My next project is a Poe biography for the first issue of Powerpop Comic Classics. It will run as a backup story to “The Black Cat,” illustrated by S.M. Vidaurri. I was hoping to do this story more traditionally, so to speak, at 10″ x 15″ on Bristol board, inked with brushes and dip pens. […]

As I sat down and read my Journal Star this morning, I stumbled upon this line from an American Idol winner sidebar to a Ruben Studdard story: “American Idol” has far from guaranteed superstardom for its winners. While Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood have sustained success, Taylor Hicks and Jordin Sparks have nearly disappeared from […]

Here’s what I ended up with. I sent this off for approval. We’ll see if I need to do any tinkering.

I didn’t get that much more done today, but I’m at least starting to get some of the background filled in. I was hoping to get this finished by today (after hoping to get it finished yesterday, and Tuesday, and Monday…) but I might have time to come back to it tonight.