Heores Con...I'm not going, buuut...

You can meet the future of comics at their own tables or at the Temple of Cartoon Mojo booth #228

Lily Cho
Wook-Jin Hunter Clark
Jeremy Cropp
Max Currie
Brandon S. Davis
Thaddeus Draheim
Jerell Drakes
Elizabeth (Liz) Enright
Clayton Forrister
Erin Gladstone
Maria Gomez
Ali Henderson
Robin Holstein
Jacob Hunt
Russell Jennings
Susan Kang
D.J. Kirkland
Falynn Koch
Michael Lavelle
Melody Ledford
Jackie Lewis
Elicia Mitchem
Audrey Morris
Rachel Ochoa
Nick Palmer
Brian Prince
Gabriela Santelices
Arielle Smith
Andre Joshua Smith
Chani Stanley
Irene Strychalski
Lisa Tolbert
Billy Wright
Jeffrey Yu
Carlos Nicolas Zamudio
Cara McGee
Remmington Veteto
Dominke Stanton

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...and of course the current comics rock stars Shawn Crystal, Nolan Woodard, Chris Schweizer and Doug Dabbs!

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Beast Boy...more "look" experiments.

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Trying to catch up...no particular order...have mercy...

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Above I got the not-so-wise idea that I should do 5 minute sketches to try and catch-up. Yeah...less than awesome. The Mary Marvel(s) I did will sitting outside Starbucks with my daughter, drinking our frappucinos and each drawing in our sketchbooks...say it with me, "awwwww."

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The first 2 on this page were done while lying on the basement floor with Ali. Next 4 are the first in the 5 min. drawing debacle.

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Yeah, that's Rapunzel with the neck she would really need...as if it's all based in reality to begin with. White Goodman likes it.

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The above 3 were exercise-ish things to try different rendering techniques.

Studio tour

Okay, so been a while...I'm clearly a little behind on updating the Sketch-a-Day portion of this blog. In the meantime, here's a little studio tour. It's still a work in progress, but it's coming together. Thankfully, my wife Pilar is awesome and has let me consume a portion of the basement for this.

Above is the general layout. Yes, two recliners right there in the foreground. If you were to turn around 180 degrees there's a table, shelves, etc. for the kids.

Here's a closer look at the drawling area. Supplies are nearby and the table is an old architect's table with a hydraulic pedestal base. John Lowe found 4 of these tables his first week in Savannah way back in 2000, so a bunch of us got 'em for like $50 each if I recall correctly. The bar was left by the previous owners...the booze was put there by us.

Action figures, shelves, copier/scanner/printer, big printer, pin-up board and pen holder. I stole the basic pen holder idea from Chris Schweizer, but modified it to work better for me. Only downfall is that I'm a righty and have to reach lefty for the pens and brushes. Ah well.

To the right of the table, the bar is stocked with reference books, sktechbooks, boxes of old pages, and kitchen stuff that doesn't have any other home. I think you can see Kalibaks' feet on the bar top.

Here's closer glimpse at the "reading room" portion of the space. Shelving thanks to Borders. I've left a couple shelves for the kids, one row dedicated to books by my peeps and obviously the drawers are stocked with additional comics. Sadly, there's still about 30 comic boxes and a bazillion action figures in our storage area. They'll be out someday...someday...

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Much happier with this Hulk than the one from last year.

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Sketches from the train.

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Mo sketches from the train.

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2 Juggernauts...no, I don't know why, but I was on an oversized character kick, hence the Hulk too. Next time you'll see the Sasquatch I did and forgot to scan.

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More sketches from the train...yes, counting all 4.


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Inspired by Jerome Opena's work on Uncanny X-Force...so much rendering is so time consuming! That guy is blowing the curve!!! Not very happy with the wrinkles here....

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These 4....yes, counting all 4,...were just something for fun, comparing the side-kicks with their bosses as they currently appear.

Mystery pages

...okay, so not so much of a mystery since the title is written right on 'em..First 4 pages of a #1 issue that never saw print. Done for the previous owners of the Chaos! characters (not the current owners Dynamite) intended to be published through DDP. Cool script by Dan Jolley.