This is also going to be the basis for a print, which I should have available at the very-soon Spokane ComiCon.

It’s true – we still haven’t seen Transformers 2. Apparently we’re not missing much, though…

Jenny works at the library, and that’s where we get most of our movies from. I don’t remember how long it’s been since we rented anything (years?), and we very rarely buy new movies nowadays. I don’t think most people realize that they do indeed get things other than documentaries and kids shows – tons of movies (new and classic) and even TV series. We just watched the first season of Game of Thrones, for example.

And it’s not all “high brow” entertainment either – we’ve borrowed cinematic masterpieces like Hot Tub Time Machine and the Harold & Kumar films. But still no Revenge of the Fallen…

So yeah, support your local library – not just books, and pretty awesome.

Here’s some of the free sketches I drew for customers at Lightning Comics in Coeur d’Alene, ID on Saturday. I was there with my friends in the Comicsmiths’ Guild for Free Comic Book Day.

The shop had a really good turnout, and we were busy sketching the whole time, almost non-stop. It was great to talk to so many people who had been there for FCBD the past couple of years, and were looking forward to seeing us again.

There was a small write-up in the local paper about the event – the Guild got a mention, and they even included a picture of me sketching for one of the kids who was there. You can read it here: The Coeur d’Alene Press

Also, there’s a new comic up on the In Geekness page, so be sure to check that out too!

Luckily we did finally settle on a new PC, and I was able to avoid that descent into madness…

The computer we had was long overdue for being replaced – it was a Frankensteined machine, combining a hand-me-down eMachine from 2004 and an even older Sony Vaio. Every time we turned it on, we were expecting it to die. The noise from the thing (I think mostly from the ancient hard drive) was enough to give me headaches and drown out the TV. It was getting kinda ridiculous.

Thankfully we got a half-way decent tax-return this year, and most of it went to a new desktop. Nothing really fancy, realistically; but it works, and should for quite a while. And compared to what we had before it’s like night and day. The only problem is we finally upgraded to Windows 7, and now we need a new printer and scanner since our old ones aren’t compatible. Hooray for technology…

Though I really have wanted to throw the old tower out the window on many occasions.

Not sure, but think I’ll shoot for at least a couple of these a week – I figure it’ll make a good compliment/replacement to real day-to-day blogging and mean some regular comic content on the site.

A few other important reminders/notes:

- I’ll be at Lightning Comics in Coeur d’Alene this Saturday, from 10:30 to 3, drawing free sketches for customers for Free Comic Book Day.

- The Catbeard Indie-GoGo campaign is still going; this is the fundraising/pre-order campaign for the first print collection of the Catbeard webcomic. You can read all about it here: Catbeard Book One is Go!

- I’ll be at the upcoming Spokane ComiCon (May 19), along side my buddy Matt Nelson, the creator of the aforementioned Catbeard.

- And I just got confirmation that I’ll also be at the Jet City Comic Show in September, sharing a spot in Artist Alley with another friend and local artist Josh Montreuil.