We'll Skip Lunch

Nothing like a little pressure.

My buddy Mike Manley posted his fantastic cover for a TwoMorrows Free Comic Book Day issue. I thought it was cool, but asked "Why did you have to get it done so early?" Turns out, it was due on Thursday. I'm pretty sure that, especially with the holiday, getting it to them on Wednesday morning will be okay. But it still wasn't the plans I'd had for my Christmas Eve morning.

The joke actually came first, and then I realized that it took place in the sky and therefore had a nice, simple background. I took a page from last year's cover and threw on the character from the movie that's tied into this year's FCBD (this year it's the awesome looking Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey, Jr.). The joke was inspired by that Iron Man flying scene where he dusts the fighter jets.

I tried to come up with a name for the Iron Man pastiche, but I didn't have a good one and fortunately didn't need it. He probably won't appear in the book, and the retail cover will be completely different this year, as opposed to the "secret identity version" that I did last year. Man, at least that was faster. But, I wanted to do an actual proposal scene on the cover for the retail edition. I could have done that for the FCBD version, but I wanted something a little less plot heavy, and like I said tied into the Marvel movie, for that cover.

All right, I'm off to begin Christmas Eveing. So, have yourself a Merry Little Christmas now.

(By the way, the quote contest is still in effect with this one, but we've moved to movies now.)