I originally had a big, 900+ word blog entry written up in regards to Marvel and DC with the whole Before Watchmen and Ghost Rider fiascos that had taken place last week. But it was REALLY too long, rambly, unfocused, and well, other guys have done a better job talking about it than I have.

The bottom line was: Marvel and DC suck, yes, so BUY MORE CREATOR OWNED COMICS. Demand them from your local comic shop! It should be fairly obvious, yeah? SO DO IT.

There's a lot wrong with this frankly draconian industry, and buying more indie comics is a great way to start fixing things. Also, stop buying shitty comics, which is uh, most of what Marvel and DC put out. Seriously, QUIT IT.

NOW. With that out of the way, I can show you guys a couple of new pieces I recently finished. This first one is the result of listening to Ritualz and reading Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Not a bad combination, really:
I think this is the best use of color I've implemented into a piece.

Also, I did a naughty drawing for Valentine's Day:
Also coloring the pages for Cyberpunk Blues 2, and trying to put together collections of my Exciting Tales! and Distinguished Gentlemen strips from last year to print and sell at cons. Looking at e-book stuff too. Waiting for Eye Alive to release so I can put Zimmik up on here in its entirety. Finally, that graphic novel I was working on over a month ago? I had 60+ pages written, and am now working on a second draft that I'm 30 pages into writing and thumbnailing. The plan is to serialize it online like a webcomic, but we'll see. I gotta get the complete story and designs locked in first.

And of course, I'll keep working on other stuff involving pretty ladies. Just gonna keep moving and making work. YEAHHHH.

[Brett]

I LIVE! Heh, sorry, I kind of neglected this site for a while. Sorry. There was a mishap with the domain name due to transferring it from GoDaddy to Namecheap (because FUCK SOPA that's why) and in the realization that Squarespace had done away with the old yearly plan I was originally on, but it's all fixed up and we're back in business.

So, things I've done thus far in the year 2012:

-Photographed a nude model for a bunch of upcoming stuff I'm working on. The idea was to do more work in the vein of Embrace Infection but, eh, I dunno, I'm working on a couple pieces but I can't let go of this "been there, done that" feeling. Still, getting to shoot a cute model also allows me to do stuff like this pinup:
This also allowed me to achieve my dream of shooting a nude model standing on top of this super old TV that's at work. You'll get to see that one later, maybe.

-Started watching LEXX. I'd seen a few bits and pieces here and there when I was very little on the Sci Fi channel, and just remember being very confused, a little frightened, and a little aroused too. I'm still confused, but after years of collecting back issues of Heavy Metal, the series kind of makes sense to me now. It's almost like the creators read a LOT of Alejandro Jodorowsky's sci fi comics and said "hey, let's make a show like this!" It feels so much like Technopriests, a comic Jodorowsky wrote after LEXX, but still.

-Got angry at a random stranger on the internet for the first time in years, over something SOPA-related. My hatred for SOPA and PIPA is rather intense, yes...

-A customer at the storage buildings yesterday told me that he keeps his mother's ashes in his storage unit. Think about that for a while.

-Did the cover for Eye Alive volume 1, the anthology that my Zimmik comic will be printed in:
Har har har.

-Played Battleship for the first time in years too. Fun.

-Started work on the next Cyberpunk Blues story entitled Your Fan Club Sucks. This will go in Burst Reach 2, which I aim to have completed by April. I've set up a list of cons that I want to go to, and I want to get a table at maybe two or three. Talking to a friend about sharing a table at one of them. I may get more copies of Burst Reach 1 printed to give out, along with postcards, maybe some prints, and stuff like that. I barely know what I'm doing, but I'll figure it out and will of course keep everyone posted on it.

-Ordered a new computer. WOO.

-Also ordered tickets to see Radiohead next month in Tampa, Florida. I'm excited, but nervous about this as well. I haven't been on a huge trip like this since I was a kid...

And that's all. Don't stop moving.

[Brett]