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Batgirl Painting 2014
guess it's been a while since I've posted any of the paintings I tried doing back in 2014. Here's Batgirl against the Gotham City skyline. Still working on figuring out…
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Flash Painting
A friend asked if I wanted a bunch of canvases that he wasn't going to use. I figured, sure, I already had a ton of acrylic paint that I'd bought…
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Daddy Issues
Raven of the New Teen Titans is the daughter of the demon, Trigon. Their relationship is... not pleasant. Raven, Trigon, Teen Titans, and all related characters are owned by DC…
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Legacy Numbering in Comics
First of all, let me say: I get it. New #1s in comics sell more copies, and that’s why Marvel and DC are so willing to reset the numbering of…
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Search For The Hero commission
Shortly after completing the "Every Day Heroes" series, the same church contacted me to draw a superhero who had let himself go. So the thought of a fat, slobbish Superman…
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Comic: Batman Makes Breakfast
I wanted to see if I could draw Batman in that early-90s, Image Comics style. And I wanted to see if I could make an interesting short comic about him…
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Catwoman #1 (New 52) Controversy
Since everybody and their mother is talking about this — and a couple people have asked for my opinion — I figure I’ll throw in my two cents. The controversy…
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COMIC REVIEWS: Nightwing #1, Red Hood & the Outlaws #1
Bought RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS and NIGHTWING, this week. NIGHTWING was a lot of fun. All you HAVE to know, going in, are the things everybody knows about Dick…
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Superman’s GD Controversy
In case you missed it, yesterday was kind of a funny day for the Man of Steel. In the new ACTION COMICS #1, Superman gets a tank thrown at him,…
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Do Comic Relaunches Actually Help Sales?
With DC Comics about to relaunch their entire line in a little over a month, Valiant Comics announcing a return in 2012, and Marvel beginning to resurrect the CrossGen comics…
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Initial Reactions to DC’s 2011 Reboot
On 31 May 2011, the day after I closed my comic store, DC Entertainment announced that they would be rebooting the entirety of the DC Universe, beginning on 31 August,…
Why comic books cost $3.99
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) The biggest complaint I hear as the co-owner of a comic book store, is about the rising cost of comic books. Why…
The Digital Comics Revolution?
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) Note from 2020: Obviously none of this post from ten years ago applies anymore, but it was a legitimate concern at the…
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The First Number Zero comic?
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.COM (website no longer active) Avery and I were talking about the history of comics funnily-numbered comics, today, and we were wondering what the very first number…
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What a first week!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON COMICZONEAZ.com (website no longer active) Well, if you want to start the new year right, Marvel and DC certainly delivered in 2010. BLACKEST NIGHT #6 dealt with…