Ridin' high..

FREDDIE MERCURY GETS IT TOGETHER!

I did this one for Bryan Lee O'Malley based on the cover to Scott Pilgrim Vol. 4 : Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together and gave it to him at HeroesCon.

Meeting him at HeroesCon was basically one of the best things that's come of making a comic, because as you might have guessed from the title of our comic, he totally wanted to be friends with us.

More on that later though.

There was always that crazy..

So, here's a Freddie convention commission/sketch I've been holding onto for a while.

If you can't tell, it's Captain America vs Freddie as The Winter Soldier.

At this point you may be asking, "Why hold onto this one for so long?"

Well, the thing is this, I got an itch to color this one up and I ended up really enjoying the way the colored version was going.

"Why is this in black and white then?"

Yeah, about that.

Apparently I forgot to save (Ctrl + S) the last half of the work I did on coloring the thing... either that or I saved it in some folder that is now hidden from me via dark sorcelations.

So, until I get up the gumption to finish it again, you'll have to make do with these inks.

I promise the colored version was a lot more impressive.

This is what we do..

Curt and I did this one for Sean's birthday last week.
I don't know if he's seen it yet.
Well, whatever, happy birthday!
This was drawn at a restaurant and then at a bar, so that speaks to the quality.
Oh, and the fact that I drew it. That also speaks to the quality.

Curt wanted me to let you all know that you are all alright.

No shoes. No shirts. No problem.

And now you've seen everything.

It's Freddie as a luchador.

This one was for Harry at Jim Hanley's Universe.

I was hoping Curt would have something clever to say about this, because I'm on empty.

We heard that's what you're into..

We inch ever closer to the JLFM.

Apparently this one was for "Nadine", but I don't think she remembered to come back by to pick it up.

I'll believe anything..

There are two people without whom, Let's Be Friends Again : A Tiny Comic (LBFA:ATC) would not have been possible.
Those two people are Curt and I.

Then there are two other people right after that (sorta just below) that also helped.
Those two people are Joel Priddy and Shane McDermott.

Probably the most awesome thing about making comics is the fact that when you make them, you can ask your way more talented friends to help make your comic not suck.
Such as by asking them to draw a pin-up of you for the back cover that ends up being basically the greatest thing ever.

Shane was responsible for not only lettering the thing, but spending his valuable time teaching me how to letter it like a real comic instead of like a flyer for Ubee's or something that you take when the guy hands it to you, but you know you're just gonna throw it away as soon as you can.

And don't worry, Shane, because you're also now stuck with the awesome responsibility of having to come up with a pin-up for LBFA2 that tops Joel's!

Above and beyond those things though, both of these guys helped us every step of the way reading the script, giving their thoughts, laughing at the appropriate points, helping me figure out the layouts, looking over my thumbnails, teaching us how to tie our shoes, making us dinner, telling me my finished pages were "good enough", and so forth.

I don't think Curt and I would be making comics if it weren't for them and all of their help, and we really can't thank them enough for being so generous with their time and talents.

And for what you're really here to see, a picture of Freddie Mercury dressed as a cat.

Proof positive!

Here's total proof that someone paid actual money for my drawing of Freddie Mercury as a Green Lantern vs Darkseid.

See how Curt accepts the money in exchange for the drawing!

She said it was a birthday present for a friend who loved Freddie Mercury.

I hope he liked it.

I see the look in your eyes..

I drew this one for Joe at DC Comics.

His only request for his Freddie Mercury drawing was that I listen to my heart.

This is what happens when I listen to my heart.

I really like how this one turned out, so I might possibly try to make a print of it.

Maybe I'll just do an entire Justice League of Freddie Mercurys.

A JLFM if you will.

I'm not sure how many we got pictures of at the show, but I recall drawing Freddie as Robin (scaling a wall as per the request), a different Green Lantern, Wonder Woman (I know I have a picture of this one), and The Flash.

I also drew another of him against Darkseid, but that one was just plain Freddie.

That's just DC though.

I also drew him as The Silver Surfer (for Joe's friend with the roller-skates), Thor, Cable (in full Liefeld regalia), Bucky/The Winter Soldier (fighting Captain America).. and that's all the Marvel ones I can remember.

Maybe Curt or Joey or April or one of the people who got one of the sketches will chime in with any I'm forgetting that are DC or Marvel related.

I'll get into the non-comic related ones another time.

Fame and Fortu.. well, fame : Part 2

Thanks to Super Punch, Newsarama featured our picture of Freddie Mercury (as a Green Lantern) fighting Darkseid.

Subsequently, we've had a huge influx of new visitors.

This is hell of awesome.

For those of you that missed the story of this picture, it is (as best as I recall) as follows :

Curt and I were sitting at a bar waiting on our food.

I asked Curt what I should draw.

Curt : Can you draw Darkseid?

me : Sure.

Curt : Oh! Can you draw Darkseid fighting Freddie Mercury?

me : Cool! Okay.

Curt : OH! Can you draw Freddie Mercury AS a Green Lantern fighting Darkseid?!

me : OMG AWESOMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then we started huggin' and high-fivin' and all dancin' around and such.

A little bit of fun trivia about the picture that before right now only 4 people knew : In my original pencils, Freddie was using the ring to create a "Fat Bottomed Girl" to combat Darkseid.

It's really pretty fortuitous timing that this happened today, because today just happened to be the day we received/unveiled the new logo/banner created for us by the unbelievable Dylan Todd.

He's also responsible for one of my favorite blogs, Big Red Robot.

So yeah, if you're one of our new visitors, thanks for stopping by and please drop in again. Tell a friend even.

There'll definitely be a lot of things to look at over the next few days (if all goes according to plan at least), and if you're just here for Freddie, rest assured, he's involved.

Heavily involved.

Well, I mean, not literally, but I will be posting more of the pictures of him as various superheroes I drew for people at MoCCA.

I need you to hurry up now..

This was one of the prints we were going to sell at MoCCA that didn't get shipped to us on time.. even though the site we ordered them from told us we would have them well in advance of the show.

Sigh.

I did however sell the original art for this to a person (that was not Joe Quinones) for actual money.

Sorry, Joe.