The Return.

I may never be this happy again.

Go ahead, take a peek.

Another of my many powers.

So, Curt and April and I leave for San Diego tomorrow.
For Comic Con.
I'm very excited and also very nervous.
I don't care for flying.
I also have no idea what to expect at the Con.
I have high hopes.
Anyway, I doubt I'll be doing any updating between now and next week so here's a mess o' stuff until then.

Cyclops wants kisses.


Spidey 2099 as drawn by Cory Walker and colored by me.


This is a Superman I drew and colored using a color scheme I borrowed from a Jon Morris picture of Superboy.

You may never sleep again!

Tattoos drawn by me : If you' d like to see the robot of mine that Kat got a tattoo of, feel free to click.

Dethklok/Metalocalypse Update : The new season starts Sunday, Sept. 16. The 1st Season DVD is released Tuesday, Sept. 18. The Dethalbum will then be released Tuesday, Sept. 25. Also, I will be purchasing these next week, as they're being sold exclusively at SDCC.


LOLKIDS : Why not?

It's so dark.

So here's one of the Flashes Jason Latour drew for me that I have now colored.
Below are 3 alternate versions of the same coloring job.. the backgrounds are different.

Feel free to tell me which of the 4 you prefer.

I don't mind.

My friend, Kat, got another tattoo of artwork I've sent her over the years. (She also has a chrishaley robot tattoo.)
This one is of a zombie, and the tattoo artist really made it look exactly like the way I drew it.
Crazy.

I never wanted it to end.

You can't tell me this is anything other than the greatest thing you've ever seen.
No exaggeration, I will probably buy a case of these.
I'll have a set for work, a set for the car, a set for the living room, and a set for the bathtub.
I'm already imagining the second wave which, in my perfect world, would be made up of :
Big Barda (Full Armor), Kalibak, Highfather, Mantis, and a Parademon.
This of course leads to the third wave :
Big Barda (let's call it her alternate costume), Metron, Forager, Desaad, and Steppenwolf.
Anyone agree or disagree with my character choices?
Ok, DC Direct, let's get started.

You don't need to see my credentials.

Man, forget DC bringing back (and subsequently screwing up) the multiverse, this guy is trying to prove that it really exists!

From a CNN.com story on Geniuses Who Will Change Your Life :
Nima Arkani-Hamed thinks big. He has a theory that our universe is one of an infinite number of universes -- meaning the largest thing we can wrap our minds around is actually pretty tiny
He didn't pull the "multiverse" out of thin air, though. After becoming a Harvard professor at age 30, Arkani-Hamed first made a name for himself by suggesting that our universe is five-dimensional. Then he moved on to the multiverse, theorizing that our own universe has a hidden feature called "split supersymmetry," which means that half of all particles have partner particles.

The theory will be tested soon in Switzerland's brand-new Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and if the LHC finds Arkani-Hamed's partner particles, it could prove that the multiverse is real -- and that our place in it is that much smaller.

Are you fucking kidding me?!
This has got to be one of the most exciting scientific news things I've ever heard.
Of course, that means it also has the potential to be the most terrifying.

For no reason other than the tenuous DC/multiverse connection, here is a picture of a young Superman (we can't call him that other name any more) I did a while back and never got around to putting up here.
It's different. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Climbing the walls.

This just in, Nintendo > Sony.
Noted commentator Chris Haley was quoted as telling Sony to, "Suck it."

Superman Doomsday Trailer

It's not a Rubik's cube.

Just so you know, today is Harrison Ford's birthday.


Happy birthday to the only guy (I can think of) that was cool enough to play not one, but two of the greatest fictional characters of all time.

Repulsor rays!

Here's a sketch of Iron Man by Eric Canete that I threw some quick colors on just to take a break from what I'm usually doing at work.
I'm really looking forward to his upcoming Iron Man book with Joe Casey.

That was like a wave.

It's the Guitar Hero 3 "Wii-tar"!
Exciting!
It seems to be modeled after a Gibson Les Paul, which makes sense since Activision's got that deal going with Gibson.
Also, don't forget that Guitar Hero Encore : Rocks the 80s is due out at the end of the month, so if anyone has the necessary space and giant screen tee-vee and is interested in hosting a party the first weekend in August get in touch with me.

Life is way harder than that.

So, no internet at home plus lots to do at work equals a lack of updates to the old blog.
Well, that plus the fact that I haven't really had much to add as of late.
Nothing in the world of comics has outraged or over-delighted me.
I've got some things on the burner though which should be ready sooner than later.

The majority of my artistic energy (as it is) lately have been going towards a new comic Curt wrote.
I'll go ahead and tell you it's absolutely hilarious.
We're hoping to have it done in time to take with us to SDCC.

You're runnin' away!

Speaking of The Flash, as I was two posts back, Tom Foss has got a great write up on Bart Allen's death as well as a great way to bring him back.
Nice job, Tom.

Put the entire squad on red alert!

From this week's All Star Superman #8..

Is it wrong that I wish my hair looked exactly like that?

Is it because I'm very young?

So, how'd you like to hear about something that's made me really mad at myself?
Good, because I'm in a mood to talk about it.
Check out these two pictures of The Flash by Jason Latour..




Awesome, right?
Well, here's the deal, Jason did both of those for me. This was 2-4 years ago. He mailed them to me along with a great mini-comic he'd done. You can imagine how excited I was to have these.
Somehow I've managed to have no idea where they are.
I mean, I know they have to be in the house somewhere, but I can't find them for the life of me.
This makes me literally angry with rage.

In the news...

Does this make anyone else crazy?
I mean, is it just me?
I'm not saying that what this guy did necessarily did or didn't deserve a lengthy penetentiary vacation, I'm just saying can't someone call fucking "shenanigans" on the Dubya yet?
I mean, come on.

Sorry, I'll try to get back to talking about comics shortly.

UPDATE
Jon Morris has a great post about it up as well.

What kind of one way street is that?

So Marvel's burying Captain America in Arlington in tomorrow's issue of Fallen Son : The Death of Captain America, and for some reason all of the news outlets are covering it like it's real news.
I got them covering him being killed, but isn't a burial in a cemetary pretty much what happens next?
I dunno.
All of this to post this quote from the good Captain..

"This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences.When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—No. You move.”

Pretty powerful, huh?

Let me just yank that sword out of me..

An avalanche of absolute awesomery!
The Kirby DC Kover Kollection!

The first images from the upcoming Superman Doomsday DVD have been released.
Look for this to be hitting stores on September 18 (a scant day after my birthday), though I hope to get to see the sneak preview premiere in San Diego.

Roll out!

Click here for the official NEW Transformers theme from the flick, by Mute Math. (Wait for the page to fully download and then there'll be a little link that says "Download File")
I dig it. I mean, it's not the Lion version from Transformers : The Movie, but it's not bad.
If you're still hungry for more Transformers, Animated Toast! has 7 different versions of the theme, including the previously mentioned Lion version.