So, anyone out there a whiz at CSS? After wrestling with the website code for a few days, I’m throwing up my hands. Just a couple days ago, I learned that everything looked kinda screwy in Internet Explorer 6. (You guys are really polite, by the way.) I’ve managed to get things looking pretty good across the most popular browsers, and added hovering orange borders on clickable images, but IE 6 is still acting quirky. More details after the jump, but be warned, you’re entering nerd territory. No entertainment value whatsoever! Can anyone help? Does anyone remember laughter? I gotta get this figured out so I can go back to eating candy and watching cartoons all day long. And by “candy” I mean cocaine, and by “cartoons” I mean strippers, but I was trying to be classy.

UPDATED! Special thanks to Steven Gettis for rolling up his sleeves and getting dirty with the code. He was in fact able to find a small workaround for the issue, but in the end, I decided to go in a different direction. Thanks, Steven! If you get the chance, check out his website, which features his personal collection of drawings of literary authors and characters. It’s a lot of fun seeing the different interpretations and choices for subjects. I’m on board to do one, but I have to read something that’s not a comic book first.

The beans were spilled this past Saturday at HeroesCon: my new book is Green Arrow & Black Canary! It’s thrilling to be drawing straight-up, no chaser superheroes. I had a great time working with writer Judd Winick on Josie Mac a few years ago, and I think it’ll be even more fun this time around. We’ve got an easy rapport that should translate into some seamless comics, and I think our teamwork will play a big part in differentiating this book from the previous Green Arrow title. And I get to draw Connor Hawke, which is cool because there aren’t enough mixed-race characters in comics anyway. Somewhere out there, a half white, quarter black, quarter Asian kid is looking for superheroes that look like him (or her)… Ahh, who am I kidding? That kid is actually 30-something and drives a better car than I do, but better late than never…
Click on the image to see the pencil and ink versions of the cover, too!

Thanks to Shelton Drum, Dusty Harbin, and the entire Heroes crew for making it another great HeroesCon! Everyone was extra cool, and I had a great time sketching and talking to fans. In fact, I think I confirmed for next year last night at the bar. What a cheap date… Anyway, ready to go home and sleep for a few days straight. When did I become an old man? Wait, don’t answer that.
p.s. Andy, if you’re reading this, that’s still not your Mary Jane sketch. Your friends are bastards.

…for fightin’! Fewer sketches today, cuz I jumped on the DCU panel. We announced Green Arrow/Black Canary (or Black Canary/Green Arrow, I’m down with that), which is coming out in October. My favorite comment from the panel? A woman hoped Green Arrow would “act right” when it came to being married. It was like being on Jerry Springer — I love it!
So hey, some of you guys guessed right! What’s everybody think? Meanwhile, as Morrissey once sang: “I will be at the bar, with my head on the bar,” trying not to think of what people are saying about me. Wizard Magazine, here I come! There’s a quarter page article with my name ALL over it. Boo ya!

Day one — 7 sketches. Pimpin’ ain’t easy. Ready for drinks. Actually, met a lot of nice people today. Lots of love for the Cinder and Ashe piece, which I didn’t expect. Also having fun drawing girls, which I did expect.

Is there an award for sluttiest comic book costume? Well played, Marc Silvestri, well played.

Recorded live in front of a studio audience! Things are rolling here at the Charlotte convention center. I’m in artist’s alley at table 1101. Thought I was going to be across from the men’s room, but I’m actually a bit further back. See, I’m already moving up in the world!
Due to popular demand, we’ve got Dr. 13 prints, as well as sketches, and a cool little flyer I whipped up. Come by and pick one up.
It’s about 2 pm, and I just finished my first sketch! That can’t be right…

Yes, things are abuzz here at my secret underwater headquarters. I’m off to Charlotte in a few days, and just wrapping up a few things before I go. First, there will be a big announcement at the DC panel this Saturday at HeroesCon. Yep, we’re gonna spill the beans on the new book I’m drawing. Any guesses? C’mon, put down that sandwich and add to the comments!

Second, I will be doing commissioned sketches all weekend, and I’ll also have a binder of sketch artwork for sale. You can check out a bunch of the pieces in the “Sketch” section of the gallery. There are also a few goofy pieces that haven’t shown up online, so if you’re at the show please drop by. Just don’t stand too close, as it triggers my deadly ninja skills.

Run, don’t walk! All of my Dr. Thirteen artwork is now available at Splash Page Art! Sure, you could spend that money on a new iPhone, college tuition, medicine, or baby food… but you’d be a fool to pass up this opportunity to own a Chiang original! I could retire from the game tomorrow, and your investment would skyrocket! I’m not a businessman, I’m a BUSINESS, man!

Originally, I was planning to do an image of Kraven vs. Spidey for HeroesCon, but I’m glad Black Cat won out. I really liked “Kraven’s Last Hunt”, but it was a lot more fun drawing this than 2 dudes trying to kill each other…