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Concept sketch for a story arc I’m kicking around. Without getting too far into it, each Radical would temporarily be equipped with a transforming mecha tailored to his or her personality. Lee’s would most likely be an 80′s model GMC truck with a hideous tan-on-brown paint job and a camper. In robot mode, it would be specialized for ranged combat.
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SHE’S AN ABSOLUTE BAD AXE!!!
A continuation of the “Sexy Girls and Swords” series… although I guess now I should change the name to “Babes and Blades”. I couldn’t think of another type of sword to use, so my friend Dan said “How ’bout an axe?” I hadn’t drawn Gail in so long (about 3 years ago in issue 3), it was a lot of fun.
A few months ago I happened upon a webcomic that seemed like it would appeal to me. The initial draw of “Space the Comic” was nostalgia for me: it is made with and as a tribute to the Lego Classic Space theme! Immediately I was like “Oh! I had that guy/ship when I was a kid!” It was neat to see some of my favorite childhood toys (who unlike Transformers and G.I. Joe never really had any “official” fiction behind them) having wacky adventures. I was horribly behind on my own comic at the time, so I bookmarked it for later and kept an eye on the new updates via the FaceyPlace.
A few weeks ago, I got a chance to dive into the archives and get caught up with the story. When I did and saw that the strip went back to 2008, I thought “Awww, man. I could have been reading this for the last 4 years?” While the strip is mostly a sort of space sitcom, I was pretty amazed with how author Kevin J. Guhl (no relation to Ra’s Al Ghul – that I’m aware of) interweaves elements of science fiction and horror (yes, Lego horror). The storyline “The Last Face You See” is sheer terror on an existential level, being a bit reminiscent of Ambrose Bierce’s short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” in that they both present a doomed man’s frenzied but futile struggle to survive and have somewhat similar twist endings.
Whether comedy or horror is the prevalent theme of the current storyline, Kevin does a great job of infusing those little brick fellas and fillies with tons of personality. In fact, I was so inspired by Valkyrie’s sporting goods shoplifting spree and little exchange with poor, lucky Lawrence in “Bootlegs” Part 7, that I drew this fan art. There are a lot of webcomics I like, but his is the first one I’ve ever enjoyed enough to be compelled to do a fan art for. So, if you enjoy my art of Valkyrie (or even if you don’t, but want to see how awesome a comic’s gotta be to inspire me to draw fan art) please check out the source comic.
This is probably the strangest thing I’ve ever drawn. I’ve been considering the use of the transwarp portal as a plot device to do a lot more crossovers into parallel universe (possibly even making that the ongoing theme of the series or at least a “season”) inspired, at least in part, by Alan Davis’s run on “Excalibur”. One of the universes I’ve had in mind for a long time was one where everyone was the opposite gender and I really wanted to work out on paper what everyone would look like. I haven’t decided for sure yet, but most likely Patrick, Chuck, Jayce, and Hailey’s names would likely be Patricia, Charlotte, Janice, and Harry.
Decided to take a week off to get wound up for the next issue, but here’s a little sneak peak at the cover.
