I know that every time J. Jonah Jameson makes an appearance in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe, I go out of my way to talk about how hard I try not to overuse him. I’m sure I do, though; telling stories without an editor tends to make the storyteller… self-indulgent. Then again,…
Welcome back to Part 4 of X-Force’s Assault on the Vault, and the conclusion, for now.. In Part 3, of course, we learned that a few of the Vault’s villainous prisoners had managed to break out* during the commotion. You didn’t have to be an eagle-eyed reader to guess who’d escaped, but I hope this…
My wife, as I’ve mentioned before, has been incredibly supportive of this toy comic project, from the first time I offhandedly mentioned it as an idea. She’s obtained a number of wonderful accessories for me to fill out the world of the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe, from the toy dog that eventually…
Welcome, dear reader, to Part 3 of the X-Force Assault on the Vault! There were fewer opportunities for dramatic visual effects in this strip than in Part 2, but I think the writing was funnier this time, so it sort of evens out. And, if you want to read Part 1, well, you can go…
I often have too much to say about my toy comics, but I love this one so dearly, that I’m going to let it speak for itself. Except that, every time I read this, I hear Batman’s lines in Dietrich Bader’s voice, and it makes me so, so happy.
It’s probably obvious that I have no academic or professional background in graphic design, but man, when a good idea hits, I’m glad I have just enough working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator to bring it, more-or-less, to life by myself. The PizzaRatNet logo was something I threw together in a slightly feverish state, certainly…
Welcome to Part 2 of X-Force’s Assault on the Vault! If you haven’t read it already, you can take a look at Part 1 here! I really enjoyed how a lot of the “visual effects” in this strip turned out; it’s taken something like 14 months of regularly working on the comic, but I think…
As of the day this comic was originally posted, it’s been around 21.5 years since the first Fox X-Men movie came out. It’s probably no surprise that my one of my then-closest friends and I took a bus to the movie theater to see it on opening day; as dyed-in-the-wool fans of Marvel Comics, and…
I’d like to think it was obvious that somebody was going to come along and break Shatterstar out of The Vault, and that it was equally obvious it wouldn’t be the Avengers. Enter: X-Force, the team of mutant rebels that was teased in offhand dialogue over a year ago! If I was going to introduce…
Again, in this world of obscenely advanced technology, and people truly empowered to use it for the benefit of humanity writ large, I have to imagine we would be a lot further along on addressing some of the truly existential crises than we are in reality. An activist Wakandan state alone would be able to…
