communicator. I agreed. They sent me a story. The story was about Lloy Ball retiring. It was a fun little project. Quick turnaround. Not en ought time to dwell.

Above is the final color version, below the sketch.

Columbo Contemplates His Lost Keys

My submission to the group sketchblog I'm a part of: Columbo!  Gotta admit: I don't know much about this guy other than a few episodes I watched on a little RCA TV with one of those UHF/VHF dials and rabbit ears at my Grandma's. I'd prolly like it, the character is interesting visually, but, you know how these things go....

Brush pen, with some PS toning. I left the scanned sketchbook rings in homage to the whole P.I. thing. It might be cheesy, though....

Original sketch is 8" x 10" Brush pen on paper. Can be part of your collection if you're a lover of 70's detective stories starring dumpy, dirty old heroes. Drop me a line if you want it.

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Ooo. What is it?

Greedo's Last Bad Choice

I've been lucky to be included in a group of comic lovers and artists who have a collective blog over at Summit City Ink. We've begun using it as a group sketchblog where we all throw up our versions of a theme onto the blog. This is the first week and the theme was Greedo. I love me some Star Wars so this was pretty fun.

You know, after all these years of being a Star Wars nerd, I've never really considered wether or not Han actually shot first. I was always just into the whole unpredictable cowboy/rebel thing of Han's and thought it was cooler than whiny Luke. Does it matter? Probably not. Not sure I would have waited either.

 Plus, Han was more funny.

UPDATE: SOLD!

If you like my little attempt, I'd be willing to part with it. 8"x10" ink on paper. Drop a line if you want it. More to come!

New Cauldron Page

New page in the story - - Does Livi start to put it all together? 

What happens when she does?

New Cauldron Page

Alright, lets start trying to draw some conclusions to all this foreshortening I've been teasing you with. But first a few more questions....

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The first part comes to a close with a mysterious figure in black and, 

wait, what's that? Foreshadowing? Oh, my! 

The box of worms Livi has opened is about to get messier! 

Stay tuned!

Tonight's soundtrack provided by Soma.fm.  Check em out!

New Blog Page - Sketchbook Stuff

Scans from my sketchbook. These are mood exercises, drawn directly in brush pen while waiting, talking, watching TV, soccer practice etc.

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Livi finds another strange object... 

Drawing all the dead twigs got to be a bit meditative.... This page was neat the end of the initial push for the first 25 pages. I really felt in a groove in the pages leading up to and following this one. Most of the drawing and inking and a chunk of the toning of the past 5 and the next 2 were done in a mad rush in a weekend where I was alone: 

Wife at a Chicago bachelorette party and kids away at Grandparents.

 It was the best and worst weekend. Pure comic making and pure loneliness for the people that make your life really mean something.

New Cauldron Page

The story starts really picking up here. I've had a great time trying to pack as much moodiness as I can into these pages. 

I created a Pandora station that is cchock fulla moody, dramatic, soundtrack music that has become the go to sound while I work on this.

It started as Boards of Canada and Bruno Coulais, then added the Album Leaf and Danny Elfman and always Ennio Morricone.

I'm going to be here this summer and am trying to get this plus about 24 more pages ready to print up. I'd love any input and if you click on over here, I truly appreciate it!