Surprising Theater Status

Mike Rickaby is finishing inking and lettering the short Modern Leaf backup story for Surprising Theater #3. John Michael Helmer is finishing lettering the main story, and has some production work left for the cover, then it's on to the printer for issue 3.
Issue #4 isn't far from completion either. Soon it's going to be time to start putting the pieces in place for Surprising Theater #5.

Steve Perry Story

Steve Williams just finished pencilling the 7 page story, "The Battle Of Dulce," written by the late Steve Perry, former Marvel Comics writer, for Surprising Comics. It's now on to Stuart Berryhill for inking. This story is scheduled for Surprising Theater 4.

Since Surprising Theater 3 is on schedule for an early October release date, and it's a quarterly book, it won't be long until we send this issue off to the printer.

It's a bittersweet feeling to be so close to finishing this story and getting it ready to print. Steve Perry was excited I'd be publishing it, and we corresponded often about the story and many other things as well. I miss Steve Perry.

Surprising Theater #3 Cover Prelim

Here's an almost completed cover prelim to Surprising Theater #3, due to be sent to the printer next month. Art and coloring by Randy Valiente. This issue features a 26 page story starring Canada's Greatest Hero The Leaf, scripted by John Michael Helmer with art by Randy Valiente, and a 2 page story of Canada's Greatest Hero The Leaf scripted by yours truly with pencils by Stuart Berryhill and inks by Mike Rickaby.

1999 Hulk John Byrne Run

I've always wanted to read the all too short John Byrne run from the current Incredible Hulk series. For those of you who don't remember, that series began in 1999, and Byrne wrote the first seven issues.

Well, I purchased the entire run on eBay yesterday. Those seven issues seem fairly hard to find, and I had to purchase them from three separate sellers, which drove my costs up due to paying three shipping fees. I'm looking forward to finally reading this run, though.

Depthon Story In Surprising Theater 2

I plotted a short story starring my character Depthon, Son Of The Ocean, that appears in the second issue of Surprising Theater, published by my company Surprising Comics. ( http://www.surprisingcomics.com/ )
I had heard of the cruelty done by certain people, who catch sharks, cut off their fins for making shark fin soup, and toss the sharks back into the water to drown. My plot had Depthon running into the aforementioned situation, and doing what I would do under those circumstances if I were Depthon.
The story was graced by a Chris Sheehan script, editing by John Michael Helmer, art by Steve Williams, and lettering and design work by George E Warner.

My Stan Lee Boom Universe Board

I've started a message board to document and discuss the new comic universe utilizing Stan Lee characters being published by Boom! Studios. Check it out at

http://www.stanleeboomuniverse.proboards.com/

Lost In Space

I used to love the Lost In Space TV show when I was a kid. I looked forward to getting out of school and watching the one-hour show shortly after arriving home each day.

Now, I'm interested in the Lost In Space comic book series, published by Innovation in the early nineties. It's of particular interest to me, as Bill Mumy, the actor who played Will Robinson in the TV series, worked for the entire comic series as a writer and consultant. I'm thinking of tracking down the comic book series. Check out the cover to the first issue in the pic.