Of My Own Volition
It's no secret that I hate drawing horses. I just can't figure out their anatomy, especially how their legs work. But, when I got a request to draw Valkyrie, something in my head said "Draw Aragorn, her winged horse." I'd already drawn Val once, so I definitely wanted something different. So I went for it.
Admittedly, I cropped the image so you couldn't see much of the legs, but I think I still did some okay work on Aragorn. Val's not bad either. The temptation with her is to draw her in warrior, so itwas nice to show her in a softer moment.
And, as always, click to embiggen!
Hellcat-- in Technicolor!
Sometimes jobs just get away from you. I didn't mean to finish this one so early this morning, but I got up and couldn't help myself. So here's the finished, full-color Hellcat.
Okay, now to draw some Love and Capes. Really.
No Idea Ever Dies
This could almost go into "Wayback Wednesdays", but not really. Here's a scene from an upcoming Love and Capes scene. In it we see the Crusader and Windstar. Windstar's been seen in #4 and #8, and mentioned in #12. He's a character I created back in my teen years, and some of the slice-of-superlife subplots I created for him have found their way into LNC. This issue is the first time he's getting 
any serious screen time, though.
It's nice to be able to work him in. I don't know that I'll ever do a Windstar series at this point, so it's nice to be able to use him somewhere.
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.
I Just Liked This, Watson
I just saw Sherlock Holmes again today, and liked it just as much. Then I stumbled upon this music video for the movie featuring the Hans Zimmer score, which I think worked really well. It's got that old fashioned sound and yet still rocks the modern.
Wayback Wednesday: Bloom County
Here's another Joe Kubert class project. Here, we had to ape the style of a comic strip. I've mentioned before how huge a Bloom County fan I am, so it's no surprise I did Berke Brethed's strip. At the time, Clarence Thomas was being grilled by the Senate at his confirmation hearings on the way to becoming a Supreme Court judge. I thought this was a perfect 
topic for my strip.
I tried to do things like Brethed did. I inked with pen instead of brush. I used the photocopy/photo thing on Ed McMahon's picture. I even signed my name backwards the way he did.
The Sunday strip was out of continuity, as many Sundays were. The reference to Kent State's nursing school was a call out to a high school friend who was attending that program (and later graduated and became a nurse).
Of course, if you want to see Bloom County done right, be sure to check out IDW's beautiful Bloom County collections. The first one is out now, and the second one is soon to follow.
If you want to see it done by me, click and embiggen!
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.
