The Ice Mage Cometh (And So Doth Free Comic Book Day)

JTFH's medieval ancestor, Sir Hedivere, once did battle stuff with bad-ass wizard named Gorgometh.  While in the throes of mortal combat, Gorgometh accidentally loosed an avalanche upon himself which encased him and held him frozen for nearly a thousand years.  After thawing out in the present age and finding himself in the inconceivable future, Gorgometh quickly set about finding the descendant of the knight who had sort of bested him and exacting his revenge.  That descendant?  If you've forgotten the first sentence of this paragraph already then shame on you, but yes, it is none other than our own Jed Cranium, aka Jed the Flying Head.  All of this and more in the upcoming JTFH adventure, The Ice Mage Cometh.

In other news, I'm still hard at work on the comic--when I'm not blogging, or working, or goofing around, or sleeping and whatever else I do that isn't working on the comic book.  I sincerely hope to have the origin story completely done in full color by May 4th, which if you haven't read any of the previous posts, is Free Comic Book Day.  I'll be hanging out at Ryan's Comics in Murrieta, just enjoying the day for what it is.  Afterward, Ryan is hosting an art show featuring a number of local artists, including myself.  I will be submitting a couple of original acrylic on canvas paintings.  All of the work will be available for purchase, and Ryan is instituting a very generous price ceiling so anyone wishing to purchase an original piece of art will be able to do so without taking out a second mortgage, or selling an internal organ to pay for it.

I haven't found out yet who will be there as far as costumed characters and the like, but May 4th is also international Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You) so there will likely be a lot Imperial Stormtroopers in their subtle variations, intergalactic bounty hunters, and lots of Jedi.  I'm hoping Spider-Man will be there, personally.  Whoever that fellow was last year, he was awesome.

Now I'm starting to ramble.  So long for now!

J. Schiek