Hey! My good pal Zack Kruse finally got his first comic published which means that those back up pages I was working on are finally published as well! Congrats to him and Zeu for a job well done on a beautiful first issue! We are such dorks about this that we had to get a photo op of us standing with our copies on the shelf. I was hungry and tried to eat mine but it tasted nasty but I still thought that the Contingent and Scuba Frog are still cool.

If you would like a copy for youself to own, come on in to Discount Comic Book Service and pick up your copy! Its only $3.50 (plus its discounted so it will be a little less!!!) Or if you are going to Wizard World Chicago (aka: Chicago-Con) come see us both at the Mindstorm Comics booth #4408 B. If you're lucky and I'm there, you could get a free sketch of Scuba Frog or something. Or we will sign your book! Or your breast! Or your baby! Who knows?!?! It happens...

Anyway, if you happen to see Zack or Cameron Merkler at all, tell 'em "Congratulations! and Make Mine Mindstorm!"

Ben Tiede

mmm....Saving the Galaxy....

Just finished a fine RPG known as Mass Effect. It is super neat and i really enjoyed playing it. For those of you who know what im talking about, I finished with the good ending. It was fantastic, yet kinda shorter than what I thought it would turn out to be (I clocked in at a little over 12 hours). I would say that it isnt the best game of 2007 that i played, because those places are reserved for The Orange Box and Bioshock. I would put Mass Effects' greatness right on par with Call of Duty 4 and say it is satisfying. Good fun!

Now im off to finish Nico's adventures in Liberty City...

Introducing Scuba Frog: Agent of T.O.A.D.

Also on Thursday, I received an advanced copy of The Contingent #1, the superhero comic my great friend Zack Kruse is putting out through my boss' (Cameron Merkler) comic publisher Mindstorm Comics! Zack was nice enough to give me some space in the back to draw a Scuba Frog: Agent of T.O.A.D. back-up comic. It's only three pages, but hey! it's still baby's first published work!! SHEEYA!

Special Thanks to Zack Kruse for giving me this opportunity as well as for the hard work of colorist Javi Laparra and lettering was by Chris Studabaker!

June 15, 2008

I saw The Incredible Hulk at midnight Friday morning and it was mmmm yeh it was cool. Not as cool as Iron Man but still a great actiony summer blockbustin fun movie. I also definitely think it is better than the last Hulk film that was like four years ago. Give this film a try if you like action and lame stabs at humor! Ed Norton's the best part of this film right along there with Tim Roth!

Have a Hulktastic day!

June 8, 2008

This week, I will be in working on several projects. One of them being the Can-O-Might PSA for the famous Habitat for Humanity service group, as well as some other upcoming projects that I will mention here later. It is all a very exciting and busy time!

Oh and lots of reading to go along with the drawing. And GTA4. Bye!