When I started drawing HEAT, clotheslines were one of the moves that I found very difficult to draw. It always looked really clunky and stiff. Not the wrestling kind of stiff, just kind of bad. And then I was sent some Japanese wrestling magazines by a reader (thanks, Ted!) and had absurd amounts of reference material for dudes smashing their biceps into somebody’s face. And dropping each other on their heads. Now when I draw a clothesline I rarely need to worry about how to compose the shot to ensure it looks like it hurts, because I have about 200 photos of actual Japanese guys wrecking each other’s faces.
In other news, buy and RATE Hockeypocalypse on comiXology. Because the more money I make from comics, the more comics I draw. Speaking of which, I’m over halfway done two separate books right now, and that’s ignoring the Hockeypocalypse trade paperback that’s going to the printers right now.
Next Week: Walkin’ that old dusty trail…