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  • What’s on your reading list?

    I signed up for Marvel Unlimited and so far I am pleasantly surprised.  Marvel-UnlimitedI’ve been able to discover many of the comics that I wanted to read as a kid, but never had access.  It was fun finding old issues of Thor or Fantastic Four that I read as a kid, and re-reading those stories now.  And the art!  I’m seeing so much new (to me) Jack Kirby art that I have started on a Kirby styled Suzi.  I’m thinking it’s going to be a fun wallpaper scene.

    What were your favorite comics as a kid?  What about now?  Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Rat Queens, and Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat! have been very fun books to read, and I love the art styles.  Share your faves, and help a guy find some new great stories!

  • We stand with Brussels!

    Brussels, we stand with you. Tyranny and oppression are the tools of the cowards who fear the future and what it holds for mankind. Today we stand with the people of Belgium, and mourn the loss of so many innocent lives. We will show the cowards that traffic in terror and death that good people will not bow to them.

    To all our friends in Belgium, our hearts break for you today. But make no mistake, no one believes for a second that the Belgians are scared or broken. A storm is coming, and it will bring a terrible wrath for those who plot in darkness. We all rest assured that the Belgian people will continue to stand as a champion of liberty!

  • New Gallery is online!

    lewaine angelThanks to the amazing Lewaine, we now have a gallery of all the Suzi art I work with, as well as desktop and mobile wallpapers.  I am working on a few cool new print and play elements for you guys.  I loved the giant sized comics back in my youth that would have things like puzzles, mazes and cutouts for you to use.  shazamstandupThis Captain Marvel stand up diorama was on the back cover of an old King Size Shazam! comic that was falling apart.  I was able to save the diorama and that gave me an idea.  I’ve created a few cool retro paper craft mini-projects that will be uploaded to the gallery this week!

  • Are you social?

    Then give us a like on Facebook, and a +1 on GPlus!  You’re missing out on cool new art and news that is exclusive!  I’m also looking for fan art of Suzi, music ideas and more.  A new gallery of behind the scenes art and sketches will be online soon, along with a couple of new fun pages you’ll enjoy.  So go ahead, and and while you are Liking us, vote for us on topwebcomics.com by clicking the banner directly under the comic!

  • “Home, Parker”

    Sylvia Anderson, pioneer of puppetry and a trailblazer for women in entertainment, has passed on.  She leaves behind a legacy that will outlast many of you reading this today.  With a degree in sociology and political science, she worked in the US for several years as a journalist before returning to the UK and eventually joining AP Films with her husband Gerry.  The BBC has a nice article on Sylvia and her accomplishments.

    Thunderbirds didn’t play in my area growing up, so it wasn’t until I was an adult before I had my first exposure to the Andersons and their amazing worlds.  I’m still a fan to this day…

    Sylvia Anderson

  • Get Rickety Rickety ‘Recked, son!

    I’m pretty stoked that Rick and Morty will be back in 2016.  This is one of the most subversive, brilliant and utterly insane sci-fi stories told.  It’s humor might be lost on some, but the story lines and plot concepts they introduce are amazing and surreal.  Mix in a dose of cynicism, edgy humor and a way of not taking yourself too seriously and you have the formula for one of my favorite shows.  It took me a bit to get used to the animation style, but the writing and rapid fire dialog just sells the show.

    Fun show, worth a look!

    Rick and Morty
    copyright Cartoon Network

     

  • Radio Cosmos updated

    I’ve been a huge “retro wave” for the past couple of years now.  Loved it in the 80’s, and now it’s back with a vengeance!  Down in the sidebar, you will find a link to my latest Radio Cosmos playlist.80's  80sThis is usually what is playing as I’m working on Suzi.  Luckily the wife lived thru the 80’s as well,  big hair and all!  If you have any cool music to share, leave a comment with a link.  I am always on the look out for great grooves!

  • Suzi Radio Drama?

    When I was young, my Dad had a bluegrass radio show in Dallas, and so every Saturday afternoon, my little brother and I would load up the family station wagon with a select mix of my Dad’s personal music collection and we were off to the big city.  I loved visiting the radio station, and on Saturday nights, it was pretty empty.  My brother and I got to know the radio station and it’s sister TV station across the alley very well.

    Grooves
    Suzi Quazar on the air?

    My Dad kept a nice audio studio upstairs at our house, so we were exposed to audio engineering at an early age.  We would create our own radio adventures on tape, then laugh as we played them back with sound effects added.

    I would like to do something similar with Suzi, and hire a voice actress to read the script, then I would take it and add the music and effects, narration and all that jazz.  I think it would be a lot of fun,  and would give me a chance to include a lot of story material that didn’t make it in the comic.

    That sound like anything you guys would want to hear?