patrick e. mclean

copywriter • author • raconteur

waiting for the proof

the book is done done. everthing- pencil, inks, lettering, i wish we could have colored it.
but time is a bitch and she likes to run from you laughing. i’m happy with the book except for page 20. oh, page 20 i don’t like thee. well i like two panels on the [...]

Why a podcast?

Artists get sketchbooks. You get to see them play with and evolve ideas as they bring characters to life. And you are also provided with an intimate insight into the way they draw. And writers get…
(let’s try one more time to stick a landing with that sentence.)
And writers get…
Nothing. Writer get nothing. And readers and [...]

I've been blamed for a general decline in literacy!

And I couldn’t be happier. Here’s what the June 15th Apple e-newsletter(http://www.apple.com/enews/2006/06/15enews1.html#top) had to say about the Seanachai:

garragh

the pencils are done. time to move on to the fun and after that the bright lights and funny smells at the heroes con.
i’d like to thank starbucks, patrick, nietzsche and the mighty wonder showzen.
hopefully i’ll see you all at a con. near you. if you see me or patrick, give us a [...]

The First Issue is Penciled

Next comes inking and then coloring – but the first issue is drawn. Here are a few glimpses.

Cheap Labor Pt. II

“Let me see if I understand this. Your company is overrun by Zombies of your own making?”

Cheap Labor Pt. I

Edwin offers a brilliant evil scheme, but his client is wooed by a guy with a magic rattle.

Topper Haggleblat

What can you say about Topper? He’s Edwin’s lawyer. He’s very short. His appetities and temper are tremendous. He lusts after everything a man can lust after – power, women, money. He’s violent, mercurial, emotional — he’s Dr. McCoy to Edwin’s Mr. Spock. Except that nobody was ever afraid of Dr. McCoy. But Topper? [...]

Episode X – Betrayal!

Topper takes matters into his own hands.

Episode IX – So They'll Know

Sometimes dirty work is good for business.

Episode VIII – Contingency Plan

Topper wants to know why they don’t get to have bitches and bling. He doesn’t use those words to ask Edwin – but that’s what he’s wondering.

Episode VII – The Henchman's Molars

Talk about your dead-end jobs. You think Henchmen get full dental. You think they get any dental? Let’s see what happens when Edwin runs the show.

Episode VI – Edwin vs. the FBI

Complicity is the best defense. Edwin co-ops Agent Tupwaddle with the force of truth.

Episode V – Open for Business

What’s more evil than an insurance company? Well, nothing.

Episode IV – The Cromoglodon Falls!

Edwin revenges himself upon the Cromoglodon. (And revenge is a dish best served profitable.)

Episode III – A Round of Golf

Not even a beloved sport can offer Edwin a respite from his clients. Topper lives up to his reputation.

Episode II – The Less-than-Sinister Dr. Loeb

Evil Masterminds – don’t fool yourselves, they’re not that smart. Edwin finally gets to play golf.

Episode I – A Thursday Without Golf

Edwin struggles with the lunacy of Brainitar, Amazing Man and the indignities of wrongful arrest.

The Origin of HtSiE

Inspiration sans hope
So I had an idea for a comic that I thought was very good. But I didn’t have anybody to help me with it. (In fact, I would have bet a large amount of money that there wasn’t a decent comic book artist in Charlotte.) Despair prevailed.
The Snake River Canyon Jump
Some [...]

Brainitar

A gifted expert in the field of biorobotics who transplanted his brain from perfectly good body into a multifunction pod, then went insane when he developed an itch he couldn’t scratch because he was on a limb he no longer had. In Edwin’s words, “Evil? Assuredly. Genius? Absolutely not.”

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