Agents of Peril #15 - Him Faw Down, Go Boom!

Here's this week's latest Agents of Peril comic strip. As always, click on the image to see the much larger, clearer version. (I hope no one out there is attempting to read the small images on the page!)

In addition, rather than stay mum on things I am working on, I'm making a commitment to getting more material up on my blog in the near future. Coming very soon will be a never before seen, full color Monster Patrol story. I'll give you the details of the creation of the story at that time, though I will mention it is an origin story of the individual team members. I will run it in weekly doses like Agents of Peril but I won't post them on the weekend to clash with Agents' usual slot. I'm thinking of Thursday nights. Any input would be appreciated.

In addition to that, this last weekend my wife, the kids and I worked on the basement, particular two backrooms... one of which has been piled high with boxes of my stuff. By stuff, I mean lots of comics art. Among the objects found there were 3 pages of Chris Ecker's Knight Watchman comic that he asked me to ink (I can now honestly say that the pencils were so beautiful that I was damned scared to ink them), 3 more variations of the Agents of Peril opening splash page (I probably won't show those), a "lost" Creepsville story published in the back pages of Trollords (I'm coloring it now), a single page of art from the never published Christmas issue of Creepsville that I thought was long lost (which means I hope that I finally have the whole story intact and let you all see it), and lots more. In the weeks (or years) ahead, I'll be posting a lot of this material.

Nevertheless, just to whet your appetite, here's a look at the upcoming Monster Patrol origin story splash page in glorious black and white.

Making Christmas: And Now For Something Completely Different...

Recently I had the opportunity to do a piece of artwork for my church's weekly bulletin pertaining to the season's Advent ceremonies (covering Joy, Hope, Love, Peace and the Birth of Christ). Before doing it, my mother-in-law, Ula, and sister-in-law, Chris, had mentioned Where's Waldo (as in find him or, in this case, the five aspects). So, I went... Where's Waldo... even including Waldo. If you're a Chicago area person, there's at least one gag that you might catch that others won't (I just thought of one that I wish I had used with Chelvaston the duck).

Anyway, I thought I'd post it here, too. What do you think, sirs?

Agents of Peril 7... and Rumblings of Halloween

(I have removed the image due to inferior quality.)

This week, I was digging around in the vaults downstairs looking for the original artwork for Agents of Peril (among other things), realizing quickly that my previous attempts to organize myself had failed. Still, I found some very interesting things that I'll share with you in the near future. [Here's a blatant hint: The FUPOS Agents... for those who knew me when I had hair.] The really good stuff is still down there even deeper. I'll get up the guts to push aside the iron maiden and that dusty old rack... hopefully today... and wrest that artwork from that mummy's grasp down there.

Meanwhile, work continues on my two Mystery Projects. I want to make sure I have enough done in advance before I start posting material here. The reasoning, of course, is that even if I take a break, it doesn't seem like I had.

I also have to mention that one of those things that happens when you're being creative all the time, happened to me. Yet another new idea jumped up and grabbed me. I won't let it cause me to stray, but... nope, must stay focused! I'm not sure if the world is ready for a Secret Project #3 (or me, for that matter).

Oh, and Halloween is coming quickly. I finally accepted that this pagan celebration is my fave "holiday," with Christmas a close second. I just love trying to create a spooky atmosphere. I already have some stuff waiting in anticipation of that. My initial idea was to post something Halloweenish every day of October, artwork or ephemera, but that won't happen. I want to stay on track with the new stuff while serving up tasty treats from the past. Still, October looks very promising on a number of different fronts.