I’m in the process of designing new Imp shirts and I thought it would be fun to have a contest with Imp fans. This is your chance to be part of the creative process!

So, here is what you do: create an Imp shirt design that includes a description of the image and/or words in your design. You can use as many of the Imp characters as you like and be as descriptive as possible so I can understand your creative idea. If you like you can send me a sketch of your design.

How do you submit your design?
You submit your design by email (use the email button at the top of Imp’s home page or email me directly at: ewportfolio@yahoo.com). Put “Imp Contest” in the title of your email. Email me your design including a description of the image and any words that accompany your design. The design is completely up to you! It could be Imp chasing birds, Imp terrorizing Terran, Drew and Imp together, Imp playing video games….be as creative as you like!

When is the design due?
All t-shirt submissions are due June 30, 2009.

What do you WIN?
The winner will receive a free t-shirt that they helped create!

Once the winning design is picked, I will draw the image and have the design available on a t-shirt in the Imp store. The winner will have their very own t-shirt mailed to them that they helped create! So, have fun and email me those great t-shirt designs!

Ok…so, with all the frenzy online about social networking and how everyone is hooked with sharing photos, finding old buddies, and ‘adding’ themselves to the latest and greatest group…what is it going to be? Facebook? MySpace? Or Twitter? Or maybe all the above?

What is your choice venue for social networking for your personal life, your business life, or for both?

Now I hear MySpace is on its way out. Personally, I tried MySpace and I have found it buggy and the programming extremely clunky to use. I gave up with it but I know some people who still use it as their main source for networking with friends. Music bands seem to use MySpace a lot…but if you are not into bands…then where do you go?

Facebook is definitely on the rise even more than before. Everyone I know is on Facebook including myself. I find the usability of Facebook generally easy and the interface to be attractive. Every agency seems to have a Facebook account…even random agencies like Safeway and the County Fair!? Do people really “add” Safeway as a friend???

Twitter is a mystery to me. I really haven’t spent any time figuring it out. Do people really care what I had for lunch yesterday or when I am pumping gas into my car? You tell me! It could be fun. I might want to do what my favorite artist or celebrity is doing in their day to day lives.

So, with all these options…which is the most popular? Which has the greatest ease of use? Unfortunately, I have less and less time to spend on the internet and was wondering which interface is the best to use for Imp to stay in contact with Fans.

I would love to hear what Imp Fans think so, comment on this blog or email me on which you would prefer to use to stay in contact with Imp beyond this website.

Thanks and I’ll twitter you…err…add you…or whatever!

Congratulations to Leslie from the grand state of Utah for winning the Imp T-shirt contest! All submissions were excellent but I had to pick one and Leslie’s idea was the best. In a few weeks I will have the design of the shirt finished and available to all Imp fans to buy at the Imp store.

Thank you for all the great shirt ideas sent in and congratulations to Leslie! She will receive her free T-shirt with her very own design in the mail very soon.

I will be posting the design on the blog in the next week. So, stay tuned and check out the new Imp shirt!

Wednesday through Sunday this week is Comic Con International, the biggest comic convention around that takes place in sunny San Diego, California. Unfortunately, this year, I will not be there to enjoy the fun and wonder that is comics, movies, and like. For those of you who are there now…I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. No really…I really hate you. I love Comic Con and all the entertainment it brings…from the latest in books and toys to buy, to the panels, to the never before seen trailers for the up and coming movies, to the information at the workshops on how to draw webcomics. I will miss it all this year.

If you are going…have a great time…no really…have a GREAT time. Tell me all about it and take those awesome pictures. I will be living vicariously through you.

I hope to attend next year if I can get a hotel room within a 50 miles radius of the city and if I have the money. I look forward to seeing everyone’s pictures and scoping youtube for videos that people post of the fun.

I drew up a little guest comic for my friend Scott who is on vacation this week. It is showcased today on his webcomic called: HellHasFoundMe. It made me chuckle if I do say so myself.

Doing a guest comic is challenging since the artist has to draw another artist’s characters in your own style. Of course the subject matter of the gag should be in concert with the characters and their comic theme. All and all, a great exercise for a comic artist

HellHasFoundMe is a gamer theme comic but so much more. His comic is more of an ongoing series of character driven storylines interpersed with slice of life type of humor. I enjoy Scott’s skill at pen and ink hatch marks and his excellent freeform style. So, move your little mouse cursers over to Scott’s url, click over to his webcomic HellHasFoundMe, and check it out.

It’s here! Imp’s new shirt is on sale now at Imp’s store. Here is the image:

The Imp shirt comes in black but dark green and blue are also available:

So head on out to Imp’s store and support Imp by wearing him on your person! Thanks to our contest winner for the great idea for the design. You shirt is in the mail as I write this! Enjoy!