Immaculate: The Other Sort of Done Part of Cliffhangers

I figured since I posted the unfinished version of The Girl I Can't Forget I might as well do it for Immaculate. I'm going to change a lot of dialog that is written here so don't go reading that and thinking that's what it's going to look like in the end. There's also a few panels I want to redraw as well as the entire first page. With these two comics mostly finished I started counting pages and so far it's looking like the first volume of Cliffhangers from the B-Side Dimension is going to be 60 plus pages (and mind you that's not including the unfinished pages of The Vaginal Avengers.) in full color that's going to be one expensive book to print, let alone multiple copies, any suggestions? (other than going B/W?)

The Girl I Can't Forget: Done!... Sort of.

Today I finally finished penciling and inking one third of the Cliffhangers of the B-Side Dimension collect of short comics, The Girl I Can't Forget. (For those of you keeping score at home that's two of the three main comics completed, the other being the first chapter of Immaculate.) On a related note, I finally got the Macbook Pro that I had been working for this whole time and I am using it right now as I type this post. I bring this up because I'm holding off on coloring this comic (as well as the rest of Cliffhangers.) until my uncle swings by town again to load my computer up with all the arts software that I will use to make my comics look prettier than ever before. (That means no more MS paint for me :D) The Girl I Can't Forget is based off the Fountains of Wayne song of the same name, it's one of my favorites of theirs and if you have never heard it I suggest you look it up now.

Goldilocks Syndrome of the Pants

This weekend has been all about wardrobe malfunctions involving my pants. Before I left for work Friday I noticed that my go to pair of black work pants had obtained numerous food stains and a truly wretched smell from the previous night. Having neither the time nor quarters to do a load of laundry I resorted to something I hope I'll never have to do again; I slipped into the only other pair of black pants I owned; a pair of slim cut black pants that I had bought once by mistake (the mistake being I thought I could do slim fitting pants) that I thought didn't fit me, and for the most part they did not. After much effort and a particularly rebellious fly I managed to get them on and let me tell you, I sure as hell wasn't singin' no Teenage Dream. They were so tight I could feel my sperm count go down with each step, I was afraid that I was going to Hulk out of them before the end of the night. I don't know how my friends who wear pants like that do it, let alone find them comfortable. As the night went on I broke them in some and they weren't so bad, though getting them off was no easy feet either.

The next day was the exact opposite problem, with usual pants now clean I was ready to wear them to work, only I forgot my belt at home and was having to constantly hike my pants up every 5 minutes for they were too big around the waist.

T-shirts and Cleaning

I drew this a while ago, so long ago that it has actually become relevant again because I cleaned my room again (sorta, it's quickly regressed back into it's previously messy state.) because my aunt and uncle came into town for a visit last night. Just a quick update on life before I head off to work, which has been keeping me super busy lately. (I've hardly had any time to draw. ):) T-shirts seem to be a big thing in my life right now, what with the warm weather. All of my current shirts are a bit too big for me now so I've been ordering some new ones lately, including one of Tim Fish's shirts and a Totoro Shirt to reflect my love for all things Studio Ghibli. I've also been approached about designing a T-shirt for Great Lakes Brewery by the Marketing director, to help promote their green city farming initiatives. This will be the first time that I'm actually going to be compensated for my work so it's a bit of a mile stone for me that I'm excited about. Unfortunately I do not know how much of this work (as it will be the property of Great Lakes Brewery) I will be able to share on this blog so until I get a clear answer about that I can't share any of the images. (worse case scenario there will probably be an image on one of their websites which I will simply provide a link for here.) Also I'm so close to getting that new computer, I'll probably have it by the end of this week. I've also found 3 of the 4 albums of my favorite band Beulah at the record store last Sunday so I've been jamming out to that a lot lately. "The Coast is Never Clear" and "Yoko" are quickly becoming two of my favorite albums of all time.

New Banner

Not much going on with me at the moment, having a Studio Ghibli marathon with my friend Kenny. I created a new banner for the blog. I'm probably going to use this same picture for a while but change the background every so often this time around being space.

Socks and Hardwood Floors: A Very Risky Business

So I didn't actually do this but my parents are out of town for the weekend and I have the apartment to myself, I figured I'd do a tribute to this scene of a famous movie that I've never seen before. So an update on where I currently stand on all things considered; I've taken a short break from penciling The rest of Red Vag of Courage and The Girl I Can't Forget to do some inking coloring and lettering on the computer, which has been going great now that I've discovered a new approach to the coloring process on MS Paint that makes things go a Hell of a lot quicker (I've already got 5 pages of R.V.C completely done). On that note I also looked at some Macs the other day for my art so I can stop using MS bloody paint. The standard Mac book which my uncle suggested I get is about 950 bucks, steep but doable after a few pay checks from Great Lakes. My uncle has all the software I need already too so that saves me a ton of money. As far as music goes I bought The She & Him album "Volume 2" the other day and I'm pretty much in love it. I spent a good portion of today listening to Ok Go's entire music catalog which you can listen to for free on their website. As for comics I recently finished reading the series Local and Y:The Last Man both very good in their own ways (though the ending to Last Man was a little unsatisfying.) I've been on a real indie kick lately, I figured that's more along my writing and art style so I should learn as much as I can from these already well established pieces of Graphic Fiction. I've already thought of so many new ways to approach old ideas I've had just sitting in the cobwebs. (I'm of course not going to take on any new projects unit I at least finish the first Volume of Cliffhangers.) My current Comic reading list is as follows;
Demo by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan
Rosario Vampire by Akihisa Ikeda
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
X-men: Magneto Testament by Greg Pak and Carmine Di Giandomenico
Storm by Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin and Lan Medina
Kick Ass by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
X-Force/ Cable: Messiah War by Various
and
Exiles by Judd Winick and Mike Mckone