Road Trip…
This past weekend, I pick up the collected archives of Tom Beland’s book, True Story – Swear To God. Tom probably doesn’t remember this but I actually met him a couple of times at Baltimore’s Small Press Expo (SPX) – twice before he had any actual comics to see. At that time, he was just selling his mini-comics of the same name. I actually got a couple from him both times I saw him.
The third time, he had his comic book done and was selling that. I talked to him for quite some time and asked him how he did it and how he put everything together as I really admired that someone could have a full-blown comic book in a style similar to my own.
Anyway, with his True Story book, I see a lot of what I would like to do with Capes. That’s why, starting with “Road Trip”, I’m going to get a bit more into character study so you all know who Roy REALLY is or what’s the deal with Narc and Joey? Are they dating? Are they not? And if so, why not? I have the answers but I just never put them in strip form before. But now that the strip is fast approaching 100 strips, I think it’s time to flesh them out a bit more.
Also, I will be appearing at my VERY FIRST comic book convention as a “professional artist” this weekend (June 20 – 22nd) at Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information, scroll down a bit and click on the Heroes Con image under “Appearances” in the left-hand side bar. If you’re planning on attending, look for the big “Capes & Babes” banner. Hopefully, it will be hard to miss!
Currently listening to Cryin’ by Vixen (as part of the VHI Big Hair Monster Metal 2 CD set…
-Chris
