August 17, 2007

Li'l Muerto Cast

Here's the basic cast ...

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August 15, 2007

Mama Calaveras

Li'l Muerto's madre:

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August 14, 2007

Li'l Muerto Revisited

I've been working a bit more on the Li'l Muerto concept ... re-worked some drawings, added new characters. Here's the base cast:

And then tonight's beginning foray into Li'l Muerto's family brings us his little cousin, Miguel Calaveras.

Next up, the rest of the family ... the home ... the school.

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August 12, 2007

AUCTION-Y GOODNESS!!

Want your very own copy of the first issue of Wooden Iguana? How about the Sketchbook used to create it?

I have donated the original sketchbook (much as losing it pains me) and a laser-print copy of this issue (a nice, colour laser print ... for those "in the know" about graphics, it's a 300 dpi version ... not just a printout of the webpages) ... anyhow, I've donated the sketchbook and a nice print copy of issue one to iSurvive.org to help them raise some funds. iSurvive is a wonderful resource for people struggling to cope with abuse issues. There are people there from all over the world ... they've got resources for review, various categories in their forum for people to post and discuss their issues and even a chat feature. They're a non-profit organization who has recently changed their software ... and believe me, they help a lot of people. They have to pay for the software, for bandwidth ... a technician to help keep everything running ... and I don't know what all else. I do know that they serve a very valuable function to a lot of people.

And I'd like to do a little bit to help them continue.

So ... while letting that sketchbook go is a really hard thing for me ... that's got some pieces that I'm extraordinarily proud of in it ... it's all going to an excellent, excellent cause.

If you're interested ... you can see some photos of the sketchbook here ... and you can address any questions to me: red DASH monkey AT coyotethunder DOT com.

If you want to bid, you can send your bid to: isurvive_org AT yahoo DOT com . Please, please, put Auction Bid in the subject and please, please please don't spam them. They're a good organization, good people.

Auction ends August 27, 2007.

You can check the current status of bids in the Open Forum section of the iSurvive site ... or you can email me for an update.

Good luck!!!

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July 27, 2007

Back to Cartooning

Well, now that I'm on an extended "vacation" until March, I've been hard at work trying to get the house picked up and re-organized. I've got a list of projects a mile long (as usual). But last night, I was a bit at loose ends since the first issue of Wooden Iguana is over and I needed a new "down-time" project. Yeah, yeah, I know. It's not some protestant work ethic, trust me. I was raised Catholic. (But don't talk to me about Pope Rat ... that man ... grrrrr ) It's that whole ADHD thing, yanno. If I'm not working on about three or four projects at once, I'm bored out of my gourd. Seriously. My partner cringes every time I finish a project, whether it's a book or a bit of sculpture or finish getting a room organized. Literally the instant I'm done ... "I'm boreded." It just flies out of my mouth. Ooozes from my pores.

What? Oh yeah. So last night, I just was not quite ready for bed. The Night Squirrels were doing laps in my brain and I finally got up so as not to drive my poor partner batty. I mean any battier than I already drive her. So ... I got up, finished re-reading the last Harry Potter book. (What? I had mental indigestion from swallowing that tome in about five hours or so ... I needed to go back and actually carefully read the thing.) Anyhow ... I decided to do a little inking of Li'l Muerto. Which kinda morphed into some character sketching as well.

Not exactly sure where I'm going with Paprika's hair. I'm starting to think colour instead of b/w. I'm torn tho, because I was really enjoying the idea of the b/w strip. But ... it's the web ... colour doesn't cost. Maybe I'll leave Li'l Muerto himself solid b/w and colour the others. Hmmm.

And I'm sure Scott's head is going to go thru some more changes. I'm not keen on the top or the bottom just yet.

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July 19, 2007

Wooden Iguana

At last ... the last pages are up at Wooden Iguana. If you click the preview image below, you'll be taken to page 30 and you can navigate to page 31 from there. To help keep people from seeing things out of order, the final page will publish on Friday, July 20 (about 3 p.m. or so Eastern time).

Clicking the preview will take you to the current page. On the other hand, clicking this link will take you to the main page where you can start from the beginning should you need to do that.

If you really really can't wait to see the final page ... find the easter egg in this entry and click there for a view of the jpg.

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