I know I promised no more sales pitches, but this whole comic book artist thing is fun, and so talking about something I genuinely enjoy doing doesn’t feel nearly as shameless as “please buy this!” which was what I imagined when I made the aforementioned promise.

I just wrapped up art on issue #2 of Weird Thrills, one of the offerings from new publisher Powerpop Comics. You can see a few of the pages at Powerpop publisher Hobby Jones’ blog. I’m working on the cover this afternoon, which I have started documenting over at my neglected portfolio site, cheeksofgod.com. Once that’s finished, I’ll start working on the art for an Edgar Allan Poe bio that will run as the backup story in Graphic Classics #1, another Powerpop title.

So I guess the sales pitch part is this: I like illustrating these comic books, so the more copies get sold, the longer I’ll get to do it. You can buy subscriptions and individual copies at the Powerpop website — $2.99 per issue, $16.95 for a 6-issue subscription of either Weird Thrills or Graphic Classics, or $26.95 for a 12-issue subscription (6 issues of both titles at a 25% discount).

If you subscribe, I’d be happy to autograph your copies or send you a character sketch or something like that.

You’re going to get a bonus cartoon this month — I’ll tell you that much.

10. I think this was my not-so-subtle attempt to send a message to the Journal Star regarding their choice of syndicated cartoons.

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8. I may be able to do a Top 10 Rejected Mark Christensen Cartoons of 2009.

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2. Ernie Goss and the Platte Institute were such fertile territory that they’re going to get two cartoons in one chart position.

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