this week has felt almost like a soap opera in some ways. today, took the wife into the ER this morning because she was slumped at her desk crying with a headache when I got back from dropping the kids off at school. Was not a good thing to witness. She barely ever cries, so I knew it was pretty bad. After much diagnosis and stuff ...

so yesterday I had a REAL sore back, still sore today, but I realized it was likely a combination of having slept on it wrong the previous night, and also the height at which I was working with my new Cintiq.  So after getting some things done, I HAD to rearrange my entire studio so I could work on the Cintiq in a more comfortable way.  ...

haven't slept good in over a week here.  My mind is just racing with thoughts at night now.  From work to family things to creative things...it's nuts.  I've never had this problem before really either.  I can totally understand why they make sleep aid medicines now :D  It's Friday.  Which means ...

-i suck at math but when my kid needs help on learning how to draw dragons, I can help with that. a quick 15 minute color study after going through the basic dragon shapes with her so she could work on her own. Prismacolor markers, colored pencil and a tiny bit of ink. (see below)   -so dishes are done, garbage is at the road, homework help ...

Novelist C.E. Murphy (The Negotiator Trilogy,The Walker Papers) has signed a deal to produce her superhero comic series Take A Chance, with the Dabel Brothers! Issue 1 of the series is completely done, issue 2-5 will have art by the amazing Ardian Syaf, and I will be providing digital inks AND colors for this series. More news and updates to come ...

2008 is here, and I’ve gotten caught up enough with work, and taken enough time off to enjoy family and relaxation here, that I can look back on the great things that 2007 brought to me, and look forward to what this year has in store. I’m not a big list guy, but there will be lists in this post just to make it shorter. ...

Wow. I slept great last night. I had wanted to finish up the 3rd page of the day last night, but decided to just get a good nights sleep. Good decision on my part. I’m REAL energized today. So as soon as the wife gets back from helping out at the school with breakfast for my son’s class today, we’re likely ...

this morning I took in a copy of the new Hero By Night hardcover trade, a new issue 1 of the ongoing HBN series, and a KISS 4K Kissmas special book into my local retailer.  The guys there were impressed with the hardcover for sure.  They were also super surprised to find out there was so much more HBN content online for ...

So yesterday I got 4 boxes worth of comp copies in here, 2 boxes of the hardcover collected trade of the original Hero By Night mini-series, a box of the first issue of the new ongoing Hero By Night comic, and a box of the KISS 4K KISSmas special one-shot.  I'm going to run through my thoughts on them real quick here. Hardcover HBN ...

seems like there is a dichotomy between working long days and working short days. Today, is a short day, probably only around 6 hours worth of work time when all is said and done. 2:45 need to head up to the school for basketball practice, which goes until 4:30. then it’s time to hurry home, eat and get changed to head back up the high ...