TOLD Ya 2018 Is Gonna Rock!

Whoa! I haven't posted yet this year, but it's not because nothing's going on in my little corner of the comicbook universe. Nope, nuh uh, no way! In fact, SO much is going on I actually kinda/sorta forgot to come by here and update. Sorry 'bout that! So, here's a giant/treasury-sized update loaded with awesome art to make up for the delay--and to (hopefully) make ya wanna buy a lotta my comics coming out in the next few months!

As promised, The Creeps magazine ran my "High Moon" in ish #13! Cool, huh? Well, get ready for ish #14 'cause I'll have a story in that one, too! Two issues in a row! "That's a Wrap" will show just how dangerous it is to make a mummy movie. It features stupendous art by Mansyur Daman (who killed it on "High Moon". Hope you "dig" it!

Surprising Comics is about to go to print with not one, not two, but THREE collectors' item classics very shortly!

Depthon of the Deep #1 features three brand new underwater adventures written by legendary Aquaman author Steve Skeates, but somehow I got lucky enough to write a fourth tale for that ish for the incredible art team of Donnie Page (penciler) and Coink Adink (inker). Here's their cover art...

...and the splash page, to boot!

Golden Era #2 allowed me to write a very Golden Age-style story featuring GA character The Green Mask! My buddy David Johnson Jr. supplied the most excellent art!

Surprising Universe #2 will feature the second Unbeatable Brick tale with our hero battling a pair of brotherly baddies known collectively as The Deadly Duo! The action-packed art is by Joseph Graves (penciler) and Donald Willman (inker). They even let me letter it! Here's the splash...

After that titanic two parter (yep, it's continued in ish #3) wraps up, I'm working with the indescribably talented JW Erwin on another multi-part Unbeatable Brick mini-epic...

And if all goes according to plan, Surprising Publisher Mark Davis has given JW and me the green-light to produce a Night Spider mini-series featuring full-length (22 page) stories! Yeah, here's a little sneak-peek just to whet your appetite for the goodness to come late this year...

Over at Will Lill, in just a few weeks "No Man Can Stop...Toombora!" with art by Phil Fried and the late, great Dick Ayers will be re-printed in Fun Adventure Comics! #6...

...but best of all, Ash-Aman, magnificently illustrated, co-plotted, and lettered by the awe-inspiring Russ Martin, will appear in all his cosmic glory in Fun Adventure Comics! #7...here's the cover and a  a few random pages guaranteed to make you go "wow!"

Later this summer, Midnight Stranger, with art by the incomparable Joe Koziarski, natch, will return to Fun Adventure Comics! with the wrap up of his first six-part story arc. Here are a couple teaser pages from Midnight Stranger part four...

Aaaaand, don't forget to order your copy of the a-w-e-s-o-m-e Monty's World Vol. 3 tpb which features the first five issues of  Fun Adventure Comics! (including the first three Midnight Stranger tales, Alex Miracle, Black Rose, and "Snake Eyes"). It's available most everywhere classy books are sold!

But wait, there's more!

Joe Koz and I are hard at work on two more features! One is Guns & Rosa, of course! Check out the splash for the second G&R saga...

Our second new feature is a brand new sci-fi super-hero: Max Miracle! Max is gonna be nothing but F-U-N! Check out these previews...

Whew! I think that's everything (for now)! Next time I go more than a month without an update, somebody slap me, okay?

Now, make sure you visit all my publishers and place your orders for all these cool comics coming your way! We're trying to create a new Groovy Age here, and you don't wanna miss out!

The Creeps

Surprising Comics

Will Lill Comics

A Look at What's Coming...

Oops! Let October slip by without updating, but that's okay 'cause the time was well spent on (you guessed it) writing more comics! Yep, more comics on the way (besides the cool stuff I've mentioned on earlier posts like The Voice from All-New Popular Comics, the new Kragor story in Fun Adventure Comics, and "King of the Hill" from Charlton-Neo)! Big announcement time...!

First off, I've had another story accepted by Rich Sala for an upcoming issue of The Creeps magazine! "High Moon" is a horror story set in the Old West (be ya couldn't tell that from the title)! As soon as I know who's drawing it and what issue it'll appear in, I'll post it here (and on my FB page--you are a member of the Lloyd Smith Writer of Comics FaceBook group, aren't you?)!

Speaking of the Old West, my darlin' Guns & Rosa has the green light from Charlton-Neo with my Midnight Stranger partner Joe Koziarski on the art! Check out this splash page...

Joe's also completed the fourth Midnight Stranger installment (for Will Lill's Fun Adventure Comics, natch)--here's the splash for it!

Speaking of awesome artists named "Joe", Joseph Graves is penciling the second Unbeatable Brick installment for Surprising Universe! Can you dig this action-packed splash?

Another creative partner of mine (and former Unbeatable Brick illustrator), David Johnson Jr. is drawing a brand new Golden Age Green Mask story I wrote for Golden Era Comics...

Ian Groff, who drew the new Kragor mini-epic has also completed the art for a scary short I've written called "Doomshadow"...

Aaaaand, for this post's grand finale, I've just got to show off the INCREDIBLE art coming from the hands of artist Russ Martin! Not only has he drawn (and colored!) this fantastic Ash-Aman cover...

--but he's also finished penciling the third Ash-Aman installment (and it's a heartbreaker)! Just plant your peepers on this splash!

And that's not all, but it's enough for now. Things aren't slowing down writing-wise, and I am so, so glad! I love writing comics, and I hope you'll support all the publishers who are letting me follow my dream! See ya next time!