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Superman TAS/Adventures: Scavenger Hunt (Unused Plot #5)

Background: I'm as mystified as anyone that we pitched another plot with Lobo, a character I don't care for. But he would be a decent character to have Supergirl deal with, and I liked the goof...

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Variant Cover Finished Raw Inks

Just about done. Sarah's going to do a quick digital clean-up and it'll go out tomorrow. Between the tight deadline and recent dental issues of her own, Sarah won't be able to color the actual art ...

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Variant Cover WIP: Inkin' and Stinkin'

Actually, haven't been stinking on this one, I think it's going pretty well. Only one mistake, you can see I continued inking some of the "mist" lines through the demon's wings. Uh-oh, Spaghettios....

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Superman TAS/Adventures: Bizarromania! (Unused Plot #4)

BACKGROUND:  This plot was aimed solely at the comic series, and not the animated series, I'm pretty sure. With the plot of the original Funky Flashman/Goody Rickles episode barely comment...

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New Comics From The House of Fun

Two House of Fun-related comics shipped to (some, a few) comic shops this past Wednesday, in case you didn't know.

Huzzah! Comics! We still make them, or at least we did and they're finally s...

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Dental Hijinks Original Art Sale

Those of you following me on social media are aware that this past week has seen me go to the hospital on Tuesday for a dental emergency. Yesterday Sarah ended up with her own dental emergency (two...

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Pencils for an Upcoming Variant Cover

Work has been a mess from everything that's been going on but the antibiotics and painkillers have kicked in and my impacted wisdom tooth isn't hurting as badly as before. I got some drawing done l...

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Letter To A Cartoonist

As I mentioned in a recent post, I find writing book introductions incredibly difficult to deal with, even short quotes are super stressful to come up with. I'm not asked all that often, so, it...

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Superman TAS: The Best Man of Steel (Unused Plot #3)

BACKGROUND: I can't say for certain if we pitched this plot to the STAS producers for a potential episode, but I'm pretty sure we did. Since none of our plots were ever considered -- hell, they...

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Superman TAS: The Funky Flashman/Goody Rickles Ep We Were Asked to Write (Unused Plot #2)

When Sarah and I were approached to work on the Superman Animated series, we were asked to pitch an episode plot  for -- of all things -- a Funky Flashman/Goody Rickles story (!). Not that I w...

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Superman The Animated Series: Born on a Monday (Unused Plot #1)

BACKGROUND: When we worked on the animated Superman series we pitched a number of proposals for episodes, none of which got past the pitch stage. When we started writing for the Superman Advent...

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WEIRD FANTASY VOLUME 4 INTRODUCTION

I find writing essays and introductions incredibly difficult. Often, I find these things more difficult to put together than an entire script. My intentions on these is to write something that ...

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Tear Them Apart Episode 15 Cartoon

Colored despite a cat jumping on my lap and laying there several time.

Episode 15 will be posted tomorrow.

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WIP: Tear Them Apart Episode 15 Cartoon

Some of you might know that we've taken in a stray cat and my weekend has not been going as planned. My new studio mate is being ridiculous, she's super needy and affectionate and it's adorable but...

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Experiment: Panel 74

No idea who this is, but I'm really into the character and hope it ends up in the story. 

Hell, I just hope there's a story. 

But I figure I'm going to keep this up until I ac...

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M&C: "Wreak Havoc!" Commission

Many more to go.

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Bill & Ted #2 Cover Process: False Starts and Fuck-Ups

I just found some more process art from the cover for issue #2, which I don't think I've posted. 

Here's an example of what happens when an image just doesn't fall into place and I find ...

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Fantastic Four #44 Cover Recreation (Pencils/Inks)

From a few years back, based on the Jack Kirby original, obviously (inks attributed to Vince Colletta, lettering by Sam Rosen, and Stan Goldberg's is credited but I'm not sure if he contributed ink...

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Out Today - Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #2

The second issue of the current Beasts of Burden series is now available. 

Written by me and Sarah Dyer, illustrated by Benjamin Dewey and lettered by Nate Piekos. 

The main c...

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What a Milk & Cheese "Script" Looks Like (Pt. 1)

Recent jottings-down on an index card. 

Don't ask me why. 

But this is pretty much how some one-page M&C comics start off. 

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M&C: "Death to False Comics!" Commission

Trying to catch up! Thanks everyone for your patience, I don't want to hack anything out but I am trying to speed up. All I'm working on right now are commissions and index card drawings. And these...

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When I Was Asked to Pitch Another Series of "The Mask"

Back in the 90's I wrote a four-issue of The Mask for Dark Horse Comics. It didn't make much of a blip in the scheme of things, and wasn't received all that well by the fans expecting more John Arc...

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Dork #8 Original Cover Art

I sold this piece today and scanned the front and back to post here for the heck of it. I always liked this cover, for me it's very stark design and I think my inking was pretty good on it. Always ...

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Some Commissions and a Thing I'm Trying to Draw (WIP)

Atop this post -- inked commission of Milk & Cheese and characters from Shigeru Mizuki's Kitaro manga, redrawn because the original was stolen on its way to the customer. Still needs colori...

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Stray Milk & Cheese Pin-Up For Sale

I found a 6" by 9" color M&C pin-up that was finished in November, according to the date stamp on the back of it. I checked my commissions list. It doesn't match any requests, and I feel weird ...

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Some Thoughts on Freelancing and Drawing the Line

Obviously, when you're a freelancer you get used to not getting jobs, or having projects fall apart. Well, you don't ever really get used to it, but you get used to the idea that it happens. It suc...

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Process: Commission Inks/Colors

Commission done a few months back, based on the Wild Hunt toy figures made by Science Patrol. Fun one to draw, but maybe I added too many figures. Nahh. 

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Read Tomorrow, Listen Today

BEASTS OF BURDEN: OCCUPIED TERRITORY #1 will be out tomorrow (in comic shops that ordered it). 

I'm very pleased with how the new series came together, and I hope folks who have been sup...

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Experiment: Panel 73

  

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ICYMI: My Life Today: Bomb Cyclone (1-5-18)

I didn't draw very many pages in this series, but it's interesting how many of them revolve around snow. I guess the snow got me in a contemplative mood. Or life slowed down enough to sit and draw ...

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