Proto-MCU
The Marvel Cinematic Universe would not have succeeded without Wildstorm’s output of the 1990’s. Superheroes are at a saturation point I never thought possible. Artist Bryan Hitch and writer Mark Millar’s superhero opus “The Ultimates” was the blueprint. That comic would not exist without a rogue forward-thinking studio: Wildstorm.
The sea in the desert
A. 1000 hours to pencil. 1 hour to ink. More on this below.
B. There were two parts of the gathering I went to over the weekend. First was in a desolate near post-apocalyptic town (population 200, yes just two zeros) in the desert. The second was a gloriously poolside party. You can see a bit my trip here. It was like a wedding but it also was not one…
Mural flashback
I wore coveralls and rolled huge swaths of yellow. I fucking love yellow. You can see it from space. Once I had Marvel’s Black Panther and “Black Lives Matter” blocked in on the mural, locals started with the kind words. I painted a mural once before and it was quadruple the size of the one I put on the front of Cape & Cowl Comics in Oakland, California…