192 - What a GEEK of a day!

Okay so. Work day. Payday. Comics day. Got my Avengers Blu-ray day. Work out day. GEEK funded day. Hot damn it has been one hell of a day! Think I'm gonna go eat dinner. This day has left me exhausted. Love you all! 

191 - with 5 days left, you better get him to the GEEK!

So here it is in all of its glory. This is the piece that I sent off to the guys, Shawn DePasquale, Matt Cohen, Axel Ortiz, showing what I would do with Axel's amazing pencils. Going in I had no reference for what any of the color scheme was suppose to be so I was informed that there would be some color notes as certain choices have been made but the important part is that I have gotten nothing but positive feedback from the guys and I'm really hoping that the G.E.E.K. fundraiser does well enough that they can afford to bring a colorist onto the book. 

Speaking of which, go click here ----> G.E.E.K. Kickstarter Page!

The first step is still to get the book funded. There's not much chance of anyone getting to color this bucket of awesome if the kickstarter itself is not first successful. So go take a look, watch the 2 great videos, 1 main page, 1 an update. Give if you can, and if you can't but still think it is a worthwhile project share it with your friends, and family, and pets, and facebook acquaintances, and Twitter followers, and MMO guild mates. You know, that whole big social media thing you have built up, put it to some good use and spread the love of G.E.E.K.! 

184 - Molly Danger is in DANGER!

I'm super proud of that first picture there at the top as I am a backer of Molly Danger by the amazing Jamal Igle. A book based around a super powered 10 year old with a story that's all heart that people can hand to ANYONE to enjoy is just a great project all around.

I got my pledge in and all I want is my copy of the book but sadly with only 4 days left to make the pledge drive Molly is in fact in Danger of coming up short or cutting it very close.

Take a look at the Kickstarter right HERE. 

Give it a once over and I'm sure you will want a copy for yourself or that awesome kid in your life that you would love to be able too hand a great story to. And if you can't afford to order your own copy donate a $1 and I'll add you to a list of people that will want to borrow mine. This book looks great and is being created for all the right reasons. To those that read this thing I didn't lead you astray with Princeless and I'm telling you Molly Danger is the next spectacular little girl that you want to support. Plus beautiful art along with a great story what more could you ask for!

If you take the time to go take a look and maybe send a couple dollars their way I say thankee sai. And if not, best not to meet me between here and the clearing at the end of the path.

183 - the rats continue

More rats. They continue. This was a take on a royal guard looking rat soldier. Ended up with something that looks a bit to formal and clean for the comic but it was still fun to draw.

Currently working on an 8 page super hero coloring project that is taken up my week. Gotta get back to it. Hopefully I'll be able to share it soon, for right now it's hush hush.

162 - 5 colored pages finally done

Finally got them all done. 5 pages of colored art off to the guy that requested them in the first place. There is a rumor that these might even see print, keep your fingers crossed for me! 

Now that this one is done I can focus on finishing up some other work. Always more to do, but that's a good thing.

Line work by Jose Manuel Marin Moreno.


Colors by Anthony Bachman

153 - The Pod has begun!

Have to do a little self promotion here peoples. Got together with a friend of mine, Colin Addington, that I am trying to make a comic with and we decided to do a podcast along the way about the process from inspiration to publication. If you have a moment check it out and leave some comments to let us know what you think.

You cane find it here - Episode #1 is up! http://thenextelementpodcast.podbean.com/

148 - The Next Element Podcast! We have a name!

After about an hour of discussion today on Skype with my boy Colin some decisions have been made. If you are really blind you might not have noticed the to colorful boxes above. We have a name for our podcast. Colin and I will be doing a podcast called "The Next Element Podcast" as we work toward making our own comic book! I have found a couple of podcasts about making comics and about the comic book industry, most are fairly informative and almost all of them are entertaining. The thing that they all to to have in common is that they are filled with people that have published books, that have worked for the industry, that have great experiences to share and knowledge to pass along. What I haven't been able to find though is a podcast of a couple of people talking about the experience as it is happening. Colin and I are total amateurs. We have no idea what we are doing other than what we have heard and read, no real world experience trying to create a book and get it published. Will it work? Will we create an amazing award winning book right out the gate? Will we make something so bad we don't want it to see print? No one knows. The only thing I know right now is that it should at least be entertaining.

So if you want to come along for the ride you can find us @NextElementPodcast over on the twitters. Any questions, comments, suggestions can go to TheNextElementPodcast@gmail.com. This is gonna be fun!