Some general fan art that was published in the pages pf Yarf! I was surprised at how many people liked the story and sent in their own fan stuff. Above was an inking test with Bryce Nakagawa.
A great symbolic piece by Dave Bryant. Dave's work was always top notch IMO. This represents three of the main female characters as the Weaver, the Measurer, and the Cutter of Greek mythology.
That's your baby, city boy. Don't pretend it ain't.
Even the Caveman knows. But does he know what he knows? Doesn't look like it.
The Old Man isn't so sure either way. Eh?
Awww, crap. It's ha...
2020-04-08 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Captain (Later Major) Morrigan in the comic was a favorite character, not just in the story but as a foil for others' fan art. She was a pretty evil bitch, but had a sort of code that she followed at the same time. In role-playing games she would be considered Lawful Evil, I think, and she was really, really uptight and serious, so she was perfect for fan comics.
A piece by Jimmy Chin, who rea...
2020-04-04 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought this layout was pretty clever; incorporating a panel break (a "gutter") and making this a two-panel comic while in truth it is all one picture but with two different dialogue events happening in it. Of course this is pretty normal stuff in a lot of comics but for me experimenting in these things meant pushing new ideas.
Not a new idea was giant bugs, especially mosquitoes, that required the use of crew-served weapons to deal with. I think every military cartoonist has do...
2020-04-02 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Some silly doodles I did at Drill one weekend. Above: re-doing "Robin Hood" as a couple of carefree and playful Army malcontents.
It always seems that there's some hard-core workout guy who can't understand why a big chubby guy can't do the same things he can.
"Get on down and ...
2020-04-01 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The above comic was run in the pages of Yarf! fanzine; an early fan project that came as an unexpected and yet very welcome surprise to me. It kinda blew me away that people were enjoying my story enough to create their own projects based off of it.
There are more Empires fan projects to come!<...
2020-03-28 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A look at Philip Albright, who becomes Joe Rock's first friend in the new unit.
2020-03-27 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Above: Killer clowns attack!
A quick sketch of an Avenger-class gunship sailing over a cartoon expressing my frustration as one of "those people" at a meeting just keeps talking and talking and talking and asking question after question after question when we are long past time to adjourn and go to lunch.
2020-03-25 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Back when I was doing Empires for Yarf, I would draw the pages by pencil and then send them to another artist for "inking". This was the way it was done in the Old Times. The artist would apply ink to my lines, often bringing their own style to the pages in the process (which I enjoyed). The pencil lines would then be erased afterwards and the final product printed in the pages of Yarf! fanzine.
I developed a bit of a reputation as a harsh inking taskmaster, mostly because of the ...
2020-03-21 19:14:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever have "that person" in a meeting? We're getting shoveled a bunch of new instructions, stupid things we have to do. But there's a worker in our office who is like, "Oboy, this is great! This is a wonderful idea! We should do this!" She get's the "cheese-eater/boot-licker/butt-kisser" medal.
It's frustrating, isn't it!? Yeah, yeah it is!
2020-03-18 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Above: Make Nazis Afraid Again
"Brains are yummy, Charlie Brown!"
Having a hard time with some of that, I guess.
This creature showed up in a dream I had. His message: "Get outta here".
Later...
2020-03-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Above: an older guy in Empires reading your report, and unimpressed.
An idea for a new kind of ship in a different kind of story.
Look out, aliens!
Tank Idea, more near-future than serious sc...
2020-03-04 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Many years ago I was in a unit called the 3-360th OCT Battalion. OCT's are "Observer-Controller-Trainer" and we were the people that followed units around during downrange field exercises, evaluating their performance and ability to adhere to doctrine, perform battle drills properly, not cheat, etc.
Our unit was part of 1st Army, which in my opinion were a bunch of overly-rigid, stiff-necked, hidebound battle droids. They were sticklers about adhering to doctrine to the point wher...
2020-02-27 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My from-memory version of the famous "woman yelling at cat" meme.
Face study.
Some ideas for a half-track "technical" (civilian vehicle turned into a military vehicle) and a new updated version of an Sd.Kfz-222.... which really ends up looking like a Panhard-090.
2020-02-26 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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This is the finished product of "21 & 42", the art piece I did for the benefit auction. It raised $45.00. The numbers 21 and 42 refer to the wolves, radio collar tags #21M for the male, and #42F for the female. These were wolves released into Yellowstone National Park in 1996 as part of the recovery and reintroduction effort.
Laser prints are available for $20.00 apiece for anyone that wants them; I hope to use the proceeds to help fund a graphic novel about the wolf reintrodu...
2020-02-20 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I have found an interesting new way to convert photographs into comic-like images. This is a taste of things to come starting with tomorrow's comic. Above: outside a local bar, a favorite spot of mine. Below: the inside.
An old truck...
...and a new one.
Some face studies.
The nutcracker's had enough of yo crap too.
...
2020-02-19 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Above: Smartass Guy is willing to sell you some doodles.
A US M3 Halftrack Doodle! What could be better?
Why, a US M8 Greyhound doodle, of course! One of my favorite armored vehicles.
When th...
2020-02-12 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned, I had the character of "Joe Rock" from my earliest days in the Army. You can even see some similarity to the character above on the right, and the character that would eventually become "Douglas Dawg", even though he wasn't named at this point.
My old comics from the 1-12th Infantry Battalion, in the late 1980's, were only shared within the Company and were very topical to that experience. We got a new company commander to replace our previous one, and the previous g...
2020-02-11 15:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
More doodles for you and yours. Above: a Viking coming to pillage!
Run! Run from the scary Viking!
Don't worry; Knife Girl will protect you.
While they fight, I'm going to go have a beer. Oompah! 2020-02-05 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
An upcoming art show and benefit auction has invited me to participate; it is a "Valentine's Day" theme. I chose to portray a mated pair of wolves from my eventual Yellowstone Wolf Project. This is it so far.
Above: a 1920's beer wagon.
Another version of Donald Duck. Kind of a weird version. Creepy, even.
Our District Office employees.
The B-17 bomber of WW 2. One of my favorite planes.
2020-01-29 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Some stuff coming down the pike, so to speak.
This was the comic I was supposed to have posted on Thursday the 23rd, but I am having technical difficulties. Or actually, my webhost is having technical difficulties. But it is already done, so I can at least show it to you!
Depending on how things go I will post this on Monday and try to resume scheduled posting after that. But apparently there is a major problem of some sort with my webhost, so... we'll see.
Stay tuned!
2020-01-26 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever have one of those days when you just have to ask... WHY?
My dog, Sadie. The "one ear up / one ear down" was a thing she did all the time.
Sad Charlie Brown.
One of my made-up spaceships.
Time to bring this back to the fore! Nravitsaya! Above: I always liked the idea of an M1 tank with a casemate mounted heavy cannon, like an assault gun version or tank hunter. I don't know why but I just dig it.
An idea for an observation plane, kind of like an OV-10 Bronco but with wings mounted low.
2020-01-15 18:00:00 +0000 UTC
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