Sunday, January 24, 2010

"Joeb! Look Out!" Finished... "Citizen Kane Could Suck My ****" Begins

If you've been paying attention, I had some computer problems lately.

I'm starting up a new section entitled "Citizen Kane Could Suck My ****"

This entire section will be in Flash, so if you have a slow connection, please be patient.

Also, I'm not updating weekly. At least for now. Maybe some time after I finish "Citizen Kane Could Suck My ****" but maybe not.

Anyway, if you haven't read "Joeb! Look Out!"

And if you haven't started at the beginning at all, go here.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Technical Difficulties

In case you don't subscribe to the Rss Update feed, my good computer has hit a bad virus. So, in the meantime, check out this photoshop painting which I did on New Years Eve.


Shiina Ringo by ~theory-of-everything on deviantART

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Friday, August 21, 2009

I'm announcing this so I'll do it.

When October rolls around (I'm being hazy, maybe mid, maybe late, maybe even early) updates on God(tm) twice a week.

There. I set a goal for myself.

I'm sorry, I've been busy juggling things, moving, and designing the colors on what will hopefully become a new animated TV show.

At least I've been writing and re-writing the second half of Chapter One of God(tm). I might post up a rough draft of part of a script or something via the Theory of Everything Comics Facebook Group.

Until then, I'm going to see about posting old stuff I keep in boxes that might entertain you.

Sorry to be dormant.

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Friday, July 17, 2009

San Diego Comic Con News

Sorry for not working on any new pages, but I've been not only preparing for Comic Con, but dealing with life in general.

I will be at San Diego Comic Con from July 22nd to July 26th at Red Eye Art (Table B-03).

I won't be able to use my big banner.

You can follow my Twitter account to get up to date news and find out where I am and what I'm doing.

And if you want to check out the Eisner Awards its on Friday the 24th at the new Hilton San Diego Bayfront in the Indigo Room.

You're only allowed to go if you cheer really loud when they announce my name.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Preparing for San Diego Comic Con

I just got a new banner!

But I'm not sure if I'll use it. I will be at "Things That Are Square" (table B04) for San Diego Comic Con, a very good friend's table who's letting me sqwat at her table. If my banner messes with her table, design-wise or whatever-wise then I won't use the banner.

You can follow me on my Twitter. I'll be updating it at Comic Con so you can find me for signings, small talk, or if you just want to do me a favor and get me a soda.

http://twitter.com/T_of_E_comics

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

I'm now on twitter

http://twitter.com/T_of_E_comics

I don't plan to tell you what I'm doing every single minute of my life.

But I do plan on tweeting every minute when I'm at conventions, signings or other events.

Think of it, if you want to see if I'm available to do a sketch or something, you could find out if I'm at the table.

Or maybe I'm heading to a panel discussion, and instead of walking around the floor at Comic Con, you think-- that sounds like a good discussion.

Maybe I'm completely hung over, and instead of going to my table expecting I'd be there, you'd know that I'm vomiting into a toilet.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

God(tm) The Marketing Strategy - COMPLETED!

This is the fastest I've done a section.

...Well, technically, I didn't draw it.

...No, correction, I just didn't draw it at all! (except for the coke can and the bowl of matzah ball soup).

I have a new respect and jealousy for clip art comics.



Check it out from the beginning.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

God(tm) - The Marketing Strategy



I've started a new section, Section 5: The Marketing Strategy. We're working with Guest Artist, Tom Tierney who happens to work for a very affordable wage.

If you haven't finished reading the last section, or just aren't sure if you finished reading it, or just feel like reading it all over again, its still available online.

And also, today is the last day to vote for the Eisners. If you are webcomics creator or comic book creator, you are eligible to vote.

As I've been making a big whoop about it, Speak No Evil is nominated for Best Digital Comic.

If I win this award, I guarantee you that I'll give a very memorable acceptance speech.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Whoops, wrong RSS

here's the right one.

http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/updates/rss.xml

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My new Update RSS

Usually, I don't blog about the newest page of my comics until I'm finished with a section. But by popular demand, I'm making an RSS feed available.

This RSS feed will let you know of the tiny updates and other news. I'll still let you know of updates on this blog, but this RSS feed is created for people who have feed readers.

http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/rss.xml

http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/updates/rss.xml


I have no idea what the difference is between the two links, but I'll make both available, and put nice little RSS icons on my comics.

By the way, I'm sleepy right now. I'll get around to making a nice RSS icon and generously post it around my website.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

I just started a forum

Yes, that little "4M" button with the icon that's too small to see is finally up. Go to http://s1.zetaboards.com/toecomics/index/

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

God(tm) - You don't drink coffee because you are a robot.

Finally, after months of work, Rev. Joeb Kim CPA has finally stepped out of the coffee shop!!

We start a new section, or "part 4" as we call it.

Anyway, this is probably when I start to get angry letters. You'll get a better idea of what sort of story this is when things develop, far far into the future (with the way I'm going). Trust me, I don't plan to write cheap and shallow material on the expense of others.... unless I'm getting paid a lot.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Now what!?

So, I had this print comic I did a while back ago which I put on the shelf. I thought it was pretty good.

Now I realize it needs a major overhaul.

Since the Eisner nomination, since this is the most completed comic, I thought I could just show this to a publisher say, "Look at me, I'm a nominee!" and it'll get published!

But. damn. shit. I promised myself I'd finish "A Dream of Conscious Thought"

sigh

I've promised myself that I'd work on God(tm) on Sunday.

Damn, I gotta put it to the side. There's that part of me that's a heartbroken angry 23-year-old who needs it.

Well, I promise that I'll have other content posted. Some written by me. Some a bit simpler.

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Under Construction

So I've been redesigning my website. There's some links that lead to nowhere, others that lead to somewhere. Mainly I'm trying to get as many people who come to see a Space Mexican to go on and see a Korean Priest/Accountant.

Anyway, please mind the mess. I've still yet to figure out how to have a forum. If you have any advice or criticism, please send me an email or post on the comments.

Thank you.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

God(tm) - now the backstory makes sense

I have finished two sections of God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

Or "God Trademark" when referred to orally.

Unfortunately, my site is horribly designed and you can't tell where part one ends or part two begins. So here's some help:

Part One.

Part Two.

At least, set-up wise, I've taken care of the back story. I just need to get Joeb Kim out of the cafe. (Now I can work on redesigning my site)

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Monday, January 19, 2009

God (tm) - Part 1 of "Meet Joeb Kim" completed!

From now on, we'll just refer to this comic as God(tm) or "God - trademark" when referred to orally. The title is still God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. but none of you are sharp enough to remember that.

Anyway, Part 1 of "Meet Joeb Kim" is completed. As far as the story goes, nothing still makes any sense. Although, the next part will start to make sense.

But I have to rewrite it. And you won't see anything from the second part for a while.

So I suggest that you e-mail me at elanrodgertrinidad@gmail.com if you want to be updated. Although I don't expect too many e-mails because I haven't gotten to the really good part yet.

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Monday, January 5, 2009

New Year's Resolution 2009

2008 was an interesting year, but I'm glad to see it go because most of it was spent "funemployed". Although I am thankful for several things, like people who actually read my comics and the high profile job which looks good on a resume.

But I should gear up for this year and try to create some nice goals for myself.

1) Publish A Dream of Conscious Thought on Lulu.
Some years ago I started a comic book company with some high school friends. This company failed miserably. At this company, I started a full color comic book called A Dream of Conscious Thought. It was a metaphysical sort of love story and was a way for me to deal with some love-life drama. Since that time I've gone through a relationship, gone on a few dates, and have found ways to make Ms."Love-life drama" feel very uncomfortable. So I'm not as emotionally motivated to finish the book, but its something I ought to finish. So probably after I'm done with the first part of God™ (and its only a few pages away from part one from completion, I'll prep A Dream of Conscious Thought: book one for Lulu which can be ready by spring or even earlier.

2) Finish my Tarot Card set
Maybe a year and a half ago, I started to redesign the Rider-Waite Tarot with symbols of my own (a lot of Star Wars and Kung Fu). I want to finish it and actually do readings with it (because it impresses chicks).

3) Take Yoga classes and maybe a dance class
I'm thirty and I don't exercise. Besides, I heard people who took Yoga have a better awareness of their body and doing that would probably help me with animation and some weird stage performances that I'm involved with. I wanna take a dance class because I don't want to dance sarcastically like a hipster when I'm drunk.

4) Re-design this site
I forgot what my hit average is. But it isn't bad for a horribly designed website. Sure I know Flash and I'm sure I could take a class, but I really don't have the time for that. I'd rather put my energy into making comics and art and have someone else worry about scripting. I would really like a forum for this site because I've found on reddit.com, people having interesting discussions about The Devil and The Monk and Speak No Evil that can potentially go in interesting directions. But this is something I could probably worry about when I'm on hiatus. I'm not sure when that's going to happen, and really, since my pockets were emptied out last year, the later the better.

These are the main things. I might quit smoking this year, but then again I've been saying that for the past couple of years.

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

God(tm) update: no updates

Right now, I have a day job to contend with and some other projects I made promises for. At least God™ © 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. is at a certain part of the story where you can at least have an idea of where I'm going with it comedy-wise.

But to ensure my readers will come back when I finally do come around to working on the comic, here is the basic summary:
A well-known (but unnamed) multi-media and theme park corporation owns the intellectual property of God. A Deacon/accountant named Rev. Joeb Kim, CPA has to stop the Apocalypse.


I know, its a major web comicker faux paus to have a hiatus. But I'm sure that this can all be forgiven since I have been working as an animator (Character Layout is my official title) on a major prime time television show. Plus I'm coloring a creator owned comic book. Plus I'm working on a little Christmas surprise. Plus some other projects I promised for Coachella.

Let's hope I don't flake out.

Anyway, I'll still be posting things up on this blog. I've decided to try to have more of a focus on religiousy sort of things and not just Japanese Girl Rock Bands.

BTW, the first episode I'll be working on will air Spring 2009, most likely around May. I'll let you all know exactly when when I find out.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

God(tm) - ARNO!

Okay, two mo' pages kid. (yeah, its getting on a weird tangent)

...still haven't gotten a reaction from Mister Arno yet.

http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/01/GOD01_09b.htm

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

God (tm) - no more Robotech jokes

...at least in the foreseeable future.
So, check out the update for God™ © 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

God (tm) - more coffee!

I've colored some previously uncolored pages and added a few more pages. Hopefully we'll see a couple more pages this week.

And if you're new, start here.





And now ladies and gentleman, Miss Macross herself, Lynn Minmay:



And now, ladies and gentleman, Ms. Reba West:



And now ladies and gentleman, an exceptionally cute fobby girl with a video camera, a microphone and too much time on her hands:



I think I'll court her some day.

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Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco, Nov 1st & 2nd

Hey, just to let you know that I'll be up in San Francisco for Alternative Press Expo November 1st and 2nd. (Although I'll probably head out early on the 2nd.)

I'll be at the Fool's Gold Press table selling, trading, or if you're cute, giving away copies of Theory of Everything Comics #1

So, if you're in San Francisco over the weekend and the line for the Chris Ware signing is too damn long, come by the Fool's Gold Press table, I'll sketch ya something nice, chat, maybe even read Tarot (which has actually gotten me a meal once).

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Saturday, September 27, 2008

God(tm)-finally, I'm getting to that joke I'm narcissistically proud of

Don't worry. I'm building up to something.

I've gotten a new job and its been taking up a lot of my time right now. I've finished some pages, but I haven't colored them.

Check out the two new pages.

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Theory of Everthing Comics #1 available in London

My European agent and art dealer just notified me that Theory of Everything Comics #1, a mini comic print version of "The Devil & the Monk" and "Speak No Evil" are available at Orbital Manga.

Orbital Manga

4c Orion House,
Upper St. Martins Lane,
London,
WC2H 9NY


tel:0207 2405577

My agent has already booked a future signing at Orbital, but the contract says that I have to become famous and NOT an asshole in order to participate in this future signing.

...the asshole clause of that contract might be broken already.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

God (tm): Finally, I get to draw some robots

I've added two new pages to God(tm) (c)2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

I finally get to draw some robots. Although, after the next scene, you won't see them for a while.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Things are gonna get interesting.

I usually don't blog about the ins and out of my life unless I'm drunk and then I delete it. But things are gonna shake up personally for me very soon.

I got the call today. I got a really sweet day job starting next week. I'll let you know what it is at the appropriate time. Plus, I got a nice side gig which I'll also tell you about on the appropriate time.

The synchronicities are starting. I just had one tonight. Things are gonna start moving. I'll do my best to update my comics.

In fact, I just updated last night.

God(tm) (c)2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. has two NEW PAGES. Plus, I added a joke to one page.

Okay. It's a full moon.

No wonder.

--onward!

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

STORE - open for business

I just opened a CafePress store. Right now, I only have a few products.

But, if you have any requests, if you want to have the image from page 2 of "Speak No Evil" on a coffee mug or a POTATOE on a T-shirt or maybe you don't like this Meditating Devil design and want it to be more "Buddha-ee" than dark, or you want whatever else they offer at CafePress, I'll be glad to fulfill your request.

But you gotta buy it. Promise?

Either leave a comment or email me: elanrodgertrinidad@gmail.com

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

God (tm) (c) 2XX8... etc, etc, ... begins!

The first six pages of "God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental."
have been completed. Yes, that is the title. No. I haven't even memorized my own title yet. It's a science fiction satire about... well, you can guess by the title.
http://www.theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/01/

I plan to update it little by little and then have my formal announcement that a scene is finished. I feel the story doesn't hit its stride around page 11 or 12.

And I'll get around to sprucing up the website since people are actually visiting it.

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Buttons that actually work

As it may be painfully obvious to all of us, I am NOT a web designer. I haven't taken web design since 2002, and I really can't afford one.

But, I'd like to announce a button that actually works!

The ABOUT button and page are in working order.

Other buttons that work: COMICS, UPDATES, "Speak No Evil"(those are on the sides) and the pyramid at the center brings you HOME

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

God(tm) - Preview


Here's a preview of God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. I plan to color it. You'll probably see a few pages next week.

For those of you paying attention, I changed the title from:
God(tm) copyright 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Inc. All rights reserved. All characters and the distinctive name and likenesses thereof and all related indicia are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this story with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

to:

God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

The comic will have the longest indicia ever.


God(tm) (c) 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. (c) 2008 Elan' Rodger Trinidad. All rights reserved. All characters and the distinctive name and likenesses thereof and all related indicia are trademarks of Elan' Rodger Trinidad. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this story with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

God(tm) - Robot design


(You can see these characters in this story or jump to the pages that they appear.)

This is a model sheet for

God(tm) copyright 2xx8 *** ***** ****** ******* Inc. All rights reserved. All characters and the distinctive name and likenesses thereof and all related indicia are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this story with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.


(You can see these characters in this story or jump to the pages that they appear.)


He (or they) start off as a minor character. I was doing an homage to classic Floro Dery designs.

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Sunday, August 3, 2008

God(tm) - Joeb Kim model sheet

So, my next big comic project is this sci-fi satire comedy where Christianity corporatized. ( I'm trying to make this one beautiful as well as witty (I'm tired of dick & fart jokes. They're too easy and very predictable), making model sheets, doing exploded views of backgrounds, colors, etc. Unlike Speak No Evil and The Devil and the Monk this is not an exercise in drawing fast. I was trying to develop a rhythm and speed. By the way, "The Devil and the Monk" is part of this story.

Right now, the working title of this humorous opus is:
God(tm) copyright 2xx8 *** ***** ****** ******* Inc. All rights reserved. All characters and the distinctive name and likenesses thereof and all related indicia are trademarks of
*** ***** ****** ******* Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this story with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.

(2xx8 is pronounced: Twenty-ex exty eight. Plus I can't seem to do that trademark and copyright symbol on Blogger.)

I think the title is too short.


Anyway, here is a model sheet of one of the lead characters.

Asians are very easy to draw. All I need to do is find a mirror and I have great reference. (C'mon, Jim Lee draws Wolverine a bit slanty-eyed and no one's complaining!)


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Friday, August 1, 2008

Fixed that damned logo/menu thingy

For those of you who are paying attention, I've managed to fix my menu. I'm not the most skilled at Html and CSS and my code would probably be laughable to any professional, but by George, it's doing mostly what I want it to do. It still needs a bit of work, though.

(Who is this "George" fellow?)

I would like to thank the guy who makes those tutorials. Thanks Nathaniel at Tutvid.com. Thank you for all your informative tutorials and your calm and non-threatening voice. You're doing a service for the entire Inter-Web.

Now I shall move onto making other pages for those buttons which do not work. Only updates, comics, the two big images on the side for "Speak No Evil: Melancholy of a Space Mexican", and the logo (the triangle) do anything.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Updating this site

So, for old friends, you might notice a difference. For new friends, you probably didn't notice anything at all. But I've started to update this site and I've finally figured out how to use Blogger.

I don't like closing off the site to everyone, because I still want you to justify my existence.

But I will be adding things here and there, changing, etc.

But, I simply renamed the old home page and its just as half-assedly put together as it was before. (This will change soon.)

Oh, and since I'm here, I might as well throw up some links.

http://foolsgoldpress.com/ - This is an old friend who lives in a shack in rural Illinois. His only possessions are his trusty computer, a potato cannon and the entire DVD box set of Robotech.

http://circleversussquare.com/- I have yet to meet this man, therefore I can say the most slanderous lies about him. He tells little jokes with simplified squares and circles. Although I wonder what sort of comic he'd make if he did erotica with that style.

http://exhibitapress.com/ - Batton Lash is an award winning comic book artist who has a picture of me somewhere on his site. I think I was coming out of my mohawk phase.

Check out these links, eventually, they'll be on my links page.

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