Mothgar

 I'm pretty sure this is a scientifically accurate representation of moth life.

Wonder Mom!

Just finished up the dream freelance job! I had to make up a mom superhero for a product launch at a blogging convention. The product was Aquaphor, and they wanted to show moms being, well, the superheroes they have to be all the time.

So I not only got to draw the character, I had to make her sidekick (the rocket-powered product), and a couple comics pages. I especially like The Irritation, but, then again, my wife says I have a knack for super-villains. I like to think that it's because of my writing ability, and not because I want to amass an army of giant spider robots with lasers.

Thanks to Beiersdorf (the parent company) for letting me post these images!

Comic Redraw Contest – I Won!

One of the webcomics that I like to read is Amazing Super Powers (which I think is the most awesome name for a comic ever. I wish I had thought of that first, even if I didn't have a comic to go with it). Every year they have a contest for people to recreate one of their comic strips. And I won! The comic strip and winning entries are here (you have to scroll down from the comic to see them), and the strip I was recreating is here.

I have to give some credit to Serena, however. When I first tried to redo the strip, I thought I would just do the strip exactly, but drawn differently. I showed Serena and she pointed out that it wasn't really creative at all. So I had to figure out something else to do, and that something else won. So art critiques really do help.

Here's the first panel of my original take on the comic, just to show you what I mean:

One last thing. They wrote a comment above my comic about the content, which I'm somewhat alarmed to realize never once occurred to me. I'll take some solace in the uncapitalized portion of the comment.