Dark Crystal and More

Today I got to see the finished colored pages from the Dark Crystal 8 page story that will appear on the Free Comic Book Day in May. The colorist, Lizzy John, did a wonderful job completing the story and giving it a lot of "mood". I am pretty excited about seeing it in print.

I am also starting to work on the cover and interior chapter illustrations for Matthew Maxwell's "Strangeways: The Thirsty". It's an original graphic novel that is a sequel to his "Strangeways: Murder Moon". I have talked about Matthew and his work in my earlier posts. He and I shared convention tables at APE and WonderCon in the past, and apart from being a very creative guy, he is also a gentlemen and a true fan of storytelling. To read more about Matthew and his work, you can visit him at Highway 62

In the meantime, here is another page from WWII:

Dark Crystal Preview

Here is a preview of some of my Dark Crystal pages (together with some Mouse Guard pages from David Petersen). The pages shown are full pencils, but they will also be fully digitally painted by a very talented artist. So enjoy the sneak peak: Preview

Page 10 Battlefield

I am almost done with the Dark Crystal story for Free Comic Book Day. So far, the editors at Archaia (the publisher) and the art directors at Hanson Productions, have been very supportive of the pages as I turn them in. I look forward to seeing how the story is going to look in color.

While I can't post any of the Dark Crystal material (yet), I am posting another page of pencils from my WWII crime noir story. Here is "Bronski" page 10:

Transmetropolitan

The folks who created "Transmetropolitan" for Vertigo are doing a charity book for the The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and they invited me (along with a lot of other artists) to create illustrations based on their characters. Here is the preview of my page in black and white, it will be fully painted in the published edition:

To learn more about this project, visit: ComicBookResources.Com

A recent Shadow Lass commission

Warlock and Dark Crystal on E-Bay

I am listing two original drawings and an older self published portfolio on E-Bay...if anyone is interested :)
Here is the ebay link : HERE

And here is the second ebay link : HERE

Here is the ebay link for the portfolio: HERE

Death and Dream commission

A recent commission-

Wood Nymph

Something a bit different--

Dark Crystal and I

In the past few months I have posted a number of images based on a movie called Dark Crystal. The drawings were samples that I did as try outs for doing a licensed Dark Crystal comic book. I can now announce that I will be doing an 8 page story for the Free Comic Book Day and after that....

Read the full story here:FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ARTICLE

Conan The Barbarian

At the start of a new year I am putting up a few of my original drawings for sale. This time it is the savage barbarian and the splash from "Oleg The Wise" story that I did for David Petersen's Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard.
Ebay listing HERE

Ebay listing HERE

For the Motherland....

From pencils to inks: Dr. Strange and Clea

Batman / Bruce Wayne

I like how you can't see the face of either one.....

Page 6...The Gulag

Page 4 ... a knock knock joke

The Human Hourglass by Charles Yoakum.

Here is the inked version of the Captain Marvel pin-up:




Together with the inked pin-up, I got a copy of Charles' "Carnival: The Human Hourglass". Charles still has a few copies available after APE and he is selling them through his BLOG.

The coolest thing is that for just a few dollars you get the ashcan AND Charles does an original sketch (knowing my love of the 70's cosmic Marvel universe, Charles did a Captain Marvel for me). "The Human Hourglass" is a great crime noir story, well told, and drawn with care. I enjoyed it and I recommend it...a lot :)

Jim Starlin Captain Marvel (Old School, Baby!)

Bronski page 2 pencils

Love, love, love...but wait.....

A start of a new project: "Bronski"

In the next few weeks I will be sharing pages from the new story that I am working on and studies from a Transmetropolitan project that I have been invited to participate. I'll be only contributing one page, but I ended-up with a bunch of ideas for it :)

So the first penciled Bronski page: Soviet Union 1938 "The Dawn of Communism".....

A Strange Ebay Auction

I have inked one of the Dr. Strange drawings and have put it up for sale on Ebay...I think it's a fun drawing that goes along with Strange's mystic. Pass it on to all collectors of original art that you know :)

Here is the ebay link : HERE