Cactus Comics Presents:

Long Break

Dave — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:16:29 +0000

I thought after I finished my grad work I would jump right back into work on this comic and start pounding out pages. I didn’t count on feeling totally burnt out. I’ve done plenty of comic pages since, but for whatever reason, haven’t been able to bring myself back to working on something that has a deadline. I actually have the next page in this story ready to be colored and lettered, but feel like if I’m diving back into that I need to really make sure to hit my deadlines. I’m not quite ready for that. I’m enjoying time where I can work as I please, don’t have to worry about the stress of getting something done by a certain time and just be. I’m still working on the print version of the completed work, making sure it’s all colored the same. I also completed a comic over the summer called “Saucy Jesus” that should be ready to print shortly. I’ll have an 8 page story appearing in the second 11 O’Clock Comics Anthology, set to debut C2E2 this spring. Right now, with “Saucy Jesus” complete, I’ve started work on a “Nuclear Family” comic, with plans to do a one shot about some of the other Misadventures characters down the road. I will get back to Misadventures of a Comic Fan soon, and I apologize for the delay, I’m just enjoying a break for now. In the meantime, I’ll begin posting thoughts and updates here to get back into the routine.
See you soon.
Dave

07/07/2011

Dave — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Well, it appears no other doctors are welcome in the presence of Dr. Franken. He looks bigger than he did the last time we got a good look at him, doesn’t he. If you look back at the beginning of chapter 7, you’ll see him stalking a woman and then killing her. You might also notice that he is connected to both Jack the Ripper and Jeckyl and Hyde. Looking back to Christmas of 2010, you can find him battling Santa Claus. The Doctor has been traveling between dimensions and gathering things together, rebuilding his army. You’ll notice from today’s update that 12 looks different than the Doctor’s previous helpers. Our Doctor has been busy, and I don’t think our heroes are going to like what he’s been doing.

I’ll be taking next week off, but will be back the following week with the next page. Until then, take care.

06/30/2011

Dave — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000

As you can tell from the first panel, Mike’s hand is gone. Frank took a heck of a hit, too. And if you notice, that shot didn’t come from the same place as the other shots so there are at least two people shooting at them. Maybe Better-Man or that other guy can be of [...]

06/23/2011

Dave — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000

How’s that for a cliff hanger? It looks like Frank is going to make it to safety with the man they came looking for. The Dr. has some serious hardware, though, so nothing is certain. And yes, Better-Man was punched hard enough to rip through dimensions. The question is, how did he end up in [...]

06/16/2011

Dave — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Wow! She punched him so hard he vanished into thin air. That’s gonna hurt when he lands. The good news is, he will land. The bad news is, it can’t be a good landing.

06/09/2011

Dave — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Things appear to be happening to quickly for Better-man to handle and it looks as though he’s going to get a bit of a beat down. Huck, Tom and Better-man came to the Nuclear Family looking for help against the dimension spanning aggression of the Dr. but it seems very unlikely that anyone from the [...]

06/02/2011

Dave — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Nuclear coolant to the face. Yuck. And if you recall last page, things aren’t looking up for Better-man.

05/25/2011

Dave — Wed, 25 May 2011 05:00:00 +0000

I love drawing this character, but it’s going to take some time before I really have her down. I feel like I’m back on schedule and will be able to get pages posted on time, so hopefully no delays. In a few months I may even be able to get back to my twice per [...]

05/19/2011

Dave — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:00:00 +0000

I’m not sure who the good guy is in this fight, but it doesn’t look good for Better-Man. The guy he is fighting goes by the code name Coolant. His body is composed of radioactive water. He controls the degree of radioactivity so he isn’t normally a danger to anyone. Based on Better-Man’s reaction, that [...]

05/12/2011

Dave — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Uh-oh. What goes on here? Better-man may have been using his powers for something other than the improvement of mankind.