PRACTICE MAKES PERFUCT

Hello there comic book lovin' loonies! Just thought I'd fling a little sumpin'-sumpin' outta my cage for you to feast your peepers on. It's a little bit of nuthin' really just making the most of some down time to, ( as the saying goes ) PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. The people who make the sayings up however don't always get it right, because practice doesn't always make perfect...in fact sometimes it makes poopies.... but isn't that the point after all? Get rid of all your bad habits, learn from your mistakes and all that jazz? Hurm........................... I guess in that respect it does make perfect, ( EVENTUALLY ) until then I gotta turn out duds like this once in awhile I guess.

Peace out peeps~

NEW STUFF!

Hey groovie guys and gals.... It is me, your long missing master, with yet another punch packing post! I have mentioned many times past how woefully inept I am at all things technological. Well... the story is that many, many eons ago, ( alright it was really like a couple of years ago... okay? ) I purchased myself a WACOM tablet. For those unwashed minions who have no idea of what I speak, let me say simply that a WACOM tablet is a device that allows you to create art modifications with a wired tablet, ( this is the cool part ) right onto your handy-dandy computer screen! Yes... that's right.... whoda thunk it???

Anyhoo... I couldn't figure the darn thing out, and stuck it in a cob-webby corner of my studio, content to plod along in my comfy old fashioned manner with familiar paper and pen. Then a day or so ago... along comes my intrepid Son and decides to impress ol' Dad by hooking up and figuring out this whole WACOM doo-hikey thing-a-ma-jig.

Above you can see a very raw page for my new, SUPER GROOVY MAN comic, that I banged out the other day while waiting for auto service. I have made the command decision to finish this little number, ( not in my tried and true method ) but rather using the aforementioned wonderful WACOM.

I truly have no idea what the result will be, but good, or not so good, I am going to give it my best shot, and I promise dear followers to publish the results here lickity-split. I am pretty excited and intrigued, but judging from my initial forays I gotta say.... I still think the old hand drawn way is faster, and way more fun.

Still I have vowed to put aside my crumedgenly ways, and try sumpthin' new.... who knows what it will lead to?

See you later Crocs and gators~

Mitch

TRIBUTE TO THE KING!

Hey Gang! Just thought I'd drop by and say a big howdy-doo. I have been thinking a lot about the King of comics...Jack Kirby. In my spare moments the last two weeks I managed to squeek out this nifty little practice page using only a pencil and a double sided Sharpie. Pretty Nifty don't ya think? Hope everyone has an enjoyable FREE COMIC BOOK DAY this weekend.

FLASHBACK

Some of you hep cats from way, way back may remember a project I started a few years ago called SUPER GROOVY MAN. It is my take on a very 1970's style superhero. My comics prefrence has always been of the, horror/comedy/sci-fi type, so this was my first attempt to do a comic more along the classic MARVEL style superhero that would have existed in the 7o's.

As I clean up ZOMBIE SUB 920, I have been thinking more and more about SGM, and I really want to finish it up, so....... up, up, and AWAY-YYYYYYYY we go!

FUNKY RETRO COLOR!

ON VACATION ... IN STUDIO

Greetings gang! I am have a terrific time taking a much needed, mid-winter vacation right here in the comfort of my very own home studio.  The ever lovely, and beautiful Michelle is here also, and she was kind enough to snap this snapshot of me making with the coloring and touch-ups for ZOMBIE SUB-920.

As my work continues to gain interest both here and on Facebook, I want to extend a warm heartfelt thanks to all of you who have taken the time to tell me you dig my stuff...you are all super groovy.

PRETTY WOMAN IN COLOR

I spent the weekend in grand geek style. I watched an old horror movie, ( after pizza and wine ) colored the final page of my comic, ( seen above ) visited a comic shop I never went to before,( Chris' comics of Hampton NH ) where I bought a butt load of classic comics for not much $$$... AND to top it all off I visited a flea market where I bought a real life submarine officers cap and belt for REAL cheap, ( I'm talkin' way low bucks here folks ) WoW! The hat I intend on wearing as I hawk this puppy upon it's completion.... so LOOK for me at all the spring/summer cons!

I sure had a fantabulous time! I hope all you hepped up hombre's made the most of your wacky weekends. Until next time cats and kitties, stay loose.... ( er, um.... but not TOO loose ) like, I wouldn't want anyone to come unwound or nuttin'

Peace Ya'll~
Mitch

THE PLOT THICKENS!

Oh how the wheels are spinning now my friends.... Thicker-er, and thicker-er the plot, um.... well, THICKENS. Just a few pages left, some clean-up, a dash of coloring, and a pinch of lettering, and this comic will be sent to the press room. February vacation is looming ever closer, and the goal at hand is to finish as much as possible of this retro beauty by then.

I sure hope all you monsters from Maine to Malibu are keeping your little tootsies toasty during this cold snap we're having...Br-rrrrr! I myself have broken out the sun screen, beach towels, ect, and I'm heading off to the trusty time machine, ( my studio ) for a trip back to poolside circa summer of '76.

Boogie on bro-beasties~

LIVE FROM SANTAS WORKSHOP

T'was the night before Christmas an' all thru the blog.... not a creature was stirring... not even a frog! Exceptin' me of course... I couldn't resist just one more post to prove to you guy's and ghouls that this whole ZOMBIE SUB 920 idea I had way, way back in June is gunna be a real deal comic type book someday, ( by FCBD I'm hoping ) anyhow here it is... now the world may know at last that the treacherous monkey-men, the fragile foes of the fourth alliance are in fact in leauge with the dredded Simeons of Sirus 7.

Gobble it up my pretties~

Mitchell out-

READ ONLY POST

Happy holiday hello-de-do's to you comic-blogger friends. Todays inspired offering gives you a little bit of an idea as to the story flow by way of showing you a tid-bit of text from late in the story. I did some faint pencil outlines, ( and inked a few panels ) last night, but really nailed some lettering, ( around which I will ink up all the images later ) sometimes I letter first, sometimes not, meh.... I know, I know cuckoo huh? Anyway... I gotta give some shout-outs here to Mykal Banta who has been posting some really jive stuff over at his GOLD KEY COMICS blog ( see ma blog roll missys and mistas ) in fact the keyed up king even took a request from yours true blue-ly, an' posted up some undifineable UFO yum-yumms.... check it out! Well I'm just a blabberin, an a yabberin, so it's time for me to shove off, and grab me some badly needed shut eye, but all you cats and crazies be sure sure to have a safe and comic book filled Christmas, and thanks to everyone who is taking an intrest in my humble efforts at cartoon-ery bufoon-ery :)