I had an idea for a comic a few weeks ago. It has not left my head like I hoped/thought it would. In fact, it keeps kind of growing. So much so, that it has a main character with a name, history and powers now.
Idea
Ok, PANIC!: Magic the Gathering
I still hate Magic. I still feel this way about Magic players.
Freddy
Happy Halloween
New Shock Theater Live: Blood Freak/Brainiac
So a few years ago, I worked with my friend Matt Brassfield to help put out the tv series NEW SHOCK THEATER on DVD. I designed the trade dress and was one of 20 some illustrators to work on the covers. Shortly after the DVDs started coming out, the host of the series, Dr. Creep, passed away. I am honored that he got to see the work before he went, and am glad to have been a part of the project from the get-go. In addition to the design work, I also drew three of the covers, this being the final one. Also, it is the final episode of NEW SHOCK THEATER. There’s one more episode that is still unavailable, a lost episode. The hunt is on, but for now, the run of NEW SHOCK THEATER is complete.
This double feature episode contains the movies BLOOD FREAK and BRAINIAC – which has nothing to do with Superman. They are possibly the weirdest characters I’ve ever drawn (Blood Freak is a turkey-monster vampire who drinks the blood of hippie junkies). But it was a good feeling to draw the late, great Dr. Creep again. I’ve drawn him so much in the last few years, it feels like second nature.
So, goodbye NEW SHOCK THEATER, but possibly not goodbye to Dr. Creep. Stay tuned?
Superman
Just for fun, I wanted to tweak Superman’s costume, make it less dumb and more classic, but still modernized. I’ve also wanted to try my hand at working on a “look” for him, inspired by Frank Quitely, and my ongoing attempts to swing more cartoony. I had a tiny epiphany when I realized that Clark Kent is Harry Crane from “Mad Men”.
Ok, PANIC!: Martians
The Martian leader and a grunt from the original Invaders from Mars movie.
Hercules
Once again, my friend Stephen Alexander is taking part – along with The Gem City Gentlemen of the Gilded Beard and Beard Team Ohio – in BeardCon. The annual convention, which celebrates beards and those who love beards, is happening on October 6th, 2012 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The Con supports the charity COMAPC – Central Ohio Men Against Prostate Cancer. Every year they hold an auction to raise money for the charity, and this here piece of art will be up on the block. Go check it out.
Ok, PANIC!: Adventure Time
I have watched exactly four episodes of Adventure Time and thought it sucked hardcore. I laughed once, and it was a fart joke. I think Marceline is appealing, but don’t think I ever saw an episode with her in it. So anyway. Fuck Adventure Time.
Boomerang
I am humbled again to have a piece for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Reduxe Edition.
Go look at all their art, and you might accidentally find this piece.
