• Real Name: Craig
• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Location: Waterloo, Iowa (United States)

• Joined: Jun 14th, 2007
• Last Visit: Oct 23rd, 2007

User Tags: batman, collector, panelologist extraordinaire, sketches, x-men

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misc drawings

just drawings friends made for me

more skethes

bigger book and sketches galore

sketches

sketches from conventions

[ Posted by bat_blog on Jan 5th, 2009 8:34 PM ]...

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http://www.bat-blog.com

[ Posted by paperdragonink on Apr 20th, 2008 6:45 PM ]...

Hey – haven’t been on the site for a while – just checking in to see how things are going.
If you want you can check out the latest issue of Pandora’s Gate with our expanded comic book reviews and art at www.paperdragonink.com

[ Posted by haroldjennett on Aug 21st, 2007 8:01 AM ]...

RE: free sketches are they becoming a thing of the past?

I think it depends on the creator. If it's an indy creator who's really not making much money on his books, and has to pay for the trip to a con, I totally understand charging for sketches.

Now a small quick sketch for free still shouldn't be a problem.

I personally plan to not charge for sketches once I can make comics full time for a living.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on August 22nd, 2007 9:19 PM ]

[ Posted by batmanboy on Aug 22nd, 2007 9:19 PM ]... most of the guys that charge havent been independent. the indy creators may charge 5 bucks which i don't mind. but i have guys that want 30 dollars for a sketch in my book which is not like a huge book and that bugs me. i have paid 20 and thats as much as I will go and to my best recollection i have done that 3 times.

[ Posted by mysteryofsorrow on Aug 20th, 2007 2:31 PM ]...

Yep, Spud's it is. If for some reason I didn't like Spud's I'd be in trouble, because that's pretty much it around these parts.

[ Posted by mysteryofsorrow on Aug 14th, 2007 10:53 PM ]...

Hello neighbor, thanks for the befriendification!!!

[ Posted by AlRioArt on Aug 11th, 2007 6:02 PM ]...

Hi Craig!
Thanks for being an Al Rio fan!
Check out the newest art here!
http://alrioart.com/search.php?search_new_images=1

Please join us at Comic Art Community
http://comicartcommunity.com

Terry
http://alrioart.com/

[ Posted by joeystone on Aug 7th, 2007 5:00 PM ]...

Hey, cheers. Glad you like my art, and thank you very much for being my first comment. I checked out your sketches, some of them are really cool, man.

[ Posted by gregboxer on Jul 27th, 2007 1:42 PM ]...

Sorry I haven't replied to your comment. As for what I write, I like scifi but my ideas and stories are not confined to that genre. Right now I'm working on an idea which is more satire and has nothing to do with science fiction. What do you write?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on July 27th, 2007 9:49 PM ]

[ Posted by batmanboy on Jul 27th, 2007 9:49 PM ]... i have written a short story, a play and 40 or so poems and one of those got published. but i havent written much in awhile besides emails and such.

[ Posted by DorkKnights on Jul 26th, 2007 8:58 PM ]...

Thanks for the add... it's always great to see a fellow Bat-fan. Be sure to check out my site www.dork-knights.com and leave comments if you can... i appreciate all feedback... Have a good one.
-G

[ Posted by _Ryu_ on Jul 23rd, 2007 11:06 PM ]...

Well, what got me started on comics is when I started reading the early Sonic the Hedgehog ones, and I just started wanting to do my own. Then about 4 years ago, I was writing a little story, and I drew pictures along with it. But then I didn't stop there. I went on to start to draw Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog, and I changed him a bit, and that became my first fancharacter. Then I did some comics of him, and did many more after that, just in May really I started the series up here.

But that's pretty much how I got started.

[ Posted by imaginarytalescomics on Jul 23rd, 2007 8:05 PM ]...

Sweet! Hopefully we'll see ya there!

[ Posted by imaginarytalescomics on Jul 21st, 2007 5:39 PM ]...

Yeah! We actually have 2 and 3 done, and Kurt's pumping away at 4 right now...we're gonna be at Wizard World Chicago in a few weeks, and then we're coming back to Minnesota this October too. I'll be able to make it this time! You gonna be back also?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on July 21st, 2007 9:27 PM ]

[ Posted by batmanboy on Jul 21st, 2007 9:27 PM ]... yes i am hoping to be back, just trying to save up the money but it was worth it last time. if you have 2, 3, and 4 there I will have to pick the up. You can see Kurts sketch that he did on my page now, i have all my sketches uploaded

[ Posted by gsemkow on Jul 21st, 2007 11:04 AM ]...

No problem, and thanks for the comment. I'll be pithcing this comic next week in the Comic Book Challenge... already have my fingers crossed.

[ Posted by drucpec on Jul 20th, 2007 8:50 AM ]...

Hey man, no prob, i really like page 15 of your top gallery. Yeah i
just moved to Texas, so I still am far, just not near as far. :)

[ Posted by erikburnham on Jul 19th, 2007 4:51 PM ]...

Hey, thanks for the comments -- I ALMOST never hear back from folks I do sketches for, so it's always a nice thing... and really glad you liked it.

-E

1 Reply [ Latest posted on July 19th, 2007 11:04 PM ]

[ Posted by batmanboy on Jul 19th, 2007 11:04 PM ]... yes and i have just added it to my page so you can see it as well as others too

[ Posted by Jagged_Edges on Jul 16th, 2007 11:43 PM ]...

Thanks for the thoughtful compliments! Please visit my web site to read more of Jagged Edges:

http://www.jagged-edges.com

It's updated Monday through Friday, in case you were curious.

[ Posted by thwip on Jul 16th, 2007 10:04 PM ]...

Hey Craig,
I don't have any info yet about either Minnesota's guest list or the possibilities for the Des Moines mini-con. I had a couple of Iowa club members tell me the Iowa mini-con was September, but the website says Oct 27th. If it is Oct 27th it'll have to be pretty good to get me there, as the Kansas City comic club's small show is also that date, and their guest list already includes Michael Golden. As for Minnesota - I can't imagine not going. I haven't missed a show there since I went to my first one in '97, and I've NEVER been let down.
--Ivan

[ Posted by AlternaComics on Jul 16th, 2007 9:49 PM ]...

no problem, thanks for writing us!

[ Posted by highnoonpresents on Jul 15th, 2007 11:43 PM ]...

No sweat man. Thanks for looking!

[ Posted by SURFACE on Jul 4th, 2007 9:39 PM ]...

Hey Craig,
Thanks for the add and invite man.
I too am a follower of the Bat, they say that there are two kinds of people in the world, dog people and cat people, the same goes for Superman people and Batman people....I am of the latter.
One of my dream goals is to one day land a gig on one of the Bat books, I am an artist but as of yet have not worked for any of the "big boys".
Feel free to visit my site at; www.surfaceartstudios.com look around, let me know what you think.
I also do commissions from time to time so if you're in the market to get one done, you know where to reach me...
thanks again,
Shawn Surface
SURFACE ART STUDIOS.