Image Expo aftermath

Hey all. Well, Image Expo has come and gone. I sold a few copies of my new minicomic Days of Dystopia #1, which I hope everyone will enjoy if they purchased a copy. I also met some great creators and so-forth, so it went pretty well. At the Cartoon Art Museum booth, we managed to make about $300, which is cool in that our table was free in that we're a non-profit.

No new art just because I've been spending a lot of time doing other peoples' characters. I even bought some of those Marvel sketch covers. They're kind-of intimidating, but it is fun to do them. But again: I'm not going to post those due to copyright issues.

Speaking of drawing other peoples' characters, I have a new project coming up, but I can't say much about it for a while. I will keep you posted once things start coming together.

Happy Valentine's Day

Today, I printed up 50 copies of my minicomic, which I hope to sell at the Image Expo. I posted the cover last week, so there's no need to do it again.

Also, I wanted to respond to criticisms of DC Comics' New 52. The Comics' Alliance had a piece on how the sales were supposedly so disappointing and how not enough women are reading them.

While I have my theories--including too much writing for the trade--I'm not sure the sales were so bad, but also, I didn't expect it to grab too many female readers. Most female readers of comics I know (remember: I said "most") are more into edgy, alternative comics and probably wouldn't be all that interested even if I prevailed upon them that a book like, say, Batgirl had a three-dimensional female lead and they agreed it was "pretty good" from reading a random issue.

As for women who actually like superheroes, most of them--from my mom to, like, 90% of women I went to high school with--they normally won't read many comics. My mom certainly "likes" Superman, but I just don't think she's gonna get in the habit of reading the ongoing series. Sorry, just ain't gonna happen. She did read the Castle graphic novel, but that was her first since Dennis the Menace's Hawaiian Vacation.

Someone else opined on what their problem was with DCNU, but in response, all I can say is...

Cover

With only ten minutes left for this to count as something I'm posting on Tuesday, this is the unlettered version of the cover of my minicomic. Oh, I might touch up a few things here and there, but this is it.

This is kind-of a nod to a strange fact I learned: when the first Batman movie with Michael Keaton was being promoted, a lot of people mistook the logo for an open mouth. How? I'm not really sure. I mean, you'd think most people had already seen it anyway, but then, in the old Adam West series, the image of the bat itself looked far different, thus, did not have the same negative space.

Anyway, I believe I'll have this baby available by the weekend after next, but I'm still not quiiite ready to start tooting my own horn on it.

In other news, I'm not gonna talk about politics this week, but I will say this: some people wait until there's an issue they're really passionate about to say, "write to your member of Congress." I say, if there's a stray thought that pops into your head, write to your House Rep, and your Senators, not to mention the President, your Governor, your State Reps and State Senators, and if possible, some judges. No matter what laws they pass, rulings they make, or orders they give, they work for you.

Also, over the past few weeks, I've been doing some work as a contributor to a website called http://artdebutant-sf.com/ I've been kind-of lax about not promoting it as much as I should, so I hope everyone takes a look.