CONTACT: nightlightcomics@gmail.com Follow @iammattchic !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); #customize-list{ float:left; margin-left:20px; list-style:none; } #gr_updates_widget{ float:left; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; background-color:#fff; border:solid #683205 10px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px 1px #595959, inset 0px 0px 0px 1px #7D730B; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px 1px #595959, inset 0px 0px 0px 1px #7D730B; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px 1px #595959, inset 0px 0px 0px 1px #7D730B; padding:15px 0 0px 15px; width:190px; height:445px; } #gr_footer{ margin-bottom:0px; height:30px; } #gr_updates_widget p{ padding:0px; margin:0; font-size:14px; } #gr_footer img{ width:100px; float:left; } ————————————————————————————————————-Tumblr (3.0; @nightlightcomics)http://www.nightlightcomics.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9gyeUHzf1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>2007 flashback.</strong><br/><br/>This old Valentine features Mars —a space babe who appeared in only one issue of Night Light Comics, <em>MARS</em> #1.</p> <p>It was all action, and no dialogue, so it was always a tough sell at the table since people could “read” it in 10 seconds if they really wanted.<br/><br/>It was one of my personal favorites though, and I have some ideas for doing some more with Mars in the future.<br/><br/>All the issues of <em>MARS</em> #1 are sold out by the way. Because it was awesome.</p> <p>Happy V.D.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17467018843http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17467018843Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:42:00 -0600valentine's dayvalentinesvalentinemarscomics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1domrIsN1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>EGYPTIAN SHUMBA </strong>spoiler alert: Someone DIES.</p> <p>Duh duh dumb…</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17217836163http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17217836163Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:00 -0600comicsgraphic novelwork in progressspoiler<a href="http://grooveshark.com/s/Adolescents+I+Hate+Children+mp3/97UmB?src=5">The Adolescents - I Hate Children</a>: <p><em>Great song. (I think “Amoeba” is my favorite Adolescents song though.) Enjoy! And stop having kids, everybody! Thank you!</em><br/><br/><em>-Matt</em></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crap-o-rama.tumblr.com/post/17198398379/the-adolescents-i-hate-children" target="_blank">crap-o-rama</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>If I ever give birth this will be played in the delivery room…</p> </blockquote>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17199116076http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17199116076Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:52:00 -0600adolescentsamoebapunkduhchildren<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyy012QKWy1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Above is a sketch of Spider-Man by me (awesome guy). Below is a quote about Spider-Man by Marc Webb (director of the new movie). </p> <p><em>“There’s a punk rock quality to Peter Parker…”</em></p> <p>Now, I remember when <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dark Knight</strong> came out, they kept marketing the Joker as being “punk rock” <em>this</em> and “punk rock” <em>that</em>. So I guess, according to Hollywood or whatever, Spider-Man AND the Joker are both “punk rock”.</p> <p>Sure. Why not.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17120195969http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/17120195969Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:00 -0600spider-manamazingpunkpeter parkerdark knightthe jokermarketing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyom5xyrr01qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>EGYPTIAN SHUMBA</strong> progress report as of 1/31: 131 pages penciled/outlined (not inked).</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/16834666159http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/16834666159Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:27:44 -0600comicsgraphic novelnight light comicsegyptian shumba<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lye106ybNN1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>2009 Flashback</strong></p> <p>This used to be on the main page of my shitty website.</p> <p>It’s got <strong>Kim</strong> on the left there —back before I decided to put her in a costume, and <strong>Max</strong> on the right —as “the Trenchcoat”, before I gave him a new costume and name, “Yellow Jacket”.</p> <p>#WhoCares</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/16506098142http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/16506098142Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:12:00 -0600comicshamm'sbeernightlight<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7p6zSluX1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Poster for <strong>Your Pest Band</strong> east coast US tour. Check out the tour dates and check them out if they’re gonna be in yer area.</p> <p>Awesome good punk’n’fun’n’stuff all the way from Japan!</p> <p>Listen <a href="http://yourpestband.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">HERE!</a>  The song “you hate my sound” is catchy as fuck.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/16297988812http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/16297988812Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:11:00 -0600your pest bandpunktourjapaneast coast<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/diqAv7JzIjc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>DADS “Sorry I’m Not Jon Hamm”</strong></p> <p>Here’s a video from the other night at Quarters. It’s about not being Jon Hamm and why our wives should love us for who we are. Stand up for Male Rights! It’s serious.</p> <p>And add <strong>Dads</strong> to the things you like on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dadsmke" target="_blank">here</a>. But only if you like us. No liars allowed.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15746835541http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15746835541Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:16:00 -0600MKEdadsdom draperjon hammpunkquartersriverweststupidmad menimportant<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lufp9nHEWA1qa0hrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I met Mike and Laura Allred a few years ago at Wizard Chicago, and as awesome as it was, it was also <strong>fucking horrible</strong> —but it was my fault.<br/><br/>They say sometimes it’s better to <em>not</em> meet your idols, and this was totally the case.</p> <p>I shut down. I got super nervous. I said weird and awkward stuff. And I know at one point Mike caught me staring at them. Just staring.</p> <p>For the record, they were both<strong> totally</strong> cool and they handled themselves just fine as the fan-dork gushed from across the table. Laura was very understanding and even invited me to hang out on the side to talk more.</p> <p>Anyways, I’m a huge Madman fan, but more importantly I’m a fan of Mike’s retro-pop-comic art, and Laura’s best-palette-in-comics-colors. This panel from iZombie, for example. Super cool.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15746430715http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15746430715Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:09:00 -0600madmanmike allredi zombie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxejbmHu6A1qbzzgco1_r1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15583355063http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15583355063Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:02:13 -0600Spider-manmarvelcomicspizza<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxex9ddysV1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Had a very productive day today. Didn’t get to read as much as I wanted (current book: <em>Lost City of Z</em>), but I got four pages penciled (not inked) for <strong>EGYPTIAN SHUMBA</strong>.</p> <p>(Click on the image, and click it again on the deviantArt page for a larger version.)</p> <p>And then I paged through the remaining script and realized how much shit I have to do still.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15437600628http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15437600628Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:15:00 -0600egyptianshumbacomicsgraphic novelsgraphic novelpizza<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx7b4x8Zl41qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Poster for the Milwaukee’s second annual <strong>ALL MESSED UP FEST</strong>!</p> <p>For more info on what this show’s all about click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/125116740924665/" target="_blank">here.</a></p> <p>Onion AV club article <a href="http://www.avclub.com/milwaukee/articles/milwaukee-prepares-to-get-all-messed-up-again,68870/" target="_blank">here.</a></p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15218516621http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15218516621Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:35:00 -0600mkemilwaukeepunklinneman'sriverwestlivebandsmusiccomicsposter art<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XCjaw7wemyo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>CHRISTMAS CHIDZ “Christmas Helmet”</em> official music video.</p> <p>Once each year, me and some friends get together and we get drunk and take drugs and write a bunch of Christmas inspired songs.</p> <p>We call ourselves the <strong>Christmas Chidz</strong>, and this year fellow-Chid Marky made a video for the new song “Christmas Helmet”.</p> <p>There’s a plan to eventually put all our songs online for the whole world to enjoy, but for now there’s just this.</p> <p>Hope you like it.  Merry Christmas!  Be safe on Christmas.  It’s coming up soon in 363 more days.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15207952697http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/15207952697Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:25:38 -0600christmasmkehelmetdrunkriverwest<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwud2cCKx31r93mfqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>I did not draw this, but it’s awesomer (that’s a word) than anything I’ll ever draw.</strong></p> <p><strong>-Matt</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com/post/14840538900/from-the-original-artwork-to-the-first-spider-man" target="_blank">themarvelageofcomics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>From the original artwork to the first Spider-Man story from AMAZING FANTASY #15, now held by the Smithsonian Museum. Here, the splash page logo stat is lifted to reveal the original title lettering underneath. Additionally, you can see where a web-pattern has been whited out around the logo and the tiny Spider-Man figure. Artwork by Steve Ditko.</p> </blockquote>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14847230684http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14847230684Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:04:00 -0600marvelspider-manamazing fantasy 15<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwodl4VhoK1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>2008 Flashback</p> <p>“Christmas Time”</p> <p>What a great title.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14686049172http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14686049172Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:12:40 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwirz7OEeJ1qewv1lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>North Korea is still crazy weird.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/post/14523400935/looking-at-fabric-samples" target="_blank">Kim Jong Il Looking At Things</a> blog is still crazy funny.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14552240752http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14552240752Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:13:44 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgzecv9d21qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Show poster for January 3, 2012</p> <p>For more posters and artwork, click on the <strong>deviantArt Gallery</strong> link or <a href="http://mattchic.deviantart.com/gallery/" target="_blank">[here]</a>.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14472091246http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14472091246Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:23:00 -0600punkmkemilwaukeecream city collectivecccriverwestmilwaukee shows<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgs8i7rDQ1qgeca3o1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>DOWNLOAD <strong>DADS</strong> SONGS FOR FREE!</p> <p>We sold out of the tape because it’s awesome and because there were only 25 made, but now you can listen to and download it for free. Talk about a holiday miracle!</p> <p>Get it on our Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dadsmke" target="_blank">[here]</a> and like us too. </p> <p>We’ll be recording more later, and Aaron Rodgers will probably put out our record.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14465077520http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14465077520Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:48:00 -0600dadspunkmkemilwaukeemiraclepop punkpizzaaaron rodgers<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4jbrHpwx1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Two random work-in-progress pages from <em>Egyptian Shumba</em>.</p> <p>Just ‘cause.</p> <p>And don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @iammattchic if you love Twitter.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14152327685http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/14152327685Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:04:00 -0600comicsgraphic novelegyptian shumba<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvtcw5ZrvO1qgeca3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>ITEM!</strong></p> <p><strong><em>MILWAUKEE ZINE FEST </em></strong></p> <p>is this Saturday, Dec. 10 @ the Polish Falcon, 10am - 5pm.</p> <p>Per usual, I’ll have comics and art for sale.  I won’t be bringing as much stuff as I did to Hovercraft (thanks to everyone who attended btw), but I will have my Daily Marvel sketchbook pages and show poster originals/prints.  <br/><br/>And stop by the after party too at Quarters.  <strong>Dads</strong> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dadsmke" target="_blank">[link]</a> are playing along with the Appleseed and Neolithics!</p> <p>More info about MKE Zine Fest <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Milwaukee-Zine-Fest/155152597843639" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>More info about After Party <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/219779408088061/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/13856992901http://www.nightlightcomics.com/post/13856992901Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:13:11 -0600milwaukeemkezine festzinezines