Hi all

Hi all I know I haven't been posting here regularly since I moved on over to Rayguns & Sixshooters. So I just want to let everyone know who still checks this blog that I'll be posting over there more often then I do here. SO follow me on over and check out the other guys posts while your at it.

New Blog

Finally finished up the Small Press Idol contest. We wound up winning a cover slot on the Mysterious Visions Anthology. Which I am very happy about and am looking forward to doing. I must say that I am glad to be done with the contest as it was consuming the better part of my days. And really forced me to cut back on working on all the other stuff I should be doing. well for everyone who thought I disappeared give me some time to get everything in order and I will start getting back to everyone. I have a ton of e-mail and other work to get through so give me a little time and I'll get back to you.

Now on to other things. I just started a new blog with some other comic book creators over at adamzero.net and we're all going to be posting about our projects and other things comic related. So stop by and check it out. Should be alot of fun.

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Pink eye

Yup I got pink eye. My daughter had it and we had thought we'd escaped getting it but we didn't. My one eye is pretty much a mess and now it seems like the other might be going that way as well. The wife has also come down with it and the poor kid has it all over again. We are once again doing the mass cleaning hoping to eradicate any germs, but this has pretty much brought a halt to all writing and editing activates. Which is a real bummer considering we are right near the deadline for DS over at Small Press Idol. So I'm really hoping the eye drops I got from the Doctor are going to help. I'll let you know how it goes.

Battling Yank

Battling Yank logo concept!

Original sketches of Chloe from DS.

Here are some of the first sketches of Chloe Masters from back when me and D began talking about DS.

New DS Website

Check out the new Doorknob Society website.

James from DS

James in action from DS. Last day of voting everyone so get on over there and vote for the Doorknob Society!

Chloe from DS

A completed version of the action shot of Chloe from the Doorknob Society!

Latest DS standings

With your support we've moved up to number 14. Which I am thrilled about. Now we just need to keep it up, I'd like to get some more new voters so that we're ready to play with the big boys like Faction and White Rose when round three comes up.


1.) 974 Votes (+49) - 103 Voters ( +1) Faction - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
2.) 622 Votes (+41) - 123 Voters ( +3) Maddie Scientist - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
3.) 587 Votes (+76) - 113 Voters ( +4) The Underground - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
4.) 515 Votes (+68) - 115 Voters ( +2) The White Rose - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
5.) 468 Votes (+26) - 61 Voters ( +1) The Machine - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
6.) 411 Votes (+18) - 68 Voters ( NC) Hometown Heroes - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
7.) 400 Votes (+18) - 59 Voters ( NC) The Associate - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
8.) 354 Votes (+26) - 82 Voters ( +1) Steel Rising - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
9.) 331 Votes (+22) - 59 Voters ( NC) Haxxor - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
10.) 278 Votes (+17) - 52 Voters ( +1) Varsity Squad - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
11.) 229 Votes (+17) - 39 Voters ( +2) Dogman and Lester - Judges Vote: 2 No.
12.) 213 Votes (+18) - 49 Voters ( NC) Mr. Man - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
13.) 198 Votes (+14) - 29 Voters (2NC) Project Mercury - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
14.) 193 Votes (+29) - 54 Voters ( +3) The Doorknob Society - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
15.) 184 Votes (+18) - 44 Voters ( +2) Earthman - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
16.) 180 Votes (+20) - 41 Voters ( +1) Diary of a Teenage Heroine - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
17.) 130 Votes (+20) - 38 Voters ( +1) Monsters of Love - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
18.) 124 Votes (+11) - 28 Voters (2NC) Dead Duck - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
19.) 96 Votes (+27) - 34 Voters ( +8) Boulder Colorado - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
20.) 93 Votes ( +8) - 24 Voters (2NC) Thread of Valor - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
*************** *******The Dreaded Line**************** ************
21.) 88 Votes (+16) - 25 Voters ( NC) Dinos - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
22.) 83 Votes (+25) - 35 Voters ( +9) Nevil Von Dunst - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
23.) 70 Votes (+11) - 25 Voters ( +1) Quick Draw - Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
24.) 67 Votes (+23) - 31 Voters ( +9) Chaoskind - Judges Vote: 2 No.
25.) 48 Votes (+10) - 20 Voters ( +4) EAST - Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
26.) 22 Votes ( +2) - 9 Voters ( NC) APOC: Hel's Kitchen - Judges Vote: 3 Yes
27.) Parahero Will be a Back Up Feature in Mysterious Visions Anthology.

DS position

We're currently in 17th position in Small Press Idol. It dosent mean we're doing terribly since we were the last project posted by the deadline. It just means we need to get the votes to keep rolling in. For the next round we are already working hard to be in on the first day of the competition. That way we can really build up a nice vote tally. But for right now please take the time and go vote for the Doorknob Society.

Chloe Masters The Doorknob Society

James Nightshade from DS

Round two voting

The Doorknob Society is open to public voting over in small press idol. So please head on over and vote for us. We need to make up some serious ground to the projects who've already gotten votes. You can vote once a day until the end of the month.

Doorknob Society Round 2

I've crawled out of hibernation for a moment. Just submitted the round 2 entry for Small Press Idol. I'll be able to post the work here as well once voting is under way. Be sure to check it out and vote for us so that we can get DS into the next round. Now it is back to work getting the round three entry ready just in case. ;)

Round 2 Voting for Small Press Idol!

Round 2 of Small Press Idol begins tomorrow, April 1st. For anyone who hasn't signed up over at the forums to vote I would urge you to do it now. That way when its time you can just log on and vote quickly. And remember you can vote every day to really keep our numbers up.

http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/content311.html

We will need every vote we can get so tell your friends and family. And hopefully we can get DS into Round 3!

The Joy of Comics

When I was younger I was an avid comic book fan. I use the term fan because I wasn't a collector until I got slightly older and grew concerned about having my childhood comics to read. I unlike some people was never in it for money, I didn't care how much a given issue would fetch me some day. This was long before the days of E-Bay and your only real source of comic sales were stores and conventions anyway. But I was more interested in getting complete runs of series. I can still vividly recall finding old issues of comics in long boxes stacked in dusty old stores and happily adding it to my collection. With the advent of trades and now digital comics this is no longer necessary. My old comic books now sit snugly in my attic tucked away in a corner where I rarely venture. I think about taking and issue out now and again but most of the time it isn't worth the hassle. But something strange has happened recently that made my struggle with what to do with my collection come into perspective.

My daughter has begun getting her own comics. She picks up Savage Dragon, Tiny Titans and Batman Brave and the Bold. Also anything with Spider-Man and Wolverine ( though I try to censor those a bit since most aren't for small children) and just this past week she got the first issue of The Incredibles. Which also happens to be her favorite movie. In the few days she has had the comic it has been turned into a treasure map and a spyglass. It also has had numerous trips in the family car as she reads it over and over while we drive. And by reads I mean makes up a story to go along with the pictures in the issue. It is already battered and beaten and is not close to mint condition, but I would suggest that this comic has given her more fun then anything that may have ended up bagged and boarded and only read once in a blue moon.

I think this is a point my generation has missed the mark on greatly. Comic books are disposable entertainment. Not something to be hidden away in the corner of the attic. We rail against people destroying our childhood by making movies that don't conform to our memories. Or comics that lack what the ones from our childhood made us feel. But the whole time what we are really doing is ruining it for the next generation. We've made comic lovers a smaller and smaller group by excluding anyone who doesn't hold comics as some high art form. When most times it is a guy in a goofy costume made to entertain kids.

The rush of the digital age will most likely save comics from the scrap bin of history and thankfully new generations will discover the joy of reading comics. But something is lost in translation when a kid can't just roll a comic up and stick it in their back pocket. So next time you're at the local comic shop pick something up for your kid and let them destroy the thing, after all that's what comics are for.

Doorknob Society

For anyone interested go on over and check out the forum for Doorknob Society. And you'll get to see all the latest info on the comic.

DKS Promo

The Doorknob Society

Here is a new ad for the The Doorknob Society. I'll be posting a bunch of these so feel free to grab them and drop them around the net. Every little bit helps. Thanks all.