Year: 2014

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Happy Birthday to the Mighty Thor

In 1962, Marvel Comics introduced the Mighty Thor to the pages of Journey Into Mystery #83.

As a kid, I had discovered Norse and Greek mythology in the 4th grade and a year later stumbled onto some reprints of Tales of Asgard.  I quickly read the whole volume in an afternoon.  While Marvel’s version of Thor was pretty different than the source material, it was close enough to capture my imagination.

Drawing of a silver-gilted Thor’s hammer found in Scania, Sweden.
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Guardian of the Trees

I’ve been sketching all these little trolls and fairies that will populate the third act of my upcoming comic, The Bear King.  Last week, I made a forest guardian that was grass-themed, so this week, I thought I’d make one that was tree-themed.  I sketched this at the park with pencil and a Pentel Color Brush.

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Throwback Thursday: The Walter Boyd Band

For those of you reading along since 2003, you may remember that I was once involved in music.  The earliest band I was in was called The Walter Boyd Band, which was a one-man-band (me) with another person’s name.  (Kinda like Jethro Tull).  I was the only one who understood my own joke, but “we” did put out one album.

Here’s the cover I made in 2008 for an attempt a 5 year anniversary reissue.