• Real Name: Virginia Mills-Barfield
• Gender: Female
• Age: 42
• Location: United States

• Joined: May 14th, 2007
• Last Visit: May 7th, 2008

User Tags: artist, colorist, freelance, graphic novels, inker, logos, penciller, storyboards, t-shirt designs, writer

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Freelancer things

Being a collection of freelance art from past and recent times. I'll add more as time permits.

Windy City 03 Minicomic

A small 12+ pager I threw together to help promote the book in 2003. These are some of the uncorrected pages, mistakes and all. Happily, it seems my work will pay off soon. More to come!

Galleria: Windy City

Being the visual diary of the making of the totally EPIC...Windy City :) A Small Press Idol 07 project

Windy C Art from Friends

Being a collection of Windy City related art from friends.

Art Debris

Just a collection of "Other" sketches and things...

[ Posted by PeterPalmiotti on Apr 20th, 2008 1:45 AM ]...

YES!...feeling better now! Ahhhhh.

now we be friend-sies!

awesomeness.

cheers, peter.

[ Posted by MHcomics on Mar 23rd, 2008 12:17 PM ]...

Hope all is well with you, Virginia. Just wanted to drop by and wish you a happy Easter.

[ Posted by SamJohnson on Mar 13th, 2008 3:01 PM ]...

Thanks so much for your support over at SPI, Virginia!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on March 15th, 2008 3:34 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Mar 15th, 2008 3:34 AM ]... You have a good project-here's hoping it goes far!

[ Posted by SamJohnson on Feb 24th, 2008 4:42 PM ]...

Thanks for the add, Virginia; see you in SPI soon! :)

[ Posted by ChrisMcJ on Feb 14th, 2008 10:53 PM ]...

Hey Ginny,

Just wanted to say hi and see how you've been doing.

And Happy Valentines day!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 14th, 2008 11:25 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Feb 14th, 2008 11:25 PM ]... Hey! I miss our constant back and forth over that Hostess ad! LOL Take care!

[ Posted by MikeWilliams on Feb 8th, 2008 11:36 AM ]...

I'm expecting kickass things from you in '08! Keep it up!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 11th, 2008 9:22 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Feb 11th, 2008 9:22 AM ]... Thanks for the wake up call! Same to you!

[ Posted by MikeWilliams on Oct 25th, 2007 10:25 AM ]...

Thanks for accepting and the comment! Your work is pretty heavyweight itself. Keep it comin'!

[ Posted by chainofflowers on Oct 18th, 2007 12:02 PM ]...

hello!
thank you for your comment!
i really like your art!
i love to see female characters in a genre dominated by male ones!!
:)
-erin

1 Reply [ Latest posted on October 19th, 2007 6:57 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Oct 19th, 2007 6:57 PM ]... Hi and thank you, Erin! It _is_ fun to play on their playground, isn't it?:)

[ Posted by Laine on Oct 10th, 2007 7:32 PM ]...

Just dropped in to say hi Virginia. I don't have to let you know how much I love your work do I? Thanks for adding me as a friend. I appreciate that. I'm sure I'll be constantly checking out what you are working on. Gotta go.

Paul

1 Reply [ Latest posted on October 11th, 2007 7:38 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Oct 11th, 2007 7:38 PM ]... LOL! I just commented on your page and here you are! Thanks, Paul!!

[ Posted by illustrate_ed on Sep 21st, 2007 12:35 PM ]...

It's done. You have it. Where is it?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on September 23rd, 2007 5:03 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Sep 23rd, 2007 5:03 AM ]... Aw, Ed...fertheluvvapete! I'm trying to be a good girl and stay off the Internets! But...I am beginning the long tease and reveal over in the Friends gallery!

[ Posted by illustrate_ed on Sep 15th, 2007 2:05 PM ]...

Pencils: Done. Wanna see them? Rebecca says I shouldn't; that I should just wait and send you the finished product.

Inks: Almost done. Oh, how I love ruining my pencils. :P

Colors: Being contemplated. After all, I'm no McJunkin.

Background: Is it okay to swipe from a photograph? Of course it is! Alex Maleev does it all the time. I WILL do it!

Bandit fan piece in progress! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHA

1 Reply [ Latest posted on September 16th, 2007 11:16 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Sep 16th, 2007 11:16 PM ]... HooooRaaaaayyyyy! Man! I step away for a couple days and look what I miss. Or, did I just overlook this comment? I hate that there's no notification now! Fortunately, you have your own notification system. heh. Sorry to bum you out. Anyway...you just tell Rebecca to mind her own beeswax and go apply for a job as CIA torturer. I hear there's about to be a hiring freeze there. I suppose it is appropriate payback for my "timely" birthday present for her that still sits on my lapboard. sigh. OK. I'll be patient. *squirm!* *tap tap tap* *sigh* *bites nails* *shifty eyes* *checks mail* *tap tap* *checks mail*

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Aug 31st, 2007 3:23 AM ]...

Yes, Chuck!! What were we thinking? We were FOOLS! But, we are still young and strong, after all, so no big. Liguinerds....sigh. So much more understandable than pirates. Yet, the two are not mutually exclusive.

[ Posted by Chuck on Aug 26th, 2007 2:53 PM ]...

WOW! I can't believe that we didn't hook up on here before, what was I thinking? It's good to have you in the fold!

Linguinerds are the new Pirate!!!

[ Posted by illustrate_ed on Jul 31st, 2007 2:34 PM ]...

RE: Second Bulletin: The Possum Pirate Strikes Back

What?! No pom-poms?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on August 1st, 2007 1:52 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Aug 1st, 2007 1:52 AM ]... Haw Haw, Ed! Just you wait!

[ Posted by MHcomics on Jul 30th, 2007 12:26 AM ]...

Virginia,how's it going?Thanks for the support on Ruthless in SPI '07.Let me know when your story comes out in Mysterious Visions anthology & I will be sure to pick it up.
-Kenny

1 Reply [ Latest posted on July 31st, 2007 8:04 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Jul 31st, 2007 8:04 AM ]... Well, heya Kenny! Will do, but let's hear from you and your peeps some more, too! Way to go getting soooo far in SPI! That was hard work! And a cool accomplishment.

[ Posted by illustrate_ed on Jun 16th, 2007 1:03 PM ]...

RE: My First Bulletin.

You've bulletined, therefore you IS!

Go, girl!!

...Now... where is my sanity?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 16th, 2007 3:17 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Jun 16th, 2007 3:17 PM ]... I is! Sorry, Ed. Can't help you there. You traded that for a top spot! heheheheh.

[ Posted by SWAT on Jun 14th, 2007 11:40 PM ]...

Any underoos action happening here. Just wanted to drop by and say hi and congrats. Can't wait to get my hands on your work. Back to work I go.

2 Replies [ Latest posted on June 15th, 2007 6:21 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Jun 15th, 2007 9:06 AM ]... Congrats to me?! no no no...CONGRATS TO YOU! But it ain't over yet...heheheh

[ Posted by SWAT on Jun 15th, 2007 6:21 PM ]... Tell me about it. One more round to go. I think at this rate I'm going to loose all my hair from the long nights of working on the comic and constant marketing. I hope we do well in the final round. Who knows. At least I've met and made some great friends so that's a big victory as far as I'm concerned. Are you going to be in the chat room Tuesday night?

[ Posted by Shinlyle on Jun 7th, 2007 11:20 AM ]...

Good luck in Round 3! Your stuff is looking great!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 15th, 2007 9:29 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Jun 15th, 2007 9:29 AM ]... CONGRATS to you! Wow. Make us proud!

[ Posted by ScreamingSamuraiStudio on Jun 10th, 2007 11:03 AM ]...

Howdy, Virginia
How's it going out there for ya?
I should be in the honorable mentions issue with Ground Zero..either way, I'm working on it as we speak. And now that all of the round 3 entries have been done, i think it's safe for me to post a sneak peek this coming week.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 15th, 2007 9:28 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on Jun 15th, 2007 9:28 AM ]... did i miss it? haha! Now I'm a loser! Yay!

[ Posted by MHcomics on Jun 1st, 2007 3:01 PM ]...

Congrats on making it to round 3.Be sure to check out the Ruthless forum for round 3 & comment on our sequentials.

[ Posted by ScreamingSamuraiStudio on May 18th, 2007 1:24 AM ]...

My Country solo album...
It's gonna be something to listen to only after 3 in the morning, after the last bottle of Jack Daniels is empty, and ONLY after you realize you left you bail money in your other jacket.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 18th, 2007 1:27 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 18th, 2007 1:27 AM ]... heh heh heh. Can hardly wait. Maybe you'll get an Oscar as well.

[ Posted by ScreamingSamuraiStudio on May 16th, 2007 11:57 AM ]...

Congrats on moving on to Round 3.
As for me...I'm off to record my obligatory idol cast off solo album.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 18th, 2007 1:17 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 18th, 2007 1:17 AM ]... It's country/western, isn't it?

[ Posted by illustrate_ed on May 17th, 2007 10:50 PM ]...

Ms. Virginia, pleaseohpleaseohplease re-size your art so that I don't have to scroll a quadrant at a time to take it all in. It's so cool, even at a somewhat small size, it'll look sharp.

Besides, scrolling is evil. I mean, scrolling down to read a comic page is one thing, but when you have to scroll up and down and left and right and never get to see all the juicy bits of an image at once ... well, that's just evil.

I better get a move on. Those sequentials won't draw themselves!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 17th, 2007 11:47 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 17th, 2007 11:47 PM ]... hahahaha. So...my attempts to demoralize and exhaust competitors by wearing their drawing hand out with scrolling have met with success! oh, OK. I meant to do that but I got so busy...blahblah...blahblahblah..

[ Posted by SWAT on May 16th, 2007 11:47 PM ]...

You get your email from Ian yet?

2 Replies [ Latest posted on May 17th, 2007 8:01 AM ]

	[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 17th, 2007 3:21 AM ]... Just got in. It's there, but haven't read it yet. You?
	[ Posted by SWAT on May 17th, 2007 8:01 AM ]... Yeah I got mine as well. I signed it and sent it back to Ian already. One less thing for me to worry about, lol.

[ Posted by IronSyndicate on May 14th, 2007 1:33 PM ]...

*looks left*.... *looks right*....

Kitten?

*skrunch*

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 14th, 2007 10:52 PM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 10:52 PM ]... ITAI! You kitten eating rassen-frassen *sputter* No Eating Kitties. If you're hungry, have some puppies. Er. You squished it, didn't you? That, my friend, is an act of war....

[ Posted by SWAT on May 14th, 2007 1:22 PM ]...

LOL, way to have my back with the whole Batman thing! Glad to see your "purdering" up your page.

[ Posted by Gonzogoose on May 14th, 2007 4:45 AM ]...

Hey Ginny, it's cool to have a place to catch up with you outside the SPI. Wait... I think someone stole my line before I said it... :)

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 14th, 2007 6:01 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 6:01 AM ]... It'll still be your line, Gonzo...goose.:)

[ Posted by SWAT on May 14th, 2007 3:35 AM ]...

Hey there. It was nice chatting with you tonight. Now we can stay in touch outside the SPI world we have come to love so well. Congrats on doing so well. Hope we make it to round three together.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 14th, 2007 3:41 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 3:41 AM ]... And to you! Thanks for your vote. I never got over to you tonight-too busy guiding the lost, it seems. Good luck!

[ Posted by ScottDMSimmons on May 14th, 2007 2:52 AM ]...

You should put that great Windy City avatar up as your avatar here. Very eye-catching!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 14th, 2007 2:54 AM ]

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 2:54 AM ]... Hah. Kind of like being a giant "?"

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 2:42 AM ]...

Hey! You totally beat me, Scott!
OK. Thanks for forcing me on here finally. Now we shall see......

2 Replies [ Latest posted on May 14th, 2007 2:52 AM ]

	[ Posted by ScottDMSimmons on May 14th, 2007 2:47 AM ]... If you hit the swooshy blue arrow you can reply directly to any comment left for you on your space or other spaces
	[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 2:52 AM ]... Ah-hah.

[ Posted by ScottDMSimmons on May 14th, 2007 2:38 AM ]...

Hi Ginny!

First comment! Glad you joined, and I'm a fan of your work. Nice stuff you presented at Small Press Idol. Looking forward to your sequentials.

Scott

[ Posted by possumpiratepress on May 14th, 2007 2:38 AM ]...

Well, Comic Space..here I am. Come out and play.