Tonight, while working on a new book, the same guy was over helping to keep me on task. I had Pandora radio on and we were hit with a Willie Nelson song. He asked if he was allowed to use a veto, and I obliged. As I pressed the button to skip to the next song, he declared “I hate Willie Nelson!” Maybe he was asking for it… The very next song was another song by Willie Nelson entitled “Little Old Fashioned Karma”.

I commented that someone there must be some alien presence watching us for their entertainment.

Here’s a little old fashioned karma for you all…

Progress-wise, what we have is this: a lot of what is called the “flat color” on the book has been done. “Flat color” is basically a fill-in of the colors that will be used on a page. For example, coloring a shirt green. The shirt hasn’t had any effects added to it yet, but at this point it does have its base color. And that is how many of the pages are. This is actually a big step as far as the coloring process goes because it is the more tedious and usually more time-consuming part. It’s just not the sort of thing you usually want to show people because it is still not the finished product. Meanwhile, our colorist keeps getting pulled away to do work for Marvel Comics. It’s hard to get mad at a guy when that is his excuse for not working on your book. So right now we’re trying to be patient and explore our options for maybe bringing extra help on board.

In the meantime, here’s a little something to whet your beaks with. These are basically the next two pages in the story; the first pages of part two of the book. First, this is the text I had written for Gilbert back in the day. In the next update, I’ll show you what his pencil work looks like…

Thanks, as always, for your support and I can’t wait to get this book in your hands!

In the meantime, here is a video of artist Jason Pearson doing a sketch:

This is now officially my photo for dating sites...

Pretty cool stuff, huh? Word on the street (some website) is that cone fatigue is what turns your eyes into a photo lab. Regardless of how it’s done, I find it neat so here’s a couple more of our crew.

Gramm Matthew, Esquire (Disposable Graffiti)

Gilbert Cuevas (Desert Rose, Super)

Hmm… Maybe I’ll find some way to work this into a book someday…

One day, this man:

Will play, in a biopic, this man:

When this happens, I should demand a casting credit…

And just in the interest of full disclosure, here is the letter that I included:

Dear Mister President,

I am of the opinion that you have been far more effective in these last few years at instituting change than most seem willing to give you credit for. I have seen that generally your policies are aimed at taking the long view and are based on the principle of getting what can be done realistically accomplished. I sign this petition and send this letter in the fervent hope that that same view includes investigating those responsible for moving forward with a business plan that was guaranteed to disrupt the solvency of our nation’s (world’s, even) economy. I don’t demand immediate action or swift revenge, but instead ask for a thorough investigation followed by any appropriate legal action (ideally in full view of the public eye) within the statute of limitations for any applicable crimes. Up until this point, most would argue that your stance on “Wall Street” corruption has been weak, but I continue to hope that this is just another case of you taking the long view.

Sincerely,

Justin Newberry