2010 Origins and Dragon-Con Await
It is time once again when a young man’s or woman’s fancy turns to huge crowds of roleplayers, cosplayers and genre media groupies: Convention season is in full bloom.
Next week, Veronica and her faithful minion travel to scenic Columbus for the venerable Origins Game Fair. When not sketching and catching up on her deadlines at her booth, she’ll be holding one of her …read more
Posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 by Jeff 2 Comments »
Frightful Fairies and Sullen Succubi
About this time last year, our Mr. Darkly started a slow, steady trickle of fanciful fairy figures in a wide array of creative color combinations. They were cute, a little underdressed, and far too jittery, so the effort didn’t quite warrant a mention.
Recently, however, the string of salacious sprites has been broken by an updated, but no less improbable portrait of a futuristic demon hunter and …read more
Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 by Jeff
Outside of a Dog….
In my callow youth, I was a voracious reader. I read books by the bagful: new, old, borrowed or traded. Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, Tolkien, and all the Thieves’ World, Myth Adventures, and Sector General I could get my hands on.
One day, however, a horrible thing happened: while reading a particularly… difficult Star Trek novel, the plot and characters began deconstructing in my head… all of the writer’s fetishes and fantasies were …read more
Posted on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 by Jeff
Look Out Kids, Veronica is Coming!
The 2009 convention season has crept up on us like a thief in the night, and it’s first crime is to steal Veronica off to New York later today for the SCBWI Winter Conference. Her attendance at this munchkin-friendly creative get together is her first official venture into the world of childrens’ illustration.
Even her newly-redesigned website MoonShines has gone a bit whimsical, adding her favorite kiddie creations beside her fantasy and …read more
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 by Jeff 1 Comment »
