Brock Beauchamp

Guns a-blazin’

Brock Beauchamp
April 25, 2012

I’m. Down. To. Just. Two. More. Pages. And then I’m done with the first issue of 2002! Production has been ramped up lately and given my newfound proclivity for waking up and starting work before 7am, I may be able to keep it up for awhile… which means that for the time being, Variables will be switching to a three every two schedule. The comic will update every Tuesday (as usual) and every other Thursday. I’ve been churning out more than two pages every week for the past three weeks so for starters, I think that schedule is something I... View Article

Somebody’s gonna get shot

Brock Beauchamp
April 24, 2012

Somebody’s gonna take a bullet in the next few pages, that’s for sure. This page was a relief if only because action scenes generally don’t require extensive background drawing. Karter is panicking a bit and does a last ditch move to alert the police to his presence. Why does he want them to know he’s there? You’ll have to wait for the next page to see that… As always, click through the image below to jump to the first issue of Variables 2002.

And… Fight!

Brock Beauchamp
April 23, 2012

I’ve mentioned fight scenes in Variables before but I think some of it is worth talking about again… Fight scenes in movies, television, and comics bother me a lot of the time. The fighters are nearly immortal. They take multiple punches to the face. They fight for ten minutes, then somehow find the strength to get up and do it again. Anyone who has been punched in the face knows that this just isn’t the case. Hell, look at boxing matches. If the fights go for 20+ minutes, the boxers are usually so tired that they’re lobbing junk at one... View Article

Chattering cops

Brock Beauchamp
April 19, 2012

I’ll keep this morning’s update short. Here’s the new page! I’m pretty happy with it and given that I’m already close to halfway done with the next page, expect to see the preview for that on Monday morning and the page itself on Tuesday! That is all! Click through the image below to jump to the first issue of Variables 2002.

Sneaking around

Brock Beauchamp
April 18, 2012

Page layouts have been a real challenge for me lately. I mean, really a challenge. Most of the time, I rough out one or two thumbnail concepts, take the best from each, and start outlining the page. Within half an hour, I’m boxing out the page on a bristol board and a few minutes after that, I’m drawing the page. It hasn’t been happening like that for me lately. At any given point in the comic, I focus on one part of my creation process and push hard to improve it. Right now, it’s my layouts. I feel that my... View Article

Karter’s first kill

Brock Beauchamp
April 17, 2012

Well, you probably knew it was coming. Karter finally shoots somebody. Two police officers were impolite and got in the way of his mission. It’s unlikely that the kill count stops at two, though… Which brings up violence in Variables. You’ll notice that you don’t see the police actually get shot. I won’t use this “turn the camera away” trick every time but I’m not crazy about drawing super-violent scenes. I’m not totally against it when it’s necessary but I’ve always been of the opinion that the imagination is far more vivid than anything a creator can draw, film, or... View Article