Man. 1and1.com had a major server failure last friday. They finally decided 3 days later that they couldn’t fix it and had to move my account over to a new server. So all of my sites have been down or functioning badly since then. Hopefully we’re back up for good now.

Hey, Jeremy Knoll is running a Grackle meme over at the hudma site.  Basically he’s just asking for a cartoon based on your interpretation of the word “grackle”. Check it out here, and submit your grackle cartoon to him at drawgrackle@gmail.com.  I’ve heard he’s giving away a really sweet prize for the best one!  Here’s my submission:

Sorry about the blog lag. I’ve been jammin’ to get my Captain Clod comic done for Parable.  And now it’s finished!  Whew. I’ll be showing some of the finished panels this week. Just a peek. Peek Week.  Wheeeee!

Here’s a close up so you can see the paint texture which will probably never be visible in the finished printed piece.

Here’s the final painting for this panel.

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 Here’s my first colored panel for my comic for Parable. It’s Captain Clod and Farm Equipment boy!  I’d love any feedback on which cape color you think looks best, and the coloring in general.  Click “more” to see both versions.

Boy, I’ve been slacking on the blog. Slacking on the blog. Now there’s a t-shirt idea. With traveling and the holidays, blah blah blah. Anyway, here’s a cartoon for you.

A simple cartoon that expresses the longing in each and every one of our hearts…