HIDE THE KITE.

The Cliff, Book 4 - "Heart of Brightness" continues with our heroes clawing their way back from the edge of despair, in a jail cell in Varanasi...

 

Pages 62& 63, rough sketches

 

 

 

Pages 62& 63, pencils

 

 

 

Pages 62& 63, inked outlines

 

 

 

Pages 62& 63, fully inked.

 

 





CAPTIVITY and LIBERATION

In the Varanasi jail, Mutt Blue and Poopsie the Penguin search for a ray of hope...

THE CLIFF Book 4: Heart of Brightness, pg.60-61 - rough sketch

 

 



 

 

THE CLIFF Book 4: Heart of Brightness, pg.60-61 - inked outlines only

 

 

 

 

THE CLIFF Book 4: Heart of Brightness, pg.60-61 - fully inked.

 

 

A CHAT WITH THE SERGEANT

As the tide turns, Mutt Blue and Poopsie the Penguin find themselves at the mercy of the penguin's old adversary, Sgt. Rajesh of the Benares Police...

THE CLIFF - Book 4, "Heart of Brightness" - pgs.54-55, inked outlines only

 



THE CLIFF - Book 4, "Heart of Brightness" - pgs.54-55, fully inked

 

 

 

THE CLIFF - Book 4, "Heart of Brightness" - pgs.56-57, rough sketch outline

 

 

THE CLIFF - Book 4, "Heart of Brightness" - pgs.56-57, fully inked.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014, EVERYBODY!!!

 

ONE FALSE MOVE AND YOU WILL HAVE MORE AIRHOLES THAN A PANCAKE

"There is a fire, they put a pan on it, and then the dough is poured on it.  Finally, the pancake comes into being and is removed.  When the next one is put into the pan, when it is formed, it will generally appear like the previous one, but the number of dents and holes in the two will not be exactly the same.  You may have dozens of these pancakes, but each one is bound to be different.  That is the nature of creation itself, to have variety." 

- NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ, "The Experience of Nothingness" (Ed. Robert Powell), pg.6


From THE CLIFF: Book 4, "Heart of Brightness," pages 52 and 53...

 

Pgs. 52&53 with inked outlines only.

 

Pgs. 52&53 fully inked.

 

 



HAPPY CHANNUKAH and MERRY CHRISTMAS from POOPSIE THE PENGUIN!

 

HAPPY CHANNUKAH and MERRY CHRISTMAS from POOPSIE THE PENGUIN!  And everybody at Ambient Zero Publishing.  This image will also be in the Editions TRIP Calendar for 2014! 
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A VISIT TO THE FAN BELT MANSION

On the trail of Carlos Brown's killer in Varanasi, Honky the Pig drives Mutt Blue and Poopsie the Penguin to the mansion of Linux Fan Belt, Brown's former business partner and co-founder of the Wishy Washy Detergent empire.

 

 

THE CLIFF, Book 4 - "Heart of Brightness" - pages 48&49, inked outlines only.

 

 

 

THE CLIFF, Book 4 - "Heart of Brightness" - pages 48&49, fully inked.

 

 

Finally... almost halfway done Book 4!  And the pace is picking up as sinister elements swirl around the innocent (or merely naive) Mutt Blue.  Page layouts are also getting a bit more experimental, as I was reading a lot of Will Eisner while I was doing the roughs for this chapter, and trying to emulate some of the master's "break out of the panel border" tricks!

 

 



 



Up on the Roof in Varanasi

From THE CLIFF, Book 4 - "Heart of Brightness"... overwhelmed by a crime scene investigation, Mutt Blue seeks fresh air on the roof of the Babu Guest House--with unexpected discoveries.

 

(Pgs.40-41 - inked outlines only)

 



 

 

(Pgs.40-41 - fully inked)