San Diego Comic Con

Just got back from the San Diego Comic Con where I spent lots of money (poor now), met lots of people, and saw lots of cool stuff. I even got to see the police cart away someone who lost his mind in Hall H and stabbed someone else in the face. Over a seat! And those seats are horrible! I also got to do art to help the Cartoon Art Museum in SF. But enough talk. Let's see pictures!

Look! They think I know what I'm talking about!

And the top of my head. I will remain a mystery!

My first sketch. This was for someone who pre-paid for thirty-some sketches from all the artists working the table for those four days. He left a binder with images and details of a group of anime girls with little wings and halos. His boat, it seems, is held aloft by cute girls with tiny tiny wings. I rushed through inking as I had a panel to attend and I had wasted most of my hour chatting with my booth-mate Kraig Rasmussen. Mayhap we shall work together in the very very near future. Hmmmm?

My next hour at the booth resulted in the above which actually sold!!!! 'Though, not while I was there, sadly.

After sketching Supergirl I found I had only 10 minutes left in my time slot and quickly did this only using light pencils and a brush pen. A real life professional, Brad Rader, who was there next to me sketching away, said he liked my brush work! My Brush Work! Holy Crap! This guy worked on Batman! I don't know whether Chewie sold or not but a guy who worked on freaking Batman gave me a compliment about it. It is my favorite thing and I did it in like ten minutes.

Met this girl in line for the now infamous Hall H. She is one of my heroes now. I think I love her just a little.

And slave girl Leia of the slave girl Leia horde. Who can possibly resist? Not I dear reader. Not I. The wife and I had lots of fun. Super charged with creative juice (no not the sticky kind you perv you). I loved every one of those beautiful geeks. I find myself proud to be counted as one among them.

Iron Fist

Danny Rand the Iron Fist in all his 70's glory.

Aaaand another Wonder Woman

I'll keep trying to draw Wonder Woman until I get her right! Or get bored. I call this one "Hola!" 'cause she demands it. Some of this was inked by a professional comic artist man. The good parts obviously. Those thicker lines around her limbs that actually have a form to them (thick to thin thin to thick). That's what he done. I done made her look a bit evil. As you may have noticed I like Wonder Woman. Watching Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman when I was a kid made me the man I am today. Deviant. Cosplay girls give me a funny feeling in my tummy.

What a professional can do

Look what a real inker can do! The original crazy, toys in the attic Wonder Woman from two days ago and the very same image, with a few added lines by a real life professional-type inker man, and now she's less barking MAD and more, well, normal. More sincere looking. Less hopped up on the freak pills (gotta find me some of those). Seems I still got a ways to go. A ways to go.

Mod Wonder Woman

Here she is again in her Mod look back when she learned Kung-Fu and I kid you not. She had many Mod looks during that period and this is one of them.

Old-Timey Wonder Woman

She has a crazed look on her face. Need to work on that. She can't help it when she smiles she looks insane. And that's why I drawed another one a these last night. See above.

Wonder Woman

She's a Wonder.