Sunday, April 20, 2014

Maize Issue Two Online

Maize Issue Two Online is debuting today.

This is the first place to read this story, premiering ahead of the print version. 

You can check it out by following it here online.

- J.


Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Colorado Springs part 3

As always I like to put up a few pictures of cosplayers at work.  There were a lot more which were awesome, but I'm not the best photographer in the first place (as clearly evidenced by the Vader who's already walking away from the enormous man in the wookie costume... dude his feet were like two and a half feet long!)

- J.



Monday, April 14, 2014

Colorado Springs part 2

Here are a few of the commissions and show pieces I completed during this con...

Batman sticking out his tongue, which was fun.  A few years ago at Rose City Con (if I remember correctly) I was asked to draw Batman with a Beard in a sketchbook.  The page before me was Matt Wagner and a few pages behind me was Levi Skeen, who is a cool guy and talented who is from my hometown of Spokane back west.  He inked some of my pages for his comic when I was twenty, or twenty one.  Thereabouts.

The next one is Slenderman, from a game apparently called Slender.  When I took the commission I thought that maybe Slenderman was the protagonist character... but as I was drawing it out it became more obvious to me that he was probably chasing the player... ooooo beware.

Lastly an arctic black ops Turtle.  Which one is it, hmmmmm?  I think I'll be developing this into a large print eventually.  Too fun.

- J.



Sunday, April 13, 2014

Colorado Springs 2014

The Colorado Springs Toy and Comic Con is held twice a year, and is a charity benefit each time.

This event always seems to be a nice, solid investment on my time in terms of sales, marketing, and of course, fun!

This last weekend, I definitely was able to experience the most lush and relaxing tabling position I have ever been in... it was such a treat to be under natural lighting and have a slight breeze carrying through to keep me focused.  Tabling at a show can normally be so weary due to white noise and artificial lighting... what a nice change.

- J.