This summer I’ll be putting out a small trading card set featuring art by different artists, here is a small taste of what’s to come courtesy of Shawn Alleyne (http://www.pyroglyphics1.deviantart.com/). Enjoy!

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In case anyone is confused, the sound effect in panel 2 is implying the intended action, not what actually takes place there. I really struggled with how to handle that little sequence a good bit, worrying how it would come out and if it would be too confusing. Also, the vibrating thing (what Stealth refers to as a “wiggle”) is something I was hesitant about, that’s kind of a mainstay of the most famous comic speedster and I’ve always wanted Stealth to stand out as a different kind of representation of the speedster model. but it is a weapon in his arsenal that he’ll use from time to time, just not that often I think.

Edit- had a reader point out a text error so a corrected version has been re-upped.

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For those who don’t know, the Glyph Comics Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. I’ve been meaning to post something here about this, the nominees were announced a few weeks ago and if you haven’t voted yet, online voting is currently going on for the Glyph Awards Fan Favorite of the Year choice.

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Last week I mentioned re-writing this scene, now I can explain- anyone who is around my age (early 30’s/late 20’s) undoubtedly remembers the old LifeAlert commercials with the old lady crying out “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”, well I wanted to play around with that and the idea that a 17/18 year old kid in 2010 maybe hasn’t heard that before, not having even been born when those commercials were out. However, at the last second last week (literally) I had second thoughts and went with a more ambiguous exchange- there’s no telling whether our hero is familiar with the old commercials or not, he just knows the joke is pretty lame and deserving of a smack down! Also, I figured taking the time to have Dr. Octagon explain the joke as I originally intended would take up too much time and space for what amounted to a cheap laugh. So there went that.

As for this week’s update, before anyone says anything, yes, I realize the “hit the bad guy hard to stun him and then hit him a million more times before he can react” bit might be getting old but it really plays into the idea that Stealth is still relatively new to this hero stuff and is still figuring things out. Don’t worry, he’ll be expanding his strategery and fighting repertoire soon.

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I actually re-wrote this particular scene during the lettering process, I’ll have to go into more detail on that next update. Some of you all might recognize the graffiti on the wall in the background, if you don’t, the Street Team is a cool crossover project featuring a group of characters created by a crew of amazing creators who hang out at the BlackSuperhero.com Herotalk message board, there is a video game in the works and an accompanying comic, you can check out more details here.

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Saw this posted over on the ComicPress forums, it’s an interesting biography of Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a online graphic novel. Very nice art and well worth checking out!

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New issue starts here with a little flashback. Might be worth noting those guys have a lot of hair there for two guys who both have bald heads right now. Just saying…

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Looks like things are getting ready to “heat up” again! But that building, haven’t we seen that somewhere before? Hmmn……

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