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Final Blake page – onward and upward!

Brock Beauchamp
June 10, 2011

Here’s the last page of the Blake story until next issue! As you can see, things have gone wrong for the boy. Honestly, I always wanted to draw a scene where someone gets hit with a shovel. It’s such a cliche but it’s great. In fiction, there is always a shovel lying around somewhere nearby, just waiting for someone to pick it up and turn it into a makeshift weapon, usually a “make this character unconscious” device. And there you go. Mission accomplished. Hey, it’s a comic book. I’m allowed to have a little fun here. Overall, the page is... View Article

Artist interactions & digital drawing

Brock Beauchamp
June 8, 2011

One of the greatest things about webcomics is that the reader has a direct pipeline to the creators of their favorite works. This new way of comicking isn’t like the old Marvel/DC ivory towered, hide the creative staff in a cocoon style of creation process. Pages come out at a crawl, scripts are revised on the fly based on reader support or dislike and if you pay attention, you probably even know what time your favorite artist eats his or her breakfast based on their twitter schedule. When I started creating SelfCentEnt, it was something I put a lot of... View Article

Blake fights back

Brock Beauchamp
June 6, 2011

I’ve been waiting a long time to use some of the coloring and lettering tricks I planned on introducing for issue 2 and this page was my only shot to try a few of them out before I start work on that issue in about a month’s time. This is probably the most action-y of any pages in this issue, with Blake expending some of the energy he had stored from the lightning strikes so I have the perfect vehicle to try coloring my ink lines and adding a few gradients to the page. After it’s said and done, this... View Article

Blake lashes out

Brock Beauchamp
June 3, 2011

Hey, it’s Friday again and that means… the weekend is almost here! In less important news, here’s the Friday art preview. For the first time, we get to see Blake actually use his ability to harness electricity, much to the chagrin of the poor fellow who is trying his best to pin the kid on the ground. Given the last panel of the page, this probably isn’t going to end well for anyone involved. I’m pretty happy with this page and as I enter my first “action” scene, I find myself thankful that I left the script somewhat loose in... View Article

Two – Two – Two for One!

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June 1, 2011

Remember last month when I told you to tune in today when I would be all together and planned and everything? Psych! Life and this first Wednesday of the month blog post are NOT all together.  But we’re going with it anyway.  I was going to tell you all about Zoo City – but I just need more time to write that.  I wrote it once and it was bad. You don’t want to read that blog – which is sad, because I want you to want to read that book! So, instead, today’s book blog is a two-for-one because... View Article

And… action!

Brock Beauchamp
May 30, 2011

Hey, something happens! It only took 14 pages to get around to it but hey, better late than never. The mysterious men already know something about Blake but it’s apparent that they didn’t think through their plan with much care. Tasing the kid who survived two consecutive lightning strikes probably isn’t going to work as well as one would hope. It’s Memorial Day and I’m keeping this short and sweet. Click through the image to jump to Variables 1992 #1, as always. Cheers!