I decided to add my Team Fortress prints to my Etsy store, check them out in 8.5×11 and 11×14.

The first major comic convention in Austin in a loooooooong time, and my first con since getting into comics a few years ago! I dressed up as Deadpool, and surprisingly was the only Deadpool at the show, so I ended up getting mobbed every few feet by people asking for pictures. I managed to snag a few myself though:

As I mentioned, my art is on display at Austin Books this month! I went by yesterday afternoon and took some pictures of the show, it looks fantastic! Come on out and see it in person!

After nearly a year, I finished the last of my Team Fortress 2 series, the Sniper (done in the style of the Crocodile Dundee movie posters):

The San Diego Comic Con is in full swing, and oddly enough this year the jackasses people of the Westboro Baptist Church (best known for their insane, loathsome “God Hates Fags” protests at soldier funerals) protested at SDCC. Thankfully, geeks tend to be a clever sort, and here was the result (pics from io9.com and Comics Alliance):

Also Chris Sims of The Invincible Super Blog and Comics Alliance, two sites of which I highly approve, interviewed DC writer Gail Simone about the protests.

God bless the geeks

First off is this:

Besides being incredibly cute and geeky, I’m really impressed with how they did it, in that I’m not 100% sure. Some of the shots look like they rigged up a toy AT-AT like a marionette, and other shots look too smooth to not be CGI. In any case, it’s a fun little film.

One of my friends recently picked up Blur for his Xbox 360, which is a crazy fun game that’s basically Mario Kart-style gameplay with realistic cars and racetracks. More notably is that the opening cinematic uses this track (not exactly sure what’s going on in the video, but the song is great):

Which is an awesome remix of my favorite Ennio Morricone track:

This next one is from Valve’s upcoming Portal 2, introducing Wheatley, a hilariously inept yet charming personality sphere:

Oh Valve, is there nothing you can’t do?

Oh yeah, they can also make great Team Fortress 2 comics to further enhance the awesomeness that is TF2.

Starting today, I’ll be doing a weekly post of interesting things I found around online, the “Friday Bit of Awesome”.

First up, Samurai Star Wars:

From http://www.stevapalooza.blogspot.com/

I think these are brilliant, I love mashups (as you can see with my Imperial Saints series), and these are done with so much attention to detail, from the use of the various emblems and Aurabesh font to the exacting detail to make these look like authentic Japanese feudal art pieces.

Up next, Joss Whedon is directing The Avengers, as well as doing script rewrites/polishes. The fan reaction I’ve seen from this has been pretty positive, in between jokes about Fox cancelling it 2/3 of the way through, heh. I personally think it’s a good choice because A. Serenity had a large cast, but everyone got the spotlight at some point so no one really fell by the wayside, which is critical for the Avengers movie and B. Whedon is a huge comics fan, so you can be sure he’s going to be as true to the source material as possible and will (hopefully) ensure the best Avengers film we can get. He’s also apparently doing some script polishes for the upcoming The First Avenger: Captain America movie as well.

Lastly, TF2 meets Sam and Max:

I love Team Fortress 2 and I’ve loved Sam and Max since I was a kid, so it’s hilarious seeing the two combined like this. Valve is having a deal where if you order the new episode of Sam and Max within its first week of release (next week), you’ll get three Sam and Max-related items. Personally, the thought of a Heavy running around with a gleefully psychotic Max hat makes me happy inside.

From the TF2 Blog.