I don’t know what’s funnier, this article:

Here is a war photo in which the Jewish Superman poses with allied troops. Later “Superman” movies continued to portray actors who look similar to the original embodiment of the ubermensch concept.

…or the comments thread, in which some people do not seem to recognize the satire as satire.

Includes strong language. See terrifying true trauma tales of artist vs client!

Hat Tip: Val Trullinger.

Lord of the Rings actor Mark Ferguson, AKA Nanosecond Gil Galad writes a humorous account of his fantasy convention adventures.

One couple from Germany became a pair of giant, green insects, complete with inbuilt, stereophonic clicking noises. They’d spent all their holidays and weekends making the costumes. The rest of the year they work in a bank, but today they’re cicada-like creatures that no can of Raid is going to stop.

Mark looking aweary, backstage at a Ringcon from years past. You’d look weary too if you partied like this dude.

I took a ton of shots of him meaning to use him as a model for my next book, but he ended up being all wrong for the part. Oh well, maybe later. He was a hoot to hang with.

Many thanks for the LULZ.

Detail of a digital portrait I am working on.

LOTS of work to do and so little time to spare for these pictures. Like the other digital portraits (click on CAST above,) this was drawn freehand in Photoshop. I need to practice my digital skills and these pieces are a good way to do it.

I am working on some conceptual art right now for a TV show in development, and every day I regret not being more digital savvy. This stuff would be WAY easier with more chops. Even so, I’ve done about 1/3 of the work digitally.

I think I’m going to need another year of practice though. Since most of my work does not require it, I just don’t have a lot of time to for fiddling about with new stuff. While I do need to practice my digital art, I need to move forward with new pages, too! Those are, as always, by hand.

Anyway, I am out of town. Play nice.