LAVENDER JACK! Madame Ferrier and Sir Mimley get the better part of an episode to themselves as they delve into the secrets of the Margravine Club. Part 30 (!) of our 40 ep season, free of charge, c/o #webtoon: https://t.co/JXdhNHcrhR W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re

Readers on the @webtoon app - a fine bunch who love their partners and always remember to floss - can read up to two weeks ahead via Fast Pass! This week, we catch up with a fan favorite character and learn a little more about our Season 2 Big Bad, The Black Note. It's great fun.

Today marks 5 years since the launch of @DynamiteComics' WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT, by Matt Wagner (W) Brennan Wagner (C) and me -- a 12 issue jog though The Spirit's canon / a 12 month boot camp in which Matt hammered me into a proper cartoonist. SO grateful to and for this book.

There were a TON of rounds of tryouts for this book. First, I did these spec pages -- you can see I was still using the super fine SAN HANNIBAL microns. Some good stuff here and there, but there's a pervasive stiffness. It was that last pinup that ended up pushing me forward.

Next round was a test page from a sample script Matt had written. A version of this was eventually run with the Hollywood Reporter announcement of the series. I love Matt's scripts -- brief, percussive, with highlight words to dictate the tone of the panel. Great to work from.