I have two different color socks on today…that’s how it’s going

There is a scene in the original Star Trek t.v. show where Dr. bone takes a smart pill or absorbs smart rays or something and starts doing a brain transplant with supreme confidence…then the ray or pill wears off and he becomes terrified and questions why he ever thought he… Continue reading

The big 150, sexy costumes, and being sick of somethings’ effects on market value

It’s the 150th anniversary of Alice In Wonderland.  Quite a milestone for a book.  Sort of.  Just being 150 years old is more or less inevitable, barring any unforeseen apocalyptic obliteration of time itself.  Alice in Wonderland is 150 years old, Arsenic Lullaby will one day be 150 years old…hell,… Continue reading

The dust has settled/Comic-con International verdict

(pics at bottom) “amid all chaos there is calculation” Lorde “we don’t need luck, we have talent” Steve Dahl Comic-Con International.  150,000 plus people. A convention center 7 city blocks long, three city blocks deep, full of every publisher, video game company, t.v. network, movie studio, and toy company even… Continue reading

HOLY SH*T KIDS! COMICS! or The road to Comic-con International part3

HOLY SH*T KID! COMICS! or The road to Comic-con International Part 3 We’ve already gone over how less and less of Comic-Con International has anything to do with actual comic books, and how, at our booth anyway, we would be drawing a line in the sand and focusing on our… Continue reading

Stump Douglas on Deadwood for 50% OFF at Comic-con contest

For most people summertime includes outdoors and vacations.  My industry has it’s largest convention right in the middle of it, so for me it means deadlines, and long hours.  I have done very little besides work, and prepare for the con usually with HBO’s Deadwood on in the background.  It’s… Continue reading

Stuff we’ll have at COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL

Last update June 27 Stay tuned for more possible surprises as we close in on the show! Including details on the “stump Doug on Deadwood quotes for 50% off” contest Link below is for our place on the CCI Exclusives webpage.  We will have the three listed there, and one… Continue reading

Comic-Con International

It’s three weeks and a few days away now.  Can you feel my stress through the computer screen? I can’t put enough thoughts together for a blog so here’s a bunch of stuff that’ll be there.  more details and an actual blog in a day or two… you can stay updated… Continue reading

prior to contrary belief…waking up at noon don’t mean you don’t work a lot

I live above a print shop and the guys down there always razz me about how late I sleep.  “well, good morning sunshine!” They’ll say as I wander in around 1pm to pick up any packages that might have come for me.   Let it be known though, I actually work… Continue reading

Comic-con conventions schedule so far

ARSENIC LULLABY 2015 TOUR (cities and dates so far…more to come) Good lord, is winter over yet?  I am cracking under the lack of sun and flesh freezing cold.  Not to mention, I don’t have co-workers and when I am not traveling I am basically a shut in with delusions… Continue reading

what you need to know to see my big mouth in your town this Convention season

***UPDATE***  first three comic con appearance confirmations. Comic Con International Cincinnati Comic Expo Indianapolis Comic-con The convention season will be here soon.  This mean yours truly will be flat hatting it around the country trying to enrich your lives with the wonder and majesty that is my work of illustration… Continue reading

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