Category Archives: Behind the Frames

The Semi-Obligatory Comicversary Post

03 Tuesday May 2016

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Comicversary is a word. Really. You are allowed to make up words nowadays. Society is truly lurching toward utopia. We’ve been making comics for an entire year. This is nothing compared to professional cartoonists, but it isn’t bad for us wanna-bees. We cherish our amateur status, and hope to win cartoon-related medals in the upcoming Brazil Olympics. Olympic medals would garner us the attention and publicity we seek. So would catching the Zika virus. Continue reading →

Saturday Sketches: An Abyssal Horror from the Dungeon Dimensions

23 Saturday Apr 2016

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Codex here: Yes, It’s He Who Must Not Isn’t-currently-going-to Be Named. Feel free to come up with a name for him. Same bonuses apply as with the still-ongoing Name the Terri Tot contest.

So, anyhoo, one of the things I do when I’m stuck someplace with a flat surface and a pencil is start drawing. Usually on scrap paper. (Like Dave Kellet wrote: shelves of elegant sketch books too pretty to disturb… back of an envelope? no problemo) Mostly they’re relevant to my kid, or copyright protected 1. Usually they’re just… odd.

While I was manning a booth at ECC I started noodling about just what was grabbing the gal on my Sunday badge art in between customers. Quizzer ran with it for a comic strip. So if you enjoy the occasional character study (most won’t be this detailed) let me know and I’ll put them up.

I expect my “Saturday” sketches will be every bit as reliable as my “monthly” 2 book reviews.

1. Totoro. Lots of Totoro.
2. You can stop laughing now. Okay?