So I wonder where all of these wild rumors (first heard in February 22nd's Hearsay comic) about CM start? And who is Joey talking to in Panel 2? Hmmm?
I asked the venerable Mr. Frank M. Hansen to draw up some sketches of the Checkered Man per the eyewitness descriptions from the underworld low-life's of Exotic City. Frank went all out and sent me some amazing sketches (I will definitely have to share them with you someday)! Even though I hadn't originally planned to use these composite sketches at this moment; after seeing them I couldn't help but bump up their appearance to make it into the strip sooner! Look how scary CM looks! Yikes! No wonder Exotic's underworld is shaking in their boots!
For those of you aren't familiar with Frank's work check out his webcomic The Animatic Press at www.animaticpress.com or his personal site at www.fmhansen.com.












Cool! Thanks for letting me be a part of TOACM. I love how you used it in the strip. You just made my night & all day tomorrow. Also love the set up and the perfectly timed joke at the end. Top notch as always.
Wow, after all of that, I kinda want an autograph too.
Three cheers for the one-and-only Frank Hansen and his amazing artwork! I promise I’ll show more of his CM “composite sketches” in a Sketchbook entry at a later date.
Definitely making the rounds Frank. Looks great as always
Great strip, and great use of the awesome contribution from Frank!
Nice job, Frank! I love the depiction. Love this story, Denver.
Funny!
Nice use of Hansen’s sketch.
The second panel layout is cool it’s very dreamy
It’s so nice to be appreciated!