Jimmy & Lois

In trouble again! This is what I imagine Jimmy & Lois would do with a Legionnaire ring. ;)

Also, it was announced today that I'm the artist on Captain America which is becoming Captain America & Bucky starting with issue 620. More here.

(edit) I just noticed that this is my 1,000th blog post. 1,000 woot!! : )

JIMMY OLSEN

If you leave my blog with nothing else this week, I want you to remember...
JIMMY OLSEN IS A BADASS!!
WHOOOOSSSH!!

In case it's unclear, or if you haven't read any of the great old Jimmy stories from back in the day, he used to carry around a pen (the fountain pen gun) that shot out a burst of compressed air so powerful that it could knock a man unconscious with the push of a button.

See? Jimmy didn't call Superman for every little thing! He could take care of himself in a scrap. He just uses that signal watch when someone's life is in danger... or if he needs help teaching some frat boys a lesson or something.

Since I managed to stop myself from jumping into inks for long enough to make a scan before jumping on to the inks, here are the pencils

Books I'd Kill to Draw: Jimmy Olsen

Jimmy Olsen is one of only around three things I'd actually kill to draw AND write. I previously ranted about Jimmy here, so I'll try not ramble on too much. I will say that Jimmy doesn't get the love he deserves... and just try to leave it at that:)

Below you'll see the first step in inking this piece. I went in with a marker for all the outlines and little details before I broke out the brush. I actually almost let it be at this stage, but it just didn't feel like a finished piece.

Even though the writing scrawled on the robot's chest and the dinosaurs in the background look like I was just goofing around, these elements were actually taken from a story in Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen #12. If you can't track down the original, it was recently reprinted in Showcase presents: Superman Family volume one. Those old Silver-Age tales were just packed with this sort of crazy stuff!

Anyway, have a great weekend, folks. I'll see ya back here on Monday!