Last, last weekend was Free Comic Book Day across the US where comics were handed out like candy at many of America’s comic book stores. I camped out at Third Coast Comics in Edgewater with Christian Alamy (penciler/ inker/ cover artist for DC Comics on titles like Green Lantern, Justice League) and Tom Kelley (illustrator and graphic designer who’s worked with DC comics and is a prolific creator when it comes to generating Hello Kitties dressed in the fanciest superhero costumes on cardboards). I sat with Christian who knocked out some beautiful sketches once he found some not-too-glossy white backboards and had kids do the coloring at home. I didn’t get to see much of Tom since he was on the other side of the store and it was absolute bedlam once the whole event started. Kids flooded Third Coast for what must have been three hundred consecutive hours. I sold out of the latest Dragon and Goat book The S’Parktacular S’Particles (which, sadly, wasn’t free) but did draw and color Dragon and Goat dressed up as any kids’ favorite comic hero for free. I was fun to hear if they wanted me to draw Dragon or Goat. There must be some sort of psychological profiles that I can create based off of the selection and how they paired it with a particular hero. The weirdest request was for Dragon dressed as Pizza Steve from Cartoon Network’s Uncle Grandpa. Here are some of the best of marker sketches:
