Comic-Con 2010 is now one for the history books. What an adventure this year turned out to be and what a great time I had. This will also go down as one of my most successful cons so thanks to everyone that came by and laid down some cold hard cash! It’s hard to write down everything that happened but I’ll try to give you some highlights. In particular it was gratifying to have readers return and tell me how much they’ve been enjoying the strip. You’ll never know how much that truly means to me.

I hate naming names because I always leave people out but I want to mention a few inspiring friends. As always thanks to Art, Franco and Jimmy who always make me feel welcome. Their work on the Tiny Titans is always inspiring. Also, thanks to new friend Matt Kindt for spending some time with me. Also, I can’t fail to mention the real James Clark, creator of “Guns of Shadow Valley”. Fans of Super Siblings will recognize that James Clark is also the name of our beloved geek dad. Who knew there was a real Jim Clark out there and that he wrote comics! On the other hand I’m very disappointed in Harrison Ford, Natalie Portman, and Nathan Fillion all of which never did make it to my table.

This year’s celebrity sightings include Matt Groening, Seth Green, Blair Butler, and the Old Spice Guy. I also met other pros and business muckety-mucks, so if you happen to be one of them and you’re reading this blog, give me a call I’m ready to work for ya!

As usual Comic-Con is both exhilarating and totally exhausting— I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Hi Tweeps! Thanks for joining in on an afternoon #webcomicschat. I’m teaching a foundation drawing course right now so I’ve had sketching on the brain. Speaking of my class, it’s an evening class on Wednesdays so for the next few weeks I’ll need to have an afternoon #webcomicschat. Also, next week being San Diego – I’ll be holding a special #webcomicschat live from the show floor. It would be fun to link up in person with any tweeps at preview night. Now, back to the drawing board as it were…

This week we talked a bit about drawing and sketching techniques. I admitted that my favorite original art is sketches and that I love collecting artist’s sketchbooks. For myself though, I find it very hard to keep a regular sketchbook. Many of my illustrator friends are very good about filling sketchbooks with beautiful and detailed art even to the point of painting and coloring their pages. I on the other hand like @RealityAmuck tend to fill up legal pads. I don’t know what it is about lined, yellow paper but it seems to make sketching easier for me. Maybe it’s because of the grid that I can use for construction lines, or maybe it’s that fact that it’s not permanently bound in a book. Whatever the reason my sketching usually lives in a filing cabinet.

@remdog1138 and @RealityAmuck went on further to discuss the use of ink pens, nibs, and Koh-I-Noor — oh my~! With that and other traditional techniques we also talked about some digital variations. I started a new technique this week that I’m really excited about. I do a light sketch and digital watercolor wash in Painter. When that’s finished I print a bunch of them on bristol or watercolor paper and embellish the prints with colored pencils and micron pens. Doing this has many benefits it allows me to sell quickly rendered original art and experiment with many color and sketching variations. With that, feel free to share your sketching ideas here as well.

It’s that time of year again and San Diego Comic-Con is just around the corner. I’m looking forward to meeting you all at my table in Small Press P-02. I have lots of new items for sale and I’m excited to debut the latest collection of the Super Siblings Webcomic “Clark Wars.” Also, don’t miss the latest comic book adventure “Super Science” where our duo faces off at the Bay City Elementary Science Fair. New for this year I’m adding collector sketch cards featuring your favorite comic book heroes drawn in the Super Siblings style and lastly I’ve got a new batch of t-shirts including “For the Horde” and “Who’s Scruffy Looking?.” There’s something for everyone to enjoy and don’t just take my word for it—Tiny Titans and Billy Batson creators Art and Franco say “Aw Yeah Super Siblings!”