The relief efforts for the earthquake victims in Haiti need money, fast. So I’m doing a raffle for free art. Donate to one of my favorite charities, Doctors Without Borders, forward me the receipt to enter into a raffle to win a free sketch card from me. There will be multiple drawings and multiple winners. I probably don’t have the time to do a sketch for everyone that contacts me, that’s why I’m doing a raffle. It’s easy: donate any amount, forward me your receipt, I enter your name into a random drawing. If your name is selected, I’ll contact you and you can tell me what character you’d like me to draw. I mail the drawing to you, money goes to those who need it, and there you have it.

Here’s where you can donate online: Doctors Without Borders

Email me your receipt: [email protected]

Any questions, feel free to email me.

Hey there Buckaroos!

As you know, (or if you didn’t, you’re about to find out) the comic is currently on hiatus for three weeks. However, I’ll be updating the blog in the meantime. One subject on the blog agenda is the Comments Contest, as I’m still a little behind. So, without further ado:

Congratulations to the winner of the 15th week of the Comments Contest: evaD! I’ll be contacting you about claiming your mini sketch.

Here’s the sketch for our week 13 winner, Alpine Bob. He wanted a sketch of Kate from Paradigm Shift, check it out:

Speaking of art, I’m currently accepting pre-order sketch requests for anyone attending the CGS SuperShow in two weeks. Here’s the latest piece. It’s The Thing!

Hey there… We’ve got a new stash of pictures for you to download. Dave has put together a new series of avatars for use on forums or as your Gravatar, some banners to use in your signature, and a set of desktop wallpapers in a variety of screen sizes. Head on over to our Downloads page to check ’em out!

Also, we ask that you please refrain from hotlinking these images. For those of you who don’t know what that means, we’re asking that you not link directly to the images here on the site. Instead, download them to your own computer and host them elsewhere. Thank you kindly.

Anyway… Let us know how you like these!

-Jim

I’m back from CGS Supershow, but still feeling it’s affects on mind and body. This was my first con of the year and it was the perfect way to kick off the con season. The bar has been set high for all the other events I’ll be attending. (more…)

A lot of interesting documentation has come out of the SuperShow in the form of photos, blog entries, podcasts and videos. There’s a forum dedicated to just the show where you can find links to this material.

As for myself, I was on the Costumes and Comics panel along with a member of the 501st Stormtroopers, Jamal Igle, and Mike “I Will Eat Your Children as a Snack and then Make You get me a Soda” Norton. The panel was hosted by Amber Love aka The SuperHero Stylist. She has a great YouTube channel for her con footage, interviews, and comic book reviews. The complete recording of the Costumes panel can be found there. Here’s a clip where I talk about what it takes to research and develop costumes for a Western.

Okay, this next video is just for fun. At the Saturday night party at 3rd and Spruce, Amber and Jon Carroll had arranged for there to be a karaoke setup. (There’s other videos of this on Amber’s YouTube as well.) I had to get in on that, but what to sing? After changing my mind three times, I finally came back to an old favorite of mine. Written by Shel Silverstein and originally performed by The Man in Black, ladies and gentlemen, A Boy Named Sue: