Halloween

Devil and Gandhi

Part 1

Devil and Gandhi

Part 2

 As I end this comic with Santa Claus calling a child an asshole, I am reminded that not all comic readers share my penchant for the crude, the vulgar, and the downright inappropriate. So, to counterbalance my love of all things uncouth, I present to you below my piece of fan art for the really wonderful all-ages comic, Untold Tales of Bigfoot. Vince Dorse (check out his website HERE) is a full-time illustrator, who happens to make comics when he isn’t illustrating pieces for his clients. It is in my opinion that having the skills to be a full-time illustrator, however, does not mean that you will be a skilled and talented comic creator. But Vince is! If you want a lesson in character development, flashbacks, laying out panels and pages, hints on coloring, you should check out Untold Tales of Bigfoot. The beauty is also that Vince lets everyone take a peek at his process. He will post his process of sketches and inks and colors, some unused elements in his comic. Take notes people! That is why I took extra time to make my version of Bigfoot and Scout. I wanted to do the characters and the comic justice. Hope I succeeded.

Bigfoot

 

Vince has been kind enough to draw his take on my characters, The Devil & Mr. Gandhi, so check out http://www.untoldtalesofbigfoot.com to see what he came up with. Thanks for the chance to exchange art, Vince!

Guest Art! By Rami Alhakeem

Art by Rami Alhakeem

 

You tell me if this is an example of an Devil’s Bargain or not. Rami Alhakeem, of Count Ramila Studios http://countramilastudios.com/ , asked for a simple thing: an invite to the new and hopefully awesome social media site Ello. I happily invited him, and he returns the favor by creating this awesome piece of Guest Art! I made out like a bandit. If you are looking for some spooky stories, head over to Rami’s website. Just click on the image below.

Count Ramila Studios

 

Or go directly to his Anthony and the Unspeakable Horrors!

Anthony and the Unspeakable Horrors

 

Addendum – James Kersey

From James KerseyFrom the twisted mind of James Kersey comes… Devil & Gandhi: TNG.

Just when I thought I may have to re-cycle my older episodes of D&G again and again while I am on hiatus, like a never ending loop of Hogan’s Heroes, I get this email from James Kersey. You may know Jim as the creator of Oversimplified and The Amok Bros. He also happens to be an early-adopter of Devil & Gandhi v1.0. I can vouch for myself that I have seen every single episode Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I have never seen this episode. But if only! I would like to think that I planted the seed of this illustration during a Twitter conversation I had with Jim, wherein I sang the praises of Muppet Babies and pointed him to a clip of Baby Rowlf as Worf. We were also discussing Pigs In Space! But clearly, only Jim could have imagined this one. Thank you, sir!

Muppet Babies

Check out Jim’s stuff by clicking on the images below. You will be able to feel Jim’s mash-up illustration on real actual paper once I start laying out Issue #3 of The Devil & Mr. Gandhi.The Amok BrosOversimplified

Season 2 “The Spin”

Devil and Gandhi

Yup, there’s nothing better (or worse) than having a comedic duo having to deal with a third wheel. Luckily, this third wheel spun right off and out the door. I am glad I got to make a reference to the mysterious rash of deaths concerning beloved pop-psychiatrists, which wraps up the Orphan Train storyline (if you you can call that a storyline!). And I felt a little bad making the final episode of this season a blatant attempt to spin-off a character that has just made a first appearance, but I needed a final page, and what better way to end a season than to tease a new series.

In 2015, I will be working on a long-form comic entitled Shakespeare Jung. The original title of the comic project was STEAMTRUNK! which even had it’s own website, complete with logo and Twitter account (http://steamtrunkcomic.com/), but I switched the title to what will be the main character, Shakespeare Jung. Shakespeare is young, some would say too young to be the Director of STEAMTRUNK (see, I kept the name), but someone has to defend against events and people who would wipe our our world’s culture. Think of Doctor Who meets Quantum Leap meets Mark Twain (literally!), at least for the first volume. It will be science-based, although speculative science, revisionist-historical, and I will be attempting to make it all-ages. And I won’t really start posting pages until I have the entire first volume plotted and thumbnailed. And don’t expect color. I think I will keep it black and white in the hopes of some day doing a Kickstarter to print it and maybe hire a colorist.

Thanks so much for reading The Devil & Mr. Gandhi! Season 3 is already in production, including some crossover episodes with the talented folks over at Holidaze Comics. If you’ve read any of their comics (click on the link below to check them out), you’ll understand why The Devil & Mr. Gandhi will be dropping by their establishment.

Holidaze Comics

And as far as personal appearances go, I will have physical printed copies of Issue #1 and Issue #2 at The Small Press Expo (SPX) this September in Bethesda, MD. If you are around, stop by my table. I will have some other goodies that have not been seen here or on The Ink Puddle. Thanks again, and see you next season!

Small Press Expo