Cripple Crux

The other night, I was watching The Burn, which is Jeffery Ross' new show on Comedy Central. It's pretty funny, though some of it depends on his guests, but the bits are usually pretty good. One bit is called Public Enemies, dedicated to mocking the annoying to the their face, in public. One episodes, it was bouncer, but on this particular episode, it Spot Snatchers: able bodied people who take the handicap parking spots. Here's the clip on Comedy Central's site.
This is not a new concept, we've seen comedy situations where spot snatchers receive some sort of ironic punishment for their actions, but I don't think we've ever seen anyone confront the actual people, certainly not on a mobile roast podium, and not simply an avatar, portrayed by an actor.
After watching this, I found Ross on Twitter and sent him a little thank you tweet, "From a cripple, thank you for that bit #SpotSnatchers". Obviously, this pleased Jeffery Ross, as he retweeted it and it got a handful of replies.
Now, I am a cripple, I walk with a cane, and I'm pleased as punch to get some attention, the whole reason I joined Twitter was to get some attention for my comic that would hopefully translate into sales. However, this seems to have gotten a different kind of attention. I've gained a new follower, a lady in a wheelchair who is an actor. Her "gimmick" if you will, is a series of short films on YouTube based, in part, on her life as an actor in a wheelchair. More power to her. But, I'm concerned she might think I'm some sort of advocate that uses Twitter and my art as a platform for handicapped and disabled issues. I don't.
I might put a character in there, just as I might put transgender, gay, and atheist characters in something, as those are my "pet issues". I have no idea what it's like to be in a wheelchair. I don't think I'm the right person to be an advocate for The Cripples.
And yes, I call myself a cripple, but that's our word, you able-bodies don't get to use it.

I Am Rage 1 through 3

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I Am Rage 3

I Am Rage 3 is live.
I know it's a month late, but it's finally finished. Just uploaded it to Drive Thru Comics, enjoy.

Issue Three

I Am Rage number three is really late, but I can see the finish line. I've had a lot of delays and there's just nothing I can do but keep working.
However, number four is on indefinite hold. Instead, I'm going to go into "between issues" type of strips, on a weekly basis. I'm thinking Wordpress is where I'll put that, because I can plug in a navigation tool, which Blogger doesn't seem to have, without getting stuck on a crappy webcomics host with crudely drawn, poorly written fetish fuel types of comics. Sitting next to crap may make your stuff look like a Masterwork, in comparison, but people are still run off by the stink.

Joe Kubert Cover Homage

With Joe Kubert's death, I wanted to do a cover swipe homage. I was also wanting to experiment with a different kind of coloring and to do something for Erik Larsen. So I shot this out in record time, yesterday.

This coloring method is much faster and I'm applying it to the comic, now. Which means it should only be a month late. Look, shit happened, it's late, but I've hit a stride, now. Should be done, soon.

Prologue

Princess Plum

Movie Bob was on about why wasn't there a bad girl version of Princess Peach, a la Wario and Waluigi. He mentioned a few parameters, so I decided to do up a design as a warm up. The line work is for shit, because I wasn't warmed up and my hand was behaving like a child in a supermarket. I still thought it was cute, even if it does kinda look like a Bratz doll.