Bleeding Out Just so you know, the artist of this comic has no spleen. See, a few years ago he started working out quite seriously. Being of the age when vigor comes naturally, he was making some good gains and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Anointed in Blood I like this image for two reasons. One: it – and the next few pages – help set the mood and motivation for everything that will be happening in this comic from now on. – and – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Ween At the time of writing these words, it is Halloween. Of course, for you it is probably the day after, unless you are one of those sneaky West Coasters who jump on the page after 9PM PST. (And […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Woo! EDIT: Max wishes you to see an enlarged (but still half-the-massive-full-resolution) version of the splash page here. And here we discover that spectacular two-page splash layouts, regardless of how awesome they may eventually look in printed form, just don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tough Guys Back when we were initially discussing this concept, I had the boys get some instruction in close-quarter combat. John (my youngest) already had a black belt in Kenpo, but Max had managed to avoid being hauled off to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Proportionate Response Whenever you are creating a situation in which the hero is going to start wreaking havoc amongst the wrongdoers, it’s always important to initially establish that the villains in question are decidedly deserving of this most righteous beat-down. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where The Money Is I can’t be the only one who thinks about robbing banks. Not with any actual intent, of course, but money’s as tight for me as it is for everyone else these days, and under those circumstances […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Water On The Brain The tendency to make rash or hasty decisions because of the need to pee is one with which I can particularly relate. I think I may have the smallest bladder in the cartoon industry, with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Imitatable Action One of the big bugaboos when writing for television, especially children’s television, is what is generally termed “imitatable action.” This can be summed up as “something cool we could have our character do that would probably get us […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reflecting On Artists It is an accepted — though generally unspoken — truism in the creative community that artists tend to “draw themselves.” This is not to say that the characters being drawn could in any way be mistaken for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…