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Keep an eye out around DC, friends. The DC Conspiracy's Magic Bullet is coming!

While doing some warm-up sketches today I decided to try something different, the old spit and smear technique with a pencil. Thought they came out kinda nice. I added a few highlights with a white-out pen to make them pop, and Sarah has a touch of color from photoshop.

Trying out some new paper. Strathmore 500 series is some good stuff.

Just did the test print for the new Fest shirts, and I'm happy to say that it was successful. These will be available at the CCF IV in just over a week from now, Sunday May 24th. Come out, bring your friends and support local artists. We will love you forever!

1.How did you become involved with the DC Conspiracy?

I'd met Matt Dembicki about six years ago at SPACE. I lived in Harrisburg, PA then, and we were both in the same issue of Rafer Robert's Plastic Farm. We'd just kinda kept in touch after, and I luckily moved to DC for a new job a few months before the first Conspiracy meeting at Dremo's. I feel really lucky to have found such a hungry and talented group of creators. Being a part of the group helps me focus on my art, and make the idea of making my own comics more than just a fantasy. I owe Matt and the group a blessing and a debt with every finished piece.

2.What, if anything, do you consistently draw inspiration from?

Berni Wrightson, Jack Kirby, Paul Chadwick, Nick Cave, Charles Burns, David Lapham, Frank Frazetta, Tom Waits, Mark Schultz, Wally Wood, Clutch, Sam Keith, Brian Bolland, Tim Bradstreet, The Baltimore Ravens, and Jaco Pastorius. Oh, you want me to go on? These are my mentors. Along with my family, these are my dependable sources of inspiration.

3.What is your favorite stage of creating comics? for example: writing, pencils, inks, etc. and why?

Inking has always been my most favorite part of the creation process. From the moment I met Joe Sinnott at the Ithicon it's been the most important part of being a comic book artist. I had just drawn my first completed short story for the back story in the first issue of Plastic Farm. He looked at my art and gave me the best advice. "Kid, you gotta ink with a brush." Since then it's always been about the ink for me. Now, my pencils are more like rough guidelines. I make most of my decisions in the inking phase.