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I finally saw Scott pilgrim
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Nothing fantasy here, just thought I’d mention this. I finally saw Scott Pilgrim. I had been meaning to see it much sooner, but inevitability of crap hitting the fan prevented me so. When I finally broke free of the tail spin the dreck of a theater near me was no…
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Preview of next week’s comic!
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Issue 52 is so stinking epic I can barely show you much of it without blowing the surprise. Here’s all I can give ya: See you next Tuesday =P
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A not-so-early influence, “Conan the Cimmerian”
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Growing up, if you had mentioned the named “Conan” to me, images of Arnold Schwarzenegger in a bad haircut, glistening in an 80’s styled movie would have popped into my mind. Unfortunately that campy impression warded me off of the Robert E. Howard’s for many years. It wasn’t until a…
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Monday, Monday…
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A new week is here, so to celebrate I’m giving you more artwork to enjoy. Here is another piece of Algerbane in his Year 2 duds. Click the thumbie for a bigger version. I’ll post a colored version once it’s ready.
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Sketches for Friday!
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For today’s post I give you some artwork to gaze upon. Here is a preliminary sketch of Algerbane. This won’t be in an upcoming comic, but the finished piece will go up soon either here or on my tumblr.
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Screen grab of upcoming issue!
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Check out a behind the scenes look at upcoming issue 51. It is the preliminary pencils, done in Photoshop. Oh, and I was watching the Simpsons at the same time. Technology’s great. Be on the look out for this issue next week! And keep visiting the site each week day…
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Hey I put up some new buttons!
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Just making a call to the new buttons just below the comic (and above the calendar). Some newer visitors may not know that the Wizard of Quippley has its own Facebook page AND twitter. So if you’re a fan of these social networks, please like or follow me, respectively. And…
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A book you should be reading: “The Book of the New Sun,” by Gene Wolfe
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Okay, technically its four books. But its a oft’ overlooked tetralogy, so I’m grouping them together. Any true science fictions/fantasy fan should be aware of the works of Gene Wolfe (if you haven’t, put down your DnD dice and go weep in shame!). The Book of the New Sun is…