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JERICHO LIVES

2007-06-08T12:29:00.000-04:00

Jericho is excellent entertainment. Check out reruns this summer.

Fern....

Below is a message from CBS Entertainment.

June 6, 2007

To the Fans of Jericho:

Wow!

Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard.

As a result, CBS has ordered seven episodes of “Jericho” for mid-season next year. In success, there is the potential for more. But, for there to be more “Jericho,” we will need more viewers.

A loyal and passionate community has clearly formed around the show. But that community needs to grow. It needs to grow on the CBS Television Network, as well as on the many digital platforms where we make the show available.

We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks.

At this time, I cannot tell you the specific date or time period that “Jericho” will return to our schedule. However, in the interim, we are working on several initiatives to help introduce the show to new audiences. This includes re-broadcasting “Jericho” on CBS this summer, streaming episodes and clips from these episodes across the CBS Audience Network (online), releasing the first season DVD on September 25 and continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return. We will let you know specifics when we have them so you can pass them on.

On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of “Jericho” in such an extraordinary manner. Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone. You made a difference.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler

President, CBS Entertainment

P.S. Please stop sending us nuts

This weeks lunch doodle!

2007-06-05T22:01:00.000-04:00

While eating me chicken wrap at lunch, I sketched up a quick Wolvie pic.
DT

Memorial Day!

2007-05-28T02:09:00.000-04:00

Have a good holiday ya dig.

Life On Mars

2007-05-26T19:49:00.000-04:00

I love this Show, this show came on BBC America last year, late summer. I can't wait for series 2 on BBC America. They have already finished Season 2 in the UK, and even planning a spin-off series called Ashes to Ashes.

This is the wiki on Life On Mars. Check it out if you can, I know it's out on DVD in the UK, I have not seen it here yet.

The format of the series mixes science fiction – specifically, time travel – with police drama. The central character is DCI Sam Tyler of Greater Manchester Police (played by John Simm), who, after being hit by a car in 2006, finds himself somehow transported back to 1973. There, he works for Manchester and Salford Police CID as a DI under DCI Gene Hunt (played by Philip Glenister). Over the course of the series, Tyler faces various culture clashes, most frequently regarding differences in his approach to policing compared to that of his colleagues. The series also features a strong ambiguity concerning Tyler's predicament: It is unclear whether he really has travelled back in time, is in a coma in 2006 and imagining his experiences, or if he is from 1973 but mentally unstable.

Happy 30th Star Wars!

2007-05-26T19:26:00.000-04:00

Yesterday, Was the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars! I sketched this up while I waited for Fern to conclude her shopping.

Oddly Normal

2007-05-25T05:05:00.000-04:00

Yeah, I said I was going to bed, but discoverd I was not sleepy, so I'm posting another pic.
This, quick sketch I did two years ago when I met Otis Frampton
during Free Comic Book Day 2005. Me, my boy Marc Deering, and Otis were back in the cut at Amazing Fantasy having a good time. Otis was kind enough to give me some comp copies of Oddly one, at the time. So after reading it, I sketched this up with the strong intention of making nice tight pencils, and inking it. Just never got around to it. So the plan will be to make a new penciling of this, ink it, and send it to the Oddly man! We will see if I follow through this time. I will post the progress.

Anyway, Otis is a good guy, and he has Oddly Normal: Family Reunion
coming out soon, so go and cop that!

Warm up colors

2007-05-25T04:25:00.000-04:00

This is the color joint of the pics below. Well it's 4:26am, beter go to bed, gotta get up at 7 to go to work.

DT

Warm up

2007-05-25T03:22:00.000-04:00

This was a quick 1 am warm up, Rough pencils, and inks of Anna Ramsey, one of the central characters in Blood Shed.

DT

Maybe, if we called it CSI: Jericho...

2007-05-22T15:36:00.000-04:00

I posted this at CBS.com: We viewers are aware that canceling Jericho is based on speculation that the show will be unprofitable in the long run. The promise of passionate support isn't enough to save it or make you believe that you've made a mistake. Proven formulas work. The CSI trend is successful because the show's original concept was innovative for dramatic TV, even though viewers had already seen similar stories in documentaries on other channels. Therefore, creating other CSI shows is understandable. The same can be said for Survivor and Amazing Race. Reality shows are successful, although it took a while for Amazing Race to catch on. Fans of that show are extremely passionate and loyal. The same can be said for Stargate. Once that show moved to Sci Fi, it did better than ever. The viewers of Jericho are more likely fans of shows such as Heroes and Lost. We fans must wonder what CBS didn't do to support its own show. We fans have no doubt that CBS may never realize how lucrative Jericho could've been. A new show such as Pirate Master may be successful but more likely will never surpass the initial success of Survivor. The show that brings in overwhelming ratings must have an innovative concept - that requires risk (time and money). Meanwhile, we fans must remain content with formula shows.

Fern

lunch doodles

2007-05-17T19:47:00.000-04:00

Just a couple of joints sketched up while scarfing down my sandwhich at lunch today.
One, is just a goofy cartoony sketch of yours truely, and the other is of Amanda Storm, one of the main characters in our book Blood Shed.

Fern's Birthday

2007-05-17T14:16:00.000-04:00

Well It's Fern's Birthday tomorrow, my significant other turns...well we wont say her age, perhaps she will be renewed!! Renew! Renew! Well actually we are both well beyond 30, and still desperately evading the sandmen enforcers! It's always a good time for Logan's Run reference! Anyway, Happy B-Day to Fern!

Cover Ideas

2007-05-16T10:35:00.000-04:00

This is a cover idea that I have been toying around with for one of the upcoming plots in the Blood Shed web comic. I will ink it,color it, and post it in phases. This of course is my raw penciles.

DT

1st post of the year!

2007-05-16T09:55:00.000-04:00

It's been awhile, but since only a few of my peoples actually read this damn thing, I can't give myself too much of a hard time. Anyway..this has been a hard year. Some good people close to me have passed away, and it really makes you think about your life, and where you are going with it. I am not so much of a deep introspective person, but with the death of my friend Joe Davis, I have been pushed to internalize, and contemplate what matters to me, and what I want most for myself.
My day job consumes my life, long hours, overtime...leaves little time for things I enjoy. Comics!!!! So I am going to try damned hard, not to let other life issues get in the way of the things that I enjoy doing. Drawing, and comics. I still have to work and pay bills mind you, but I will make a stronger effort to do what I love. With that said...I am scanning, lettering, and halftoning the new Blood Shed Comic. We are putting it on the web along with it's spin off series the Phactor. So stay tuned...more to come.

DT

Reworked

2006-08-31T18:40:00.000-04:00

Kinda reworked the logo, and title a bit. Moved it to the left

DT

The Phactor

2006-08-31T18:10:00.000-04:00

This piece here, is for our new web comic series called the Phactor. It's a spinoff of Blood Shed and follows the case files of the London BCU (Behavioral Crimes Unit)
as they figure out...the factors of criminal behavior. The web comic will be up in a few weeks. The first Blood shed web comic will be up soon as well. Taking up where we left off in our printed issue 3. The Phactor web comic mini site is already up. You just have to go to doubleeye.com, hit comics, the phactor, and your there.

Das Colors!

2006-08-23T21:41:00.000-04:00

I am learning to color better using some tricks of the trade I have learned through a helpful email from Takeshi Miyazawa, and also my local creator comrads Marc Deering, and Otis Frampton. Otis has great info on his blog, and I followed the links to some damn good info. I have started playing around with this Bshed cover idea I did a few months back.

DT

Today's sketch session

2006-07-23T23:21:00.000-04:00

I Sketched this herr lady up this evening as a warm up. I will get around to inking her later in the week. I found the source pic while looking through gettyimages for reference material. Babes and Guns! You can't go wrong with that son!

DT

Funky Fresh, and yes yes yallin!

2006-07-20T21:36:00.000-04:00

I met Jamar Nicholas a few years back at the Small Press Expo, I was pushing Blood Shed issue 0, and he was pushing the Jamar Chronicles. I was really impressed with this dude, and enjoyed his book. Not too long ago he created this character called Detective Boogaloo, I love this webcomic, I love the characters, I love the old school hip hop vibe. Mike Wieringo did a sketch of Det. Boogaloo, and it was awesome! It inspired me to do a little sketch, my joint aint know where near as good as Wieringo's, or Jamar's, they are both fantastic artists, but I was inspired so I thought I would sketch something up. So here it is. If you wanna check out Jamar's Blog hit the link at left.

2006-07-20T15:40:00.000-04:00

I got that Luchini

Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede at their best baby! Camp lo, one of my favorites. They got that 70's vibe. Check it!

The Pencils

2006-07-19T09:53:00.000-04:00

Here are the Warm up pencils. I was kinda inspired by the World Cup, so I decided to do a pinup of Amanda Storm, our central character in Blood Shed.

DT

The Warm up

2006-07-19T09:42:00.000-04:00

This was a quick warm up before I started inking my next page of Blood Shed. I whipped the pencils up during lunch one afternoon, for sole purpose of a quick warm up.

DT

I can't wait for the weekend!

2006-05-23T23:37:00.000-04:00

I cant wait for the damn weekend. It's only tues, in 30 more minutes it will be wednesday...one day closer. I am inking Blood Shed, and listening to The Smiths. Meat is Murder baby! Well here is an inked page that I am working on. I am still tweaking it. I will post other pages as I am done with them. I am hoping to get some pages done this long weekend...I am praying for no distractions. Anyway here is the page.

The warm up

2006-04-26T11:21:00.000-04:00

This was a silly little pic I did, based on a little anime figure I have sitting on my book shelf. The was just a quick warm up.

Cover pencils

2006-04-26T11:19:00.000-04:00

Here are the pencils for the inking job.

Cover Concepts

2006-04-26T11:12:00.000-04:00

Damn! This is my first post of the year. Well here is a cover concept I am working on for Blood Shed. I am also attempting to ink my work for the first time. Although my inks will not be as good as Dave Bryant or the Master Marc Deering, I am still gonna give it a shot. Hopefully I will continue to get better.

It's been awhile.

2005-08-30T13:37:00.000-04:00

It's Been awhile since the last post. Sorry. We have been busy. Not that many people visit here anyway. However, for those that show us love from time to time, we apologize for the wait. With that being said...The update is as follows we are working steadily on bshed 4. Marc Deering is back working on inking those pages that have been sitting on his drafting table for months. Not his fault though, them dudes over at image had him tied down. Kanilla is workin them colors, and my slow ass is finishing up the last bit of pages. Hey we got day jobs! ok? I'm posting a page from bshed 4. This takes place during Trident's (Amanda Storm) interrogation of Ana Ramsey. Thanks for visiting.

DT

Free Comic Book Day Sketch Girl

2005-05-13T09:43:00.000-04:00

This was a fun little piece I did while doing the free comic book day signings.
I needed a sign that advertised my price for sketches that day, so I whipped up this cute girl. Marc Deering laid down some inks on the girl, and we all kinda liked it, so I decided to post it here on the blog. It will be up on the doubleeye.com site next week.

Enjoy

DT

Busy and tired!

2005-05-12T14:13:00.000-04:00

I have not posted since saturday. I have been a little busy this week. I have had a a serious computer problem, I plugged in my new USB scanner, and my vaio went out like a light bulb. The tech shop, had to end up sending it off to Sony for fixing. Good thing I got plenty of old computers lying around. I have a damn graveyard for old computers in the studio closet. So I just dug out an old laptop, and I'm back in business using this old HP, until sony sends my joint back to me.

The day job is keeping me busy, and working on the new issues of Blood Shed at night leaves me with little sleep. I am also tryin to workout at the GYM a bit, cause life behind the drawing table without excercise will cause the space between your belly, and the edge of the drawing board to decrease severly! So trying to do the GYM, the day job, and the comic, is tiring me out a bit. I will be posting some new stuff to the site soon, as well as some pics here. It's damned beautiful outside. Hate to be inside on a day like this, but one has to work.

DT

Free Comic Book Day!-After

2005-05-07T18:41:00.000-04:00

Just finshed up the 2 signings at AF comics for free comic book day! It was a great time, we got to meet some cool people, and also chill with fellow creator Otis Frampton, and our good buddy; and kick ass inker Marc Deering. Both signing events had great turnouts, so many people out their supporting free comic day, it was great! Just wanna send a shout out to Gary, and Sandy at AF comics they always take care of us.

See ya next year.

DT

Free Comic Book Day tomorrow

2005-05-06T14:07:00.000-04:00

First up, just a gentle reminder about what DT was mentioning earlier.. Tomorrow, Saturday May 7th is Free Comic Book Day! Get on out there and make your presence known in your local store. Meet the creators, grab some swag, elucidate the state of the pontificate, or whatever gravies your biscuits.. but be sure to stop on by and say hi.

Don't quote me at this guys, but it looks like we'll be at the Denbigh Amazing Fantasy location between 10am - 12noon and then the Kiln Creek location from about 1pm - 4pm... those may not be the exact times, but it's close.

Have a good weekend and we'll see you all out there!

update at doubleeye.com

2005-05-03T17:07:00.000-04:00

I have just posted some new images in the portfolio/sequential section of the site. Their are 4 penciled pages, and 3 inked pages from the upcoming issue 4 of Bloodshed. I have also posted the color pinup of Rook, that you can also see posted on this blog. Marc's inks look good, he makes anyone look good. I cant stress how important inkers are to the craft of comic book creation. God Bless the inkers!!!

DT

Rook part 2

2005-05-02T12:49:00.000-04:00

This is just a quick color flat of the Rook, just an initial color guide, but I liked it, so I posted it.

DT

Free Comic Book Day

2005-05-02T02:35:00.000-04:00

Hey,
the double eye crew, has been honored with an invite for a signing at Amazing Fantasy comics on free comic book day. Gary and Sandy at AF have been very supportive of local comic artist, and have showed us much love. So we will be there this saturday, along with other local creators. We will split the day in two of the AF stores. The addresses are below.
So I hope, to see you there.

Amazing Fantasy Comics
209 Village Avenue
Yorktown, Virginia 23693

Amazing Fantasy Comics
14346 Warwick Blvd. Suite 444
Newport News, Virginia 23602

RooK

2005-04-26T17:49:00.000-04:00

This is the main character is a new book that double eye plans to put out next year sometime. It's a creator owned project from our editor on blood shed Shane McNulty. Rook is a cool complex character, and I cant wait to see what shane has written for this guy. This pic was inked by Marc Deering. We did this about a year ago, I like the inks Marc laid down.

DT

Bats

2005-04-26T17:27:00.000-04:00

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I like the The Batman cartoon which airs Sat mornings on the WB
so I decided to draw this up during a free moment.

Hellboy

2005-04-26T17:20:00.000-04:00

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This one I did a few weeks back, just a warm up page I was doin, but decided
to make it a pinup.

DT

What up

2005-04-26T15:31:00.000-04:00

I guess this is just a simple log meant to catalog what we are doing, whether its working on our comics, Blood Shed and RooK, or just our thoughts on various topics. There are not that many comic creators around here in Hampton Roads, VA, so we mostly hang out and talk with the Electric Deer Studios guys, our Homies - Marc Deering and Chris Staggs. When Travis Johnson from Variance Press is in town, we’ll hang with him too.

So from time to time, I will be posting about how those guys are doing and what various projects they are working on. However, you can hit up their site too. The links are to the side.
Anyway, we are hard at work to get the next issue of Blood Shed out. It’s been over 2 years and it’s time. Boy is it time! My pencils have come a long way since the first issue. I have been working hard to improve my skills in that area. I am not where I want to be yet (who ever is really.)

So this blog will be to catalog my experiences as I strive to be a better penciler and overall professional artist. Anyway, we are working diligently on the next ‘ish’ and our buddy Marc Deering is lending his mega talent on the inks. Marc is damned awesome! He is presently working on an Image title called Blacklight. Stroll over to Marc’s website and take a look. He and penciler, John Toledo, along with Kanila Tripp, who is also doing the colors on our book, have done some killer work on Blacklight. So check that joint out.

DT

Testing

2005-04-21T13:51:00.000-04:00

just a quick test