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.
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?
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.)
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.
MegaCon! Disney! Potter! Me!
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 Orders Open In 3 Hours
Just reminding you that another set of four Triple Shots go on sale today!
Triple Shot: Malcolm Reynolds
Plus, I mean Castle, right? How cool is that?