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BOHICA Blues for real! Beginning the KFOR mission.
I missed Wednesday because I was so busy preparing for Thursday's events-- sorry about that. But here are a few videos and pictures of what transpired. So the helicopters took off from the flight line; there were four of our helicopters that are flying all the way down to Texas (a 2-day trip even if the weather cooperates). The rest of the folks going are transported by chartered airliner:I will be joining them all later-- I am going on the deployment but I am going to be leaving Boise in Oc...
Bare Bear Butt Doodles
Not actually a collection of bare bear butt doodles, but the title iscatchy, IMO.Be careful not to turn this into an Equal Opportunity complaint. We must be fair to everyone!People might get stressed out, after all.Until next time!
WIP Wednesday! Something Unexpected Lurks...
Above: the initial pencils. This one is going to be a bit busy. Joe & Juni attend a comic convention before Juni has to leave. I decided to add something unexpected. Initial inks, somewhat cleaned up.Cleaned up and ready for color. The color phase is where this one got complex real quick.Uh-oh. What's going on here? If you've ever been to a comic convention, you know you meet aaaaallll types of people! Seriously, camouflage was easy after this color jam. But it was worth it, IMO. Plus it...
Experimental Doodles
Scree! scree! Monkey experiments! Remember, folks, this is how you get a zombie apocalypse! Ohhh, man, it's worse than I thought! Watch out for those "emergent threats!"Best get vaccinated now, while you still can.Until next time!
WIP Wednesday! Full page WIP.
I can share the whole page because there's nothing visual that gives away the joke. The initial inks, which are kind of haphazard. As you can see, I am experimenting more and ore with facial expression and using photographic references...but not using PhotoShop layers to trace them. Just visual references. The "cleaned up" inks...The partial color stage always looks so sloppy and haphazard... sometimes I am amused at how weird it looks.Usually things like facial shading and the like,...
KFOR Doodles!
It's time for KFOR briefs!Yup, that's what these guys did, back in the 1990's!This pretty much sums it up though. If only all international disagreements could be explained so easily, right?But I'm told that our base will have a "Beer Garden" so it can't be all bad. Later!
BOHICA Blues Today: Lost In Translation
Sometimes you never know how a word will be (mis)interpreted. I always associated the word "handtruck" or "handcart" with a device to assist with carrying heavy loads, and a "dolly" was an alternate word for "doll" for very young children. There are a lot of words like this-- things like "soda" or "pop", for example (and sometimes the brand name "Coke" is used as a catch-all term in a few places). In some parts of the Midwest, "casserol...
Art & Politics: KFOR Edition
Don't think I can boil down Balkan politics and history into 13 minutes? Challenge accepted! Okay, I admit, this is just the history of why Serbia & Kosovo are at odds, and why I am going to be deployed there for a year. Enjoy!
Incidents With Alcohol Doodles
Guess what briefing we got?That's right! Alcohol issues! Alcohol abuse, dependency, and everything else in between!Including VIOLENT DRINKING! Why? Wanna fight about it? Huh?She may have a drinking problem, but she knows how to use what she got.Until next time!
WIP Wednesday!
Well, this is interesting.Initial inks, prior to clean-up.Now cleaned up and with a bit of detail added. Note that I had to restore Emma's hairline, for example.Sometimes I just don't add backgrounds at all, since I have an idea what I'm going to do already formed in my mind.Initial camouflage markings...With the added cammo, things are starting to pop a bit...Now we're getting somewhere!Still some color to fill in near the bottom, but basically finished except for the dialogue!S...
Drone Doodles
They are a danger, even if they lift you up.Watch out! Everything is being weaponized today.I really like the creative interpretation of the skull and crossbones, converted into a drone, used by a Ukrainian unit. Pretty clever. Hey! I ain't no drone, dammit!Until next time!
Star Wars Fanart: Tavion Axmis-Syfardos
A long time ago, I posted some WIPs (Works In Progress) of a Star Wars character.The character is Tavion Axmis, and she exists in Star Wars canon as a character from a video game released in the early 2000s, a Sith apprentice that originally played a minor role.There is an online collaborative fan story called "Star Wars: Rebuilding of Empires" that takes place in an alternate universe version of Star Wars*. It started 20 years ago, and I have been participating in it for the entire run ...
WIP Wednesday!
Something strange is going on this time around.... check out the above rough pencils and let's follow along.Rough pencils become rough inks, at least digitally speaking. Admittedly there's not a lot of difference between the "rough" and "clean" inks in a lot of these cases, but it is a huge step towards civilizing the image. Ohhh, yeah, get that sweet, sweet color coming in. A lot of the cityscape and Infected Dude were mostly completed by this stage.Then some work on the...
Doodly-Doodles, Neighbor!
Hello, Mister Alien, welcome to the neighborhood!This may not be very neighborly, but I generally assume that the Nazi started it.Chameleon neighbors. How do we know that this is what they really look like?If your neighbor looks like this, best find a new neighborhood, hm?Later!
BOHICA News-- 40th Edition and a New Look!
Hey, check it out, a new look for BOHICA News!Just a quick update to let everyone see the new layout and graphics for the Battalion... with Recruits (free members) listed equally with everyone else, just in gold instead of the classic "engineer red". I also re-oriented the names to read from left to right instead of right to left. But the biggest news is --what most of you probably already know-- is that Book #4, "EXTENDED!" is already out and available!Notice a few things to the...
Find A Safe Space Doodles
Grumpy Guy is coming to get you! Run! Hide!Uh-oh. Sergeant-Major's found you. Now it's PT belt time!Well, as long as everyone's happy, I guess...A blind snake could find his way out of this one.Later!
WIP Wednesday!
Above: the pencils I started with. I am trying to remember to show Juni aging these days-- for a long time she's been a 20-30-something, but the 20-year anniversary of the Iraq War made me realize that... well, it's been awhile. For Juni, I show her getting a few little line son her face, and a slight bit of chin. Initial color. For this comic, I am showing a progression of events, so this will --with some modifications-- be the basic panel for three out of the four.A lot of the color is...
You're Not Authorized Doodles
I remember the old Star Wars video game, Dark Forces. Stormtroopers had multiple canned phrases they'd say when they encountered the character, Kyle Katarn, among them being, "You're not authorized in this area!" Stormtroopers can be such killjoys.And then a random Jedi shows up and I guess the Stormtroopers think that *Jedi* are the ones that are killjoys.What if a droidtaur attacked? Who knows.My former supervisor, Sheila, had Stormtrooper-like qualities, I'd say.Until late...
BOHICA Blues Today: "The OIC Arrives"
So, the OIC: the "Officer In Charge" -- of the Intelligence section arrives. Who exactly is an OIC, and where do they stand in the hierarchy?Well, a Battalion has anywhere from 400 to maybe even up to 1000 soldiers, give or take. A lot depends on what type of Battalion it is, so it is not a set number. Every Battalion will have three or four "line" companies (the front-line troops) and one "headquarters" company. Headquarters companies have "staff sections", and I...
WIP Wednesday!
Today, we get to meet the OIC ("Officer In Charge", that's the official title) of the S-2 shop, or the Intelligence shop. She's been on an assignment, and is just now catching up with the rest of the troops.From the pencils, we get the initial lines/"inking".Then, I clean up these lines. I typically don't show this phase and cut ahead to the "clean" version, but this time there was a lot of overlap and the changes were (I felt) dramatic, so I put it in. The co...
It's Something Somewhere Doodles!
Whatever you need, I'm sure it is happening somewhere.Maybe it's PT Time somewhere?Maybe it's time to... push in another fashion, somewhere?One way or the other, I'm sure it will be on the test.Later!
WIP Wednesday!
This was supposed to be posted lastWednesday, but I forgot to schedule it. I was pretty overwhelmed at the time, as I was nearing the end of a three-week Annual Training event with my National Guard unit, and I was reaching that sleep-deprived point where I was forgetting a lot of basic, everyday things.Anyhow, in this I introduce Lieutenant-Colonel Reese, the commander of the 813th Helicopter battalion!He is somewhat inspired by my real-world Battalion commander, but as with all the characters ...
Doo-Doo-Do It Yourself Ikea Doodles
I love Ikea. They can make do it yourself kits for anything. I've already featured Ikea Leadership instructions.I got bathrobe racks shaped like dog butts. Yes, really. I call it "Hundebutte".They probably even have do-it-yourself Manga instructions.Even made a protocol droid for mom to help out around the house.Later!
That Rhythm, Tho
I can't lie, the first time I heard the phrase "battle rhythm", this was where my mind went. "Battle Rhythm" is a thing, and it actually has a pretty mundane (even dull) explanation: it is the synchronicity of movement that occurs during battle, battle planning, and staff operations during said battle. It represents a sort of orchestration of all the "moving parts" involved in events. I hear the phrase "Battle Rhythm" the most at the Staff level, and usually i...
Doggy Doodles!
I love dogs, and I especially love my sweet old dog.Happy dogs and even Robo-Dogs. Dogs, dogs, dogs.Even dogs that are giving you that dubious look after breaking a treat in half.Dogs came from wolves, and I picture in my mind that these were the chonky wolves that were waiting for someone to come along and invent couches.Later!
POOC: "Barker"
POOC: Patreon-Only Original Comic, a comic that doesn't appear anywhere else except for here, with you all! Although this one I will make available to the general public in my settings, because I have done a few POOCs and talk about them in my promotional newsletters ("BOHICA News") but I don't think I've ever shared one "out loud". Anyhow, this is my 15-year-old dog, Butter, who has amazing puppy energy when he wants to go outside and bark at squirrels, but suddenly ...
WIP Wednesday!
A quick 2-panel WIP for a Patreon-Only Original Comic ("POOC") coming soon!
Maintain the Standards Doodles
Why is it that the guys who can't maintain the standards are the ones busting other peoples' chops about not maintaining the standards?It's almost like they just enjoy lording power over others for things they themselves can't do.Maybe they just need more P.T.!Just do as they say and maybe they'll leave you alone for a while.Later!
BOHICA Blues Today: "Some Assembly Required"
Yay, some Army Intel humor! Because "S2 Staff Humor" is so awesome!Seriously, when a unit gets assigned a mission, such as the 813th Helicopter Aviation Battalion going to Kosovo, a lot of planning gets started. There's a process called "MDMP" which means "Military Decision-Making Process" which involves everyone from a staff getting together and formulating plans based on their realms of expertise.The Intelligence section, or "S2 Shop", has a lot of these pla...
BOHICA News!
The latest in updates! First of all, I'd like to welcome Lilith Idento the ranks of Platoon sergeantafter spending some time in the Privatetier for quite awhile. Congratulations!Also, a new Recruit has joined as a Free member: War Muralscollects pictures of war murals drawn by troops from around the world, in different deployments across the span of time. We ran across each other on social media (X/Twitter, IIRC) and I really liked the work he has collected. These are works of art from simpl...
