Day 8 of Recovery: Dragonball!

No sketching done today. My wrist was having fits just trying to hold itself upright. I still managed to do some editing to a page for Johnson & Sir though.

But I DID go to the library and the bookstore. I bought the last big volume of the Dragonball series!

Image courtesy of this link.

I’m not even halfway through it and I love it SO much! I’m such a huge dork for the Dragonball series, but this volume just makes me remember why I love it: the fight scenes, the shenanigans, and Toriyama-sensei’s little in-jokes (like in a panel he catches a mistake he made in drawing King Piccolo and adds the caption “He grew a finger!”).

Dragonball is a great series, and if you decide to move on to Dragonball Z, then trust me: Dragonball Z will make a LOT more sense.

Wonder why Piccolo is a green alien dude? Dragonball.

Wonder why Tien has a third eye? Dragonball.

Wonder why characters can fly? Dragonball.

And why are half of the citizens bipedal animals like cats and rabbits? And who the F is Oolong?!

Dragonball.

Anyway, then I went to the library and got myself Neil Gaiman’s American Gods (to compensate that I can’t read The Ocean at the End of the Lane yet) and the second and third volumes of Scott Pilgrim.

And in preparation for moving to Phoenix, Arizona, I went ahead and bought some extra shorts.

“Wait!” you say, “You’re planning on moving to Arizona?! WHEN?!”

I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.

Thank you all for your support, and for not forgetting to be awesome!

P.S. Since you now know I’m a huge dork for Dragonball, you can read my thoughts on Dragonball Z Kai in a previous blog post, if you like.

Day 7 of Recovery

Last night I managed to squeeze in a sketch. A watercolor sketch, no less!

Developing a sense of scale of the Dragons in The Legend of Jamie Roberts.

But then when that was done my wrist went, “NOPE.” And I’ve been in too much pain to attempt to draw again today.

So I spent most of the day answering comments on Validation, up until Marc the Boyfriend came over and we baked mini s’mores pies.

They fit in your hand and they are adorable.

It was tricky to get the marshmallows brown like that. Marc considered broiling them and I went, “No! Bad idea!” Because the last time I set anything to broil in an oven, the whole house stunk of ham for a week and everyone in the house got sick. Granted, I was ten when it happened, but I didn’t want to make the same mistake twice and ruin perfectly good s’mores pies.

Instead we set up a rack on the uppermost shelf in the oven, set it to bake at 350 degrees, and watched them carefully to make sure the marshmallows on top wouldn’t melt over the rim.

If you’re interested in a recipe, it’s really simple: Keebler mini-graham cracker pie shells, marshmallow fluff, Hersey bars, chocolate pudding mixed with baking cocoa, and marshmallows on top. Bake at 350 degrees for ten to twenty minutes or until the marshmallows are golden, and bam! You’re done.

The rest of my day was spent on Tumblr or reading the pile of World War Hulk comics Marc lent me to read.

So far, I have read the volumes World War Hulk, Frontline, Gamma Corps, The Incredible Hercules, and Warbound, in that order. They have to be read in a particular order because they all fall into a bizarre little timeline that can be hard to keep track of if you don’t know what you’re doing. And of course you need to read Planet Hulk before you get to any of them for any of these books to make ANY DAMN SENSE.

Thankfully I did all of that.

Image courtesy of this link.

Of all the books, I enjoyed The Incredible Hercules the most. The characterization of everybody involved in the story was incredible and fun, and I thoroughly enjoyed all the action! And of course the art was gorgeous.

My two least favorite books, I hate to say, were Warbound and Front Line, with the latter being my least favorite. Warbound had some great moments, especially with Hiroim (my favorite of all the Warbound buddies of the Hulk), but there came points in dialogue, especially between Kate Waynesboro and The Leader, that felt like the first 40 second of THIS:

“Oh I know.” “I know you know.” “I knew that, and I know you knew I knew.” “Well you know, I knew you’d know I know you new.”

GAH! It was infuriating to keep up with!

Overall though, I would still recommend these comics to anybody that likes the Hulk. Or revenge. Or gladiators. The whole story arc has a gladiatorial theme to it (let’s face it: Planet Hulk was the Hulk in Space Rome).

That’s all for the day! I’ll be making another post tomorrow. Hopefully I can get some cool research done for The Legend of Jamie Roberts. I’m inspired!

Thank you for your support, and for not forgetting to be awesome!

So What Happened This Week?

I broke my drawing wrist.

But Validation, Johnson & Sir, and Mini-Comic Theater are still updating, so check them out!
In the meantime, if you can, go check out my stores and buy my comics and art at Storenvy (re-opened!) and RedBubble.
RedBubble prints stuff for me, but they are actually a very reliable and good quality store. I’ve bought shirts from my friend Melanie on there before, so I can vouch for the quality of their merchandise (it’s good and they ship really quickly. The only complaint I have is that their shirts are rather large, so for example if you’re a ladies medium shirt, order a small). You don’t need a RedBubble account to buy things on there, but if you do have one, you get a small discount on your order, so there is that.
Storenvy is where I sell the stuff I usually sell at conventions: my comics, posters, and stickers, along with other spiffy things. Right now it’s all comics and posters, but I’ll be adding stickers and a new Validation poster on there this week. Keep your eyes peeled!
If you’re just looking for books, check out my Half.com storefront or get some comic books from me on eBay.
In other news, I’ll be updating this blog everyday (or as close to everyday as I can) to share the news in my wrist recovery, what my friends are up to, and pretty soon, some books and webcomics reviews. 
I’ll also share in some of the scripting and research I’m doing for other projects, including my newest script, Charlie and Clow.
And who knows? If I can managed sharing tutorials or useful tools, I can do that too.
Thank you all for your support! You are awesome!

I Broke My Drawing Wrist

So, it’s kind of a funny story.

Marc the Boyfriend gifted me a pair of roller blades:

Because though the boy can balance on stilts, he can’t balance on these things.

I used to skate all the time as a kid, so I looked at them, fangirl squealed, and rolled around in them in his driveway for half an hour before he said, “You can have them.”

Later that night I was so excited to ride in them again that I put them on and went down the street in front of my house.

Unfortunately, it’s a slope. Unfortunately, I was going too fast. And when I tried to stop, I rolled and jammed my wrist.

That was when my wrist swelled up more than it should have.

I was in no shape to drive, so mom drove me over to the emergency room. Marc came in a little later, because he had to work.

Three X-rays and two hours later, the doctors said the wrist was broken.

The next day, I went to the orthopedic doctor and got a cast and official diagnosis.

I broke the bone circled above. Image courtesy of this link.

The doctor said the distal radius was fractured, but no other bones were broken. None of the bones were displaced, so all that was needed was a cast for the first month, and then most likely a splint for the month after.

He did say that I can keep making art as a form of therapy, to keep my fingers exercising, but to give my wrist a rest when it hurts too much.

So make art I did!

Here’s my cast, along with a piece of art I finished the day before yesterday.

I’ll be selling these on eBay soon.

Of course they’re not the best art I’ve made, but considering my limited wrist use, they turned out ok. At this point, however, I can’t draw details and my hand is not steady at all.

Unfortunately a broken wrist means that both comics-making and freelance work will have to be put on hold for a while, at least until I feel well enough to get back to them again.

I’ll do a shameless plug for my stores in the next blog post.

Until then, Johnson & Sir and Mini-Comic Theater are still updating, and during this month I’ll be updating this blog more frequently (perhaps even to making one blog post a day! Oh My!). Typing out blog posts is still good exercise for my injured wrist.

Thank you for your understanding and your support! And thanks for not forgetting to be awesome!

So August Begins!

COMICS!

Johnson & Sir STILL don’t have a website of their own. I’m seriously considering potentially hiring a web designer to completely botch design the site for me.

But Johnson & Sir are still going strong! This week, their new story arc has started, and is called, “Alien Shenanigans.”

Validation is getting SO much support from you awesome readers, so thank you! If you like the comic, you can Like it on Facebook and keep up with updates and see some fun things Christian and I share.

And in case you missed it, check out the newest page over at Mini-Comic Theater. Things are starting to heat up over at the research lab…

And The Legend of Jamie Roberts is now up to 426 pages! In fact, here’s a sneak at a bit of script I wrote yesterday:

In which Daniel gets distracted while firing an arrow, but still managed to hit a troll.

DEVIANTART!

…has nothing new this week. Shame on myself.

ETSY AND REDBUBBLE!

Neither the Etsy or RedBubble store have anything new either! Man, I need to up my game.

However, I will be leaving Etsy soon, in favor of re-opening my Storenvy. Once that’s up, I can start selling In Her Wildest Dreams posters! That’ll help immensely with Validation, especially if you show your support for the comic and decide to buy one.

TUMBLR!

Look at this majestic Deadpool.

But on a more serious note, I did share my two cents on whether art school is worth it or not, as a response to someone else’s opinion.

There’s also a good written piece about making characters interesting without stereotypes, and a master post of drawing tutorials for everything from drawing cats and dogs to drawing human anatomy.

And if you need some music to listen to, this playlist is fun. It’s inspired by John Green’s books. Laurena Segara makes an appearance on there, and if you haven’t heard her, BAM, and be cured.

FRIENDS!

Maquel’s got a spiffy sketch. Jeff’s got animations.

Casey made some cool Pacific Rim fanart. Chloe made a fun Summer Wars sketch.

And of course, Christian and I are busy with Validation. But it’s a good kind of busy! She’s also been promoting other comic works from The Webcomic Factory, so be sure to check them out too. There are multiple stories on that site, but don’t get lost in all the stories!

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW!

Thank you for all of your support! You are awesome. :)