Here is a work in progress for the cover of the upcoming Creephunter #2. I am really digging how this is turning out!

I am also working on the script for the next Phineus story, a small diversion from the current Jaguar Paw story line currently running. This will start the Monday after next.

That's all I have....

Thought I'd show you this . I've been toying with the idea of going to this old style cartoon for an upcoming very silly story for Phin. I used to do a whole series of comics in this style back in High School. It's fun to draw like that, might be good for the story.

Also, I just finished up the last of the pages of Creephunter #1, if you are not already reading it, check it out!

Hey, Mr. Riot over at The Path has posted a story I did for him with Sara and his character Chance on his comic site, Go show he and I some love:

http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path/index.php?p=390414

So, as I was counting how I was doing with my page count so far this year (40 so far), I got to thinking,just how many pages I have done in my adult life.

Now I drew a lot in Middle/High School, but none is very professional. So I counted all the pages I've done since leaving High School. This does not count sketches or most pinups. It counts story pages, covers and the odd professional pinup. It also doesn't count non comic artwork.

As a rough estimate I'd say @ 800+ pages done since 1988. Keep in mind 199 of those were done last year and another @ 100 the year before. My output is escalating. And I gotta say, my quality has vastly improved as well. Something to be said for the more you draw the better you get.

As Chuck Jones once said to me," Every artist has a certain number of bad drawings in them, the key is to get those out of the was early.".

Practice , practice, practice.

Rock on...

Barry

I love this movie!

Rawk!

I peed a litttle....

I accidentally hit my self in the head with a spindle from my railing
last night, don't ask!
This is a pic of me in the Hospital last night! They actually
superglued my head shut, instead of stitches! Neat! I am a
dumbass....

I've been pretty busy, so far this year.

I have drawn 10 Phineus pages, all for the upcoming " Jaguar Paw" story written by Brian Babyok.

I've done the strips for the yaer so far, amounts to about 6 more pages.

I spent the better part of two weeks, NOT drawing, but prepping 400 + pages for the upcoming print versions of Phineus. It will be available, soon, over at INDY PLANET http://www.indyplanet.com/ It's an online independent comic book store!

We have a new Sara solo story line, Written and drawn by Noeland Collins, posting Tuesdays here: http://www.drunkduck.com/Werewolf_Conundrum

I wish I could NOT sleep, so I could get more done!

Barry

PS- Congrats to Mike Wood on the home-coming of his daughter from the hospital! Yay, Z!

Urgh! I fell just short of the magic 200... 199!

Sara: One shot Cover + 30 pages 31
Phin Boy Wiz Cover + 15 pages 16
Weirdlings Cover + 51 pages 52
The Path Backup 10 pages 10
Zombiehaus Cover + 11 pages 12
Xmas Special Cover + 30 pages 31
Chupacabra Cover + 16 pages 17
Comic Remix 1 page 1
Creephunter Cover + 17 pages 18
Phin and Cthulhu 1 page 1
Jaguar Paw 4 pages 4
Magic Council 3 pages 3
Wrestling Theatre 1 page 1
Civil war strip 1 Page 1
Mother Promo 1 page 1
199

Maybe next year!

Happy New year!

I have been tearing it up this year, completing nearly 200 pages, my best year yet!

Here's the breakdown...


Sara: One shot Cover + 30 pages 31
Phin Boy Wiz Cover + 15 pages 16
Weirdlings Cover + 52 pages 53
The Path Backup 10 pages 10
Zombiehaus Cover + 11 pages 12
Xmas Special Cover + 30 pages 31
Chupacabra Cover + 16 pages 17
Comic Remix 1 page 1
Creephunter Cover + 11 pages 12
Phin and Cthulhu 1 page 1
Jaguar Paw 4 pages 4
Magic Council 3 pages 3
191

I feel like I failed if I don't reach the ambiguous 200, by years end. Is that stupid? I duuno. I just hope next year is as productive!

Barry

Just a quick teaser of the upcoming Phineus and the Jaguar Paw, coming soon
from myself, mamoulian & Strumhaus!

Christmas Carnage!



Here's what's going on over at Phineus: Magician for Hire for our big Christmas spectacular! Head over to: http://www.drunkduck.com/Phineus_Magician_for_Hire/ and check out the story so far!

Merry Freaking Christmas!

Barry

I'm up on day 12 of the Drunk DUck Zombies Community Comic here: http://www.drunkduck.com/Drunk_Duck_Zombies/index.php?p=302051

I still have the pages to do, and story to write, but the cover is up on the day it got featured!

Check it out!

Barry
Happy Halloween!

This is very silly. It's a pumpkin (duh!) we carved for a contest at work. I designed and did all the art for it, as well as the carving!

This past Saturday, I attempted (and failed) the 24 hr comic challenge, here in Pittsburgh. We had a cool turn out, with @12 attendees all making comics!

I made it from 9am until 3:30 am, getting 10 pages completed of a new Phineus story! I hope to finish the story this week. I just had to split to get home and see my girls, and be awake to spend time with them and my wife.

We had a pretty great Drunk Duck presence there with 7 of us in attendance!

Now , I usually work fast, but John http://user.drunkduck.com/jmt from Nonstandard assembly smoked me! , by 3:30 a he had 16 pages in the bag! This guys frigging awesome!! You go John!

We also had Scott http://user.drunkduck.com/scottyduke/, Dan http://user.drunkduck.com/evergreen/, Brian http://user.drunkduck.com/oachambers/
, Byron http://user.drunkduck.com/ubernite, and Mike and Cheryl http://bastardchimp.livejournal.com/. Plus a couple of people I really didn't know. Good times, though!

I highly encourage this for every comic creator, especially with a group, the comradery alone is worth the lack of sleep!

Cheers!

Here is a story written about me and the other artists attending the 24 Hr Comic Challenge this Saturday. From McKnight Journal 10/17/07 and Pittsburgh Tribune Review 10/18/07:

Comic book artists take part in marathon

by Daveen Rae Kurutz
Staff Writer
October 17, 2007


It normally takes Barry Linck at least a month to pull together a tale of "Phineus Magician for Hire" -- but not Saturday night.

That's when the comic artist behind the boy magician will join thousands of others around the world for 24 Hour Comics Day -- a one-day event where comic artists try to create a 24-page comic book in 24 hours.

"It's a good opportunity to network with other Pittsburgh comic artists," said Linck, 37, of Baden. "This is a neat communal opportunity."



This year's event will take place locally at the Bellevue Creative Treehouse, beginning at 9 a.m.
"It'll be a little artist warzone," said Jesse Hambley, founder of the Creative Treehouse. "It will be awesome and pretty intense."

This is the first year the event will be held at the newly formed Creative Treehouse, said Hambley, 24, of the North Side. Recently, the site hosted a Creative Marathon that brought in more than 50 artists to complete projects throughout the day. But comics are a new frontier for the Treehouse.

"I'm a newbie on this," Hambley said. "I think it's just a good opportunity to get artists to come together and work to grow a stronger community."

There are many benefits to participating in the event, Linck said. While last year he only got through 15 pages of his issue before sleep commanded him to head home, a good story idea came out of the event, Linck said. This year, his goal is to complete the comic, which won't hit the web until this winter.

But more than anything, the event gives comic artists the opportunity to bounce ideas off of one another.

"When you're doing a comic, you're usually working by yourself," Linck said. "I just advise people to come with ideas and an open and creative mind."

Participants don't have to be experienced comic artists -- in the past comics have been created using stick figure characters. According to the event's website, 24hourcomics.com, many comic characters face a blizzard or fall into a dark pit in the later pages of the comic -- allowing artists to use a pure black or white page.

Coffee and energy drinks are an additional supply that might be useful for many artists. Staying awake is a major challenge for participants, Linck said.

"Last year, I left in the middle of the night, but there were people lying down on the couch for naps," Linck said. "It's not necessarily stressful, but just trying to be motivated to keep working when you're that tired."

Nevertheless, the event offers participants an opportunity to get back in the swing of comic artistry, whether they are seasoned veterans or are putting the ink to the page for the first time.

"It's sort of magical how it happens when you're doing it so quickly," Linck said. "I liken it to improv -- you make things up on the fly and go with it. This is the comic book version of it."

Yoy! Come and be a part!

Barry

A promo page for that new ZUDA webcomic site. Kinda neat seeing Phin in color!