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.

The Most Terrifying Black Lantern of All!

Sorry about the lack of Charlotte posting. I managed to forget my MacBook power charger, so I was conserving juice in case I needed it. Hence the tweets-only coverage. It was a great show, and because of it, I think things will only get greater. Man, I wish I could tell you why. But not yet. Sorry.

In the meantime, enjoy my brilliant pitch for a Blackest Night tie-in project. Jonathan Kent, Martian Manhunter, Tula, Firestorm, Aquaman… they're all back from the dead. But who's the character they dare not do? Cheeks the Toy Wonder, tragically killed in Ambush Bug #1.

Unless, he's the big twist reveal at the end, of course. In which case, sorry to figure it out, Dan.

It Has Begun!

I'm in Charlotte, set up at booth SP-638.

Now I'm just kicking myself for not figuring out a way to play up the LNC character Charlotte/Charlotte, NC connection. Maybe next year, I suppose.

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

If all goes according to plan, I'm well on my way to Charlotte and HeroesCon by the time this post appears. I've got it set to appear automagically by using the telepathic uplink feature of the iPhone 3.0 software.

I'm just kidding. The iPhone doesn't have a telepathic connection. AT&T won't allow it.

Anyway, I did finished this commission last night. The commissioner wanted Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy. He suggested Gwen be in a similar post to that classic "Face it, tiger, you just hit the jackpot" pose. (And say what you will about Kirsten Dunst's performance, when she called him 'tiger', it worked, and that's a hard line to sell.) That gave me the idea to have them mirror each other, and about to knock on Peter's door just flowed from that.

This is a great time to remind everyone that I still have nine spots left for Powerful Women #3, and I'd like to have that filled up and ready for San Diego. Hopefully I'll have more than a few commissions coming out of Charlotte, but still, if there's anyone you want to see, go ahead and let me know.