Man...I wanted to do this every day. That's not gonna happen. I have been so busy. I've done some signings, mad plans to self-pulish, wrote about 13 scripts and took on a day job.

Wow...what changes in just a short time...

Anyway, I thought I'd catch up on the projects I am working on.

Firstly, my wife created a story while my little boy was potty training. You see, when a little one is learning to sit on the toilet, a parent has to sit in there for long periods of time. So Chris spent many hours sitting in a bathroom with Luke and consequently, ran out of stories to tell from her arsenal of stories from when she was small. This meant making up some stories.

One of those stories was THE HONCKEYBUM MONSTER. I thought it was fantastic and we teamed up. I punched up the stpry a bit and wrote an outline and then in Chicago last year...I found Nicole Polack. Nicole has a creepy, scary stryle and it fits te story to a tee.

THE HONCKEYBUM MONSTER is a children's book and not really a comic book. We will be shopping it when it is complete.

Like the rest of the titles I am going to talk about here, I am refraining from writing about the storylines as thee may not be out for a while and I do not want to either get ripped off or believe someone ripped me off when in fact they didn't.

Here are preliminary layout pages for some of THE HONCKEYBUM MONSTER, created by Chris Satterlee and me and Cpyright Chris & Chuck Satterlee and Nicole Polack. The pages will ultimately be full color.

Next up is KONG!

Issue zero of KONG: KING OF SKULL ISLAND is pretty much wrapped up.

Here are some inked pages. The scans are a bit rough. I have better ones but I thought, since there is so much time before it is released, (October from Markosia) it is best to leave some room for anticipation.

Dan O'Connor on art. I am so jazzed to be working with Dan. He was certainly born in the wrong decade and I love his style.

Now...onto a project that I am very honored to be a part of. Phil Hester is probably one of my most respected creators in comics. I was blown away when he asked me to co-write a book with him. 13 STEPS is that book and when Kevin Mellon (GEARHEAD from Arcana Studio) came on board, things were quite frankly...perfect. Here are the first couple of pages from this series, debuting in August from Desperado.

Onto Free Comic Book Day...

I signed at COMIC FUSION in Flemington New Jersey. Stacy and Bill, the owners were very cool. Chris Dibari, who is drawing the ongoing STARSHIP TROOPERS series at Markosia, was there as well.

Here are some pics:

This is my son, Luke...doing skecthes! :)

I did a signing at Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska in April with Bruce McCorkindale, the artist of HERETIC. Here are some pics from the signing and some pages. The large, framed covers of #1 are a gift from Bruce's girlfriend, Jen. She's a find! We sold out of 52 copies of HERETIC #1 That day. #2 should be out any day.

I'm gearing up for a new trade this summer (OF BITTER SOULS V.2) and a bunch of books this year but I mostly looking forward to self-publishing next year. More on that next time.