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HEAT #466 – Trails’ End part 8

by Jeff on November 27, 2017 at 6:07 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #466 – Trails’ End part 8

And that’s a wrap! The last HEAT page. It’s always bittersweet to come to the end of a comic, especially one that lasts as long as HEAT did. One the one hand, there’s a great sense of accomplishment; on the other, something that’s been a big part of your life is finished.

So let’s talk about what’s next – I’m going to be doing a new webcomic, which a handful of you might remember as a thing I did a couple issues of in print many years ago. It’s called HELL, INC., and is an office comedy set in hell. For more on that, hit up my various social media accounts, or keep an eye on the blog section of this site.

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HEAT #465 – Trails’ End part 7

by Jeff on November 21, 2017 at 12:57 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #465 – Trails’ End part 7

The hardest part about this short story was making the background of Doc’s rivalry with Dusty more-or-less clear to the reader without actually explaining the details or relying on them having read HEAT beforehand. It was originally published in the Kayfabe anthology. I think I talked about that earlier, but if I haven’t, uh, this originally appeared in the Kayfabe anthology. Anyway, because it was in an anthology, I knew most of the people who read it wouldn’t have known about the comic beforehand, so I needed to try to convey the plot point of the Doc/Dusty enmity without just flat out saying “these guys used to be rivals and this screwjob reference happened at this old show and then Doc trained Dick and now stuff is happening.” How successful was that? Well, you guys probably aren’t people to be asking, since you’ve presumably been reading this comic for a while.

I’m going to be in Calgary this weekend for the Calgary Expo Holiday Market (Nov 25-26). If you’re in town, check it out.

Next Week: Denoument. Read it early on Patreon!

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HEAT #463 – Trails’ End part 5

by Jeff on November 9, 2017 at 6:08 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #463 – Trails’ End part 5

One of my favourite sells in wrestling is a limb giving out while attempting a move. It was what I talked about when I wrote about Michael Elgin vs Tetsuya Naito from last year’s G1 Climax. I fucking love that match.

The reflection in blood effect… that didn’t really pan out the way I imagined it. Also, this update is late because I’m measuring time by the Where is Zog? Kickstarter and I forgot what day of the week it was.

Next Week: “Wait, this is MY blood. No one makes me bleed my own blood!” Read it early on Patreon!

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HEAT #321 – … And NEW Galactic Television Champion…

by Jeff on November 17, 2014 at 7:58 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #321 – … And NEW Galactic Television Champion…

And thus concludes the match, and Smashmouth Smith’s championship reign. The king is dead, long live the king!

I really need to get drawing, as I’ve only got one week left on the buffer. Well, more accurately I need to get drawing HEAT, I’ve been drawing quite a bit. Since the last HEAT strip, I’ve drawn 21 pages (and counting) of Hockeypocalypse 6, which is the third issue that will be included in the forthcoming Hockeypocalypse Season 2 book. It will also be available digitally as a single issue via comiXology. A lot of you have been buying Hockeypocalypse that way, which is awesome. For those of you who like print collections, it’ll be out early next year. Possibly as early as January, but definitely in time for convention season resuming for me in April. Convention season might be incredibly busy, but more on that later.

Next Week: Classic Wrestling Moments #16, in which there are some luchadors. Check it out on Patreon now!

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HEAT #320 – Traumatic Brain Injuries Win Matches

by Jeff on November 10, 2014 at 5:30 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #320 – Traumatic Brain Injuries Win Matches

OR DO THEY? Check back next week, or head over to the Patreon page.

I feel like I’m just recovering from my trip to Winnipeg for C4, which is good, since I’m headed to Lethbridge, Alberta in just two weeks for the Lethbridge Entertainment Expo. I’ll be at the Renegade Arts Entertainment booth signing copies of Redcoats-ish: Jeff Martin’s War of 1812, Hockeypocalypse, and HEAT. And probably cursing the idea of driving 5 and a half hours through Alberta in late November to anyone who will listen, but it’ll be my own stupid fault.

On the wrestling front, I recommend checking out Lucha Underground. So far it doesn’t particularly strike me as “lucha” particularly, but I’ve watched the first two episodes and they were pretty good. Commentary isn’t very good, because modern wrestling, but has some really interesting visual elements and a nice, quick one hour format. I’ve come to the conclusion that, as far as my current tastes go, a one hour wrestling show is pretty much ideal. Three hours of RAW is nigh-unwatchable, but even a mediocre-to-bad episode of NXT or ROH flies by.

Next Week: The match ends, but is it the way Richard the Lionheart wants it to? Find out now on Patreon!

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HEAT #315 – Offence That Isn’t Offence Is Bad Offence

by Jeff on October 7, 2014 at 6:55 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #315 – Offence That Isn’t Offence Is Bad Offence

I forgot it was Monday because I fell into a colouring-induced fugue state where time and space were irrelevant. There were only layers and Photoshop shortcut commands. I have no idea how professional colourists can do that every day.

The drop down spot was really hard to figure out how to break into panels, thus joining the ranks of wrestling spots that happen all the time but turn out to be difficult to draw. Naturally, powerbombs and stuff are really easy to draw. That makes sense, right?

Next Week: Dusty Trails returns. He does not care for grammar advice. One bit.

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HEAT #312 – Don’t Televise The Evidence

by Jeff on September 15, 2014 at 7:39 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #312 – Don’t Televise The Evidence

If you don’t believe the advice in the title, just ask Ray Rice! Topical jokes!

As I post this, it’s 7:30 in the morning. I’ve been colouring a print and writing the rules for a prototype card game for roughly 7 hours now. My life is really weird, you guys. Really, really weird. Much like attempting to figure out how to draw a baseball slide that isn’t really a baseball slide, but more of a normal dropkick where the ropes are used for leverage. They’re different kinds of weird, but they’re both things that have now happened in my life.

I have no idea if that paragraph even made sense.

Oh, and I’ll be at the Saskatoon Comic & Entertainment Expo this weekend. If you’re going to be there too, stop by, say hi, and pick up some books or prints or human organs.

NEXT WEEK: What you missed during the commercial break. See it now on Patreon!

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HEAT #311 – Literal Nicknames

by Jeff on September 8, 2014 at 5:09 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #311 – Literal Nicknames

I think I’ve figured out exactly two good angles for the Stone Cold Stunner, and most of the time I only use one of them. This one. It’s also tough to draw guys falling out of the ring. It’s such a weirdly specific physical motion that’s often really hard to find photo reference for.

On that note, the hardest photo reference to find for the HEAT card game I’ve been working on? The Avalanche splash in the corner. I had to search “Stinger Splash” to get anything useful, and that move does not hold up to photography, it turns out. It looks really good in motion, but as a still it looks really weak. You’d think there’d be more easily searchable photos of fat guys doing corner avalanches, since they do it pretty much all the time, but apparently whatever photos there are of of those online aren’t appropriately named to be searchable.

Next Week: The action spills out to the floor. See it now by supporting HEAT on Patreon!

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HEAT #310 – Floatover Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Suplex

by Jeff on September 1, 2014 at 5:40 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #310 – Floatover Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Suplex

The title of this one is what happens when I write a title at 5:30 in the  morning. I probably finished drawing this page at around 5:30 in the morning, as well, but that’s pretty standard for me. The suplex with a floatover is one of my favourite moves in WWE 13, and yet I rarely see it in actual wrestling. Unlike other “video game moves” that I didn’t know existed until I started watching Japanese wrestlers murder each other, the floatover suplex seems like a really easy way to give a standard move some flair. I’m surprised it isn’t used by somebody in WWE, really.

In other news, if you want to check out page 311, head over to Patreon and become a patron! You’ll be able to see each HEAT strip a week early, as well as get some great rewards starting at just $1 per comic!

Next Week: Experimentation with counter-wrestling. And hitting folks.

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HEAT #309 – Technically Following The Referee’s Instructions

by Jeff on August 25, 2014 at 5:15 am
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #309 – Technically Following The Referee’s Instructions

Well he didn’t hit him with a closed fist, so the referee can’t complain. The second panel turned into a huge pain due to relative scale issues, which are probably the most frequent problem I run into.

I just discovered that being a little drunk doesn’t really effect my ability to draw, given no other changes to my work environment, but it DOES effect my ability to poor liquids from one container into another. Which my end table and carpet learned the hard way. But I DID produce two HEAT cards that are better than the two I drew last night while sober, so that’s an interesting development. My liver may not enjoy further research into those results.

In other news, my Patreon campaign has started off with some momentum, so please consider heading over there and donating. You can get some pretty cool rewards, and also get more HEAT!

Next Week: Some of that smooth, smooth transition wrestling that Richard the Lionheart occasionally does in between trying to bludgeon people.

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