Yeah, DMZ is good!

Quicky comic reviews

A little late to the party on these, but I thought I'd try some stuff I've heard good things about.

Fables: The concept grabbed me right away: fairy-tale characters forced out of their homeland into the modern world. Snow White is the leader of the Fables, and Big Bad (Bigby) Wolf is the sherrif. The first arc seemed to drag a little. I'm giving the 2nd trade a chance to pick up.

Pride of Baghdad: An original graphic novel by Brian K Vaughn, with beautiful art by Niko Henrichon. During the American invasion of Baghdad, a family of lions escapes the Baghdad zoo. Very thought-provoking.

About to try DMZ- maybe review later.

Nextwave- Agents of H.A.T.E.- Explosions! Kicking bad guys! Giant monsters in underpants! A robot in a bra! I haven't been a fan of Warren Ellis yet (haven't read much of him either), but this one sold me! Marvel B-list characters work for a knock-off SHIELD run by a guy having a nervous breakdown. Need to find vol. 2!

It's here! It's here!

Yay! Children of Light #2 finally here after 5 long years! Take that, Battle Chasers! Art by 11 great artists! Free preview here!

Take that, i tunes!

I recently had one of those online music subscription services, Rhapsody. For 15 bucks or something a month, I could listen to pretty much anything I wanted from my computer or mp3 player. Turns out I could never decide what I wanted when faced with nearly unlimited choices. I canceled the service to save money, and decided I'm happier with whatever CDs I can find at the exchange store, or at the library. Part of the fun is having to search and find something good to play. Plus, studies have shown that CD's sound better. And they sometimes have neat pictures inside!

Starting to prep for a big Akron comic show in June. I haven't gone to sell in a few years, so I'm getting excited!

Done!

Finally finished Children of Light #2! Man! Took me 5 years, and I feel bad about that. I've been working hard the past few months to get done, and I feel I've improved my work ethic some, we'll see. If it's 2 years until the next comic, that'll be more than doubling my speed, right?

Last night the files went off to the printer, and it may be about a month before I get them (they're not too slow, I just chose the discount turnaround time). I'm paranoid there will be some problem with the files, I did them all wrong or something, and have to start over. I'm having the printing done at Ka-Blam. They're super-friendly and do great work, I just got a sample of Timmy from them that I sent to Image Comics. Lots of excitement going on!

I realized I forgot to give proper credit to one of the artists who helped out on CoL#2. Bijoy Raveendran is an artist from India who volunteered 1 page. I had lost contact with him for a while, and he finally e-mailed me back, but I forgot to put his updated profile in the comic. Sorry, bud! His art can be seen at Deviant Art.com

As soon as I get confirmation that I didn't totally screw up the comic, I'll start taking orders for #2. In the meantime, I'm taking a short vacation from comic making!

Here's 2 pages from the book my buddy Eric Merced put some tones on. Drawn by Mike Auban.

Getting closer

Drawn by Papa Nate, ink by me. I still need to fix the guy's pants, I know!

This is the last page of Children of Light #2, but not the last page I have to work on. I think I'm working at a better pace lately, at least a few times a week.

Oh, yeah, we were robbed on New Years Day, and among the stolen items was my laptop with some finished pages on it. Not too much was lost, I only have to re-work parts of a few pages. So left to do is inks/tones on 3 pages, then lotsa letters.

Been listening to Around Comics podcasts. They do a great weekly comics show!