Love and Capes Covers, FCBD and Retail
I'm about to send the 2010 Free Comic Book Day issue of Love and Capes to the printer. As such, I've put together the alternate cover for the retail version, which I now debut here. Click on either to see them embiggened.
I'm looking forward to Free Comic Book Day this year. I should be doing a signing that hopefully I can officially announce soon. I'll let you know as soon as I can.
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
So I got hooked on Curling. Especially after the USA was eliminated, I became a big fan of Team Canada. So much so that I actually TiVoed the last two matches since I wasn't home to watch either live. Last night was the final between Canada and Sweden. Canada looked like they were going to win it, but Sweden managed to score two in the tenth end off a Cheryl Bernard misstep, and then the Swedes won in the eleventh. It was good and exciting and…
…well, depressing. I mean, I finally watch part of the Olympics, something I haven't done since 1984, get invested in a team, and they lose. You'd think being a Cleveland fan, I'd be used to this. Still doesn't make it less of a downer, though.
Anyway, Good job Team Canada, and congratulations Team Sweden.
Oh, yeah, and I did another page, too. While watching the match. See, everything ties together.
Warm-Up Sketch Largely Featuring Ice
I did a warm-up sketch to try to get my brain firing today.
With the USA out, I'm rooting for our neighbors to the north today. I figure, they've given us William Shatner, Evangeline Lilly, Leslie Nielsen, Nathan Fillion, Estella Warren and my friend Mark Lutz. For all that, I can give a little cheer back.
Don't spoil it for me, though. I have to watch today's match TiVo-delayed a couple of hours.
Women With Brooms
I'm not normally a fan of the Olympics. I'm glad we have them, and think they're great competition, but I'm just not a fan of the sports. Well, until this year.
Somehow, I got hooked on curling. Some of it comes from my appreciation for Paul Gross, star of Due Southand Slings and Arrows, who also wrote and starred in a movie called Men With Brooms. The movie was about a curling team, and was really enjoyable. Check one, or all, of them out.
The United States' women's team still has a chance to medal. The men have been eliminated, but are still playing out the round robin. I'm sure you can find an Olympic schedule if you're interested.
Fat Tuesday and Coffee
Today's Fat Tuesday, the last day before Lent. 
In recent years, I've taken to giving up coffee. It's a bit rough, but I think it's good to practice that kind of self-control. After all, I have a job where I have to motivate myself to do work, so it's good to have learn discipline.
So, enjoy this panel of Something while I enjoy this Kona coffee out of my cool stainless steel Uncle Scrooge coffee mug.
Send Me a Postcard
I mentioned the idea of doing postcards for this Con Season. I think I'm committed to it. I'm planning on doing a different card for each day of the show, too. The city photos are comps right now, but will be the full purchased versions when I get them printed. But I figured you might like to see what they're going to look like.
Trading Card or Postcard?
Once again, I turn to you, the readers of Love and Capes. Con Season is approaching. Heck, there's supposed to even be a Wizard World Cleveland now. Just as long as it doesn't park on any other shows, especially Mid-Ohio-Con, I'll be trés interested to see it. Anyway, for the upcoming year, I'd like to have something new.
First, I toyed with the idea of trading cards. I figured I could sell them at each show, and then make the package available online. I though $1.00 a card might work. Anything less means making coin-change, and I don't know if anyone wants that. But the printing cost is pretty reasonable, and it could be a neat thing to do.
Then, I had another idea, which in a moment 
of "great minds think alike" also came across my Twitter feed to do an actual postcard. I could feature every city I'm visiting and have Mark and Abby (or Amazonia or Darkblade) hanging out in the city, with a "Greetings from [CITY]!" on them. But, if I did that, I think that they need to be giveaways.
I've got rough mock-ups for both of them displayed here. Click on either to see them embiggened. So what do you think? Do the postcard? The trading card? Both?
The Dog of Steel!
In my ongoing attempt to make this The Coolest Blog in the Multiverse, and with a tip of the hat to Andy Ihnatko, I'm trying out the WordTwit plugin for my blog. Now, blog posts will be automagically sent to my Twitter feed. You'l be up to your eyebrows
in up-to-the-minute Thom Zahlerishness If that's your thing.
Here's a commission I did for Jon Knutson's Random Acts of Geekery blog. He's a Krypto fan, so I decided to put Superman's real best friend in front of the Doghouse of Solitude. I'm pretty sure the Doghouse in no longer in continuity, but I'm sure DC will fix that soon.