So, there was something that I learned about Red Clay from talking to Doc about it. It really helped me get my head around what this strip is going to be, and who the character is. So, of course, I had to put out a new image.

I had just a brief window of time open for drawing this morning, so I did another RED CLAY piece.

I guess my vote for the story is more hot ladies. Haha

EDIT: fixed the eye, and took out more color. Seems the less the better.

This one is for my good buddy Doc Shaner. I would talk more about RED CLAY, but it’s not my place to say.

Also, I should say that this is the first time I used a stock photo from DeviantArt (username: Grasies-Stock). It’s an interesting resource that I really haven’t needed up to this point, but I’ll probably keep a look out in the future for this kind of thing. What makes it funny is that I left DeviantArt like a month ago, but now I used it for something. Ha

I’d like to thank theawesomer.com for showcasing the piece. It’s not my favorite, but I’m glad people respond to it.  I made the piece a few days over 2 years ago in response to some great pieces Doc Shaner was doing (which he has since taken down for reasons similar to what I am discussing below).

Actually, I kinda feel bad about it, because I know Waterson would hate it, if he ever saw it, for several reasons.  But you know, his art doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it’s out there, and I WILL NOT PRINT OR SELL ANY OF IT.  Sorry, folks, I couldn’t live with myself if I saw any of this stuff out there on a shirt or something.

Please, PLEASE, if you have the original non-stamped version, do not reproduce this.  Do not buy any Calvin and Hobbes merchandise.  Waterson doesn’t make a cent, and anyone who does is a thief and an Antilifer.  This is why I’ve put the watermark on the full sized image.  Should have done it in the first place.

See, once again, this ties into Jack Kirby’s Antilife concept.  Life is choice and freedom of decision and from exploitation.  Antilife is anything that pirates, subjugates, destroys, or exploits without permission that choice and that freedom.  Kirby spent the best moments of his career trying to escape Antilife by defining it in the FORTH WORLD works for DC.  But that’s a story for a different time.

I can tell I need to unload this Life VS Antilife stuff, so when I get the time, there will be more posts on this (you can start rolling your eyes now).

For the INHUMANS, Jack Kirby came up with the mysterious and wonderful LOCKJAW. He’s received some over due attention recently in LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS, as well as the glorious Paul Pope story in STRANGE TALES anthology. But to those of us who love him, he is a character that is never far from our minds.

Here’s to you, big guy.

PS: I’ve left the full image size giant, so click on the image above if you want a face full of Lockjaw.