Almost There, Stay on Target

Yeah, I like name checking and putting in some in-jokes here and there. Why I didn't think of making a Rick Castle joke sooner, given that Abby owns a bookstore, I'll never know. Well, it could be that Castle came out only while I was working on #11, and page 23 has the first bookstore scene in the entire issue. That could be it, but I still feel like I missed a boat.

Just one page left.

Get Your Jokes Ready

It's a horny toad. You'll see more of him later in the week, but he's been what's taking up my day today. Why? For what? Well, you'll just have to stay tuned, won't you?

The Famous Blackjack Page

Page 21 is done. Well, done-ish. The more I think about it, the more I think I need to move a few things around to really make it sing. I do the plots in advance, but sometimes they take on a life of their own. For instance, this whole "In Leandia" segment was originally going to end pages ago. I think it's working well, and now can't imagine doing it in less.

Yes, much thinking will be done. I'll try to fit that in between Secret Project X, a new cover for the Fort Worth Weekly, and, of course, a trip to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. You have to have your priorities.

Blink and You'll Miss Her

Okay, I admit, I have no idea who Blink is. (I know now, though, so I know she's from the X-Men books. Don't worry.) But it's part of the fun of doing convention sketches, when someone comes in with a character you've never heard of. As well as reference, man is reference important. At HeroesCon, if necessary, I could use the insanely useful iPhone to pull some reference off the web. At San Diego, that's not going to be possible, I presume, since I think everyone in the Creative Services and Hollywood has an iPhone, and that's going to slam the 3G network at the San Diego Convention Center.

Back to Blink, though. She was fun to draw. I think this is a definitely different pose, and her skin tone was fun to color since it's not a traditional tone. It made it fun to color.

A Little Early for Independence Day

I don't know why I didn't think of doing a Stargirl piece before, but when someone commissioned me for a sketch at HeroesCon, man did I take to it. My booth neighbor, Rich, was pretty impressed with it, validating my opinion. There's something about the pose and attitude that comes through so nicely. And, this is another one that I ran through my iPhone pic/blueline print process.

Twenty-Twenty

One of these days I'll figure out why these pages always take until 11:30, no matter when I get them started. Hmm, maybe if I were smart, I'd start at 11:00 and then each page would only take half an hour.

Here's a scene from the next page. Dialogue's been stripped out to keep the scene secret like. Still, it's a funny enough visual, I think you all will appreciate it.

Cat Scratch Fever

Here's one of the sketches I did at HeroesCon. I grabbed a snap of it on my now-sadly-outddated iPhone. I messed with the levels in Photoshop and converted it to a blueline so I could reprint it on bristol and ink it again. It's a nice way to save sketches when you can't get a scan per se. And then I have another original to sell, too. How cool is that?

This one is of the Black Cat, created by Marv Wolfman for the Spider-Man books. She hasn't made an appearance in Powerful Women yet (unlike Poison Ivy, who seems to command at least a page a volume), so it's always good to see someone new in those pages.

Hey Nineteen!

I hope this panel doesn't reveal too much, but man, I really like it. Body language, pose and facial expressions all scream drunk. Which is exactly what it's supposed to scream.

Only five pages left. And five days or so left in the month. It's like serrendipity.

This issue has taken far longer than it should have. I meant to be done in early May, not late June. I'm okay now, but this throwing stick will boomerang on me for the next issue. Still, it should be okay as long as I don't have to go to California for two weeks in July. Oh, wait, I do. Yipes!

Wasn't One of Her Letters Actually a Guy?

Another day, another Powerful Women piece.

This one is from a warm-up piece at HeroesCon in Charlotte. I like working on something, even when I don't have a commission scheduled, just so people can see what I can do. This one is another one of Mary Mrvel, and I think I really got her expression down. She seems pretty optimistic, as opposed to the leather miniskirt version that's been running around lately.

Freebies For iPhones!

I haven't gotten the new iPhone yet (and will probably wait until next year to upgrade) but my Mom got hers, and she wanted some Love and Capes wallpaper for it. She's so nice. And it was a good idea, so you can now download iPhone ready wallpapers below or at the Love and Capes Download Page.