Friends fight sometimes – that’s just how it goes. When giant robots are involved though, it makes the fights all the more fun!

I’ve been working on this poster off and on for a couple months in my spare time, and its now available as a full color print! Just $10 bucks!

I hope you’ll pick one up and make this artist a happy fellar.

-Will

I did an interview this week with Darrel and Thomas from the ARTZEN podcast. I really enjoyed it, I hope you’ll give it a listen. We talk a lot about what it takes to succeed in comics, and I talk about my career some, for those who haven’t already gotten bored of me talking about myself.

Thank you again Darrel and Thomas for having me on. I really enjoyed the discussion.

-Will

ART ZEN PODCAST

I want to thank Darrel Troxel and Thomas Clemmons at Art Zen podcast ( http://www.artzenpodcast.com ) for the shout out on their show this week. I met Thomas last week when he was in Lubbock visiting his folks. He came by the studio and we had a great talk. Its nice to meet other webcomics people in the neighborhood, even if he is 2 hours away, lol. (Texas is a BIG state.) Be sure to check out their podcast, and give Thomas’ webcomic Robotfriday  a good read!

Do you have any Super Zeroes fanart? I’d love to see your take on these characters!

This October, it will be exactly 15 years since I first started on that quest to become a comic book artist. I can hardly believe its been that long since I published my first book. Somewhere in the first couple years though, I got lost pursuing talent. I became obsessed with developing myself into a “professional artist”. So obsessed, that I stopped writing completely. There was a five year period that I drew stories that I never finished, and never published. Looking back, it feels like that was my biggest mistake. Always finish. Even if its terrible. Its the only way to improve.

Eventually, I did reach that goal of becoming a “professional artist”. Companies started hiring me. Freelance clients started giving me  work. Until now where its my full time job. Something I’m truly grateful for.  But all along, my heart has ached to do the thing that I started out to do. To write stories. More importantly, to write stories that matter. Thats one thing that freelance comics has taught me. If you don’t create with purpose, you’re only creating for a moment. Stories with purpose are the only ones that live on their own.

But accomplishing this is no easy task. It requires a lot more than talent and good ideas. It requires a lot more than I’ve been able to put forth until recently. This week I found the heart of Super Zeroes. Its not in a strip that you’ll see anytime soon. But it will be a feeling you’ll get after reading for months and months. Best of all though, I finally know where I’m going with this. I finally feel like I can write, without keeping my foot on the brakes all the time. I can add the little details in, that will build to the crescendoes that will make this story mean something more than just a handful of gags.

In the end though, this is still just comics. I try not to take things too seriously. But I feel like if I’m going to be doing this everyday, for free… I might as well create something that my heart desires. And that, hopefully, will mean something to you the reader. Thank you for being with me as I learn. It means more than you could ever know.

-Will

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I like doing fanart when I’ve got the chance. This is for a webcomic called Zombie Boy by Mark Stokes.   I totally recommend checking it out. Gorr the dog is my favorite. Everything he’s in just cracks me up. I love the design.

-Will

-Will Terrell