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September 27, 2006

Templar: Chapter 2!

Cover image is up! Stay tuned for more.

And a big, big, thank you to everyone who's been clicking through from Something Positive, and leaving great comments and sending really flattering, kind emails I seriously do intend to answer. (Sorry.) I read every one and appreciate them all, even if I don't have the decency to send a response. But some quick, across-the-board answers to frequent questions:

1) Sorry, but I don't do private commissions. It's not that I hate money or anything, I just don't have the time! If you want a really stunning commission, though, I can recommend the services of Bill Mudron without hesitation. Here's some of his (not-safe-for-work) recent stuff.

2) Sure, I can show you how I draw the comic. As a matter of fact, a making-of page is in the works right now. I promise you'll be unimpressed, though.

3) I didn't get the idea for the Sincerists from Art Spiegelman, or a novel, or anyplace else, and they DEFINITELY aren't real (thank God). I made 'em up. Or I thought I did, anyway.

4) And yeah, I wish I could update more frequently, too. Believe me, I'm trying. (Would it be gauche to point out that the tip jar is 12 bucks away from a three-page week? Probably.)

By the way, while you're here, you might wanna check out a few comics by K. Thor Jensen, especially The Last Kiss. I dig that one, probably because I just got done watching The Devil and Daniel Johnston, and both the comic and the documentary are about off-kilter musicians aching for fame and recognition.

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But then, I didn't have to stop reading The Last Kiss every few minutes to bitch about how too many people romanticize the artistic process, something that inevitably leads to more emphasis being placed on a person being "artistic" than the quality of their actual art. If you ask someone about a particular artist and all they care to recall is how great he was at parties, something is just goddamn wrong.

Whatever. My baggage.

Posted by Spike at September 27, 2006 01:07 AM

Comments

Awesome cover. Awesome title. I can't wait for this chapter.

Posted by Magnolia at September 27, 2006 06:24 AM
198.7.242.130

Reagan's shop sells antique and incredibly unsafe firearms? AWESOME!

The fact that they're sold alongside liquor should be obvious and normal to anybody from the midwest or Texas. Goddamn Texas.

I also cannot describe how happy and artistically satisfied that Reagan is both full-bodied and not at all concerned about it. Voluptuous (and maybe a bit more) ladies, represent!

Posted by Boy at September 27, 2006 12:12 PM
63.204.106.9

If only she was selling tobacco it'd be the ATF trifecta.

Posted by Leland at September 27, 2006 05:34 PM
67.168.8.110

Porn, too, from the looks of it.

Everything a man could possibly want under one roof.

Posted by Mashuren at September 27, 2006 05:57 PM
146.82.208.200

The cigars and cigarillos are on the shelf across the way, next to the banned books and the hunting knives.

Posted by spike at September 27, 2006 06:08 PM
68.20.23.174

Well, that outfit is... erm... *cough*cough* um... well at least it's not... Hey, look at the interesting way in which she's signed her nametag!

Posted by jdalton at September 27, 2006 06:45 PM
24.108.180.202

I followed the Something Positive link, and I have to say that this is excellent work. I'm completely addicted now and can't wait for chapter 2! =D

Posted by katieryn at September 28, 2006 09:44 AM
74.64.84.44

"Ray Gun"... That is actually excellent. I suits her well. And yay for pepperboxes and pocket rotating mechanism mini-pistols !

Posted by Wood at September 28, 2006 01:51 PM
86.220.147.46

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