In B.P.R.D.: Garden of Souls, the Bureau’s fishman Abe Sapien, sails a boat—a short plot device that lends itself to one of the single greatest atmospheric comic book pages of all-time. Continue Reading ““Call Me Ishmael.””
“Call Me Ishmael.”
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Why you should be reading “B.P.R.D.”
I’m not big on naming favorites. I like plenty of different things for plenty of different reasons, and hate when I’m forced to boil down all the great comics (for example) I love into a single pick during casual conversation. However, selecting a choice book to highlight when this question comes up is highly preferable to falling into the annoying nerd stereotype that would likely answer with long-winded and possibly pretentious answer. (Sorry, my fellow nerds! I’ve heard that happen far too many times and man, can you not hear how annoying it is? Really?) My standby for when a question of favorites arises? Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Guy Davis’ always satisfying B.P.R.D. Continue Reading “Why you should be reading “B.P.R.D.””
September, right?!
Ain’t no use hiding it, blogging has fallen completely by the wayside his month. Between turning 26, my parents visiting Jessi and me in Portland for the first time, doing some serious homebrewing, receiving a little bit of money to invest in an HDTV—not to mention the corresponding research (Read: E-Mailing and calling the resourceful Reshad Staitieh.) involved in such a purchase—and having to rearrange/redecorate our living room accordingly, it’s been a very busy past two weeks. To the few of you who stop by this blog to see what I’m rambling about, I apologize for the lack of posting. It happens. What can I say? Life, it’s crazy, right?!
(Ahoy, if you haven’t read issue #37 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, go no further! Thar’ be spoilers ahead, me hearties! Be warned!)
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Pancakes: Now more colorful than ever before!
People who read the previous post about a truly excellent piece of artwork I commissioned will undoubtedly remember the man responsible for it, Mr. Dan Hipp. In the aforementioned post, I posited that the number of additional fun gags in the commission could only be due to Señor Hipp being “far more rad than I expected.” Well, that hypothesis has been proven true again!
Today, over on his blog, Hipp posted a version of the commission splashed with glorious digital colors. This treat is most definitely the icing on a wonderful commission experience.
Thanks again, Dan!
A Pancake Dinner with Hellboy
For those who’ve never been to a comic book convention, one of the coolest hobbies you can pick up while attending them is getting yourself a sketchbook, bringing it around to a multitude of artists and having them draw their takes on some hero, character or theme. During my time at Wizard, I had a chance to ogle some of the coolest sketchbooks one could ever hope to view. Dave Paggi’s Lockjaw and Calvin and Hobbes sketchbooks were the collections of con doodles that first made me drool enviously and laugh hysterically. Matt Powell’s Saturday Morning’s Awesome sketchbook and Sean Collins’ “I wish I’d had a chance to see it in person” David Bowie sketchbook helped convince me that I had to get one of my own going.
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All Day Pizza Buffet: Abe Grimes [Legal Pad Edition!]
Earlier today, I saw the news that Rick Grimes had been cast in the new “Walking Dead” series—”Andrew Lincoln Is Rick Grimes In ‘The Walking Dead’.” With that headline in mind, my brain started churning, got way ahead of itself and then commanded that I doodle.
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Monkeying around with Hellboy
Possibly the greatest three panel sequence in the history of comics…
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