In case you didn’t notice, my webhost did a major fubar on my site last night, and they lost–quite literally–all of my MySQL databases, for this and all my other sites.

Luckily I didn’t post too much so far this year, but it still sucks. I’ll be restoring things gradually, trying to place them at approximately the right dates. I’m most disappointed about the comments that are gone. There’s no way I can bring them back.

I might do an open call for commission work soon to help make some money to move this blog into a more healthy environment. Stay tuned or drop a comment if you’re interested.

I heard late last night that Mike Turner passed away shortly after 10PM this past Friday night. He had been battling cancer for several years, but it really isn’t something that you usually thought about when you picked up a Mike Turner cover. Usually you just said “Damn, that’s cool!” And then you opened it up, and the interior was nowhere near as cool

Some people don’t like his art, but the fact is that he was a great inspiration to lots of people, including me. I will never be able to draw in the same league as him, but just to know that there are people like that who can bring a fresh style and totally throw the comics industry for a loop, and then break off and create their own micro-sized comic publishing businesses (and succeed!) makes me feel good.

Kind of sad to know that there will never be another Mike Turner book or cover. But his fans will never forget him.

~JW

I recently started participating in some forums over at comicbookresources.cc, and have invited my fellow geeks to check out what Joe and I are up to over here at Ankhammentu. So, I just wanted to take a brief moment and welcome everyone to our humble abode. We hope you like what you see, and if you have anything constructive or encouraging to say, well that wouldn’t be too bad either. Enjoy.

Andrew

Some comics that pretty much rule right now: