Leap Day Means Superman's Birthday!

So today is Leap Day. It's your Once Every Four Years Day to mangle a song from The Pajama Game. And, it's also Superman's birthday.

Well, technically it's Kal-El's birthday. Krypton rotates slower around it's red giant sun than Earth does, so their year is four of ours. The man who would be Superman was conveniently born on February 29th, even though Clark Kent celebrates his on June 18th, the date his rocket landed on Earth.

Interestingly, Kyrptonian birthdays were not a celebratory event, instead one of great sadness… okay, maybe that's just interesting to me and to Joe Murray of Captain Blue Hen Comics in Delaware. Joe, you see, is celebrating The Man of Steel's Birthday in style today, complete with an auction by one of his guests for this year's Free Comic Book Day, Thom Zahler.

Hey, that's me!

Yeah, that's right, I did a new Superman piece for Joe's auction. You'll have to find out from him what you can to do bid on it, but he told me I could share it. Hope you like it!

And as always, click the image to super-size it.

Leap Day Kickstarter Specials!

It's Leap Day, I'm at Disneyland for their 24-Hour Park Day, and as I write this I'm almost at $3000 on my Kickstarter project. That's a lot of awesome, and I'm blending it together today,for one day only.

So, if today from now until March 1st at 8:00am Eastern, if you contribute $29.00 or more to my Kickstarter campaign, you will receive a link to the Love and Capes Valentine's Special, previously only available from the Mary Sue, as well as a new original postcard not available after today. What will it be? I can't say. But it'll be brand new and something only for today's backers (and anyone who donated more than $29 already… I want to be fair to them).

Also, I'm sure you wish you were at Disney with me. So do I. Since I can't make that happen, I will tweet a random picture of me at Disney for every $29+ backer or upgrade I get today. Given that I'll be sleep deprived and hopped up on sugar, I'm sure you'll get some interesting ones. So go Kickstart my Art now!

Last Week's Triple Shots

The MegaCon to WonderCon work schedule is kind of whipping me around, so I haven't been posting as much. But I have been drawing. Like the wind.

I've done Triple Shots of Green Lantern John Stewart, Superman, Dr. Crusher, Deanna Troi, and Leia in Endor dress. Click on any image below to be take to the full Triple Shot.

The Triple Shots are going to go on hiatus for a couple weeks, too (aside from the couple that are still available). Work is stacking up, and I know you all want me to make sure I get some of this Love and Capes book done. But, we'll be back by the end of March. And, there might be some other commission projects that pop up in the meantime.I'll certainly be taking commissions for my first appearance at WonderCon, so be sure to give me a shout at tz (squiggly at) thomz.com

MegaCon Sketch Roundup

I was at MegaCon this past weekend where I was selling some books and doing some sketches, and maybe having a couple of Ghardelli sundaes. The books are packed away, and the sundaes, if they ever existed, are gone. But the art remains.

First was for a sketchbook of a guy's son with different super villains.I did Doctor Doom, for Doom is awesome. Plus, it's always nice to do an Ultimate Nullifier joke.

The other was a sketch cover of Deadpool. With all the consternation about con sketches, I figured, why not slaughter all the sacred cows at once?

Triple Shots Still Available

Mark your Calendar For Triple Shots!

The next Triple Shot buying window will be Saturday, February 18, 2011 at 3:00p.m. Eastern. I'll be at MegaCon, but my automated super computer that's one glitch away from achieving sentience will be handling things.

BRAND-NEW Love and Capes for FREE! (Because I love you all.)

Love and Capes FREE for Valentine's Day! Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and there should be something I could do with Love and Capes. Maybe I could give it away? Nah, that would be stupid. I couldn't… could I?

HECK, YES I CAN!

For three days only (February 13-15), the great people at The Mary Sue are hosting an all-new, original Love and Capes digital comic! This six-page story is not a preview, not a part of the new IDW series coming later this year, but a brand-new story. It's an unlocked, shareable PDF file suitable for downloading and sharing. So, you know, download and share. And enjoy.

In fact, the only thing I ask is that you do share it. Share it on Facebook, on Twitter, on Google+. Tell your friends. Give it to your siginifcant other. But share, share, share!

And it's only available until Wednesday night!

(Also, for those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook, this is the Project: Super Secret Ghost Protocol that I mentioned.)

And thank you again to The Mary Sue for hosting the story.

TRIPLE SHOTS ON SALE NOW

This week's Triple Shots are NOW ON SALE! Get them while spaces last!

MegaCon! Disney! Potter! Me!

If you want to place money that I'll visit the Happiest Place on Earth or Harry Potter World, I would not bet against it

Yeah, life's rough sometimes. But you could have been a cartoonist, too, but nooooooo, you wanted to play sports and date in high school. Now who's laughing?

Seriously, I'll be at MegaCon next weekend set up with the dapper Steve Conley of Bloop fame. I'll be selling Love and Capes as well as doing commissions? If you want one, now's a great time to get on the commission list, and it may get fancier if I can start it a little earlier. If you want something, e-mail me at tz (squiggly at) thomz.com. And, if you want a spiffy Love and Capes t-shirt, be sure to order it here.

I'll also have my limited edition Orlando print at the table, featuring Mark and Abby and some of their friends waiting in line at a legally-obscured indeterminate amusement park. Five of the them are gone already! Click to embiggen, as usual.

Speaking of which, I've still got four more to do this year: San Francisco (which will be the WonderCon print even though it's in Anaheim this year), Seattle (where I'll be co-hosting a panel with Ben Thompson), Chicago and Houston. That's the cycle!

MegaCon is February 17-19. Hope to see you there!

TRIPLE SHOTS ON SALE NOW!

Orders for Triple Shots are on sale NOW!