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It's a little late for the 80th Anniversary of my favourite bird boy hero, but it's never to late to appreciate him

I might, just MIGHT, mind you, have given in to temptation and got myself another Mitch Ballard commission.

( And you KNOW that means quality! :) )

It's been too long since I did one of these, but this is an example that was too much fun not to share, as I had the pleasure of sort of starting something! :) (plus it makes a nice showcase of an artist I like)

Luciano Vecchio is a professional Argentinian artist whose work on Ironheart has been deeply appealling.

He has a somewhat cartoony style which isn't too common these days (shades of Alan Davis perhaps?), and with a complete lack of fear of actually making comics look brightly coloured.

So when he opened up single-figure commissions, you can imagine who I might have wanted him to have a go at! :) (Yeah, not Robin, though it was tempting... as was a Saint Seiya character (which is still big in Argentina) maybe another time!)

Instead I went for my favourite selfsoulfriends, and bot am I glad I did!



( And then it sort of snowballed... or maybe Cannonballed would be a better term :) )

Let's be honest... 2017 has not exactly been fun and games, has it? In comics, or the real world. It could have been worse, but a lot of that is due to the old saw that evil has trouble getting shit done because none of those involved trust each other, which is not exactly an aspirational goal, but I'll take what I can get right now!

Let's hope that 2018 sees the start of some cooler head prevailing across the world, and let's start by coming together as a community and commit to post more comic scans! (Again, not much on the global scale, but you never know how something important might start). Let's celebrate our diversity, our weirdness and our commitment to each other.

And in another sort of annual tradition, let's post my New Years themed commission which seems entirely apt.

Mitch Ballard - Batman, Robin and The Clock - Unhappy New Year! (or "Why Robin HATES the holidays!")

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I close off with a few of Peter Capaldis memorable final speech as the Doctor, a show which is paving the way to the future with a new, female Doctor coming in Autumn 2018. Let's try and take them to heart;

Never be cruel, never be cowardly.

Remember – hate is always foolish…and love is always wise.

Always try to be nice, and never fail to be kind.

Happy New Year All!

This one really does sort of take the cake in terms of "What?" And I make no apology for sharing it on scans_daily, as I know many of us have enjoyed the work of the artist in question, and commissions in general.

Gisele Lagace (artist on Archie, Jem and the Holograms and others) posted this on her Facebook page yesterday

Welp, no C2E2 for me. Was refused entry at the border. They kept pressing about the comics I had and the sketches, and well, I had to be honest and said that I did get paid for commissions but before hand, but since they weren’t complete, it was considered work in the us. Comics wise, I had maybe $700 in value if I had sold everything. Honestly, it’s not a lot.

Was asked if I was the only one doing this as I looked surprised to be refused entry. I said no, many artists from around the world attend these to promote themselves. I don’t think they cared.

My car was searched and is a mess. And to top it off, I was body searched and finger printed too (they do that when you get refused entry apparently.) It was an awful experience.

Things then went worse when they searched me throughout and found 2 white pills in my wallet. There was no identification on them and I wasn’t sure what they were. Once I calmed down after being touched all over, I remembered they were generic acetaminophen from the dollar store that I carry around in case Marc gets a headache as it sometimes happen. I forgot they were even in there.

Anyway, I wasn’t turned around for the 2 acetaminophen, as they found those after I was refused entry for the comics in my car and the unfinished sketches but they kept us longer there until they were convinced they weren’t narcotics. I never took drugs in my life!

And to think we drove close to 2 days to get there. For nothing. (No, I didn’t get anything from that body search. Maybe Zii would think it’s a good deal.) Anyway… Driving back home.

Now that I’ve been refused entry in the US for this, it’s on file. Don’t expect to see me at a US con until I can figure out a way to get in and being absolutely certain this won’t happen.

This is deeply shameful treatment involving deliberate humiliation. I believe it's technically current laws being enforced, but they have not been to this extent at any time in the past.

If she'd completed the art would they have been able to stop her?

It occured to me that it's been a long while since I posted one of these, so that's all the excuse I really need.

I might do a Fanart Thursday soon too, because why not, but....

( A couple of these might be NSFW so be warned )

Though it's not directly linked to the cover, there's some interesting news about the direction the Grayson title is taking post the Convergence event.

For those not wanting to be spoiled, the full version of the Bombshell variant (by Emanuela Luppachino with Tomeu Morey) for #11 can be found by clicking on the preview image, but there's a full size version under the cut.



( Spoilers beneath... )

I don't know about you, but it's be a long, tedious and somewhat knackering Monday and I need some s_d appropriate art..., and I always believe in sharing.

( Assorted artwork.... )

like that's ever stopped me... :)

( The usual weirdness and cuteness within )

( Now with added commission-ness! )

This year I attended the second London Super Comic Convention, and had a LOT of fun.

There were some great panels (Though I only attended the "Batman through the Ages" one, which had Brian Bolland, Gary Frank, David Finch and Neal Adams on the panel (and included the unforgettable moment of Neal Adams testing the microphone by singing "Over at the Frankenstein Place" to the room, and did it well too!) and some absolutely terrific cosplayers (The Rule 63 Deadshot was excellent, the Jack of Hearts was spectacular, the G'nort was... unforgettable, and the two little lads of colour (One was black, the other was, I think, Indian), who can't have been more than five or six, as Young Justice Nightwing and Captain America and who were wandering around hand in hand (Their dad's were with them I hasten to add), were among the most preciously adorable things I've seen in a long time (and I mean that in an absolutely wholesome sense)

( But you know me... Artists here I come! )