What Comics Are Capable Of, Part Three

Apparently, all the criticism is getting to Tom Batuik. This is just too meta.

Anyone want a jet-pack?

About ten years ago, I built a jet-pack as a life-sized model of the jet-pack that Jet-Pack Jenny wears. From day one, people went nuts for it. It's followed me through numerous moves, from convention to convention, and now the time has come to let it go. You can own my jet-pack by purchasing it on eBay.

10/24/2011

There's only two more strips to go in the story. The next strip is started and should be done in a couple of weeks, if only because I have a lot of other stuff lined up in the next seven days, not the least of which is getting some character designs nailed down for  Hanamori's Circus.

Batgirl

A couple of weeks ago at Sketch Charlotte, I drew this Batgirl in my way big sketchbook as I've come to call it. I really don't like the new Bat-Family costumes as they're just a little too busy, with a lot of extraneous details that seem to be there for no reason other than look more realistic.

A couple of diversions

Okay, so I buy myself this new sketchbook that's really big, probably the biggest I've ever owned. It barely fits in the backpack that I take to Sketch Charlotte. The freedom it grants is that I can not worry about running out of room and then blowing up the sketch on my copier just to piece it together on the lightbox. That's precisely what I had to do with my last Jet-Pack Jenny drawing and more recently, my Wizard of Oz drawing, which will be done as soon as I can get to my lightbox again.

On the topic of Jet-Pack Jenny, I started this drawing at last week's Sketch Charlotte meeting after yet another disastrous start on a Power Girl drawing. I liked it and finished it up over the weekend. I believe it's in the running for the cover of the collected Power of 01.

The second drawing was inked at Sketch Charlotte, but started while I was sitting at HickoryCon last month. The character is planned to be part of my next story Hanamori's Circus. I do believe that I'll be curbing my need to throw a lot of ink down on this one.

Art Book now on sale!

My art book is ready!

It started off as a "sketchbook" at 20 pages but quickly ballooned to 36 before I knew it. I was inclined to put a lot of color pieces in it so to make it a little more special, I went to making it square-bound with a dust cover added. The print quality is excellent, with my artwork being reproduced better than I could possibly hope. Each piece is also accompanied by commentary explaining the process behind it. There's also a sketchbook section with some selections from my sketchbooks that never quite made it to a finished state. There's also a great introduction by a good friend from Sketch Charlotte, Brandon Padgett. The art book is $10.00 through PayPal, and I'll even throw in free shipping! As stock is replenished, there may be some delays in shipping, but I'm going to try to always keep a few in stock.

Coloring in Progress

Putting together the art book (which will be made available in the store sometime in the next week) made me rediscover my love of coloring. The last time I tried coloring Jet-Pack Jenny and the Factor of 01 made me feel really lackluster at the thought of coloring this story. I had a couple of hours this morning before the wife woke up, so I started coloring one of the strips that I'm happier with, and I'm really liking the product so far.

What do you think?