Pulse Pounding Love and Capes Action!

Another day, another page. And a page with a shout-out to both Mental Floss and Mid-Ohio-Con.

This is actually a silent panel in the story, so there was no copy to remove. I really dig these quiet moments in the book when I can work them in. And I think there's some really nice body language happening in there, too.

I'm finally on the back nine of pages. I'd like to knock another page out today, but that won't happen, largely due to my lack of knowing exactly what happens. Plus, I've got other clienty work that must be done.

Mental Flossing

A month or two ago, I posted a link to the always-excellent Mental Floss magazine, which was having a Tuition Giveaway contest. I did this because it was a good cause, and the promise of a link back. Well, said link back has been posted, so I expect to be flooded with a bunch o' new readers. So welcome, fellow Mental Flossers. Sit down, stay a while, and be sure to check out the Love and Capes stuff.

College Ain't Cheap, Fella!

So, my pals at Mental Floss are having a contest to give away five $10,000 college scholarships, as well as some free dinners, to clever and deserving college students.

Am I mentioning this because they promised to link to all of us who mention the contest and get the word out? Yes. Hey, I ain't gonna lie to you. But college tuition is a pet cause of mine. I had a lot of issues paying for my sojourn at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. My family did a lot of things to make that happen, my Grandma Maerkle (for whom my Maerkle Press imprint is named) among them. But because of that experience, I try to help put things that help tuition out, like Cleveland Scholarship Foundations and the Jimmy and April Malone Golf Tournament.

Fastest growing cost in America? It's not health care, it's college tuition. And I'm going to cut this short before I go into a screed about lowering tuition costs, rather than just increasing programs to pay for it.

It's a great program and a good cause. And Mental Floss is one of my favorite magazines that doesn't hire me to do artwork for them, and it's hard to get into that echelon, let me tell you. So go check it out.