This bomb tosser was a character, a fifth member of the Squad, in the first version of Oz Squad number one. I don’t remember his name at the moment.
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Oz Squad – The Lion
The fourth member of the first Oz Squad was the Lion. This squad was an unofficial creation and their mission was for personal growth rather than national defense. Still, they managed to kill two witches and overthrow the Wizard. Not bad for a little girl, a walking doll, a tin man and a neurotic predator.
Oz Squad – Nick
First Dorothy met the Scarecrow. Then she and he found a tin man standing rusted in the woods. That was Nick Chopper.
Oz Squad – Dot
2010 seems to be a year for completing projects. I just got word that an old Black Seal project has lurched back to life and I need to find and complete some artwork for it. That’s going to require going through a number of still packed boxes to find the art but that’s good thing. I need to get unpacked.
One of the other things I’d like to do this year is finish sorting the books and magazines I own to decide what I want to keep and what needs to find a new home. That’s not going to happen while they’re in boxes.
And of course, the big ongoing project is getting the new Oz Squad number 1 finished. I get a little bit done on the art every day. Some days it’s so little it’s really frustrating. Other days I can actually look at a page and decide I’m done with it. I can’t predict when I’ll actually have the art done. I’ve made so many predictions in the past and failed to make them come true that I’ve (mostly) learned to stop making them.
This sketch of Dorothy is from 2004 and was part of the design of the cover of an ashcan preview of another, earlier Oz Squad number one.
