What inspired you to do comics? No really. What made you go, I need to try one of the hardest jobs in the art world. People will mock you, like all the time, and sometimes it makes you chuckle. Then […]
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Author: Spike
Daily Ramblings: September 25th, 2026
Forget what I said yesterday… …nah, just kidding. Today, I worked on a pose for about three hours. At first, it looked awful. It was NOT turning out the way I had imagined, and the more I worked on it, […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 24th, 2026
Sometimes you have to understand that you just can’t draw something right. Today was that day. I drew the same pose over and over and over, and finally, I called it. I’d had enough. Eventually, I realized that I was […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 23rd, 2026
When you draw, what do you listen to? TV, Music, podcasts? For me, for years, it’s been music or TV. Usually something I’ve seen a bajillion times and don’t actually need to pay attention to. Some of my TV go-tos […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 22nd, 2026
Let’s talk about writing characters today. Whenever I’m writing a character I try to get into their head and see things from their perspective, even the female characters. Secondly, I try to keep conversations sounding like actual teenagers are saying […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 21st, 2026
As Step Brothers once said “Don’t lose your dinosaur.” By this they mean take the risk, go after whatcha want. Don’t just be a sheep in the crowd. Do what you have to do to get by, but don’t give […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 19th, 2026
The use of digital drawing tools is a god send. After I was injured and before I got on my new medication I didn’t draw for 15 years. For an artist like myself it was a living HELL! Thankfully, with […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 18th, 2026
I just recently saw Coyote vs. ACME in theaters. WHY did Warner Bros think not releasing this film was a win or a good idea?! The movie was sooo good. I laughed and felt bad for Wile E. Coyote throughout […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 17th, 2026
Sometimes I make mistakes, I am only human after all, it’s bound to happen. With pressure to keep output up, and lack of sleep, a busy day can turn into a mistake ridden time hole that I have to crawl […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 16th, 2026
When writing a comic about high school kids, the first thing I decided was how they would talk, and that meant figuring out their slang. I’m not sure if anyone noticed, but the adults and a couple of the kids […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 15th, 2026
One of the hardest part of writing and lettering this comic is my dyslexia. Along with my AuDHD I don’t really stand a chance. I have to constantly double and triple check all my work for spelling errors. That’s why […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 14th, 2026
I admit, I’m new to the Warhammer 40k universe. My son introduced me to the series in its current form. Then he showed me something from the series that I just loved. It’s a series called SPACE KING. The first […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 12th, 2026
Collecting comics has been something I’ve been doing my entire life. I’ve taken breaks, stopped, but I always gone back to it. Kind of like the call of the sea to a fisherman. I’m drawn back by the sirens call […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 11th, 2026
I’ve had my eyes opened! I’ve been kind of drifting in the wind, unsure how best to market my comic beyond Facebook and Instagram. It turns out, those are not the places I should be focusing my efforts. That’s going […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 10th, 2026
What’s up with Hasbro?! They’ve been putting out way too many things close together. People can only buy so much. It sucks. They have some great things the classified series which I collect, but lately, they’ve been putting out too […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 9th, 2026
Superman. One of my favorite superheroes in multiple media. I loved all of the animated shows from the ’90’s and early ’00s, Super Friends, the original Superman I and || by Richard Donner, James Gunn’s Superman, and the Ed McGuiness […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 8th, 2026
The algorithm is a strange beast. Some days, I hit a few hundred views, and once in a while, even a few thousand. Then I post something, and… crickets. Nada. It feels like no one even notices it. That the […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 7th, 2026
Coming to the end of book on for Salem Corners is anti-climatic. I thought I’d feel super excited. In a way, though, I feel sad. I have 15 or 16 pages left, with a couple of art pages thrown in, […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 5th, 2026
The past week, I’ve been drawing and performing some much-needed maintenance. I’ve kind of neglected backing everything up as I’ve gone along. Not the pages, mind you, but the assets. I’m starting to make a database of word balloons, tails, […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 4th, 2026
Let’s stay on the TMNT kick I started yesterday. Back in the 80’s, there was a character who guest-starred in the original toy line and series: Usagi Yojimbo, a samurai rabbit from medieval Japan. Created by Stan Sakai, Usagi actually […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 3rd, 2026
Daily Ramblings: September 3rd, 2026 What series of TMNT is YOUR TMNT? There have been so many great reboots. I loved the original series, as it’s the first and the one I grew up with. Next, I’d say the 2003 […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 2nd, 2026
I love designing new characters. They take time, but seeing them finally come to life is incredibly satisfying. These are even more exciting because they’re part of a keychain line in the book, and someday, they could potentially become real […]
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Daily Ramblings: September 1st, 2026
Tile. DAMN TILE! I don’t even know why, but after looking at the tile in Crowe Foods, I just had to change it. Every grocery store in the ’90s had those tiled floors. You don’t really see them as much […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 31st, 2026
My apologies! I completely forgot Saturday’s “Daily Ramblings.” On Friday, I ran behind because I was working on a new page and totally forgot about it until I was already on the road heading out. I hope everyone had a […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 28th, 2026
What a horrible week if you were alive in the ’80s and enjoyed movies and cartoons. Three bigger-than-life icons dead in the same week. What were the chances? It’s really sad to see them leave, but thankfully, we’ll have all […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 27th, 2026
Handmade vs. Prefabbed Art There’s something to be said for hand-making everything you draw. It may not be perfect, but when people see my work, they know it’s mine. I’ve been told this for years, and at a con in […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 26th, 2026
I don’t know if you follow gaming like I do, but what’s going on is a really big deal. The move from physical media to digital media is happening right before our eyes. To me, this is a bad move […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 25th
What type of games do you play? Card, role-playing, board, or video games? I play all of them. I’m an equal-opportunity nerd. When it comes to card games, I play Magic: The Gathering with my son. He got me started […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 24th, 2026
Did you ever watch Transformers, G.I. Joe, or Jem as a kid? If you did, there’s a strong possibility that you know who Hector Ramirez is then. He was in all three cartoons, and a few others, meaning the universes […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 22nd, 2026
Daily Ramblings: August 22nd, 2026 Another week has passed, and I got a very complex background done. I don’t know why I torture myself with such detailed backgrounds. Sure, they look awesome, but they take forever. The comic shop in […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 21st, 2026
The tick was a comic that turned into a cartoon. Its whole shtick was making fun of all the superhero tropes across the board, with a touch of Looney Tunes humor. I loved the strange villains and the even stranger […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 20th, 2026
I’ve always been a collector, from the time I was young to today. I collect comics, toys, video games, Lego’s, and movies. I have too many of each, really, but I wouldn’t get rid of them because the minute I […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 19th, 2026
On Tuesday, I was drawing the inside of the comic shop in my story. So that’s a ton of comics, and on top of that, collectibles, too. So, on one of the walls, I decided to draw swords from comics, […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 18th, 2026 – Page 200!!!
YAY!!! PAGE 200 IS HERE!!! Thank you so much for sticking by me and supporting me along the way. I truly appreciate every single one of you who has followed this journey, read the comic, shared it, or simply cheered […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 17th, 2026
On Sunday we dropped into the Mall of America for a Pokémon GO event for my fiancée. She’s played the game since the very beginning. She loves the game, and even though I don’t care to play the game myself, […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 15th, 2026
This weekend is my class reunion. It should be fun. I haven’t seen most of my classmates in ten years. It’s been too long, really. The last reunion was canceled due to COVID. It sucked, but that’s the breaks sometimes. […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 14th, 2026
The postal service has really let me down over the past few months. A lot of things I’ve ordered recently have arrived damaged, with boxes torn open. I know it’s not my local one, but it still sucks. I have […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 13th, 2026
UGH! DAMN UNDO, with NO REDO! I had this great daily rambling all teed up, and I accidentally undid it all. Clip Studio Paint won’t undo the undo, and it’s sooo frustrating. But here goes nothing. Today I drew sixty […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 12th, 2026
Resellers in the collecting game are an absolute nightmare. I was cursing Hasbro Pulse because I thought I had completely missed out on the Fatal Fluffies I wanted for G.I. Joe Classified. Then, hours later, I hit refresh, and for […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 11th, 2026
As a kid, one of my favorite Transformers teams that didn’t combine were the Insecticons. They all had such a unique look compared to all the other Decepticons. No vehicle modes here, just cool, simple insects. One of the things […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 10th, 2026
One of my favorite movies is from the creators of South Park. It’s called BASEketball. It’s based very loosely on a real game that was conceived on the driveways of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the 1980’s. It’s a combo of baseball […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 8th, 2026
If you can’t tell, some of my biggest influences are comics like Peanuts, Garfield, Heathcliff, and Calving & Hobbes. When people ask me to describe Salem Corners, I tell them it’s like an adult Scooby-Doo where everything is real, mixed […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 7th, 2026
It’s funny how you start out thinking you’re prepared for what you’re about to do. Then, in the beginning, you’re in the deep end, just trying to stay afloat. Eventually, things start flowing, and finally, with only twenty-some pages left […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 5th, 2026
Yesterday I drew my version of Clark Kent for the comic. I had a bit of fun with it. At first I was drawing other characters. That was going no where fast. I didn’t like the way they were turning […]
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Daily Ramblings: August 4th, 2026
I have a question for everyone here, and I’d really appreciate your thoughts. When you’re looking at comic book covers, do you prefer artwork that depicts a scene of characters from inside the issue, or do you like covers that […]
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Daily Ramblings: 8.3.26
Hey everyone! I wanted to see if there’d be any interest in merch with the characters, comic logo, or studio name on it. I still have some buttons, comics, and postcards available too if anyone’s been wanting to grab those. […]
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Daily Ramblings: 8.1.26
Kids who grew up in the ’80s had some incredible movies. Sure, not all of them have aged well, but some absolutely still hold up. To this day, I love Gremlins. I think it hold up surprisingly well. Even Gremlins […]
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Daily Ramblings: 7.31.26
When I was in high school, I got into comics and read them pretty religiously. One of my favorites from back then was Spawn. I loved the artwork, and it had a great story to boot. Overall, I was a […]
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Daily Ramblings: 7.30.26
I’ve been thinking about comic crossovers, and if I ever got the chance to do one, I know exactly who I’d want to collaborate with: Skottie Young of I Hate Fairyland. I think our styles would mesh really well. My […]
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Daily Ramblings: 7.29.26
One of the hardest characters to write or draw is the one who has no dialogue. Whether it’s an animal, a mute character, or a machine, if they can’t speak, you have to find another way to communicate what they’re […]
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