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December 16, 2021

by J. Tudor · Published December 16, 2021 · Last modified December 15, 2021
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October 11, 2024

by J. Tudor · Published October 11, 2024
Samir Simao takes over art for Vorpal #4

September 25, 2023

by J. Tudor · Published September 25, 2023

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jasonstudor

Writer/Illustrator. Comic & music maker. Podcaster. Former USAF journalist. Tarot dude. Owner, Atomic Bazooka Studios. Often Wrong. Opinions my own.

Found at my local dining hall this morning, Winner

Found at my local dining hall this morning, Winner of the Internet for April.

🔥 A freshly lettered page from my comic VORPAL

🔥 A freshly lettered page from my comic VORPAL #4 is here!

Vorpal finds herself deep in another of her haunting visions—or are they hallucinations? Either way, she's had enough. Ideally, she'd rather NOT be shackled and stewing in a Police max detention cage during this fiery exchange, but hey, what's a fearless woman to do when the universe keeps throwing curveballs?

I love lettering. I have found the fonts to finish this issue and like what I am able to do to convey mood. I'm a big fan of expressive lettering that is easy to read and acts in design with the page. All the elements -- the story, the art, the color, the letters -- have to work in each panel, on each page, in the full issue, harmonious and rhythmic, conveying the sense of gravitas of every part of the story. While my coloring stinks and that will be saved soon, I do like my lettering and am happy to share this nearly finished page with you. I'm proud of the lettering and thrilled to share this nearly finished page with you. I hope it draws you into Vorpal's universe of grit, determination, and interstellar intrigue.

🚨 Get Your Copies: Dive into Vorpal's epic adventures today! Issues 1, 2, and 3 are available now on Amazon.com and Indyplanet.com — just search "VORPAL."

VORPAL 4 is (c) 2025 Jason Tudor. Published by @atomicbazooka Story and lettering by @jasonstudor Pencils and Inks by @samir_simao_comic_artist Colors by @mike.montalvo

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Piazza Navona, Easter Sunday 2025.

Piazza Navona, Easter Sunday 2025.

Trevi Fountain, Easter Sunday morning 2025.

Trevi Fountain, Easter Sunday morning 2025.

A few photos from our Appian Way Aquaduct Catacomb

A few photos from our Appian Way Aquaduct Catacombs biking adventure today in Rome.

#pantheon #rome #roma #italia #italy #360video #eu

#pantheon #rome #roma #italia #italy #360video #europe #travel #360photography

Pantheon, Rome.

Pantheon, Rome.

20 years. Trevi Fountain, Rome. ❤️

20 years. Trevi Fountain, Rome.

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🚨 **Page 20 of Vorpal 4 is DONE!** 🚨 This

🚨 **Page 20 of Vorpal 4 is DONE!** 🚨

This sequence featuring Jake Goblin is a game-changer, and let me tell you—it looks incredible. 🤩

The journey continues as @samir_simao_comic_artist works tirelessly, moving us ever closer to success without rushing to failure. I’m so excited to share as many completed pages with you as I can as this book evolves. Each one brings us closer to the adventure waiting in your hands this fall! 🍂📚 back issues are on @amazon and @indyplanet!

VORPAL 4 is published by Atomic Bazooka Studios. Creator/writer/letterer: @jasonstudor Pencils and Inks by Samir Simao. Colors (soon!) by @mike.montalvo

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Just 7,305 days ago, I was three days away from ge

Just 7,305 days ago, I was three days away from getting married but could not have been more anxious and excited. I have now known my beloved for 7,795 days thanks to Jessica inviting me to a Thanksgiving dinner, which quite fantastically changed my life. We’ll celebrate 20 years married on Thursday (it’s April 17) and I’ll have more things to say each day until then, but you cannot know the kind of love I know of her without understanding that every day I spend with @ddtudor , selfishly, I am better, my accomplishments are greater, I heal from wounds faster, I dig deeper in everything I do more and am more at ease and present than I have ever been. Being with one of the smartest, most loving and wisest human beings will do that. Love you, babe.

Posting this for @chrishydefilm as proof we were l

Posting this for @chrishydefilm as proof we were literally days apart.

Our super-duper USO volunteer has crushed another

Our super-duper USO volunteer has crushed another shift selflessly serving Soldiers, wiping tables of adversary filth, and baking Rice Krispy treats to defend a nation. I salute you, ma’am! 😁🇺🇸🎇🎇🎇🎂

Loving my new watch from @steeldivewatch #Diving

Loving my new watch from @steeldivewatch

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What a great way to forget some stressful things a

What a great way to forget some stressful things and enjoy a week with family and friends! A few extras from London week!

Got to do graffiti on Leak Street with @creativeth

Got to do graffiti on Leak Street with @creativethinkin Marc Craig, and the fam and friends. I’d never painted that big before but it felt pretty good. Based on what Craig, who curates the place told us, mine (orange head) should last about 12 hours.

Best I could do from the cab.

Best I could do from the cab.

Getting ready for Wicked UK in London!

Getting ready for Wicked UK in London!

Heathrow Terminal 2 with a nod to 40K Orks …

Heathrow Terminal 2 with a nod to 40K Orks …

York was home to a medieval Jewish neighborhood an

York was home to a medieval Jewish neighborhood and cemetery called “Jewbury,” established around 1177 and used until the expulsion of Jews from England in 1290. Archaeological excavations uncovered nearly 500 graves, offering insights into the lives of York's Jewish community. Part of the site is now beneath a parking lot. The remains were reburied nearby.

Hey, there’s Orion. Not a bad capture after one

Hey, there’s Orion. Not a bad capture after one Guinness, cold and tired. #walkhome

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Home of Vorpal: Quantum Messiah, Vorpal, GRITS, Cat and the Wizard, and Battlespace: Volume 1. Owned by @jasonstudor.

It's been a productive week! Here's a finished pag

It's been a productive week! Here's a finished page from another project I am writing and drawing. Excited to reveal this soon.

#writerscommunity #artistsofig #artistcommunity #comicbooks #makecomics

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 Wow! @samir_simao_comic_

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀

Wow! @samir_simao_comic_artist has just unveiled the first new inked page of Vorpal #4, and I am absolutely thrilled! 🎉 His artistry has truly captured this pivotal moment in the comic perfectly. 😍 The level of detail and emotion in his work is beyond incredible, and I couldn't be happier with how it's all coming together. Now, it's on to @mike.montalvo for colors and, well, me to put the letters on. So exciting!

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue this amazing journey with Vorpal #4. It's a rollercoaster of epic proportions, and I can't wait to share it with all of you! 📚💥Reminder: you can pick up all previous issues of Vorpal on Amazon and Indyplanet. Links in my bio.

Get all three #Vorpalcomic issues on Amazon and re

Get all three #Vorpalcomic issues on Amazon and read them for FREE on Kindle Prime! Link in Bi 0!

We are knee deep in getting Vorpal#4 published and

We are knee deep in getting Vorpal#4 published and are excited about that. Jason just rewrote 4 pages in the 48-page script. Diego is going hard on pencils and Mike has already started flatting pages.

Putting together issue 4 with the team has a different dynamic. We're about two years away from our work on Issue 3 (outstanding teamwork) and our lives have moved in different ways. Jason mentioned that he took too long getting the current script in its current state, he's glad he, Diego and Mike all back together and working at it.

Here are the first three penciled pages by Diego Albuquerque. We love the bit with the monkey.

Much more to come in the coming months!

Brilliant Brazilian artist Diego Albuquerque joins

Brilliant Brazilian artist Diego Albuquerque joins the Vorpal team in spectacular fashion as Issue 3 of Vorpal explodes across the pages! Forces are closing in -- will Vorpal be able to escape in time? #comicbooks #scifithriller

The first 16 pages for Vorpal issue 4 is finally d

The first 16 pages for Vorpal issue 4 is finally done! Which means we can begin production. Which means Jason can carry on and finish the remaining 32 pages in the coming weeks. We think Act I is great and we think you'll love it, too.

VORPAL 4 (Untitled)
Written by Jason Tudor @jasontudor with Keith Houin @keith.houin
Art by Diego Albuquerque @diegoaalbuquerq
Colors by Mike Montalvo @mike.montalvo
Letters by Jason Tudor

RELEASE DATE: SPRING 2023

Vorpal comes to life again. More Vorpal coming Win

Vorpal comes to life again. More Vorpal coming Winter 2020. #vorpalcomic #comicbook #tiktok #aigenerated

It has been a while since I’ve painted or drawn

It has been a while since I’ve painted or drawn anything. So, I just sort of let the pen to the walking, and did this doodle of marvels daredevil. Digital oil and ink. #daredevil #marvel #digitalart #painting

So, I finally got caught up on "The Book of Boba F

So, I finally got caught up on "The Book of Boba Fett" and "Peacemaker."

First, I enjoy both to different degrees but wasn't overwhelmed by either. Let's start with TBOBF.

I think Temuera Morrison is really good. I think Ming-Na Wen is great. And, I've enjoyed the three episodes I've seen. I would only nitpick like, the Power Rangers bikes, for instance, ridden by that anodyne Up With People bike gang. Or, some of the justification for some scenes. I also get that while Boba has stepped in for Hutt, no one seems to care and I think that's one of those floating plots. Still I trust Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, who've made Star Wars Star Wars again so i can't wait for the next episode. I really enjoy the B story more and am immersed in the entire Tusken Raider experience. Cool new Wookiee

Peacemaker, on the other hand, is a mixed bag for me. I like it. I like John Cena. I think he's the next great action star in making plus he has some X qualities that others do not. I'm just not sure where or how to focus my energy with this yet. HUGE note for me is the appearance of the best DC costume from the 1980s, Vigilante. Don't agree with his character yet -- it's very Deadpool-y. But I'm riding it out and I trust James Gunn to deliver. He has in the past.

Anyway, like TBOBF more than Peacemaker, but am enjoying both with some reservations.

Inking page 3 of Vorpal 4. . . . #comicsofinstagr

Inking page 3 of Vorpal 4.
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This was Jason's first drawing of the Gloriosa Lil

This was Jason's first drawing of the Gloriosa Lily, which played a role in Issue 1. Jason said he was fascinated by the flower's colors an shape and found a key role (or McGuffin?) for it in the book. There is a secret to the Lily and only Vorpal will be able to unlock it. Well, she might have help. 😉 Join us to find out.
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Here's the original early sketch of the Jandazord.

Here's the original early sketch of the Jandazord. This demigod-like creature rules a portion of the Astral Plane and factors highly in Vorpal Issue 4, which we are producing RIGHT 👏 NOW 👏 The Jandazord name is a play on another name from a @LouisCK comedy sketch.
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All 3 issues of Vorpal are available now at a grea

All 3 issues of Vorpal are available now at a great price! Pick up all three @SpinwhizComics, @CrazyMonkeyInk, @Comixology, @Indyplanet and on the website www.jasontudor.com

This is #miniature 2 in series of 3 I designed via

This is #miniature 2 in series of 3 I designed via @heroforgeminis of my main character Vorpal from @vorpalcomicbook #vorpalcomic. Like this one because it shows a bit of the supernatural that’s been in the periphery of her in the story told so far.
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I designed and printed this version of #vorpalcom

I designed and printed this version of #vorpalcomic @vorpalcomicbook on @heroforgeminis and it looks amazing in the final @elegoo_official mars resin print.
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This is a illustrated piece I have been working on

This is a illustrated piece I have been working on start and stop for about 2 weeks. I wanted to stretch my coloring skills a bit more and think I did here. iPad Pro using Procreate, also ClipStudio for iPad (for the inks). Size: 4k at 300dpi. I welcome your thoughts.

Keep creating. Our society needs entertainment and art more than ever.

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It's Friday, so I'll just ask: what's your favorit

It's Friday, so I'll just ask: what's your favorite comic book and why?

Mine? It's probably Cerebus by Dave Sim, specifically the Church & State run. It's brilliantly written, brilliantly drawn by Sim (and Gerhardt), and brilliantly executed. It's funny, poignant, and dramatic without taking itself too seriously. Plus, it's THE Independent comic book that got it all started for the rest of us.

Runners up? Jon Sable: Freelance by Mike Grell (Issue 17 inspired me to want to do this), Grim Jack, Moon Knight, Daredevil, Silver Surfer, Eben 07, Long John, Batman, and Captain Canuck.

OK. Your turn, Go.

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My comic book saga Vorpal is now ten years old. Th

My comic book saga Vorpal is now ten years old. This is either the first or second sketch I did in bringing it to life. Three issues. 50+ pages. Pinups. Digital wallpaper. Artists from Canada, Brazil, and the U.S. A slow process, to be sure, but three issues are done. I'd love for you to see them. Visit Spinwhizcomics.com, Comixology.com, Indyplanet.com, or Crazy Monkey Ink on Facebook and Instagram. You can also find Vorpal on my website at www.jasontudor.com

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It's #throwbackThursday, so let's throwback to 201

It's #throwbackThursday, so let's throwback to 2011. I was noodling with 3D software and trying to get closer to the look and mood of this comic book. This is a digital piece I did to better understand who she was and what she did for a living, and what might happen if her fight or flight instinct kicked in. It was a fun render to do if only to gather some intellectual capital to build the universe and add content to the overall story. But I do love this render. 👍🙌

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Crazy Monkey Ink has a shit ton of great comic boo

Crazy Monkey Ink has a shit ton of great comic books including mine. Discover them in the locations noted below. My book can also be found on Comixology, Spinwhiz Comics, IndyPlanet and my own web site.
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