Yeah, this thing is my baby and I’m neglecting it. What I need to do is make myself a regular posting schedule. Fridays sound good? OK, Fridays it is.

I’m currently working out an awesome project with Mister Malanthyus that I can’t yet disclose, but I can tell you it’s gonna be pretty. Soooooo pretty, I’m excited.

I had a wonderful time hanging out with Dax Riggs this last Tuesday (Oh yes. No I’m not a groupie.) and I even drew him his very own (un)Dead Blue Girl Dog Faced Whore standing in rain of broken glass hoping the moon would explode. Here’s hoping I didn’t fight nuclear power or something stupid like that while talking to him. (The reference is an easter egg. One hint: I Love Led Zepplin.)

So now it’s just a case of getting down to doing what I wanna do.

So, I know I’ve been bad with the not-updating absence without leave, but I swear, I have been doing things. So much to do! *shakes fist Zim style* SOOOO MUCH!

For example, last week I agreed (very enthusiastically) to take over the artwork for the webcomic Blue Crash Kit for a coupla months, longer if need be — and on Wednesday, my first strip was uploaded. Another one will go up later on today, so anyone who’s into polyamorous furry superheroes who fight giant zombie turkeys, adore cheese, and play armadillo hockey bowling in their spare time, go check it out. It’s all relatively PG 13, fun, and kooky, so go! Do it do it do it now.

Got some portfolio reviews at Emerald City this weekend.

Plusses:

• Strong, confident lines.
• Strong expressions.
• “Really good John Constantine.” — DC editor Joan Hilti.

Goals:

• Focus on pencil work.
• Scenery, sequentials.
• Work on 3 test-script pages for a deadline of April 14th and submit to QEW Publishing for further review.

Joan Hilti recognized my Constantine! Eeeeeeee!! ^_^

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Kyle-Mistry (on deviantART) — Canadian comic artist, designer, creator of Weird Comix and Weird Comix Mini. I’m commissioning him for my cryptie.net logo. So go check him out, say hullo, admire his awesome powers.

The subject leaves me in terminal ambivalence; you can never become a great anything simply by copying a previous great. Being the next Bettie Page or Elvis Presley sort of falls flat when you realize, on your deathbed, that you could have been the first, one, and only Great-You. Dedicating yourself to copying, deriving, homaging, or plagiarizing others is unfair on everyone involved — including you.

Still, isn’t referencing, homaging, and downright copying a great way to learn?

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