A few more prep sketches for the horror comic. A marine and a dude in a suit. Terrifying, I know. Hopefully next post, I”ll have some work on the actual pages to post. It will be chilling, for sure.

So, the other day, I got in a fight with my boss. She said that this was the best Blondie song, and I said this was. It was actually a huge fight, and I don’t know if my job is waiting for me on Tuesday. Also, I might have looked like a racist, because I kinda forgot it’s MLK Day on Monday…

Anyway, in honor of that Blondie song that I like but don’t think is the best, here are two versions of a gray tone test I worked on a bit today. These were drawn in Photoshop super quick for reference in the horror story I’m working on. It’s the same room, but with two views. One from in the closet and one from not in the closet.

These aren’t really refined drawings, but the comic is going to be black and white, so these are just sorta tests for different ways to play with some gray tones. I’m thinking of just using white, 25%, 50%, 75% and black in the finished art.

That’s it for now.

So, it’s been a little while since I’ve posted. Mostly, I was taking a break from working on comics to catch up on video games during the holiday break, (Lots of this and this, and a bit of this and this). BUT! Then, about a week ago I had a huge problem with my blog engine. It’s still not sorted out, but I found a work around…

Anyway, the photo above is one of the sweet X-Mas presents my family got Courtney and me this year. It’s a bottle of Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka, signed by The Ayk himself! I can’t wait to harness it’s dark powers. It’s pretty sweet, and BONUS! It actually goes well with my other Aykroyd signature merch (This and this). If you ever see me, ask me to tell you the story behind all those signatures. It’s a good one.

BUT! Since, it’s like already two weeks into the 10’s, I can’t spend all my time partaking of paranormally distilled imported spirits. I actually got a little bit of work done on a new comic. I’m taking a little time off from the Dr. Comic to work on a horror story for an anthology that some friends of mine are putting together. I don’t want to give too much away, but here is once of the sketches I’ve done. It’s supposed to be a World War II US Marine, and while I’m O.K. with the sketch, I sorta flubbed the helmet, so it looks too much like a conquistador. And everyone knows that conquistadors are not cool at all!

But I guess that’s it so far. I’m thinking of doing a My-Favorite-Comics-of-the-Decade type post, maybe later tonight. And I’ll post more work once school gets rolling again.

Sorry about the post title, but all I really have to say about that is, “Oh, HELL YEAH!” After the hustle of end times, I actually got 14 pages done in time for my final critique of the semester. There are still some things on the pages that need a little work, (hopefully all the photos are of a low enough resolution to hide all the spelling mistakes), but if feels good to have actually gotten this far into the book.

Also, it looks like Zander Cannon is going to be the guest for the critque, which is pretty cool. I’m sure he doesn’t remember, but I’ve actually talked to him a few times before, at some comic cons about comics and stuff, but now who’s work are we going to talk about, Zander!? My, how the table’s have turned… BUT! The weather here in Minneapolis just turned insane, so who knows how peoples’ plans will change?

In the post tags, I’ve been calling it Dr. Comic, and for the crit I called it Dr. Eric Attar and The $!@# Sweat Nurse Vs. The Chrononaut Part One, but I have a feeling that might change by the time the book is done.

Anyway, I guess that’s it. There are a few more photos after the jump if you’d like

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So, I’m still throwing it down trying to get pages done for my final crit on the 10th. A week ago, I actually had more time than I thought I had, but now I have less time than I’d like. Anyway, here’s a quick panel in progress for y’all:

Who can say what horrors await them, beyond the threshold?

Here’s a quick look at a page in progress. What’s missing, you ask? Well, isn’t the answer obvious? What’s missing is ACTION!

Truth be told, though? There won’t be any running in the finished page.