Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Dave Stevens R.I.P.

I just wanted to post a quick note about this.  Dave Stevens a phenominal artist, and creator of one of my favorite comics The Rocketeer, has passed away. 
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=149730
I met him once, briefly, at the Chicago Comicon, and he was, although quiet, completely nice, to a complete stranger, that I was to him.  I'm sure I made some stupid comments about the Rocketeer, and how I'd bought the very first appearance in the back of the Mike Grell comic from Pacific comics, just for his art, but he was polite, and had probably heard the same thing hundreds, make that thousands, of times...
As I said he was an amazing artist, and I wish there was more out there of his sequential stuff, the comic stuff, but we have what we have, and what he did was finely honed, and expertly crafted.

In closing, I can't say that I knew him well, but I certainly am saddened by his passing.  He made all of us who loved his art, who were artists ourselves, try a little harder, and sigh that we just couldn't  even get close to his skills.  His artwork was lovingly crafted, and lovingly admired, what more can you say for an artist.

And for you Rocketeer fans out there...
"molly-coddle, molly-coddle, bush-wah-zee, grab 'em by the garders, and toss 'em in the sea!"

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Google AdSense

Okay, so it's been some time, but finally I got the notice that the nice people who've been clicking away on my google adsense buttons have gotten me a little bit of money.  It's slightly over ten bucks, and it's taken, I don't know, like a year...but I finally made some money.  So thanks.  Who knows who you people are, you button clickers, but thank you, and now it's time to re-double your efforts, I plan to make twenty bucks for me in the next year, lofty dreams, sure, but I say it can be done!  
Cheers and good luck.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Holding my head...


here's a new sketch, let's see if the widget can handle this?