Full Cult Press... (Proverbial Halloween Illustrations)

Hmm, colerase and ink. I'll get around to coloring it later.

Was talking with Noel about the benefits of being a ghost. Naturally, the conversation turned towards basketball... Her idea was us as members of the undead Harlem Globetrotters vs. zombies. My thoughts were along the lines of the classic Gene Hackman ode to underdog college b-ball...

And hence (once again): Boosiers.

(The name works on two levels: ghosts playing basketball - and the drunken assistant coach played by Dennis Hopper - the only actor slightly below Christopher Walken on the "he's about to snap" scale.)

And a random sketch from a few years ago, with a quick paintjob from a few minutes ago. Special thanks to the wonderful and ever-talented May Ann for providing the inspiration for this one ("Cucurbitophobia").

More Acheulian Goodness.. with spears...

Ah, stone tools, spears, and jumping. Perfectly safe.


First work-up sketch. Feet are doing more of the fighting than the stick here. Go Nike. (or whatever the ancient equivalent was of a heartless shoe monopoly.)

This would've been the next candidate to get a finishing pass, but the angle/composition was a little too close to another illo I did about a year and a half ago.


Some quick passes to get the feel for how she'd ease out of the action pose.


And the concluding panel. Ah, dental plan.... Anyhow, the characters live happily ever after.

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And now, a comic break. With legible fonts this time.

Special thanks to Mr. Brett Nance for the font suggestion. Extra special thanks to the British for the imaginative hand gesture.

Some random scenery...

Well, maybe not so random - a few of these are connected to story ideas.... Blame the jazz one on too much Krupa, Sonny Rollins, and Mr. Miles Davis.