C.Edwards

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Best Looks - Abel Boddy #302

Contrary to popular opinion, Abel Boddy was not set in New York. It's actually in a fictional city that's more like Portland or Austin or Midtown Atlanta. Dickey D's was the longstanding neighborhood gay bar, which was located on the gay strip on Bailey Avenue. It's pedestrian friendly. There's no subway, but there is a local trolley.

Pretty simple outfit on Howard here, but it's one of my favorites. The color of the shirt, the cigarette pants, the white shoes. Throw in some h...

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Sketches

We Gotta Talk About Cornhole...

Before I could get back into my 12-Inch story, I need to solve the problem that is Mr. Cornhole. Farthest to the right is my last "good" design - which isn't really good enough. He's not really lining up with the others (imo) and his shapes are too simple to move him around.

I went back and watched some old footage of building Supers from old sitcoms for inspiration and then started retooling (the left one) - which is NOT there either but I'm working on it.

I finally gave in and...

Best Looks - Abel Boddy #360

Another walk and talk between Howard and Bonnie. In retrospect, every major arc should've opened this way because I found it was a great way to set the tone for what was coming but also integrate Howard's best girlfriend into the story. She is based on three good female friends of mine but since the side characters did not have their own arcs you never really got a feel of her day-to-day - but I tried to say something with her clothes. Which was like: "Howard - but a lady - but more successfu...

12-Inch Sketches

These poses are based on something I saw on DuckTales.

"Friendly Fire" - Redux (a WIP)

I used to say 12-Inch Roommate was an "improvisational comic". This is because, when I started drawing these characters like, a decade and half ago, I would just sketch out the images on storyboard templates and then figure out the dialogue and story later. This eventually shifted to me doing the same in a 3-panel comic format.

This is not the best way to tell a narrative story, as the result - for me, at least - was a series of stories that diiiidn't really make much sense.&nb...

Best Looks - Abel Boddy #480

Howard's outfit in this story - your standard suit vest with no shirt, sandals and bubble shorts (lol) - is the sort of ridiculousness I adore.

I really liked this 7 strip arc, so I'm posting the whole thing. Howard was single for the first five years of me drawing & writing this thing, and when I did choose to give him a boyfriend there was a lot of ramp up establishing the guy as this sort of patient but in demand, hot but unassuming, honest but aloof fantasy that countered Howard...

"Quick?" - LOL

In the morning with my coffee, I'll be like: "Just draw a quick thing." And then I'll spend 30 minutes trying to get the right angle on a character's six pack in a state of extension and each time I draw it, I'll be like "Better" and then I sit back and say "Ugh. No." and then rinse and repeat and never put down a final line.

Spring Cleaning, pt. 2

More sketches I want to keep for some reason.

#1 - This is me trying to loosen up some designs for Jockstrap Academy but also make the characters look like they are from the same world.

#2 - More JA but focusing on Cannen's torso, which has a really specific shape - probably overthinking it, as usual.

#3 - Me putting down some ideas for a downtown/club kid/vogue ballroom-esque villain for a comic idea.

#4 - If I'm in your house, I will usually take a picture...

Jumping Off Points - Character Shit

These Matt poses were inspired some stuff in my reference folders - which I've been trying to clean out. The above drawings could be a little more dimensional but I'm just happy to be able to delete to some shit from my hard drive.

I also went through the extra effort to figure out a color palette for Matt. I wasn't trying to think too hard about it but essentially decided that Matt would be mostly cool neutrals and "off-colors". IDK, probably not important.

Best Looks - Abel Boddy #238

In my continued search for Howard's best outfits in my comic Abel Boddy, I found this look from 2009.

I enjoy a walk and talk, an establishing shot and when characters are doing a few things at once - so this set up was always a particular fave. I think I had established earlier that there was an A&F/Hollister-like clothing store called Elder, which was inspired by Mormons - so in this short arc Howard gets a gift card from Bonnie and reluctantly goes shopping at Elder even...

Hard Lessons - ruff layout

In my procrastination script there's this scene where a Short King is teaching his tall friend how to stand up for himself. I thought I would sketch it out a little. It's missing a some details - like SK is supposed to be wearing a cock-ring and tall guy should have on a funny little hat.

Sometimes you gotta have confidence hammered into you.

Face it. - 12 Inch Sketches

I still haven't gotten Matt's face right but I'm just pushing forward because if I don't I'll never get Matt's face right.

... You were looking at his face, right?

Best Looks - Abel Boddy #160

With my comic Abel Boddy I was dedicated to regularly changing the outfits of my protagonist Howard. This is a for better or for worse situation since I got to live my Carrie Bradshaw ridiculous outfit fantasy but also comic strip artists put their characters in the same costumes every time for a reason - speed.

Anyway, I've been going back trying to pick my favorites, both of these are comic #160 - which I drew twice. The first time was  in the summer of 2008 (...

Spring Cleaning

It's not spring yet, but I've been going through old sketchbooks for the stuff I want to remember. I've always wanted to be one of those people that just has a shelf of old sketchbooks that I could peruse and take in the memories but I'm not - I'm more of a keep the pages you like and pitch the rest in trash kinda person.

Image #1 - Is some pretty standard drawing from reference stuff. I liked to draw it in red or blue and do a clean line in charcoal pencil with the hopes that this wou...

On Top of It

Another Group Shot

Every idea is sort of its own little project, but which ones are worth the time and effort? I once heard a popular cartoonist say that they prioritize projects that will "add to their resume" and everything else sort of falls by the wayside.

Needs vs. Wants

I wrote this script I wasn't supposed to be writing and came up with this character I did not need and now his design is floating around my sketchbook begging to be finished. 

To Be, or Not To Be...

I've had that Shakespeare rap from Renaissance Man stuck in my head for days...

Stop Punishing Yourself

I have logged out of Instagram.

Starting Small

I am pretty behind on everything I planned for myself and spent the last few weeks coming up with a game plan. I usually walk away from any goal wrangling feeling like I've bitten off more than I can chew but when a clearer head prevails what I want for myself doesn't really feel all that difficult. But yet, lately when I sit down to create nothing productive really comes out. 

So I pulled out some work I made for my blog two decades ago to convert into a one-page 12-Inch ...

Past, Present and Yet-to-"Come"

A dumb doodle I did while watching "The Muppet Christmas Carol".

Model Roommates

I've been tweaking models across the board based on my notes on previous work. If you're curious about Matt's height, it's somewhere between 6'6" and 7'2".

Funny Stuff...?

I told myself to draw something funny, but I'm not sure if I am succeeding here. Does someone's cock falling on you make any sense? Idk. I'm just tryna get by.

Bad Little Pixies!

Drank some coffee this morning and drew something real quick from my (literal) spank bank.

Hanging in There

Part of the reason I want the Patreon to work is to hold myself accountable so it's very frustrating when my life gets in the way which i guess is to be expected when you have a day job. We're almost done building and decorating our new office so I am finally starting to get my life back however I'm finding myself so wiped mentally its hard to sit down to write or draw. I figure it'll come back if I just draw a little bit more each day. I've kept the payments turned off and will likely do so ...

12-Inch - Pg 14 - another WIP

Shit is rough, ya'll.

12-Inch Sketchbook - Mr. Cornhole

I'm working on the page where Mr. Cornhole, the building's superintendent, makes his first appearance and boy has it been a struggle. You never really know how a character design will perform until after you've started using it.

In the original 12-Inch comics, Cornhole's role was played by Mr. Fropley - a design I never liked or got to work (so I killed him off) and I didn't want to make the same mistake twice.