'cause i felt like it...

even with looming deadlines and more than a few commissions to get through (fyi - gambit, mary marvel, domino, jack sparrow, gwen stacy are all coming soon... well, relatively soon), sometimes i just wanna do something for the simple reason that i want to...

one of my favorite dc books of the last several years (which was cancelled WAY too soon, alas) was stars and stripes (written by geoff johns with fantastic art by lee moder)... great fun all around. courtney (star spangled kid... or is it star girl now?) went on to become a member of the jsa, so at least she's still around...

and onto other things...

-response to perhapanauts - second chances #1 has been good... and i think it only gets better (not just because of a certain security team member in issue 2...)

-already lining up some great talented folks for pin ups in the next trade... just wait!

-should be getting the finished choopie sculpt soon (then it's on to casting a few copies so i can share the fun)

-patriots just steamrolled over minnesota last night (although there were some calls in their favor, the pats clearly were gonna dominate)

-heroes continues to be a fun ride as the story unfolds (stupid tivo cut off the last minutes....d'oh! and was anybody really surprised by the twist with the neighbor? i've been waiting weeks for that to happen...)

-hellboy cartoon on cartoon network was hellafun (again, stupid tivo- or more likely the networks - cut off the beginning)... loved a lot about it, thought it looked fantastic for a tv animation budget... i'm sure it'll flow better on dvd (coming in feb 07) without all of cn's seemingly arbitrary commercial breaks...

-been rewatching the second season of the office on dvd...just gets better (and more painful)... and some of the deleted scenes are priceless... they really spotlight some of my favorite characters like creed and toby (by FAR my favorite character on the show, hands down)

-had a fun time at the halloween party this weekend with all the kids (and reff as otto, of course) in costume...funny how our parties have changed in the last few years...

well, i'm sure there's more, but i gotsta get back to work... plenty to do before the baby arrives.
-c

(what i'm listening to as i type this... achtung baby -u2)

teevee!

a quick recap... discuss.

well, heroes did certainly pick up steam this week...
and studio 60 was pretty strong as well (not great, but good... even though a lot of the big plot moments could be seen from a mile away)...
prison break... wow, didn't see THAT twist (most of the others in this episode, sure... but THAT one, not so much...)
battlestar is hellagood, (loved the new caprica stuff, glad it didn't drag TOO long...plenty of stuff to follow up on.)
the office has become somewhat over the top with michael and dwight, but the grounded moments in the office(s) more than make up for it...
veronica mars is still great tv (again, glad to hear the story won't drag out over the whole season)...
lost was solid, but like the first few episodes of last season, i'm really expecting things to pick up soon... and maybe even get a few answers we've been hoping for. (before the mid-season hiatus for taye diggs' "groundhog day with guns" show.)...
the nine has been fairly engrossing as well, we'll see if it lasts the season, though...


saturday night live... ouch.

-c

perhapanauts:second chances #1!

so, i figured i'd mark today's release of perhapanauts: second chances #1 with a 'blog entry...

and i also figured, bah, why go the obvious route and post 'haps art, so here's plastic man instead.

now go buy the 'haps.

-c

a loooong time coming...

just a quick one, foks, 'cause i'm SWAMPED with work.

so, as an artist working in comics for a number of years, you have the pleasure of meeting a lot of great folks who like your work... and in some cases, you get to know these folks pretty well and become friends.

and i'm sure you know, doing things for friends sometimes takes a back seat to other things, knowing they'll understand...

in the years (yes, plural) i've had a particular friend's book, more than a few "i should get to it soon... honest!" have come and gone... as luck would have it, i was holding the book (with some beautiful stuff already from adam hughes, jim mooney, mike oeming and others) when a fire happened at his house... so i guess it's a good thing i procrastinated, right?


anyway, this one's for ray. (and you other friends, i haven't forgotten... honest. who knows, you might even make into the 'haps someday)

-c

on the tv front, battlestar galactica and veronica mars are back... frak, that's good tv! not to mention lost. hoping studio 60 gets better ratings and enjoyed 30 rock...