Sorry for there not being a strip last week. I got into a car accident (I’m fine) and on top of that, ended up catching some kind of summer cold/flu that knocked me out for a couple of days. So in honor of me being sick, Mick makes another visit to the doctor!
I upgraded to the latest WordPress as well as the latest version of Comicpress and started to rebuild the site. You may notice some color changes, navigational buttons and such. I know nothing about .CSS but I’m learning as I go and it’s pretty cool.
Next up, I’m going to design a menu bar with the same font as the Breaking the Ice title.
I finally got off my duff and started creating some desktop wallpaper for Breaking the Ice. Download, share, collect them all!

To install, simply click the link of the resolution you use for your desk top. When the image appears, right click on it and select “Set as Desktop Background…” It’s best to use “center” as opposed to “stretch” as the images can get a little funky when stretched.
If you don’t see the resolution you use for your desktop here, just email me and I can create one for you.
Creating a Contact Sheet/Online Photo Gallery with Photoshop
by John K on April 22nd, 2010I stumbled upon this the other day after I got my pictures back from a recent headshot photo session. I wanted an easy way to send the photos to friends to get their input and advice but didn’t want to send the gigantic picture files. There had to be a way to create an online photo gallery or even a contact sheet (since all of my shots were digital and were on a DVD).
There was.
Using Photoshop, you can create both a contact/proof sheet to email and if you have web hosting, you can create an online photo gallery. Mine is here:
http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/hs/index.htm
I figured I would share these tips with other actors out there, or anyone looking to create this for their own photos. I have Photoshop CS but I would assume this applies to other versions as well.
Creating a Contact Sheet
* Open Photoshop
* Select “File” from the top menu and choose “Automate”
* Select “Contact Sheet II”
* Make sure Folders is selected and “Browse” to find the folder your pictures are in on your hard drive.
* You can also set the dimensions of the contact sheet here as well, but I leave it at default
* Click “OK” and the sheet is automatically created right before your eyes!
Creating an Online Photo Gallery
* Open Photoshop
* Select “File” from the top menu and choose “Automate”
* Select “Web Photo Gallery”
* Under the Styles drop down menu you can select the look of the gallery. Include your email address that you want people to write you feedback to.
* Under Source Images, select the folder that you want to create the gallery from.
* Select the destination folder (it’s best to create a new folder on your desktop. Photoshop will place all of the files in there and you’ll have it in one place).
* Click “OK” and it’s automatically created for you.
* Log into your ISP hosting account and then upload all of the files to their own folder.
And there you go! Quick, easy and best of all…free!
In addition to cartooning and acting, one of the things I enjoy in life is old school pro wrestling from the territory days (late seventies-early eighties). I have tons of DVDs transferred over from VHS tapes.
How did I get to be so cool, you might ask? Practice, just practice. Actually, the question you’re probably asking is “how the hell did you ever find a woman to have sex with you?”
Anyway…I wrote a guest column on the Fabulous Freebirds’ run in Georgia Championship Wrestling over at my friend Scott Bowden‘s Kentucky Fried Rasslin’ site. Scott used to be a manager in Jerry Lawler’s Memphis-based promotion in the mid 90′s and has a lot of great first hand stories to share. If you’re at all interested in old school wrestling or just like to read a story well-told, check out his site!
As some of the visitors of this site may know, I’m also an actor in addition to a fledgling cartoonist
Here is a trailer for a movie I did last summer called Stacking Chips. You can see me at several points, including the very beginning. And yes, that is a Speedo

