Tim Sale does Von Hammer
Back in the days when dinosaurs still roamed this blue orb, sketches at conventions were a whole different thing. Artists didn’t charge. Yes, can you believe there was ever such a time. It was back then that almost all...
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Steve Rude does The Guardian
June 16, 2026
I used to be pretty good pals with Steve Rude back in the early 90s when we both lived in L.A. That’s why it made perfect sense that he’d be the first artist to do something in my sketchbook. I asked for The Guardian one of my favorite minor characters from Kirby’s Fourth World. I loved the whole clone aspect and how weird Jimmy Olsen had suddenly become.
The “practical joker” note comes from me crank calling him a couple of times. Ha.
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More to explore
And so it really, truly, actually begins!
So, this is the first post I’m making with my site now live (the prior posts were done ahead of time so there would be stuff for you to immediately look at). Like I’ve already said, I’ll do new posts often, so tune in...
The Mysterious Case of Sherlock Holmes' Missing Deerstalker Hat.
This really is me musing. It has no real bearing on my writing; it’s just an idle notion that stumbled across my mind just now. I was thinking about how we place some quote or characterization on a fictional character...
