Making Chicken Salad Out Of Chicken $#!%

Let’s just get down to it. I gotta get back in the Newsletter Writing Groove.

What I’ve Been Up To

This week I found an old canvas that I sketched on about 10 – 15 years ago.
I hated what I saw. It represented everything I was trying to do back then, none of which was even stuff I wanted to do. I just made things that everyone else was doing it.

I tried to erase it, but the lines wouldn’t lift.

So I started covering it up with watercolour pencils.

Then salt.

Then more watercolour pencils.

Then watercolour paints.

Then more salt.

Then some white acrylic ink.

Then a lot of black water-resistant ink (big mistake! Very messy!)

Then gouache paint.

Then I had an alien landscape which looked much better than whatever it was I was trying to do a decade ago.

This Week’s Pull List

I was a little late picking up my comics so this is like, two weeks worth of stuff.

1. Alpha Flight #1

   

   I accidentally ordered the standard cover and the variant edition. Oops! Oh well. This is the first time I picked up an Alpha Flight comic and wanted to read the next one right away. I feel I’m supposed to like Alpha Flight because I’m Canadian, but aside from Volume 2, I usually stopped buying after the first issue. If every issue is like this, I’ll buy the whole series.

2. Dark X-Men #1

   

   I was skeptical at first, but really ended up enjoying this issue. Like Alpha Flight, if they keep producing entertaining stories, I’ll keep buying.

3. Daredevil #14

   

   I only read one other issue from this series. I just wanted to see if it was going to be worth buying the omnibus next year. Yeah, I think it will be. It’ll be sad to see a new writer take over, but if I can have this all self contained in one edition, I’ll be happy with it.

4. WILDC.A.T.S.: Better Living Through Violence HC

   

   I have been a WILDC.A.T.S fan since I was a kid. I like this new version of the team that has been integrated into the DCU proper. I picked up a later issue and wanted to get caught up on what I missed. It was a fun read. So fun that I cancelled my monthly subscription and set it up so I only get these collected hardcover editions instead. It’s much nicer to read in one sitting, and they store nicer on my bookshelf.

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@MarkLiebrecht

Fictionist/Cartoonist

By Mark Liebrecht

Anything Else Going On?

Not really.

This upcoming week is going to be a writing week. I’ve got my little art station all set up here and ready for comic production. Now I just need to get my scripts done so I’m not drawing for nothing, or writing myself into a corner later.