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Hi. My name's Rob Schamberger. I'm that guy who paints rasslers. And other stuff. I'm the reason why you fill up your Isuzu.

This new* Will Ospreay painting is all about trying to capture the movement and energy of his entrance. Trying to get that frantic motion of his elaborate robe as it flies all around the place.

*I actually painted this back in July of last year but it’s been on the shelf while Ospreay has been making his way through his neck surgery and subsequent recovery. Now that he’s back in the mix we can finally put it out there for you!

Card subject to change.

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Legendary comic book artist Sam Kieth sadly passed away a few days ago. I can’t overstate what a massive influence he was for artists around my age. I was in junior high while he was working on Marvel Comics Presents and his vision of Wolverine was something I couldn’t look away from. I remember kids at school who didn’t even read comics were picking these up because Kieth’s art was so damn rad. Distorted physiques, intricate detail, a variety of brushstrokes for every kind of texture and shading, there was nothing else like it.

That continued with his early Image Comics series The Maxx. It was regular to hear kids say, “I don’t read comics, but I love The Maxx.” That was even before the highly-popular and bizarre cartoon came out adapting it. There weren’t any other comics like this, that had a superhero-coded visual but stories and settings pulled out of a mix of Ralph Steadmann, Frank Frazetta, Bernie Wrightson, David Lynch and Salvador Dali.

Speaking of the cartoon, my best friend at the time and I would be on the phone during each episode, talking about how awesome every bit of it was and flipping through our issues of The Maxx to pop for how faithful it was.

And dreaming of being able to do the same thing some day.

The popularity of the book allowed Kieth to truly push his artistic boundaries, going far beyond traditional brush and ink and implementing sublime colors, mixing mediums to the furthest degree and showing what it looks like when a creator is able to translate their imagination directly to the page. It wasn’t always for me but it was definitely never boring or safe.

He did projects here and there for Marvel and DC again, bringing that pure output of creativity to each of them. He was an artist in the truest form, infusing every inch of his works with his own distinct vision.

I’m not shocked at all that my social media feed is full of fellow creators talking about what his work meant to them and how wonderfully different and personal each of those stories are. There’s only a few artists that have altered the course of my life simply through their art and Sam Kieth was for sure one of them.

I experimented with making Golden Grahams no bake cookies and it was a success. No bakes are my Kryptonite, so I won’t make them again in the near future because I’ll eat ‘em all. Here’s what I did:

As much as I could I measured everything out ahead of time as there’s a few points where it’s good to move fast. I also lined a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and set that to the side.

In a large saucepan on medium heat I added the butter, sugar, milk and cocoa powder and mixed them until the butter was fully melted. I then raised the heat to bring the mix to a rolling boil for 1 minute, then removed it from the heat.

I added the peanut butter and vanilla extract and mixed them in fully, then added the cereal and stirred that sum’bitch up. I then evenly poured it on the parchment paper-covered cookie sheet and put it in the fridge to firm up. I did the even pour instead of spooning it out as the cereal doesn’t hold the mixture the same way that traditional oats do.

Once it was firmed up I used a pizza cutter to criss-cross cut the cookies out. The cereal didn’t stay fully crunchy but there’s still a bit of that and they’re pretty dang delightful.

Love you more,
Rob

PS: Trans rights are human rights. Abolish and prosecute ICE.