Super U.: guest artist

Today's guest strip comes from... my wife!

Jenny is an incredibly talented children's book illustrator and a 3D designer in the entertainment department of Disney. She actually didn't draw this for the site; she drew this just for me on Manga Studio as part of her anniversary present to me. But when she showed me, I was like, "Oh, I have to put that on the site!"

There's a story behind this strip, and you'll need to know it.

In high school, she and I were very interested in each other, but we were both dating other people (read: psychos). She and I had art class together, and had lockers in the same hall. As part of a courtship ritual, every morning she would try to steal my X-Men lunchbox. Happy Anniversary, sweetheart. I love you!

Here's today's new Chapter 2 movies! Gonna try to embed them right from YouTube, rather than upload them into Blogger.

Well, that didn't work. Guess I'll have to post them some other way. (See above)

So, it's crazy, but I may actually be busier with this comic during this hiatus than I am when actually drawing comics. Here's the game-plan of things I want to have accomplished before the beginning of Chapter 3.

-Finishing and posting the YouTube movies of Chapter 2.

-Opening the Super U. Store. In fact, I did yesterday! The store is up, and when there's actually, you know, merchandise to sell, I'll link it to the site.

-Creating merchandise for aforementioned store. Yesterday I did two T-shirt designs, and I have a couple more in mind. Also, there will be stickers! Maybe some other stuff, too, but for now, that's what I'm going for.

-Business Cards. Yeah, I should have done these a long time ago.

-Tweak the site logo. It's just too damn big. Came up with a different one yesterday that I might go with.

-Learn Manga Studio. Haven't toyed with it much yet, but I did sketch out the first panel of the first strip of Chapter 3 on paper, so when I get the rest of it done, I'll just dive right in and try to make the finished version on MS.

-Create a physical book or books of the strips, and make them available for purchase. I'm still undecided if I want to compile Chapters 1 and 2 into a single book, or sell them separately I guess it'll depend on what ends up costing the most reasonably for me.

So, there you have it! Big things going on. Hope you enjoyed the movies... two more comin' at ya on Thursday, and maybe some more excellent guest art as well!

I'm super-psyched to bring you the first-ever piece of Super U. guest artwork! And here it is!

Mason is an old friend of mine from highschool and has been following the strip since the beginning. We used to draw some crazy collaborations back in the day, and I hit him up out of the blue when I started the hiatus to see if he still draws. He does! I've always admired his style, and I think he was nearly as glad to have the opportunity to dust off his drawing skills as I was getting him to draw this! As a matter of fact he's already mentioned another drawing in the near future...

As I mentioned before, another very talented artist friend of mine is likely doing a strip for the hiatus. I wrote it, and I'm leaving the rest in his highly-capable hands.

Sorry there was no Saturday Super Story this last weekend, either. You can get on Jason about that. I was bummed not to have one, but the guy's got some well-needed good things going on in his life right now, and I'm not about to hound him over a short story.

There are two more movies posted on the Super U. YouTube Channel! Check them out, yo. And be sure to show Mason some love.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

A Strip from a Special Guest, More Chapter 2 Movies, and a Game-Plan

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Artist Spotlight: Mason Wimmer