I'll be at CTN on Saturday

I'll be driving out to CTN in Burbank tomorrow morning with Scott Gwynn and Josh Talbot (sorry Josh, I don't know your blog's URL), and will be there on Saturday, wandering the aisles and feeling diminuitive and inadequate. In preparation I made a (very) mini comic, and printed out about 30. If you're there and want one, let me know and I'll give you one. If you're not going and want one, I can give out however many are left over.

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I found the whole process to be both exciting and frustrating. There are only about 3 panels in the whole thing that I actually like, but I learned some lessons and will definitely be doing more of these. I loved working in ink. But there's so many problems with it, things I would have fixed and tightened if I hadn't tried to do it all in a couple days. I'm almost too embarrassed to have anyone see these, but we must start somewhere right? Big thanks to Jake Parker for the good advice earlier this week.

Oh, and I'll be posting the whole thing when I get back.

Hope to see everyone at CTN!

Things That Should Never Be Done Simultaneously...

Water Bottles Are Obnoxious

I hate how when you refill a plastic water bottle, if the water sits for too long, it tastes disgusting. So obnoxious.

Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

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When I was young I was ADDICTED to STAR WARS. I read the books, had the original trilogy memorized, knew the names and back-stories of ridiculously obscure characters, and loved everything about it. The prequels and special editions kind of ruined a part of it for me. These days, I just try to keep my chin up and not let George get me down.

As a side note, discussing Star Wars with family members who have only a passing knowledge of the movies is a great way to generate names like "Chewbacco".

Comic!!! The Grass Jumper

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NAMO: Prince of the Sea Monkeys!

I've been developing an idea that I had the other night about the Prince of the Sea Monkeys who is from a lost city of Sea Monkeys and is trying to avenge their untimely demise. It's not really a serious story (as evidenced by the very PRESENCE of Sea Monkeys). Sort of a tribute to all those old comics, especially the ones with the Fantastic Four and the Sub-Mariner. Once Summer term ends I might try and squeeze it into my free time. It actually spun off the idea I had of Shipwreck and Lobsterboy. Trying to develop a good visual style for it has proved difficult... My original idea wasn't executed very well, so I've been playing with it. This is the latest incarnation, done on my Wacom Tablet:
Due to the diminutive nature of Sea Monkeys his enemies will naturally be small; however, Namo possesses uncanny strength. Well, I better stop now; the more I write about it, the stupider my idea sounds.

Shipwreck and Lobsterboy!

So I've been mulling this weekly comic idea for a little while now, and thought I'd put up a quick sketch I did on the computer. One is a foul, selfish devourer of anything; the other is a small-time superhero who's never faced such a challenge. Can you guess which is which?