Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues!

Here's a mock cover for the third book in the Encyclopedia Brown series, and for now the last one I'll bug you guys with. They get tougher with each one because I can't remember many of the plots, so these end up kind of generic. I found an old copy of the first book online so I'm waiting for that to arrive in the mail. Hopefully then I'll be able to work up some quick samples once I've read it again.

My buddy Kyle Latino mentioned that I should include Encyclopedia's friend Sally Kimball so here's my first take on her. It's tough because I don't remember much about her, including her hair color, so I kind of guessed at it here. A lot of my take on her was informed by this Shortall illustration that I was able to find online, which gave me the impression that she's a brunette. Most of her other portrayals seems to indicate that she's blond though. This wasn't a great angle for her either, so I'd like to take another shot at her soon. The neighborhood bully and Brown's "nemesis" Bugs Meany was a bit of an afterthought. I needed something to fill that space in the middle and my uncle said he wanted to see Meany show up. I'm reasonably happy with the design though, I love using that yellow ocher color.

So I'll give you guys a break from ol' EB for now. I'm going to start working up a pitch as soon as I have the time, but I can't promise anything soon. Like I said earlier in the week, your response has been overwhelming and only makes me want to do this more. So thank you very much for that.

I'm hoping to update the woefully neglected shop sometime this week. I may even start off with a couple eBay auctions to help me decide on prices. More to follow.