The Saga of Samuel

Here’s a sketch of Samson plowing through some Philistines.

Due to a mysterious crippling pain in my drawing hand that came and went and an unforseen problem where upgrading to Windows 7 made my old Serial port Wacom completely useless, I haven’t got much done when it comes to the comic. Today was the first day I was able to do some drawing without any pain.

On the left is a concept sketch for a Philistine warrior. The right shows a Snake-Eyes type character that may or may not ever appear in the comic. Do my undying adoration of the G.I. Joe Commando/Ninja and the fact that I have 4 Snake-Eyes action figures posed just underneath my monitor it was inevitable. I imagine him living alone in the dessert fighting a silent war against the Philistines. While I may never use him he’ll still be out there fighting the good fight.

While looking through LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary my 5yr old son calls me over to see this prototype sculpt and states “ Look Daddy this guy is made of cheese and meat!”

 I worked up this promotional piece of art for when it comes time for me to advertise the comic. I plan to make a few more of these buggers as time goes on.

Solomon Kane is Robert E. Howard’s second best creation, the first being Conan (the Barbarian not the Tonight Show host). According to the character’s Wikipedia entry Solomon Kane is a 16th century Puritan who “wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms.” Sounds good to me. While the movie might very well stink the movie poster certainly doesn’t. That is one beautiful piece of art.