If anyone ever still checks this thing, I 'll brush off the cyber cobwebs...I stink at blogging, it's a habit I need to start getting into more...why tell people about my blog when I never post on here, right? Believe it or not I do have things to post about, I just don't for some reason. Well, let's try to change that now, shall we? Every year for the past three years, the fine folks at Baltimore Comic Con have released these nifty little hardcover annuals, featuring a different independent, creator owned comic character each issue. First is was Frank Cho's "Liberty Meadows", then Stan Sakai's "Usagi Yojimbo", and this year is Matt Wagner's "Grendel". Grendel is a cool character not just because of Wagner's brilliant art and design work, but because the original Grendel, a man named Hunter Rose is a villain; he's evil, yet you still root for him. He's a debonair, suave assassin, and Wagner has found cool ways to take the Grendel persona from Rose and expand it into this legendary mythic figure by having other people throughout history take up the moniker and become the next Grendel. There are many Grendels and Grendel stories, and they all have their own appeal.
Baltimore Comic Con asks creators to submit a piece of art incorporating their own characters interacting with the year's featured star. So, I did one of Red Vengeance and Hunter Rose duking it out. Hunter is a time traveler, so I figured why not have him traveling back to the 1950's to test RV's mettle? It was a lot of fun to do (they all have been, I'll post the others sometime soon), and I'm flattered that the fine folks at BCC asked me to participate. Anyway, hope you enjoy...here it is.
