G versus T

This is one of the more popular images in my A to Z series, and one of my own favourites.

Galactus may have met his match in Tank Girl.

F versus U

I have to admit, this is not one of my favourites.

That's The Fonz jumping over a shark on Uni. I am happy to say that the sequence of images did not jump the shark with this piece.

E versus V

Right then. Deep breath.

So, here in deadly battle we have the Elebits, the Ewoks, Eeyore, V, Venger, Ernie, Vectorman, Elektra, the Vision and the Vulture.

I think that's everyone.

D versus W

Here's the last one for today.

I have met a couple of people who are much like Daria; I have yet to meet anyone quite like Winnie-the-Pooh.

Why I Love Comics, Reason #821931911

If you haven't read the Court of Owls storyline from Batman in 2011 and 2012, then the following image contains big, honking spoilers. Sort of. If you spot the clues.

You have been warned!

The page layout here is very clever indeed if you know -- or can guess -- how the story turns out; one might argue that in hindsight it's quite a cheesy move, but it's still good fun, and it's the kind of thing you can only do in comics.

C versus X

Let's have another.

That's Captain Caveman -- before my time -- and Charles Xavier.

B versus Y

This one has appeared at my website, but I'll include it for the sake of completeness.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer takes on a vampiric Yosemite Sam.

A versus Z

In October 2008, a number of artists on Facebook each produced a themed "A to Z", and I decided to join in with one of my own; I cheated a little by putting two characters in each image, so I only had to do thirteen rather than the full twenty-six. I've put my favourites on my website, but I've had requests for the others and they seem to have disappeared from Facebook, so I'm going to post them here over the next few days.

So this is Arnim Zola, Ash Williams, Luther Arkwright, Astro Boy, Animal Man, Zabu, Doctor Zaius, Zorro, Arnim Zola (again) and on the table, Atom Ant. I don't remember why they're playing Risk.

Thieving: 75%

The main reason behind the lack of posts of late is that I've been spending most of my time working on Horror Among Thieves. It's not done yet, but I estimate that it's about 75% done. What I have completed as of this morning are all the maps, aside from the big city map and one bonus location that wasn't in the original adventure as written. Behold:

There's still some way to go, but it's starting to look like a complete adventure. I want to thank everyone again for contributing to the funding campaign, and also for being so patient; I'm a little embarrassed that it's taken so long to get this thing done, but I hope it will be worth the wait.

Horror Among Updates

I haven't abandoned this blog, but I have been working on Horror Among Thieves. The adventure exists in a playable form as of right now, and I managed to get in a playtest with my regular gaming group, but there's still a lot of work to be done to get it into something that can be published.

That said, I thought I'd share a bit of a preview. This is one of the least spoiler-laden locations in the scenario, the House on Willow Lane:

This is a rough version of how I want the book to look; if the adventure hadn't reached its funding goal and I'd put it out myself this is how it would look more or less, but with James Raggi's layout people putting it together it should look much better, and of course there are still changes to be made. Even so, this should give you an idea of what I'm going for.