When I was at Heroes Con in Charlotte this past June, I met the John Haines, owner of the now newly-opened Comics and Friends in Mentor, Ohio. He was looking for a mascot, for lack of a better word, for his store. He wanted a cute, comics-reading girl. He had had some problems finding "the [...]

Let’s take a break for a little process stuff. With this issue of Love and Capes, I’ve started using a Col-Erase pencil to do my layouts. These are colored pencils that are far less waxy and more erasable than the more prevalent Prismacolor pencil. Prismacolor’s a fine product, but it’s the right tool for the [...]

Ahead of schedule, I have finished page ten. Now, don’t get all hyper, I’m taking a little holiday until Friday, so part of my Barry Allen-like approach to the book has been to make sure I was clear before I left. I do have a post or two scheduled on the Blogginator, so I won’t [...]

Amazonia also gets a makeover in this issue, including a new hairstyle. After I’ve drawn her for a couple of pages, I’ve started to think that Amazonia looks a bit like Olivia Munn. What do you think? I’m kind of proud of this page. If it goes right, there will be two "Holy Smokes! That [...]

For reasons which will become clear when you actually read it, Darkblade gets a costume redesign in issue #12. He gets darker (hence the internal name Darkerblade) and a little more intense. You know, gritty, 90′s style. Or maybe there’s something else going on. Here, he makes a dramatic declaration. As I will saying "Eight [...]

Here’s another reason to follow me on Twitter. Sometimes I run contests. In the panel after this, Doc Karma talks to his receptionist. I needed a name for her, so I put out a Tweet saying "Next female who Twitters me her name gets the receptionist named after her." (Not to be all Mirror Universe [...]

I’ve come to the realization that the storyline for this twelvth issue of Love and Capes has so many surprises and twists that I just can’t post any artwork. It’d give away too much. But I like posting artwork. So, I’m going to write fake dialogue. It’ll be some lame joke, or something I think [...]

It’s occuring to me now that there’s going to be a lot of panels that I have to hide dialogue on during this book. If I do this one right, there will be a lot of surprises. I continue to try to push my poses and body language. If you pay attention to such stuff, [...]

Four pages done! And with the fourth page of Abby sleeping, you can tell this may be the most exciting issue of Love and Capes evah! Although, I promise, lots of stuff happens. Also, lots of stuff doesn’t happen. Oh, heck, you’ll have to read it to understand it.

I’m blessed with great Love and Capes fans. There’s something about the book that draws people in and hooks them. And they’re so supportive and so cool. Here’s an example: One fan, David, makes custom Lego characters. He repaints them, adds to them and makes them awesome. He’s done the Justice Society, Watchmen, and now [...]