Life Meter 2!

The cat's out of the bag!
The Streets of Rage comic that Curt and I did a few months back will be appearing in the Life Meter 2 comic anthology.
From Life Meter...

"Debuting at the MoCCA Art Fest in NYC on June 23rd...Life Meter Volume 2

Following the success of last year’s mini-comic that sold out by the second day of the MoCCA Art Festival, this new collection will feature over 100 pages of videogame-inspired comic strips and cartoon art from an impressive range of comic artists and animators. This graphic novel-length anthology includes an 11-page MEGA MAN story by Matt Loux, the Harvey Award-nominated creator of Side Scrollers from Oni Press; a shoujo manga take on The LEGEND OF ZELDA by TokyoPop artist Queenie Chan (The Dreaming); and a gorgeous cover inspired by the cult favorite game NIGHTS INTO DREAMS by Flight artist, Bannister."

You can check out a full rundown of everything in the book by clicking here.

You can imagine how excited we are to have our little comic nestled alongside work from such a distinguished group of talented artists.

BONUS LINK!
After you get done checking all of that out, click here to see Sean and I representing Memphis' finest comic stop and our favorite place to dress alike.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

(art from Dork #11 by Evan Dorkin, two minute colors by me)
This is infuriating.
The short of it is a guy here in Memphis got fired from his job at a local theater for writing a negative review of the new Fantastic Four before it's nationwide release.
The studio got mad and called the theater's management.
Management fires the guy.
You know, maybe the studio should work a little harder at not making shitty movies instead of just trying to silence people who give their movies a negative review.
Just a thought.
Once again, I'm literally angry with rage.

Mars Forever!

I wait for signals.

So, I've got this superhero character I've made up named Tiger Claw.
He's something along the lines of a pop-hero.
Think Madman, X-Statix.. you know, come to think of it imagine he lives in the Allred-verse and that should give you an idea of what I had in mind.
Point is, I've been working for a while on some kind of logo/emblem to go on his chest and I haven't cared for anything I've come up with so far.
This is where you come to my rescue.
I've toyed around with circles and other shapes with tiger paws in them, shapes with a T in them, shapes with claw marks in them, etc. Nothing has felt right.
I'm happy to admit that this may be due to my own artistic shortcomings and not due to those being bad ideas.
I'd post pictures of what the rest of his costume looks like, but it might change completely with a truly inspired emblem.
I'll say that he is a superhero, he has a utility belt, and he carries a ray gun.
If anyone wants to give something a shot, please feel free.

You run for cover in this heat.

http://www.mcfly2015.com/

LOL!

Yes!

The Monster Squad is finally coming to DVD!
Is this news incredibly exciting to anyone else?

I continue to be angry with rage!

This just in!
Bush to scientific progress, "Go fuck yourself."

My thanks (?) to April for bringing this one to my attention.

I'm literally angry with rage.

Bush to Earth and all it's inhabitants, "Go fuck yourself."

We've been in space for quite some time.

Ok, it's time for the "What is Jimmy Olsen Screaming?" Meme.
Take your pick.

Now I'm into the clear...

Superboy.
I originally drew this for Joe Martini back at Christmas, but I've only just now gotten around to coloring it.
The picture's a variation on an earlier picture of Superman I did based on the work of Ed McGuinness.
This is probably the most pleased I've ever been with a coloring effort.
Comments and critiques are welcome.

Bargain Bin.

Amazon has the 2-Disc Special Edition of Superman 2 for less than $10.
There is no good reason not to buy this if you don't already have it.

Dollar trades near four-month high.

So, some things were either made known to me or realized by me today.

1) If I'm ever asked in a trivial fashion what Green Lantern's weakness is, I now have a much better answer than the one you're thinking of.

2) People are much more interested in reading cute girls' blogs than mine or any other guy's.

3) Dorothy (as in Judy Garland). Really quite attractive. I wouldn't go so far as to say "hot", but.. kinda hot.

How do you grow up normal?

Here's some quick assorted awesomeness.


The Mach 5 from The Wachowskis upcoming live-action Speed Racer flick.


The USPS' upcoming Star Wars stamps.


Here's an Adam Hughes, art nouveau, Star Wars Celebration IV exclusive, Princess Leia print.
These are already going for over $100 on the ebay.


Zombie Daredevil and Giant-Man Minimates.
SDCC exclusives. I'll be there to get mine.

Huzzah!

I'll be honest with you, my only experience with Harry Potter is those movies. I've intended to read the books on several occasions, but I've just never gotten around to it. Maybe I will someday.
Though I've enjoyed the last couple of movies, I don't know that I could really call myself a big fan of Harry Potter in general.
Having said that, this sounds really awesome.
I can't wait to go check it out... in 2009.

Now that the local has taken effect.

April's got a great new entry on the upcoming changes DC has in store for Supergirl.

UPDATE
Speaking of all things "super", The Bargainist has the scoop on getting the Ultimate Superman DVD Collection (you know, the awesome 14 disc, $100 one) for $31.21.

State your case with black or white.

Newsarama has a pretty good little interview with one of my heroes, Ben Caldwell.

No matter the cost.

Would it really have been so hard for them to have the real trailers be this good?

I'm not telling you how to live your life, but I'm just going to go ahead and say you should check out Cracked's 15 (Painfully) Unforgettable Cartoon Theme Songs.

It seemed like a plan.

Here's the rough pencils of the first panel of the Streets of Rage comic Curt and I did for Life Meter Comics.
All of three of those are actual SOR characters. We did our research.

Last week really, really sucked, but starting with that Zombie Walk on Friday, life took a dramatic upswing.
Met new people, got to spend good time(s) with not new people, ate barbeque, saw a Jesus picture and a tiger costume, drank Gatorade, had awesome housing prospects present themselves, and had a great "comics making group" (we haven 't decided on a team name yet) meeting filled with fun and future prospects.
I want things to continue on in this fashion if the universe doesn't mind.

Memphis Zombie Walk.

I'm the zombie with a beard and a red shirt and April is right behind me at the 0:29 mark.


April and I shuffle by around the 0:23 mark on this one.
Joel shows up around 0:31.


(0:27)


We shamble by a number of times in this one, most notably around 2:39.


And, if you've got 9 minutes to kill here's a neat little documentary about the whole thing.