mikensullivan

Hilarious and yet oh so sad.

2008-06-13T18:45:06Z

New Home

2008-05-19T22:55:53Z

I've been in the process of house-hunting and have agreed upon a price for this little house. All that is left are the inspections and to close and I'm IN!

It's a three-bedroom, split-ranch with new carpet, finished basement, two fireplaces and new kitchen. I'm very excited.

A Good FCBD

2008-05-04T00:24:03Z

Just got home from Free Comic Book Day and it was a really good time. A lot of people came out for it at Pop Culture Comix in Overland Park. I gave away 15 copies of my Tales of the Infinite #1 and felt pretty good about that. I'll have to mull the rest of the day over. I'm really tired!!

Happy Free Comic Book Day

2008-05-03T04:06:11Z

Free Comic Book Day starts Saturday morning when your favorite comic book shop opens May 3, 2008, this year. For those that can't make it out to the one I'm going to be giving out my free comic, I have provided a .pdf version of it here!

It is a targeted to a younger audience, but I still hope it's a fun read. The file is about 3MB to download. If you do download, it would be very much appreciated that you leave a comment, so I kinda know that someone out there is enjoying it.

And comments afterwards are good too.

Have a great weekend!!

Free Comic Book Day

2008-04-28T02:32:35Z

This is the logo I came up with for my Free Comic Book Day comic. I'm getting excited about it. I'm still inking the cover and hope to have it done by Tuesday.

I'll be at Pop Culture Comix in Overland Park for FCBD. I'm really looking forward to it!

A Quiet Entry from "The Book"

2008-02-19T18:28:07Z

I've been working on different parts of my graphic novel. I have a four-page installment coming out in a local anthology, so I'll have to wait a while to post that. But in the meantime, here is a quiet scene from it. Pencils and some CAD for the kitchen.

Fantastic Four 2

2007-06-13T21:40:25Z

Original cover to Fantastic Four #50 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. I think this cover was kind of a paste-up from different drawings that Jack had. Not a very pleasing wrapper, if you ask me, with the brown background, but knowing that era and the constraints, they were probably under a crunch to get it to the printer. We'll see how close to the book's the finale is in the movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Original cover to Fantastic Four #50 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. I added a bit of my own background to see how it would look.

Fantastic Four 2

2007-06-12T14:26:41Z

Original cover to Fantastic Four #49 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. The end issue #48 revealed the space-god Galactus. This issue starts out right at that point with the fabulous FF stunned by his presence. Let's hope we have that same kind of awe and power in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Artwork from MGC#36 by Sal Buscema. This issue was the reprint of Fantastic Four #49, printed in 1972.

Fantastic Four 2 - Opens This Weekend

2007-06-11T16:39:15Z

Original cover to Fantastic Four #48 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. This issue marked the debut of the Silver Surfer the star of the new FF movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I guess the filmmakers wanted to avoid any puns so they've done away with "the coming of" anybody. This whole amazing story was published in 1966! It's taken 40 years for them to bring it to the big screen. I know it will be nothing like the comic book, but I'm hoping to enjoy it none-the-less.

The three issue story-arc (FF #48-50) debuts the Silver Surfer, herald of the space-god, Galactus. Galactus, we discover, seeks to drain the life-force of planets, leaving them ravaged, drained of energy. Over the years, rather than keeping with the initial concept of "think of Galactus as a gold miner -- prospecting in space! but, instead of ore, he digs for energy," Galactus' intentions were simplified by writers who either didn't understand the concept, or thought it was just funny to make him "something that eats planets."

Such a shame.

Artwork from MGC#35 by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. This issue was the reprint of Fantastic Four #48, printed in 1972. I love this Buscema cover depicting how monumental the arrival of the Surfer was.

Garage Sale Saturday!

2007-06-09T02:47:43Z

Been working all week with a friend to get a garage/moving sale and auction ready. MAN! what a lot of work!!

Listed it at Craig's List Here with all the directions and stuff. Have a lot of 2X clothing going for little of nothing.

Saturday, June 9th.

The garage sale starts at 9am.

The auction will begin at 5pm.

mikensullivan @ 2007-05-21T12:45:00

2007-05-21T17:47:20Z

I saw that daytonward did this so I gave it a try, too.

Your Personality is Very Rare (INFP)

Your personality type is dreamy, romantic, elegant, and expressive.

Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 6% of all women and 4% of all men
You are Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

Not really sure if this is me, but that's what the survey says.

Comic Book I-Con 2007

2007-05-18T03:36:21Z

I'll be in Des Moines this Saturday for Comic Book I-Con 2007. I really enjoy this convention as the convention-goers all seem to really be into comics. Not just the famous ones, but comic books, in general. A good convention for an independent guy like me. I'll be staying Friday night at a hotel, as I can't do the drive-by-myself-early-in-the-morning thing. Really looking forward to it!

[EDIT]I'm going to be giving away TwoMorrow Publishing's Comics 101: How to & History Lessons from the Pros 2007 to those up-and-coming talents. Show me your work or draw something that I can post on my blog/website and you'll get a free comic that tells you how to make comics! Young or old, if you're interested in being a comic creator or just want to learn more. [/EDIT]

If you're interested and in the area:

Comic Book I-Con 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
10:00 AM—5:00 PM

4H-Building
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Des Moines, IA

Admission $8.00
Free Admission for children 9 and under with a paid adult!!
Free Gift Bags to the First 250 Paid Admissions!!!
Free Program Book for the First 500 Paid Admissions!!

Free Comic Book Day Talent

2007-05-15T22:17:12Z

For Free Comic Book Day I gave away TwoMorrow Publishing's Comics 101: How to & History Lessons from the Pros 2007 to anyone interested in the "how-to" of comics that would draw something to be posted on my blog. Here are some examples of the future of KC comics creators!

Godzilla by Alex Gaulke - age 12 Click for Larger Image	Squirrel Man by Hunter Hawkins - age 12 Click for Larger Image	Green Lantern by Tony Synder - age 10 Click for Larger Image
	Carmex Cartoon by Della Dajani, Mother of Amaya, Hahu, and Makayla Click for Larger Image
Butterfly by Amaya Dajani - age 5, pre-K Click for Larger Image	Bunny, Kitten, Bee, Butterfly by Hahu Dajani - age 6, Kindergarten Click for Larger Image	Puppy by Makayla Dajani - age 10, Grade 4 Click for Larger Image

mikensullivan @ 2007-05-05T08:46:00

2007-05-05T13:46:25Z

Go out and get some FREE comics today!

Free Comic Book Day - Saturday, May 5

2007-05-04T03:21:01Z

Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 5, 2007. I will be out at

Pop Culture Comix
9337 W 87th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
11 am - 5 pm

I'm going to be giving away TwoMorrow Publishing's Comics 101: How to & History Lessons from the Pros 2007 to those up-and-coming talents in KC. Show me your work or draw something that I can post on my blog/website and you'll get a free comic that tells you how to make comics! Young or old, if you're interested in being a comic creator or just want to learn more. Come on out! I know I wish I had this book when I was younger! Or even 6 years ago!

I hope everyone interested goes out to their favorite comic book retailer and has a chance to look at not only the FREE stuff, but maybe something that you've heard about or something that you liked as a kid. I'm sure there'll be loads of Spider-man stuff (there's a free Spider-man comic just for this special day) just in time for the movie. I see there's even a free Legion of Super-heroes comic based on the animated t.v. series.

My buddy Bill Hook will be out there as well as Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, authors and co-authors of many Star Trek novels and short stories as well as many other projects.

I hope the weather holds for us. Forecast is for scattered showers. Hope they scatter away from us! Hope to see YOU out there!

A look at what I'm doing

2007-02-24T05:15:48Z

Here is a page (7) from what I'm working on. This is a pretty large project so I don't know how much of this I can really post and it make any kind of sense. There's just so much story here and it's going to take me a long while to get it together. Click on the image to get to a larger version.

Bleh

2007-01-31T17:19:46Z

"Hi, and welcome to Time-Warner Cable. We're excited to tell you about our new digital cable Navigator and all of the reductions in service that Time-Warner Cable is bringing to you for the same amount each month.

"Right off, you'll notice the new monochromatic blue, which is difficult to read and understand your programming guide. Also, the scheduled shows no longer let you know if the show is NEW or if you've already seen it in the past. The type is also much smaller, making way for a huge bar across the side and bottom that is totally useless and ugly, but degrades reading ability.

"Next, you'll find that your new Navigator is much slower in response than the previous version and also only has the current 4 hours of programming available causing you to have to wait for additional download time of the next 4 hours of programming. If you're wanting to schedule things in the morning that will come on later that evening, an additional 4 hour download will let you wait even longer.

"If you'll be away that evening and wish to set more than one show, as you were able to in the past. Forget it. That feature has been totally removed from the new Navigator.

"We hope you enjoy your digital cable system and the new exciting Navigator. And thank you for choosing Time-Warner Cable, the only cable service in your area!"

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And in 2009 you won't be able to get anything on your antiquated t.v. antenna, so piss off.

Pictures from Drink & Draw January 19, 2007

2007-01-25T23:53:51Z

Click On Thumbnail for Full-Size Image

More Goofyhead Sketches

2007-01-13T17:56:09Z

Here's some more Goofyhead sketches. Some are from more pics of me and others are... well, I wonder if someone can figure some of these out... HA!

I'm having fun with these expressions, but now, I'm getting hungry for some full-page storytelling! Hope to start after lunch!

Head Shots

2007-01-11T19:27:51Z

Here are some of the head sketches I did from my goofy photos. This is how I spent the evening and I'm pretty happy with them for the most part. I had trouble with the girls (I really need some girl-models, but I'll make-do for now).

Model Sheets - Infinity Five - secondary characters

2006-12-28T19:02:57Z

I've been spending some time lately fleshing out other characters in my story so they don't seem to just appear out of thin air. Although, as with a lot of comics characters, some of them can.

I've never done model sheets before and this was a good exercise, but I have a ways to go. Click here for my first attempts. Hopefully, they will get better as I go.

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T18:44:23Z

A favorite fumetti of mine from Monster Madness #3, circa 1973.

Mo-Kan Conspiracy Con - 10.28.06-10.29.06@BTC - Kansas City

2006-10-26T17:23:59Z

This is the cover for my new mini-comic featuring the story that starts with Page 1 here.

I'll be debuting it at the Mo-Kan Comics Conspiracy Convention this weekend in Kansas City (October 28-29, 2006)! I'm pretty excited about it.

Greg Gildersleeve and I will also have a discussion at the convention on Sunday about creating comics.

Infinity Five Preview "Video" Comic-page 1

2006-10-12T19:12:43Z

Here is page 1 fully inked. This is taking a little more time with the arrangements... anyout out there play twelve-string guitar?

Click Here for Larger Version
http://virtualinfinitycomics.com/i5/page01inks.jpg

The Phantom

2006-09-02T16:49:00Z

Script by DePaul, Line art by Ryan, Colors by Sullivan.