Norm Harper

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Eisner-nominated comic writer & LEGO blogger. He/Him. https://www.thatnormdude.com/ ironbargecomic.com

My hand holding up the new Studio Series Matrix of Leadership.
The new Studio Series 86 Starscream standing triumphantly on a pile of previous Seeker toys.
Really old catalog art of the Transformers engaged in battle across space.
A third party G1 Ark playset featuring Studio Series 86 Shockwave, Soundwave, Megatron, Skywarp, and Thundercracker ruining the Autobots’ good time.
A close up of documents with a picture of a beaver dressed like a clown paperclipped on. What we can read of the documents says THE BIG TOP RECORD OF INCARCERATION SUBJECT: Zig-Zag SPECIES: Beaver CRIME: Illegal Distillation AUTHORIZED BY: Ringmaster Maloney
A cropped panel from The Iron Barge, featuring Brook the otter and her father, Atwater, on the bridge of their boat. Brook: "Where to next, pa?" Atwater: "Good question. Check the map for me." Brook: "Hmm...looks like our next stop is..."
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A kebab cart smashes into the pavement with a loud CRUNCH, right next to Brook the otter and Porter the pirate lemur. Brook reels back in surprise, "What in the..."
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An orangutan operating a meat skewer cart plates two skewer for an intimidating polar bear. Orangutan: Hey, Rocks. How about two? Big fella like you's gotta keep his strength up. On the house. Rocks: No, I'll pay. I always pay when I owe someone.
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A bustling downtown city street corner filled with animals of all sizes, going about their day as if they were the human citizens of the city.
A screenshot of The Iron Barge Book Two Kickstarter, with the funding number of $14,606 of the $14,587 goal circled in red.
A screenshot of the The Iron Barge Book Two Kickstarter showing we’re at $14,000 of our $14,623 goal (converted from Canadian)
A screenshot of Kickstarter showing that The Iron Barge Book Two is 95% funded with one day left.
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. Otter Brook grabs Porter by the collar of his vest to yell at him. 'I ain't assumin' nothin'!'
A cropped panel from The Iron Barge, Porter the aye-aye sits looking solemn with his hands bound at the wrists in front of him.
A cropped panel from the Iron Barge Book Two. A wolverine (the animal, not the mutant) in the foreground says "You lot heard the rumors about what happened aboard the Iron Barge today? I hear tell there was a jailbreak." In the background, our heroes Porter and Brook try not to be noticed.
A LEGO scene featuring Batman in the foreground facing away from camera. Up in the sky, Superman holds the Batmobile above his head with one arm.
A short sleeve yellow pullover shirt with a black lapels and the bat symbol on the front.
A screen shot of The Iron Barge Book 2 Kickstarter page, showing the total at $10,000
An otter and a lemur run through a futuristic environment.
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter wearing a green cloak and carrying a flashlight reacts angrily to an aye-aye lemur.
A lemur pirate captain sits on a throne of colorfully decorated plastic skeleton bones.
A cropped panel from The Iron Barge, featuring the lemur Porter expressing the idea that laws are bound to the civilization that wrote them, while the larger issues of right and wrong aren't limited to where you are.
The cover to The Iron Barge Book 2; a monorail travels through a ruined city as, in the foreground, a group of scavenging animals look on.
A toy of the Autobot Hot Rod finally rendered in his screen accurate pink-y magenta color.
A screenshot of the Iron Barge Book 2 Kickstarter page, showing we just crossed 50%
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A pirate lemur asks 'So, you still plan to deliver me?' An otter wearing a green cloak and carrying a large flashlight turns to look at him.
Two panels from The Iron Barge Book 2. The first shows a cheetah, rhino, and gorilla standing together. The second panel is a close up of a rat saying "We're all gonna die..."
A screen cap of the Writer's Workshop tier from our Kickstarter. "Meet with Norm Harper for a 30 minute, one-on-one online session to workshop your story and/or pitch idea! The backer may submit up to 10-pages of either comic script or pitch/concept doc ahead of the call. This reward also includes a physical copy of Iron Barge Book Two."
cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter wearing a green cloak is crouched on a ledge, pulling an aye-aye lemur out of dark, murky water. A flashlight sits on the ground next to the otter, shining a light on a the lemur.
The Iron Barge just launched on Kickstarter.
My WonderCon badge
An image from The Big Lebowski; the Dude stands in the Ralph's dairy section holding a carton of half & half. He's wearing a bathrobe which, combined with his beard and long hair, give a sort of Jedi vibe.
THE IRON BARGE Book 1 cover By Norm Harper and Meaghan Carter featuring an otter and lemur approaching a barge apprehensively. The barge is filled with cages with shadowy animals with glowing eyes, and manned by an older otter and white gibbon
A plush Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls.
A comic panel of a lemur, one eye missing, hands bound at the wrists. He's speaking, "Laws carry no weight beyond the walls that surround you. But right and wrong roam free."
A panel from The Iron Barge showing animals in a castle environment.
A cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A pirate lemur flails in dark murky waters with his wrists bound.
A cropped panel from The Iron Barge Book 2. Our main characters Porter the pirate lemur and Brook the otter stand, flanked by two dogs who are their captors. One dog is fully rendered, but the other one is a sketchy outline labeled ‘cameo’ because it’ll end up being someone’s pet in the final book.
The worm from Labyrinth on a small pedestal as my wife and I crouch down either side of him. The room is bathed in red light and I’m wearing a Zack Morris sweater.
A cropped panel from The Iron Barge Book 2. The pirate lemur Porter leans in and whispers to his captor, Brook the otter, who whispers back. Their dialogue has been hastily and poorly edited in Paint so that Porter says "Did you hear that The Iron Barge Book 2 is coming to Kickstarter next week?" and Brook is replying "S'all I've been able to think about." And, I have to stress, it is terribly edited. I'm not at my regular computer.
The Dune movie poster, but with altered text that reads "The Iron Barge Book 2 is coming to Kickstarter. If you like stories with a lot of sand, you won't want to miss it"
THE IRON BARGE Book 2 cover, by Norm Harper and Meaghan Carter. The cover features animals wearing articles of clothing, hanging out in the desolate remains of Las Vegas. They watch a monorail decorated like a snake zoom past.
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter and lemur swim with their heads just above dark, murky waters. The otter shines a flashlight at a huge crocodile floating just in front of them. The lemur yells 'Ne bouge pas!'
A cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter and a lemur breach the surface of dark green waters. The otter gasps and holds up a flashlight, while the lemur coughs out water.
A cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter wearing a green cloak swims down into murky, dark water. She cares a large flashlight in one arm, and reaches down to grab something or someone with the other.
An image of HBO's The Pitt, where Dr. Robbie is cradling a child.
The worm from The Labyrinth
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter floats in dark green water, holding a large flashlight. She looks back over her shoulder in alarm.
A cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. An otter wearing a green cloak and holding a large flashlight swims around in dark waters.
A cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A white gibbon slams his elbow into a possum's neck, cracking him against a cage door.
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A raccoon slashes a blade across an otter's cheek. The otter is wearing a blue cloak around his shoulders and winces at the strike.
Cropped panel from the comic THE IRON BARGE. A raccoon holds a box cutter to an otters throat. The otter has grabbed the raccoon's hand and is struggling with it. The raccoon has just noticed the otter's resistance.
A hand holding a copy of the Systemic comic anthology
The 90s Daredevil costume; a black and red monstrosity covered in weird Shredder-esque blade plate things.
SS86 Soundwave, his arm outstretched with Laserbeak resting on it.
A cropped panel from the Iron Barge - Sheriff Wallace is unlocking Porter's cage as a pirate possum threatens the Sheriff with a makeshift bladed weapon made from a screwdriver.
A photo of some toys. Megatron and Soundwave stand on a desert landscape as Megatron points, indicating to Scrapper in his vehicle mode that he should load the Wnergon cube in his shovel into the back of Long Haul’s dump truck bed.
A picture of the Decepticon Soundwave, posed on my desk. His tape deck window is now an opaque light blue shade, like it was in the cartoon, instead of the clear transparent that is the toy’s default.
A cropped panel from The Iron Barge; a sinister looking raccoon pirate stares over his shoulder, his eyes glowing in the dim light.
A man on a pay phone in a hospital in the 90s or maybe very early 2000s, I forget.