More Ka-Blam love!

Pictures of me (and the boys) at Art Til Dark in November, Roanoke Valley ComiCon in October, RobCon in July, and Fanaticon in May!

Til next time,

Matthew

30 Characters: Days 11-20

Here's the last 10 days worth of characters from the 30 Characters Challenge that Xavier and I worked on...enjoy!

Matthew:
Day 11: Black Ice
Day 12: Carpathia
Day 13: The Silver Spark
Day 14: Cutlass
Day 15: The Blue Barrel
Day 16: Mecoptera
Day 17: Hejira
Day 18: Roadkill
Day 19: Solar Flare
Day 20: Dross

Xavier:
Day 11: Fire Dead
Day 12: Karate Cat
Day 13: Stretchy Man
Day 14: The Pencil
Day 15: Lava Boy
Day 16: Tophat Bob
Day 17: Brain Man
Day 18: Giant Rat-Pig
Day 19: Robo
Day 20: The Bouncy Dog

Til next time,
Matthew

30 Characters: Days 1-10

I posted a few days ago that I was participating in the 30 Characters, 30 Days Challenge. It's basically a test to see how many people can create 30 original comic book characters for each day in the month of November. My youngest son, Xavier, and I both decided to see if we can do it! So far, we're doing great...surprisingly, I'm finding the time each day to draw some quick sketches of characters in my head (they are quick, mind you). So, here are the first 10 for both of us:

Matthew D. Smith
Day 1: Jesse Butler
Day 2: Kroge
Day 3: Esperance
Day 4: Richard Klinger
Day 5: Simoom
Day 6: Brown Thrasher
Day 7: Shawn McGreggor
Day 8: Stampede
Day 9: Judgement
Day 10: Rock Solid

Xavier Smith
Day 1: Up Man
Day 2: Fire Heat
Day 3: Super Bunny
Day 4: Super Ninja Man
Day 5: The Slicer
Day 6: The Blaster
Day 7: The Black Man
Day 8: The Iron
Day 9: The Buzzer
Day 10: The Devil

Keep checking the 30 Characters website for updates on the rest of our creations! I'll also post the next 10 days sometime around Nov. 20th.

Til next time,
Matthew

Art Til Dark - this weekend!

This Saturday, November 5, marks my debut at Chattanooga's Art Til Dark Festival. It's a mini-market celebrating local artists, giving the community the opportunity to purchase some of our awesome creations. From what I know, they've never had a comic book writer/artist appearing at the outdoor show, so I'm excited to branch out to this new territory and see how it goes. Check out the site for more info by clicking here. Hope to see some of you there!

Also, if you didn't already know, I signed up for the 30 Characters Challenge, a website that challenges comic creators to create 30 new characters, one for each day in November. You can check out my posts by clicking here.

Til next time,
Matthew