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Whoops [Jun. 23rd, 2008|07:48 pm]
I almost totally forgot to mention that I will be attending Wizard World Chicago this week! I'll be hanging with The Hero Foundry at Booth #1052 doing sketches and trying ta help raise money for da kids. Stop by and say hi if you're around.
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Mac And Me [Jun. 5th, 2008|02:45 pm]
Okay, so I have a problem with my EIGHT YEAR OLD Mac G4 (apart from the fact that it's EIGHT YEARS OLD). I can turn it on and it will stay on with no problems for about 5 - 10 minutes but then, for no discernable reason I can tell, it will make a strange mechanical clicking noise (sometimes once, sometimes endlessly) and completely freeze up. I can restart it no problem but then the clicking and freezing happens again. I am far from a computer whiz so I've got next to no clue what the problem is. Like Donald Sutherland said in Kelly's Heroes "I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work." I thought perhaps it was a problem with collecting dust and such so I did as thorough a cleaning as I could with some condensed air and a vacuum cleaner. That seemed to help a little bit, but the problem still exists.

So... anyone have a clue?
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Souvenir of Dallas Numero Quatro [Jun. 3rd, 2008|04:29 pm]
The June issue of D Magazine is now on the stands and features the fourth installment of the Souvenir of Dallas comic, written by David Hopkins and illustrated by yours truly. This is also the first Souvenir of Dallas to be featured online! But make sure to buy the mag anyway, so's we can keep on doing the comic forever and ever!
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Finally, An Achievable Goal [May. 1st, 2008|10:27 am]
It is now my fondest wish to test this out...

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Personally I think I could take on more. It'd be just like the burly brawl in Matrix Reloaded... with 5 year olds! And equally as pointless.
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His All His [Apr. 30th, 2008|11:51 am]
The mighty CAPE (Zeus Comics Free Comic Book Day Event) is happenin' Saturday, May 3rd. There'll be tons of guests there and The Hero Foundry will be on the scene raffling off lots of cool original art to raise money.

Also there... my man David Hopkins with his brand new minicomic, Mine All Mine which features a series of one-page comics about crime and criminals. All the stories were written by David and drawn by a ton of talented artists... and me. Here's the list of those involved:

Samax Amen ("The Plan")
Ryan Cody ("Long Walk Home")
David DeGrand ("Stealing Electricity")
Joe Eisma ("Lost Wallet")
Jake Ekiss ("Vending Machines")
Derrick Fish ("Misdirection")
John Gonzales ("My First Stolen Car")
Michael Lagocki ("Tools of the Trade")
Jim Lujan ("The Nigerian Scam")
Paul Milligan ("Kidnapping")
Wes Molebash ("I Found It")
Chad Sell ("Will Run for Food")
Cal Slayton ("Return Policy")
Justin Stewart ("Blanket Thief")
ZeeS ("Pickpocket")
Scott Zirkel ("The Oil Change")

Check out the cool cover by Tania Kaufmann right here.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, I'll be holding down the fort for The Hero Foundry at Titan Comics and I might (possibly?) have printed copies of my last 24-Hour comic The God of Rock Strikes Back. Maybe.
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That One Line From That Movie That One Time... Remember? [Apr. 26th, 2008|10:30 am]
Swiped from [info]scooterboy1234:
1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie. (or just remember them.)
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

I got yer quotes right here:

1. There's a man out there I haven't seen in 15 years who's trying to kill me. You show me a son that'd be happy to help. My son. My life that could have been... and wasn't. How do I feel? Old. Worn out. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, [info]je_smith

2. A - Hi, man. B - What are you doing? A - I'm drinking wine and eating cheese, and catching some rays, you know. B - What's happening? A - Well, the tank's broke and they're trying to fix it. B - Well, then, why the hell aren't you up there helping them? A - [chuckles] I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work. Kelly's Heroes, [info]joshsapien

3. And that's how she got to the same party as me. Oh shit. I skipped something. Damn it. This whole robot bit. I made a big deal, then I like totally forgot. Fuck, this is bad narrating. Like my dad telling a joke. "Oh, wait back up. I forgot to tell you the cowboy rode a blue horse." Fuck. Anyway, I don't know if you want to see it now, but here's the fucking robot stuff for your viewing pleasure. Can I say "fuck" more? Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, [info]je_smith

4. Okay, what would Joe do at a time like this? He'd kill everybody and smoke some cigarettes. The Last Boy Scout [info]plasko

5. For seven years I spoke with God. He told me to take us all to Heaven. Sunshine, Lorraine B.

6. Boy, you better, you tell your boys they better kill me, Bert. They better go all the way with me, 'cause if they just bust me up, I'll put all those pieces back together again, then so help me... So help me God, Bert, I'm gonna come back here and I'm gonna kill you.

7. Here are just a few of the key ingredients: dynamite, pole vaulting, laughing gas, choppers - can you see how incredible this is going to be? - hang gliding, come on! Bottle Rocket, [info]jasonism_wow

8. My wife's mother is visiting, Father, and Tuesday she's cooking us a carp. It's a tasty fish, I'm not against it. But because it's supposedly filled with impurities, Mary's mother buys it alive, and for three days now it's been swimming in my bathtub. Up and down. Cleaning out the impurities. And I hate it. I can't stand the sight of it moving it's gills. Now, you're standing very close to me, Father. Have you noticed? Yes. I haven't had a bath in days. So I never go home until the carp is asleep. I'm afraid that if I see it while it's swimming, I'll kill it.

9. I'd like a report of all the incidents in the last six months. I'd like it soon, or I might just kick your nasty ass all over this room. That's a marshal joke.

10. Ah, yes... I knew your people, Sean. Your grandfather; he died in Australia, in a penal colony. And your father, he was a good man too. The Quiet Man, [info]wheniwasaboy

11. A - Dear Lord, please don't let me fuck up. B - I didn't quite copy that. Say again, please. A - I said everything's A-OK. The Right Stuff, [info]wheniwasaboy

12. The revealing of her panties wasn't intentional or unintentional. She just didn't give a damn. She saw me as so physically and sexually non-threatening, she didn't mind if I get a bird's eye view of her love nest. It was same to her as a house cat sneaking a peek. Bubba Ho-Tep, Lorraine B.

13. I want to retire in South America. I hear that's where the drugs come from.

14. Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theater this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of *unreasonable* about things like that.

15. If this is our destiny, then that was his, and if there are no explanations for us, let there be none for him.
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I'll Take Mine With Magic [Apr. 14th, 2008|01:23 pm]
The other day at work one of my coworkers and I came up with a new way to describe coffee with cream and sugar and coffee without.

Coffee with cream/sugar = With Magic (or The Full Magic)
Coffee black = No Magic

These are the things you find yourself discussing in front of the coffee pot at 7 in the morning.

(Feel free to incorporate these phrases into your everyday vocabulary. You're welcome.)
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Go Go Atomic Robo, Part II [Jan. 2nd, 2008|04:23 pm]
Finally got around to coloring that Atomic Robo pinup I did a couple months ago.


Atomic Robo Final by ~superleezard on deviantART
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You Rush A Miracle Man, You Get Rotten Miracles [Dec. 29th, 2007|04:20 am]
A pinup of the four main characters from The Princess Bride, done for [info]monster_guts, who gave it to his wife as a Christmas present. I really enjoyed drawing this and decided to watch the movie again while working on it. Such a great film, I must have watched it three or four times while working on the piece. Now I'm reading the book, gotta say it's pretty damn great.


The Princess Bride by ~superleezard on deviantART
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A Gift For Santa [Dec. 22nd, 2007|10:54 pm]
I wrote this for Christmas back in aught-four. I'm pretty proud of it and I don't think I could do anything that could top this so this'll be the third time I've posted it up on my journal for the holidays. Maybe next year I'll do an illustrated version.

A Gift For Santa

Once upon a time, years and years ago
Before you were born, perhaps before snow

In a wonderful land so very far away
There was a fat jolly man from the land of Yakutakay

This man was so jolly, he would never complain
He never would pout though Christmas was his bane

Working all year so hard and nary a moan
When truth to be told he needed a clone

But this year the elves were positively concerned
“Woe is me, Dasher, this day has returned,”

They heard Santa crying in the reindeer’s barn
“I’m ever so tired but no one gives a darn.”

And the elves ran about, they dashed to and fro
“The old man’s gone crazy, it’s starting to show!”

“What’s to be done?” they cried to each other
They hatched half-baked schemes, one after another

Frottlebot elf exclaimed with some glee
“We’ll just replace Santa, how hard can it be?”

“We’ll do it tomorrow," he said with a shout
“We’ll do it tomorrow, when the missus is out.”

“No, no Frottlebot,” Mittle Dee Dee objected
“That won’t do at all. Your idea is rejected.”

“Who else has a plan to save all our hides?”
“I have one, sir,” a young elf worker replied

The young elf then stood up and presented his plan
But it would take lots of work and he was one simple man

The other elves laughed and they rolled on the floor
“You want to make 365 days when there are only 364?”

“That’s right,” said the elf, with staunch determination
“A 365th day shall be my creation!”

“It will give Santa the extra time to prepare.”
“Once I am done, he’ll be floating on air!”

They laughed and they hollered and Mittle Dee Dee said
“You’ve made toys too long, the power’s gone to your head!”

So the young elf threw his hands up and stormed off in a huff
Frottlebot promulgated, “Look at ‘im go, he thinks he’s hot stuff.”

The young elf slammed his door as hard as he could
He cried out aloud, “Why am I so misunderstood?”

But he put away the rage and pulled out some blank paper
“I’ll show all those guys, I’ll pull off this clever caper!”

So he got right to work, he wouldn’t be daunted
He was not seen in the workshop for days, nor was he wanted

It was weeks and weeks later when he finally appeared
He’d been hidden so long he had a three-foot long beard

He held out in front a neatly wrapped present
It was tied with a bow, which appeared effervescent

The elf demanded an audience with the big man himself
He walked, head held high, this proud little elf

Santa was snoring quite loudly and dreaming
Hesitant to wake him, they were scared he’d start screaming

But the young elf had no fears and tapped Santa on the shoulder
He might have been shaking were he wiser and older

Santa shot up with a start and looked all around
It suddenly occurred to him to look down at the ground

The elf held up the present and with a smile he said,
“This gift is for you Santa, to ease all your dread.”

So the jolly fat man took hold of the gift
He shook it three times and gave it a sniff

He ripped off the red paper and the pretty green bow
He opened the box and inside something glowed

Santa removed the object that glowed like a star
“What is it young elf? It looks quite bizarre.”

The elf explained happily, “It’s something I made!”
“It’s something brand new, to save Christmas Day.”

Santa asked, “What is this new thing, this thing you’ve conceived.”
The elf answered proudly, “Why it’s called Christmas Eve.”

“It comes before Christmas and gives you more time,”
“So you won’t be so haggard when down chimney’s you climb!”

Santa’s red face turned redder, he laughed and he roared
“A 365th day?” he asked, “Come, come tell me more!”

So the young elf explained how Christmas Eve worked
Santa listened intently and he chuckled and smirked

“It’s a genius idea my boy,” Santa said, “I’m so proud.”
“This new day of yours makes me float on a cloud!”

“I’ll finally have time to do Christmas right!”
“You’ve truly saved the day my bright little sprite!”

So remember in your prayers the clever little elf
Who made Christmas Eve for everyone and thought nothing of himself!

Merry Christmas!
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Camelot... In Spaaaaaace! [Dec. 22nd, 2007|10:21 pm]
Found these videos courtesy of [info]gatodama. Freakin' hilarious!



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Fat Guy VS. Bull [Dec. 8th, 2007|04:50 am]


My third attempt to mount the mechanical beast at Wizard World Texas, I decided to get a running start. It took me longer to get on the damn thing than it did to fall flat on my ass as it began to move. There were little girls that were able to stay on longer than me. At least I made people laugh.
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I Gots More Readers Than Mark Millar [Dec. 8th, 2007|04:43 am]
The December issue of D Magazine is now on the stands, featuring the latest installment of Souvenir of Dallas by me and David Hopkins! In this episode David and I attend a Dallas Mavericks game... and spend most of the comic wandering around the stadium. I dare you NOT to read it!
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I'm Afraid The Damage Is... Permanent! [Nov. 29th, 2007|05:56 pm]
Holy crap, check it out! I almost forgot I sent these books to him but Steven Grant actually reviewed some Stumblebum comics in his column, Permanent Damage! Here's what he said:

ROUND TWO by various (price unknown)

A satire book that at first glance looks to be just another mediocre bit of fluff but turns out to be quite funny. Art quality varies from story to story, though it generally feels appropriate and the apparent crudeness if often deceptive (as in Dave Sherill’s “Comic Book Convention Safety Guide”) but story quality is generally top notch, with a lot of variety – an overheated pulp adventure, a bitter superhero “epic,” science fiction, a couple horror stories, outright vulgarity panels ala Johnny Ryan and more. I don’t know whether to be surprised that I liked it or disgusted with myself, but I liked it.

MARS 1938 by Paul Milligan & Dave Sherrill (price unknown)

A Dash Bradley adventure, this is a little Flash Gordon, a little Indiana Jones, and a lot tongue in cheek, as a devil-may-care adventurer fights to rescue a mysterious superweapon from the union of Nazi militias and Martian monsters. It’s pretty much fluff – seems to be storyboards for an animated sequence, really – but it’s amusing and has a kicker of a cliffhanger. The prelim work and concept notes are educational too. It’s more entertaining than it deserves to be, but there’s also the sense that these guys are limiting themselves with these basically plotless parody works; it might be more interesting to see them apply their skills to some serious work they’re forced to have a little less distance from, since the book’s great weak spot is how emotionally uninvolving it is.

Yay! I create amusing fluff! Seriously, I think that is great. Thank you, Mr. Grant!
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No Money, Mo Problems [Nov. 22nd, 2007|12:09 am]
Hey all. Wizard World Texas was pretty awesome. Got to meet a lot of awesome people like Drew and Brian, longtime friends on LJ (wish you guys didn't live in another damn state!) and Brent Schoonover, artist on the brilliant Astronaut Dad and a fellow pulp fan. Even had a chance to have a smoke and a chat with Daredevil cover artist Marko Djurdjevic, an amazing artist and a supremely kind individual. Hung out at the Hero Foundry table for most of the show doing sketches for donations to the Foundry. We ended up raising quite a bit of money and did waaaay better than we did at Wizard World last year. Then I rode a mechanical bull (pictures later, I promise). I think it might have been the most fun I've had at a convention in a loooong time.

The bad news is I had some major car trouble on Saturday night and ended up having to replace the damn thing's ignition switch, which cost a pretty penny. Translation - I'm pretty short on cash at the moment. Thought this would be the perfect time to remind everyone that I'm still taking commissions!

$50 for an 11x17 pencil & ink piece

$25 for an 8.5x11 pencil & ink piece

You can check out some of the commissions and pinups I've done right HERE.
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Yes, I Am A Deviant [Nov. 15th, 2007|02:18 pm]
I finally got my Deviant Art Gallery up and running. You can check it out HERE!

Oh, plus I'll be at Wizard World Texas this weekend hanging out at the Hero Foundry booth!
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My 24 Hour Comic - 2007 [Nov. 12th, 2007|07:35 pm]
Finally! Sorry for the delay.

The God of Rock Strikes Back (a sequel to last year's 24 Hour Comic, God of Rock which you can read HERE)



Rock on... behind the cut )
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One [Nov. 7th, 2007|03:32 am]
Zuda Comics is DC's new online comic imprint. They're having a contest to see which comics will be part of the site. One of those comics is called High Moon. It's described as "werewolves (and a whole lot more) in the Old West". The star is a grumbly bounty hunter. The setting is a small town in Texas. The town is full of dark secrets... and so is the bounty hunter.

I don't know about you... but that sounds reeeeally familiar. Doesn't that sound familiar to you? Where have I heard that before?




Hmmmm.
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HAHAHA.. What!? [Oct. 30th, 2007|05:15 pm]
So they're making a Crank 2 (I actually really enjoyed the first one) and apparently "in 'Crank 2,' Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working."

... seriously?
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Ready, Steady, Go! [Oct. 30th, 2007|12:26 am]
Pinup of the Elric Brothers from Fullmetal Alchemist, one of the best anime's ever. Did this one for my sister's birthday.

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