Hell of a Quarter

So this quarter absolutely sucked. I've hadn't felt that bad in a long, long time. However, Thursday and Friday made it all worthwhile! Went to Kevin Burkhalter's party on Thursday and hung out for a while (which is kind of unusual for me). Then Friday, I took part in the SEQALAB podcast, so I'd like to thank everyone that let me join in. Had to share a mic with Brett Muller (you have to get real close to them, so we were practically making out the whole time... calm down, ladies). I really recommend listening to that stuff. It's good for having on in the background when you're drawing (which is exactly how I'd discovered it... two nights previous...). After that, some of us went bowling for Pranas' birthday. That was a sorry display for most involved (except Wheeler) but still was hella fun! Plus I almost fell over!

So the end totally justified the entire quarter. So did the way my finals looked! I'll be putting those up here gradually, as I see fit. Here's the first, a series of covers for the comic I've been working for. I did these for Tom Lyle's visual storytelling class. I'm really happy with the way these came out. I also got him to sign my Robin trades, which I'm psyched about!


PS: I see the mistake on this one. I'm going to edit it when I get a chance

Captain Ahab

This is some old stuff from Larison's Pencil & Inking I class (which is now called Visual Storytelling). It's a futuristic Ahab hunting whales in space. I'm pretty sure it was originally published in Heavy Metal some time ago (not my version... I wish!) and I don't know who wrote it, so I send my apologies to whoever authored this script! These are just pencils, so they're bound to look sketchy. Derp!

News and that

Yes it's true! I haven't been posting and no, I don't love you anymore. I released a new mini comic which was AWFUL! The content was great, but the printing was such poor quality. After going to the Zine Fair here in Savannah, I realized that my minis were not as awesomely made as I though. In fact, they were pretty standard. That's not good enough, if you ask me. I've discontinued all of my minis and will be reprinting them in deluxe editions with color covers and including my Winter Comixtravaganza piece.

Here are the remaining strips to bring us up to date with Andy. I just stopped posting them here, but they've still been being featured in the District. I'm about to embark on a new story arc, so this should bring everyone up to speed (not that it really matters for the new arc). So here's what you missed...

ANDY'S DATE

SCORE
DEPTH

And as for Comixtravanagnza, here is the "Andy The Retard VS. Nathan Pretzelberger: Battle Royal!" I've added some corrections that I didn't spot in time for it being published. So here it is, the version you DIDN'T see that I WANTED you to see...



So now we're even, ok? Stay tuned, my pretties!

Hello Winter, Goodbye Teeth

Hi! Tomorrow a man is going to yank out my wisdom teeth! I can't wait 'till that's done with.

Right now I have a full plate with the upcoming Team JAM anthology. I have 5 pages of Andy penciled and I have a max of 24 pages to do (12 per issue). That'll be a two part Andy story (five pages each, perhaps), a two part Erik in Outer Space story (four pages each) and anything else I might do. I've been toying around with the idea of a one pager called "American Comix" but then I realized I'd just come up with "Rocket Tonic" by Pranas. This brings me to my next point. Me and Joe are going to be asking for some guest pages, so if you're reading this (and you're not Joe or myself or Amy) comment and state your case.

Here is something from last quarter! My watercolor piece that was up on the wall, now with added bubbles!

MANDO DIAO'S HELPING HAND

The band featured in the page is "Mando Diao." They're a Swedish band who've been around for a few years now, but have never broken into the States or the UK properly. Find out more about them here.

That's it for now, kids!

Hobbes Goes Bonkers

If you've been in Norris, you might have seen my Calvin & Hobbes scratch board up on the wall. I'd just like to take this opportunity to say I friggin' LOVE the scratch board! I was tough trying to get Calvin to look like he was drawn by a pen on scratch board. I had to transfer my pencil outlines onto the board, then outline those outlines in white, without causing any breaks in overlapping outlines! Ink never touched the board, there are no corrections or anything. All the white you see has been scraped away!

The second part of the project was to add speech bubbles and extra sound effects (in at least 3 places). These aren't present in the physical version, save for Hobbes' "rawr."


Things are shaping up pretty nicely, finalswise. It all looks very doable! (Let's hear me say that on Wednesday night when I'm rushing to finish Larison's acrylic landscape!)

There's be more to come when break begins!