In between regular postings of This EMPIRE are “yesteryear” strips and sketches. 

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“I suggest that you wed yourself so thoroughly to your sketchbook that it almost becomes a physical extension of yourself. And now what you must do is draw and draw and look at drawings and draw and draw and draw and look at drawings and draw…”

 *Courtesy of the book Cartooning For Everybody by Lawrence Lariar

While next week marks the end of the latest story a typical day of work at ACME Logic for Niall Keating. Above is the development of the hazmat gear the “team” needed to get through this predicament.  I fretted about how my designs seem to resemble too close to characters Robot (Invincible), Mr. Freeze (The Batman Animated Series). Luckily this dilemma took place during #SketchBomb-NC session so with the proverbial slap upside the head I got back to work. Tough love, gotta love it 🙂

Robot-DaveJohnson

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Robot design from Invincible

  Mr. Freeze design from Batman The Animated Series

2013 Emerald City Comic Convention

*Wishing he was there

Photo Gallery – Professionals, last weekend’s Seattle convention brought out many creators from the comic medium images at the highlighted text came from Comic Alliance Anna Goellner.

Photo Gallery – Cosplay, Comic Alliance Ann Goellner

Photo Gallery – Flicker, Flicker gallery of scenery, cosplay and creators

Thank you for reading, back to making comics.

Regards, DGC