This past weekend my wife Lute, our daughters and I attended Fire & Ice, the local gaming convention held every year in Manitowoc. We got the car packed and on the road in decent time. I only forgot one essential item, and Lute remembered it before we were out of town, (as opposed to previous years when I had to drive all the way back to Sheboygan to get something). ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve lost another one today. The comics world has lost one of its gifted storytellers; a young man who infused his writing with life and fun that was rare in the grim-‘n’-gritty writers of his generation, and a black man who found unique perspectives on the hidebound, traditional heroes. He died much too soon.Â
Dwayne McDuffie, DC Comics and Animation Writer Dead
I first came across Dwayne McDuffie in the late ’80s in a Marvel comic book series entitled DAMAGE CONTROL. It’s premise was simple. When Superheroes and Villains fight, they leave a lot of collateral damage. Damage Control was a contracting company that cleaned up and repaired the messes left behind by the heroes. It was a workplace comedy with superheroes — and occasionally villains — popping in. It was light; it was fun; it didn’t take itself too seriously. There were other humorous super-hero books out at that time, (JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL and SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK to name a couple) but not many. I thought at the time the humor didn’t always work, but nevertheless I recognized that Dwayne McDuffie was a name I wanted to watch out for. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided to change how the webcomic is organized. Basicly, I yanked out the installments I’d already posted and re-posted them under a different Collection name. I’m still getting used to how WordPress expects me to do things. The pages are all up, but I’m going to have to re-establish some of the links. That may take a bit, so please bear with me.
I’ve added a new page under the “About Me” page: a “Toonography“, listing some of my professional and fannish credits. It’s a bit rough at the moment, and I intend to polish it and add a few links, but it’s another step in the right direction.
I finally put up a new gallery. This one is a collection of gaming sketches from some of the role-playing games I’ve run or played in over the years. See kobolds and super-heroes and Fearless Monster-Stompers. 20-sided dice optional.