back to back panels from Loose Ends #3, order code JUL111247, Fellowship of the Geeks review here. was thinking about this line of Mos Defs' : "...too real, news reel-- edited, the close up block out the rest of it....."
runnin on an hour of less-than-sleep, a seinfeld backgrounded snooze (...."Rochelle! Rochelle!"...) we made a comic! you could get it! in stores today, order code JUL111247. nother nice review @ Criminal Complex. and dag, at ComicBookResources too. and AintItCoolNews. and ComicBastards.
pencils, then to rico for a color comp, then ink. hated to lose the line-y quality of the pencils, but that woulda been too busy, i think, in ink. the black and white art is really just raw material for color; so i end up with ugly/confusing/heavy-handed/unbalanced originals in order to get more, uh, elegant color solutions on the finished comic. Loose Ends #3 out this Wednesday! order code JUL111247
UPDATE: Aye, looks like Loose Ends #3 will be in stores Nov 9th! Let your local comic shop know you want a copy (if you do i mean), order code is JUL111247
ola, been awhile, especially since i started the year all aggressive-like with the posting. in between that phase, it's wind-down, the Loose Ends wind-up, and now......there were deadlines to make, fam+friends to say "so long (for now)" to, school enrollment, and a city to move (back) to. my multitasking skills leave a lot to be desired. im working on it. for a month or so i dint have a mail key, when USPS finally came through i found a box overstuffed with mail from the previous tennant (see above). anyways, Loose Ends #3 is freshly finished and at the printers; apologies for goin AWOL, just the way it's gotta be sometimes.
new panel above. Jason's script and our "military advisors" called for a bootleg Tupac tee sayin "Rap Music", the research turned up a lot of funny:
wish there'd been more room for it, but there were bigger fish to fry. here's what i squeezed in:
will this count as new art? Loose Ends had variant black and white versions, we went to town doing remixes at the release party. and gee whiz, was that perfect- all our people came out, we laughed our asses off (Izzy's giggles are contagious), ate all the bbq at Dish, drank all the gin at Philosophers Stone, and closed it out.....thankyou to everyone, we'regrateful. ima stop now before i get all maudlin. fresh jams next week, promise.
the official video for this is fantastic, my buddy used to teach it in his Geography class. but, uh, i love the talking here before the song comes in, and it's built on the best one second of Thriller. more talking? raconteur lunatic Jason Latour (Sgt. Pork Chop), who's scrambled egg mind thought up Loose Ends, was interviewed here by the fellas at SIDEBAR. Shomer Shabbos.
Loose Ends No.1 comes out next Wednesday, July 13th. Diamond order code is MAY111222, please call your local comic shop and tell em that. We'll be at Heroes Aren't Hard to Find in Charlotte, NC with writer Jason Latour signing books and...
below is the limited edition silkscreen print, FREE with the purchase of our book at Heroes on Wednesday, which you were going to do anyway, right?! We're only printing 100 of these and once they are gone they are gone! They will be available for purchase on the Heroes site after the signing. Feel free to call the store and ask them about that. You can use a goofy phone voice if you want. You can say "You wouldn't like me when i'm angry". Have fun with it, riff.
sometimes i'll feel like painting, but ink usually scratches that itch. and if you get a mosquito bite, rubbing alcohol will take care of it. that's a summertime tip for you.
This classic Kickstand Kids image is now available for the 1st time online! The beautiful full color poster measures 16 by 20 inches and is printed on lustre finish paper so it's not too shiny and you don't have to be all Squintin' Tarantino. $15 USD + shipping and handling (International orders may require additional postage).