Hazardous Tales Facebook Page

I've started a Hazardous Tales Facebook page. The banner looks like this:

(hrmm. Familiar)
And the face icon looks like this: 

I'll be posting Hazardous news, artwork, author appearances, top secret information etc. there. So, if you are a Facebook user, and would enjoy that kind of thing--and commenting on that sort of thing--click here and become a fan!

Hazardous Holidays: Labor Day

Here's a new feature on the Hazardous Tales blog: Hale's Hazardous Holidays, where we will take a look at the origin stories of various American Holidays. Labor Day isn't exclusively American--it's also celebrated in Canada.

Oh, and as a side note, if you draw comics for a living, you still work twelve hours a day, six days a week. Okay, I'm kidding, it's seven days a week.

Happy Labor Day!

Meet the Spy!

Uniform Research

Here are some of the books used to research the Provost's uniform. I had to make a second trip to a different library after this. Then I ordered a book online, (Don Troiani's Soldiers of the American Revolution) that one's still coming in the mail.

With the Hangman, I just made stuff up. But I couldn't fabricate stories about the actual British Redcoat uniform. I found myself curious about what each of the elements on the uniform were for. I got lost in the research! That's a fascinating outfit!

On top stands my LEGO re-creation of the Provost. LEGO doesn't make a 1776 Grenadier's cap. They do a nice Tricorn, an Admiral style Bicorn, even a Napoleonic Shako, but I had to make due with the modern Bear-skin Palace Guard hat. That was the closest.

Meet the Provost!

It's time to meet our second narrator in the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series!

When I started this page, I thought it would be very boring compared to the Hangman's. But two hours of online research and nine library books later, I discovered it was far more interesting than the Hangman's totally made up outfit.

I learned all about the history of the Grenadier's cap--which is basically a furry miter. That's right--miter, like the Pope wears! This hat eventually turned into the bear-skin hat you see on modern Buckingham Palace Guards. They are still made from bear skin to this day--and are quite expensive (especially for the bear!)

Meet the Hangman!

Launch Day!