Really looking forward to this.
Also looking forward to how the general public will react. It's such an atypical premise and thematically challenging in these times. It's a fundamentally ant-war, anti-jingoist, pro-warrior story. Not sure how that will be recieved, but interested to see.
Atom Eve, YouTube quick drawing demo.
Posting old drawing videos before deleting them to make room in my iPhone storage for new drawing videos.
Don’t worry. All my art videos are archived on my YouTube art channel where you can watch them all for free.
www.youtube.com/@frankchoartist
Enjoy.
This is beyond stupid. A machine did not beat a runner's record any more than a motorcycle would beat a runner's record, or a horse.
@cnn.com you are supposed to be real news. Act like it.
Here’s my new Solomon Kane cover. Coming soon from Titan…
I like the pose of 3 best, especially of that gun breaks the top panel just a bit - but the rifle held on hip might be better if it was a sword held in hand instead.
Christopher Golden here sums up my feelings exactly, and I suspect how everyone feels.
https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/special-exhibit-charles-vess-the-book-of-ballads/
I don't think Charles Vess is on Bluesky (yet?), but I know his fans are.
Anyone who is anywhere near Bristol, VA should adjust their travel plans!
birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/specia...
I will die on that hill with you, brother.
Unless you're a first responder, or at a refinery, there's no reason to back into a parking space.
Texas has roughly the same number of windmills as Denmark, and it's one of the largest wind power state in the country.
But wind still only accounts for roughly 20% of power production in Texas.
The metro area of Houston alone is 7.8 million. New York is about the same.
Yeah, no.
The US has a clear track record of doing hard things, and greener energy has certainly made huge inroads.
But replacing a dozen power plants is not the same thing as replacing thousands.
Also, there is not national agreement on which path or even if it's worth it. We're oil rich.
For your house, sure.
For a major urban metro center... Not so much. Wind and Solar require a LOT of open space.
And storage continues to be a challenge at scale.
And, again, renewable are good. More please. But don't expect the US to pivot to it as Denmark did. It just doesn't work the same.
This is a scan of the finished commission from the pencils I shared earlier this week. Black, white and red are fun when on point like this!
Yes. And we also transmit across states and countries. And?
My point isn't that we can't transmit power, it's that distances mean significantly more power generation facilities are needed.
Different scales.
Consider: Texas has hundreds of windfarms like Denmark, but wind is only 20% of power.
Sure. And yet you don't even have uniform power or plugs like the US.
So much wasted resources with all that up-stepping and down-stepping.
It's so simple! If the US can do it, why not the EU?
Oh. Because it's more complicated than that.
As I said, we transmit between states. But it's 250 mi + Houston to San Antonio or Dallas.
Less than 30 mi for Niagara Falls to both Toronto, CA and Buffalo, NY.
The Hoover dam is simply not possible in most of the midwest, like it's not possible in Denmark.
Distance isn't the only difference.
That's not what I'm saying.
(FYI, we can and do build like in DK, just not often, because, well... we like our houses cheaper and more temporary. Don't get me started).
I'm saying that just because DK pivoted to greener power in a few decades has nothing really to say about whether the US could.
Yes, and we transmit power between states. So?
Again, you think the US is basically just a giant Denmark, but it's not. At the infrastructure level it's more like Europe, except we actually all use the same power system and plugs, something even the EU hasn't been able to sort.
See what I mean?
Size DOES matter.
This is what I mean. You simply don't grasp the scale. Sealand would fit IN-BETWEEN major cities in most states.
And when it comes to transmission of power is absolutely matters that it's 20km from downtown to the suburbs in Kobenhavn, but 75km in Houston.
I should note that I LOVE Denmark, and it's incredible the success and shift that has happened in the last twenty years. I would love if America was more like Denmark in many ways.
But the economies of scale and distance work AGAINST green energy adoption. As do juraidictional complexities.
I've had this exact discussion many times with various Danish family members. It's nonsense to say "if Denmark can do it, surely they US can". If a lizard can, why not an alligator?
But it is more reasonable to say that if a small county like Denmark can go green power, why can't Dallas, or Philly?
It's easy to misunderstand or underappreciate that a nation of 5 million people in a small geographic area can MUCH, MUCH more easily pivot on things like infrastructure than a country the size of a continent with 320 million people.
As someone who is both Danish and Texan, I suspect that you fundamentally don't understand the differences in scale between Denmark and the US
Denmark is more comparable to the Houston Metro area.
But even then, factors like overlapping national, state, local, and county jurisdictions complicate.
That works fine in a country roughly the size and population of a large American city.
Finished the cover for Solomon Kane - The Lion Errant 2, and turned in lettering placement guides for issue 1.
Lettering placement guides look something like this.
My editor loves getting them. My letterer loves it.
So hey, "As you wish".
It should never be forgotten that MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
take place at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.
Yes it is.
Cheesy, perhaps.
But a fun, worthwhile thing to do nonetheless.
@helioscopepdx.bsky.social is 24 years old today! This has been my studio for 18? years now- most of my 20s, all of my 30s, and now cracking into my 40s. I cannot imagine life without this hodgepodge family and I'm beyond grateful for the last two decades with them. #helioscope24
