Tad Stones

With the time change each spring to daylight saving time, the important relationship between our brains and the sun is disrupted.

Sleep experts caution that permanent daylight saving time could misalign our bodies with the sun, causing health issues. https://wapo.st/40UkHSR

I thought it was also a more innocent take on Colin and Che's season end tradition. Good episode of SNL overall, but I remain puzzled over the number of strong cast members sidelined. Just the luck of the draw on pitch day, I guess.

The Rescue Rangers bringing home a giant round ornament. Zipper flies in front carrying holly. Gadget carries Christmas light bulbs, while Chip and Monty carry the ornament with Dale riding on top with a Santa cap.

Previous sketch reworked. Gadget now carries a saw. Zipper struggles to help carry a giant acorn with Chip and Monty, while Dale hangs off the side.

Finally got back to my reworking of my RR Christmas drawing. Eventually, I'll redraw this for an online sale, without the fun True Grit textures.

She should be carrying a tool, human-sized or something she made, that has a related use. Maybe a saw on a pole, suggesting that she's the one who cut the acorn off the tree. Any thoughts?

Seems like Zipper would be happy to pitch in. There's more personality in having him struggle, but does that make Dale too much of a jerk? Although that's the kind of story arc we did. Dale learns to not be a jerk. Maybe I'm over thinking.
Gadget is harder.

A rough sketch is superimposed over the Rescue Rangers Christmas scene. Instead of an ornament, it's a giant acorn. The attitudes of the characters are being reworked.

WIP My intention is to redraw the last few setups I've posted to sell online since there are no cons in my future. I like my Rescue Rangers piece but a Christmas themed piece seems a weird sell in April, so I'm converting it. I'm struggling a bit with Zipper and Gadget.

Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #3 (Dynamite Comics) — Fanlight Zone Hello there! Padawan J here, the resident Star Wars expert from the ODPH! This week I'm going to be reviewing the 3rd issue of Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck from Dynamite Comics!

Be sure to check out my review of Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #3 from Greg Weisman, @tadstones.bsky.social & @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social for @fanlightzone.bsky.social! @odphpodcast.bsky.social

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Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck Volume 1 #3 Review - The Super Powered Fancast Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck Volume 1 #3 Dynamite Entertainment Written by Tad Stones and Greg Weisman Art by Ciro Cangialosi Colors by Ciro Cangialosi and Agnese Eterno Letters by Jeff Eckleberry The Rund...

Disney's Gargoyles was all about continuity while Darkwing Duck was infamously not. Smushing the worlds together was a log of fun for me and Greg Weisman. Would love to do another four issue series. www.superpoweredfancast.com/gargoyles-da...

Definitely a lock for next year's Nobel Peace Prize.

We were pretty ambitious with Blood and Iron. While the main story plays out in normal chronology, the flashblack sequences are presented in reverse. Sure wish we could have done the third movie. Originally it was going to be an ongoing series of movies but the studio was sold to Starz.

Launchpad McQuack sheepishly switches his lunch order to soup, as the villain Bushroot rises from Darkwing Duck's salad plate to fight him.

It's ridiculous on how long it sometimes takes me to get my own characters to look like themselves. Or even my version of them.

I was thinking movie, and the bulk of that audience does not know the particulars of Gummi history. I don't even know it because I only ran story on season three. Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg used my expanded show bible to base the final seasons on, but that was just a starting point.

Do the betting markets have odds on the words
"At this very moment, our American forces are..." being said in the state of the union address? Because if you need a distraction--.

The Metal Men laugh uncontrollably, affected by laughing gas emitted by one of the Gas Gang, their robot replacements of Oxygen, Helium, Chloroform, CO and CO2.

Tin reaches out to take a blind boy from Tina who, along with the other Metal Men are being flattened by a giant robot made of ink rollers.

Of course I loved the stories of the various "replacement" Metal Men like the Gas Gang. But most of the villains were way out of the box, like the giant robot made out of ink rollers.

They've gone through several reboots. The original comics were the closest to Marvel storytelling that DC was publishing at the time, in that there were strong individual personalities, close to soap opera B stories. And they were wacky!

Darkwing Duck has been frozen into a block of ice in mid-leap. Frozen by the icy breath of Isis Vanderchill.

Better without the background gradient. A frozen treat for those shivering across the country!

It's getting really "cold" here with highs of 55F which I realize is downright balmy to those digging out of or bracing for more freezing storms. Thinking of those extremes is what led to this.

Not pony tales or cotton tales…
I have a new print for my convention appearances. Starting at @emeraldcitycon.bsky.social and @c2e2.bsky.social you can get this 11x17” Duck Family portrait for only $20. I’ll have 50 copies for each con and they will be available first come, first served.

Art speaks and endures

100 FAQ On Making Comics Know the Basics. Avoid the Blunders.

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When you get to the end. Ask me again. Two issues to go!

That was all Greg. But I approve!

Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck Volume 1 #2 Review - The Super Powered Fancast Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck Volume 1 #2 Dynamite Entertainment Written by Tad Stones and Greg Weisman Art by Ciro Cangialosi Colors by Ciro Cangialosi and Agnese Eterno Letters by Jeff Eckleberry The Rund...

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Guys. This is important. Critical thinking and creativity is important.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Perhaps because of his interest in comic strips, we got both the Los Angeles Times and the Herald Examiner, which meant I got to read just about every major comic strip published in my youth. Loved that!

My dad wanted to be a cartoonist. He graduated from USC in the Depression, I guess it wasn't the best time to follow your dreams if you wanted to eat. His collection of "How to Cartoon" books help steer me to my eventual career.

"Jim Aparo: Brave and Bold Artist" hardcover book.

Pre-order directly from @twomorrows.bsky.social and get the digital edition included for free!

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Gorgeous work! Remember to post here also when you put something elsewhere. I want more premium duck art on blue sky!

A display of 21 Marvel comics, all with covers by Jack Kirby. From an exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

writing and world building. Most of my books and notes are packed in boxes right now because we intend to move this year. I am anxious to be over moving prep and settled in a new place and create some new adventures before I blow away in a cloud of dust! Excelsior, indeed.