Page 2 inks for the 'touch and go' story
cover concept for the first Captain Spectre print comic
I know it has been a long time since the last update. I do apologize for the time going by so fast. Again it seems the older you get the faster time slides by. And thank the gods that election is almost over with. Oh sure the winners will shout it out, and the losers will gripe and yell about how evil the winner is, and all that. Probably a good bit of voting problems too.... computers not counting right, and all that sort of hanging chad type of stuff. Man i am just plain sick of it all. Almost 99 percent of it all is name calling and laughing at the other side. Again i will never talk politics on this blog, as what i believe is what i believe and it is private..... and just something i am not truly interested in talking about. Anyway most of the posts on facebook and the like just make me sick, no matter which side people are on. If people talked or posted like that about other races, or sexual orientation they might be arrested. I just don't understand it all. I will shut up about all that now.
Ok on to the comics and Captain Spectre. I have posted some new art. I want any feedback you Legionnaires feel like giving.....as these are your books and stories too. I wanted that cover to reflect the 'mystery man' kind of thing......maybe that is Captain Spectre and maybe not on the cover. Also it will make a bit more sense when you read the whole story. ha.
Also I need some advice...... i am of course trying to take this series of books back to the good old days, so in that i am bringing back the thought ballon. I have read articles about what non comic readers don't get when they read new comics. One of the things is the thought block, you know the yellow block with inner voices in them. People in these articles didn't know who was talking or thinking. So the thought ballon will clear that up.... i want these books to be as accessible to everyone as possible, long time comic readers as well as new comic readers. People also griped about not really knowing who the characters were....they were just showing up without any explanation at all. So of course with that this is sort of an origin story as to who Chris Manes / Captain Spectre is.
But also i have been thinking about sound effects too..... in the on line strip i haven't used sound effects that most comic readers are used too. I was going for more of the Alex Raymond/Flash Gordon or Foster's Prince Valiant thing with the on line strips. So what do you loyal legionnaires think????? Sound effects or not????? So sound off and let me know. ok.
Anyway i do hope you Legionnaires enjoy this little story when i finally get it done. I am keeping it fairly short and done in one so again it is accessible to all readers. But even though it is 'done in one' it does set up alot of ideas and more story to come.
I will also be appearing at the ICON in Des Moines Iowa this coming weekend. So if you are in the area... pop in and chat awhile.
thanks......
