DOOMED WIZARD DIARIES

Okay, the random verb is "sneezed." I may never forgive Nik for introducing me to this damn game. 1. “Every time Paul sneezed , he blew the roof off the bunkhouse.” So they made me sleep outside at camp. 2. “Paul sneezed during class. He was turned into an apple.” And got kicked out of Hogwart’s for it, too! 3. “Paul sneezed. ‘Bollocks,’ he said, ‘I think I have caught a cold.’” Yeah, I can’t add anything to that one. It’s friggin’ perfect. 4. “Paul sneezed two cubes.” Hey, nobody told me not to drink my ice tea through my nose. 5. “Paul sneezed loudly and dabbed his nose with a lace-edged handkerchief.” Okay, it was my grandma’s and we were in church. 6. “Paul sneezed on the Superman comic.” Thus ruining the collector’s value! 7. “Paul sneezed the napkin off the table.” I got nothin’. 8. “Paul sneezed and made faces trying to stop himself from sneezing again and altered his voice which showed some signs of strain.” Emergency...

For sometime now, Bill " The Inkslinger " Wilkison has been posting "three minute interviews" with various artists in the field of comics. Now, you're not gonna find these folks listed in the credits of the everyday garden variety comic books you find at your local newstand (do they even have comics at your local newstand anymore?). No, these folks are on a path all their own and all of them are extraordinarily-talented individuals, so it seemed only right to interview the interviewer. But who is Bill Wilkison? Aside from being the force behind his three-issue comic book series featuring the Amazing Walter, Bill is an artist who knows no limits. I've only known Bill a few years, but it somehow seems longer. You can interpret that however you want, but I credit it to his love of the game of life. Bill has used Sharpies for so many years he should suffer a permanent contact buzz and he's the only guy I've ever met who gave himself his own nickna...

My six-year-old son Ayden drew this the other day and posted it on the 'fridge. I just had to share it.

My buddy Nik was right in his latest blog entry when he said: " I think memes exist solely to give bloggers things to post." And in keeping with that declaration, Here's his latest meme, followed by mine: 1. FIRST NAME: Paul 2. WERE YOU NAMER AFTER ANYONE?: Uh, I'm pretty sure a baby in the hospital was named before me. 3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?: Watching "Benchwarmers." I laughed so hard I cried. 4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yep. 5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Smoked turkey 6. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: Yep. 7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?: Probably not as I can be pretty caustic & intimidating (or so I'm told). 8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL?: Only online. 9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?: See #7 10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?: Yep 11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?: Maybe ten years ago. 12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?: Lucky Charms though I seldom eat cereal 13. YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?: Not usually....

It was a busy weekend! First there was my twenty-year high school reunion. It was actually two reunions in one as a good number of people that I graduated high school with I'd also graduated elementary school with. I think my entire elementary school student body was around three hundred and my high school graduating class was over three hundred. Big change. In a way, seeing some of the old grade school kids was more special. But that's not to say it was great seeing some of my old high school chums, some of whom I literally haven't seen since graduation twenty years ago. Then there was Wizard World, Chicago. I didn't set up with Nik this year. I've got a love/hate relationship with this show. It's a great convnetion to buy stuff, but they treat us small press guys like leppers when they should be kissing our feet. Artist Alley, the home of small pressers and day-jobbers like myself help keep the show afloat. Some of the finest books you'll ever r...

Over a year ago, at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund auction at the spring Motor City Comicon, Nik bought this original Matt Feazell sketch of comic bookdom's first family, the Fantastic Four. Nik knows what a fan I am of Matt and his work, the guy's a true pioneer in the field of independant comics. If you're ever in my house, you'll see examples of Matt's genius almost everywhere. I can't go on enough about the guy. The Inkslinger shares my "hero worship" as well. Anyway, about the picture. I'd meant to post it after Nik gave it to me, but as John Lennon once said: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. So, here it is, over a year later and I'm finally getting around to posting the Human Torch, the Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic and the ever-lovin', blue-eyed Thing. Even my kids like this one.