The wonderful Danielle Corsetto was running guest strips for her webcomic, Girls With Slingshots. This weekend ends the guest run. My guest strip is up today. If you miss it, you’ll be able to view it here. Thanks to Danielle for allowing me to contribute to a great strip. If you aren’t already reading Girls With Slingshots, you should start.
Read this article about the promotion for the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie, first. Done? Good. Anyone who comes up with a promotion involving fake bombs placed through a major city is a dumbass. Want a more logical, sophisticated response? Fine. Anyone who comes up with a promotion involving fake bombs placed through a major city is incredibly unaware, insensitive, and does not understand the current societal mindset and its affect on human nature at … Read More
I have found that, as adaptable as I can be, sometimes I am falsely adaptive… that is, I adapt by letting my situation depict my behavior, even if that behavior is illogical, non-beneficial, and disruptive. Take my job, for instance. I work for a pretty liberal e-commerce site, the name of which I will withhold (though you can read about the Sacramento corporation’s bankruptcy in the papers). It is completely unprofessional here. I have always considered … Read More
Many have given Lucas a lashing for releasing and re-releasing and re-releasing and re-releasing Star Wars, complaining that he’s just gouging his fans for their money by releasing edition after edition after edition. And I say… …so what? He’s a businessman and a filmmaker. He makes his films with the money he collects from his licensing properties. He knows for a fact that whatever he releases he’s going to make money. Why? Because someone’s buying his … Read More
I don’t usually draw mainstream superheroes-in-tights very much nowdays, so I don’t get to draw like this very often. However, my friends Kevin and Christina are getting married in October, and Kevin wanted them both to be superheroes for a “portrait”-in-frame piece they’re using as their guestbook. This is what I came up with: click on image for larger view Kev and Christina needed to look “superhero-ish,” so I went for a very clean, tight inking … Read More
(click on the image for a larger view in a new window) Daredevil, for you kids who are behind the times. I needed a card for a birthday gift I was giving and didn’t have one. I was giving the ol’ gal (sorry Toni) a copy of the Daredevil: Director’s Cut DVD and wanted to include a copy of the Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 2 collection. She loves super-hero movies but owns no comics, so … Read More
Not everything is racist, so put away the race card until it can actually make a good hand. I’m not going to make a judgement on who is right or who is wrong in this Cristal Champagne/Jay-Z issue (in which Jay-Z is urging the Hip-Hop community to boycott the champagne) until I read the article in question. (Agenda Inc. pointed to this Yahoo! URL as a copy of Jay-Z’s press release. If there is a more … Read More
For Max Hades I don’t want a slick-looking book, so I’m using a type of pen-sketch inking style. The goal is to capture some of the fun and feel I get when I sketching/drawing with a pencil (obviously, it won’t be exact). I want something sketchy, yet refined; spontaneous, yet planned; quick and “raw,” yet deliberate. Lately, I’ve been doing some practice drawings to help me improve, and become more comfortable with, the style of inking … Read More
I do a quick 5-minute interview on Fanboy Radio Episode #298, spilling what little I know about self-publishing! You can download the podcast by clicking here. Guests include: Derrick Fish of Dandy & Co, and Marc Hammond, artist and writer of Tails To Amaze. John Kovalic, Christopher Jones & Melissa Kaercher of Dork Storm Press. John Taddeo of ZoomSuit. Christian Beranek, creator & Editor-In-Chief of Silent Devil Productions . Tim Leong of Comic Foundry Online, an … Read More
While working on the female figure, I did a sketch of a character named “Lizzie.” I have no idea what Lizze’s supposed to look like, but this one is a contender. Of course, she reminds me a bit of Elektra. Maybe it’s the full lips? The tight body outfit? The athletic body? She’s got a pretty big hand there, doesn’t she? You know what they say about chicks with big hands… …don’t let them hit you. … Read More
Welcome to the new Legend House! While you’re here, check out: My two short stories at The Velvet Goat, an online comic anthology started by Jim Lujan and Justin Stewart, featuring stories by Mr. Lujan, Jeff Elden, Matt Leong, David Hopkins, TJ Colligan, Oliver Tull, and Gras Rodriguez. My stories are I Don’t Wear Love Goggles and Why?. (while you’re at it, check out Jeff Elden’s Because, a “sequel,” to Why?. Made me laugh my ass … Read More
Way to spread the word guys! Way to gain respect for your people and religion… I mean, violence and destruction are great tools of rhetoric! You guys are natural communicators!
Apparently, polite cell phones are being developed that will learn when it’s an appropriate time to ring. For example, the phone will know that it’s not okay to ring when you’re in church on Sunday mornings. OR… People could just learn how to turn off their ringer at the appropriate times.
To anyone trying to turn Christmas into a P.C. holiday: (If you’re not one of these people and want to skip this, then go read one of my comics. They’re more entertaining) I’m not a Christian. And sure, it’s kinda freaky to see a huge, lit up cross (not a burning cross, mind you) on the side of a rolling hill when driving between Sacramento and the Bay Area at night, but hey… so what? I’m … Read More
I, along with several other creators, did a quick interview on Fanboy Radio episode 276, which is spotlighting the online comic jam I participate in, The Bullet Angelica. The episode should broadcast on Wednesday, 11*30*2005 (tomorrow!). They put up recent episodes for free download at FbR PC.com, so if you can’t stream it, download it. Scott Hinze rocks.
My short stories for The Velvet Goat are done. This means I can technically get a move on with the next couple chapters of Max Hades. BUT – we’re in the midst of trying to sell our home, which means keeping it neat and keeping as few things loose in the place as possible. Not to mention the fact that (hopefully) we’ll have people over to look at the ol’ stead. FOR NOW, I’ll be postponing … Read More
For those of you wondering where the hell the next chapter of Max Hades is, well… I’m going to get to that. I just finished my Velvet Goat story, I Don’t Wear Love Goggles, and technically now I’m free to start the next book. The problem is, I’m packing up the house and cleaning it up because we’re getting it ready for sale. Hopefully I can start the next chapter after this weekend, if there’s not … Read More
There’s a thread over at the Fanboy Radio Forums regarding the originality of comic book characters, and the beef about how no really “new” characters have been created. I wrote the following post, which I thought was written pretty well and had many good points regarding my thoughts on originality. I posted my writing here in its entirety, no edits of any kind, and therefore it reads just as it does on the Fanboy Radio Forums … Read More
Quick site update! It’s been awhile, yes it has. If you’ve visited the site lately (suuuuuuurrrrrrre…) you may have noticed a change in scenery. The design is far from complete, but at least it works and is usable, so any visitors can browse through. The design will be completed soon and an “official” announcement will be made. Check out my two short stories up at The Velvet Goat, an online comic anthology started by Jim Lujan … Read More
Go read Something Positive, by Randy Milholland, right now. In fact, don’t read the new stuff. Visit his archive and start from the beginning. Go. Do it. I’m not kidding. I will hurt you if you don’t get with the reading.
