ROACH-CORE!

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This strip originally appeared in the September/October 2015 edition of the "COMICS NEVER STOP" newspaper.

Love is Hate

 Not my best Finn and Jake, but whatever.



Here are a couple of designs I did for the band "ROBOT REPAIR", which just so happens to be featured in this week's "Record Heat" comic:

This is my first one, which might be a little too intricate for a t-shirt, I don't know.

This is an attempt to do something super simple...

... and this is probably the best of  both worlds, and maybe the strongest design.

We'll see which ( if any at all ) they actually use.

Meanwhile, This is a photo of the 7" record art I'm doing for a band called "BROLOAF", in progress:

Also, I made this pic, printed it out and framed it, and gave it to Shannon for mother's day. I really like how it came out.

And finally, this is a really creepy sketch I made for no reason.

INTERLUDE: "... Punk Rock Pandas" update!

Here's the newly completed cover artwork for the "Genetically Modified Punk rock Pandas" minicomic, sans title.

BTW, I've decided that whenever I make a post that doesn't include an "Epic Tales..." strip, the title of said post will say "INTERLUDE", just because I'm that anal retentive.

A Turd By Any Other Name Still Reeks of Sh*t

For the record, I do think "Robot Repair" is a slightly better name than the other, both because of the alliteration and the fact that it's a referance to a "50 Million" song... On the other hand, however, I now realize that they are both really stupid names for a band.

Stuffs 'n stuff

I haven't drawn an "Epic Tales..." strip today because I'm posting this before I go to work, and I was planning on drawing a new one on my morning commute. But, I did want to share another page from the "Genetically Modified Punk Rock Pandas" minicomic I've been working on recently: BTW, a week or so ago I had an entry on the 'Repaneled blog' in which I redrew a panel from TMNT (my head is very much stuck in the world of mutant animals right now, I guess!)... You can see it here.

Oddities and Ends

If I wasn't so busy right now, I'd use these guys in an TMNT homage/parody minicomic that I wanna draw. I figure since Nickolodeon owns the turtles now and is planning a big push for the characters this year (with a new cartoon series, as well a live-action movie, in the works), it's as good a time as ever to retread the ground carved by such comics as "Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters" and "Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos", amongst others, in the '80s-black 'n white-boom. But, I'll just have to put "Gentically Modified Punk Rock Pandas" on the backburner till I have a little more time.

Meanwhile, here's a couple pics of 2 charcoal drawings I did in my Drawing II class, one more finished than the other.

Additonally, if anyone reading this is interested, you can now download, for free, the 8-song EP of the band I'm in ("Might've Beens") at our bandcamp site, here!

RECAP!

I worked on this comic for, like, a week, usually while waiting for buses... maybe I should have just done a bunch of shorter strips, but I didn't.

So, here's what's been going on, more or less.

Gluttons for Punishment

This is definitely not the first time I've played badly at a show, but it is the first time I've played badly with "the Might've Beens"! Regardless, it was awesome and fun, and I think we might be playing a house party next weekend...

What's that? Shut up and draw a ninja turtle kicking someone in the face? Well, alright...

Happy Angst

Being as that drawing looks absolutely nothing like our bass player, I'm really starting to see to why James Kochalka draws people (outside of his family) as weird, one eyed monsters and animals of various kinds in his autobio strip, "American Elf"; It's just a lot easier than trying to come up with a unique caricature of everyone you meet.

Intuition

I tried to come up with a hip, up and coming, trendy, mainstream, pseudo-"punk" band to draw on her t-shirt, but I'm unfamiliar with most of those newer groups, so I just fell back on a 'Rancid' jab.

"Get into Comix!", the first 30 pages

I've uploaded the first 30-pages of my origin story, "Get into Comix!" to the interwebz. It's far from completed, but I just couldn't wait to have you people take a gander at it. I've posted small portions of the story on this blog previously, and the first 8 pages or so appeared in the "Epic Tales..."#6 mini-comic, but this is the first 3 chapters (well, minus the last page of chap.3, but I'm almost done with it!), altogether.

Going at it Alone

With the band I was in on, ahem, "hiatus", I'm back to playing folk-punk by my lonesome. That means I won't have to split all those lucrative, imaginary royalties with any bandmates, and all the drink tickets go to me.

The Formula

This is the routine that keeps me sane. Obsessively spending time locked in a room, chained to a drawing board would drive some people up the wall, but sometimes its my only escape from my anxieties and general neurosis. This is my weekend, my days off, and my punk rock.

D4 show footage

Here's a couple videos of our set ("Parkway Wretch") from the Dillinger Four show, if you care.

The Power of Song

Awesome, awesome show to be a part of. "Dillinger Four" was pretty amazing, as were the other bands on the lineup ( "Riverboat Gamblers", and the "The Arrivals" ). Good times!l

A Little Footage

I should have a new strip up sometime tonight, but until then, here's a video of me playing w/ "Parkway Wretch" (I'm on the very left of the stage, playing 2nd guitar) @ the Hollywood Alley, last Tuesday. This probably isn't the most dynamic of footage from the performance, but it's the only video of the show that my friend, Robin, has posted.

Oh yeah, here's the flyer for the upcoming show I'm most excited to play;

Parkway Wreck

If you wanna check out the band, there's both a Myspace page, and a website.

Derrick, if you see this strip, I just wanted to explain something about it to you;
You see, while it may appear that I accidentally drew you as playing bass left-handed, I actually did it on purpose. The image of you playing left handed is a clue to the reader that the comic takes place in a parallel universe, a universe very similar to the one we live in, except for the fact that you play bass left-handed, rather than with your right.

It's a subtle distinction, but one worth noting.

"Epic Tales..." #7 preview !!!

Once again, I've sort of scaled back my strip drawing this last week while I focus on trying to get somewhere with "Epic Tales..." #7, and the other various projects I haphazardly work on from time to time. I apologize to the couple of people who regularly check the site for updates, but don't worry; Many more comics will be posted! Until that time, here's a page from the aforementioned issue I'm drawing:

A Different Type

Shannon and I just finished watching the 4th season of the newest 'Doctor Who' series, and it was the best TV I've seen in a long time! Unfortunatly, we also discovered that aside from a few specials, the show will be on hiatus until 2010 [insert long sigh].

What I'll Say Next Time...Pt. 2