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Hokus Pokus.

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Leroy Brown

I grew up in a small town in the south-eastern United States. I used to walk to the drug store to buy ¢25 candy bars, or get donuts at the donut shop across the street from my Grandparents’ house and then sit all day in the air-conditioned Paramount movie theater to watch showings of ‘The Blob’ looped over and over. On main street, there was this great neon sign that held an incredible fascination for me. It was a giant sign that read: “Hokus Pokus Liquor”. I wasn’t really sure about the liquor part, but I did know that hokus pokus was somehow related to magic! At night, the ghost on the sign danced from left to right and all the lights blinked in an entrancing show that really was magical!

Years later, I drove thru my home town and the sign was still there. Unfortunately, the lights didn’t work anymore and I’m not sure if today the sign still hangs. But what a great memory of being hypnotized as a kid by the Hokus Pokus light show, as I would ride past in the back seat of my aunt’s station wagon!
🙂

Dallas Webcomic Convention.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Leroy Brown being interviewed by Fes from Webcomic Beacon.
Over the weekend my family and I drove to Dallas to be part of Stripcon, the Dallas Webcomic Convention. I was interviewed by Fes over at Webcomic Beacon, so keep an eye out for that podcast.

It was great seeing fellow comickers Jason Poland (http://robbieandbobby.com/), Brad Diller (http://cartoons.fundaymorning.com/), Barry Buchanan (http://dontfeedthegeek.com/), Brad Campbell (http://roofuscomic.blogspot.com/), Jeremy Johnson (http://www.toomasooba.com/), Hector Cantu (http://www.gocomics.com/baldo), Michael Hawkins (http://jimcorncomic.com/) and David Wilborn (http://www.urbanjunglecomic.com/).
Unfortunately some of us felt that there really was not much of a crowd. Note to con organizers: it’s your job to bring in the visitors, not merely charge artists for table space. I did get to meet some new readers and sell the new ICECUBES book.

Be sure to come to the JMV Comic Book Show in Austin on Aug. 19 and get your own copy of the book! See you there.

Supersized.

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Leroy Brown


Check out the size of the latest strip I drew! I decided to make it the same size as newspaper comic artists used to draw comics. All that space to fill was both daunting and liberating. I think that if I ever have to draw a story with lots of detail I’ll do it this size again. It was a bit of a challenge to ink and in order to get good thick lines I decided to go with a Windsor Newton brush instead of nibs. Fun stuff!
See the published strip here!