Rocket summer.

Every year since I was 12, I re-read Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.

Here’s a quick piece I did, inspired by the book’s opening sketch.

Rocket summer. The words passed among the people in the open, airing houses. Rocket summer. The warm desert air changing the frost patterns on the windows, erasing the artwork. The skis and sleds suddenly useless. The snow, falling from the cold sky upon the town, turned to a hot rain before it touched the ground. Rocket summer.

Rocket summer!

Eleanor’s first pinup (before and after)

Chapter 2 of the comic is going to feature a pretty gnarly and gorgeous full-page shot of Eleanor’s grand leap. I figured I could use a little practice on this scene in advance, so I took a pass at it. It’s not quite what I envisioned, but it was too much fun to not fully ink and color it.

Before and after.

Download the full size here!

The final page — the one that’ll actually appear in Chapter 2 — will show a bit more desperation, a bit more motion. Still, I’m pretty happy with the way this has turned out, and the huge step up in quality it suggests for future pages!

Steampunk Clara from THE GUILD.

Clara’s flirtation with steampunk cosplayers was absolutely hilarious to me in the latest episode of The Guild. I couldn’t not sketch her up.

Sad Clara is sad.