Trading Card or Postcard?
Posted 02/08/2010
	Once again, I turn to you, the readers of Love and Capes. Con Season is approaching. Heck, there’s supposed to even be a Wizard World Cleveland now. Just as long as it doesn’t park on any other shows, especially Mid-Ohio-Con, I’ll be trés interested to see it. Anyway, for the upcoming year, I’d like to have something new. First, I toyed with the idea of trading cards. I figured I could sell them at each show, and then make the package available online. I though $1.00 a card might work. Anything less means making coin-change, and I don’t know if anyone wants that. But the printing cost is pretty reasonable, and it could be a neat thing to do. Then, I had another idea, which in a moment of "great minds think alike" also came across my Twitter feed to do an actual postcard. I could feature every city I’m visiting and have Mark and Abby (or Amazonia or Darkblade) hanging out in the city, with a "Greetings from [CITY]!" on them. But, if I did that, I think that they need to be giveaways. I’ve got rough mock-ups for both of them displayed here. Click on either to see them embiggened. So what do you think? Do the postcard? The trading card? Both?
The Dog of Steel!
Posted 02/06/2010
	In my ongoing attempt to make this The Coolest Blog in the Multiverse, and with a tip of the hat to Andy Ihnatko, I’m trying out the WordTwit plugin for my blog. Now, blog posts will be automagically sent to my Twitter feed. You’l be up to your eyebrows in up-to-the-minute Thom Zahlerishness If that’s your thing. Here’s a commission I did for Jon Knutson’s Random Acts of Geekery blog. He’s a Krypto fan, so I decided to put Superman’s real best friend in front of the Doghouse of Solitude. I’m pretty sure the Doghouse in no longer in continuity, but I’m sure DC will fix that soon.
First Up: Chicago
Posted 02/05/2010
	I just realized I haven’t announced my first convention of the year: I’ll be at CEC2, the Reed Chicago show. Or, as I call it, New Chicago… which reminds me of the Buck Rogers TV show, and that’s enough of a reason to call it that right there. So, I’ll be in Artist’s Alley. I’ll let you know my exact booth space when I have it, but I’ll be there with all sorts of Love and Capes stuff, including issue #12.
Clean Sweep
Posted 02/04/2010
	Recently, I was called upon to draw a logo for a cleaning service called Melissa’s Magnificent Cleaning. I did it pretty quickly, but it was also a lot of fun. I like the pose and the attitude. The final file was all vector, which is still a bit of an effort for me since Adobe discontinued their fine Streamline program. And yes, I know Adobe Illustrator has a great trace function, but I just can’t get it to behave the same anymore. I’ll get it eventually, though, I’m sure.
Hey Crew, It’s a New Review!
Posted 02/04/2010
	Comics Worth Reading has a nice review of Love and Capes #11-12 up now. Among other things that made my shriveled heart grow three sizes: Thom Zahler takes the cliches of both the superhero and romance genres, plays jokes with them, and then dives into them to make them something more. It all stays very funny, but with meaningful emotions underneath the jokes. Read the full review here.