January 21st, 2010
I’m doing four covers for the relaunch of Marvel’s new ‘Marvel Kids’ line, featuring Spider-Man! This is fun for a few reasons: first, I’ve never really had an opportunity to draw Spidey professionally (and along with Batman, he’s one of the earliest characters I can remember obsessing over as a child), and second, it’s a reboot of sorts, which means that Peter Parker is an awkward, gangly high school teenager again, and that, to me, is an integral part of the character.
So here’s the first one!
(The next one is full of ninjas – another childhood dream fulfilled)
Inks by Serge LaPointe (of course) and colours by Nadine Thomas, our new studiomate!
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December 30th, 2009
We do a secret-santa sort of thing every Christmas and I got my cousin Kirby, who is a huge Green Lantern fan, so I did this piece and framed it for him. It occurred to me later that he probably would have preferred a Kyle Rayner drawing, but I’m a Hal Jordan man all the way.
Sorry, Kirb.
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December 10th, 2009
This is what happens when people ask me for sketches of Green Lantern at conventions and signings. Usually they walk away slightly disappointed, but I think these are totally legit! There are WAY weirder characters in the Green Lantern Corps than bears and cats.
By the way, if DC ever wants to do a Green Lanternimals book, I’m in. I don’t need time to think about it.
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October 15th, 2009
I’ll be travelling around Europe with fellow TX pals Ramón Pérez and Cameron Stewart for the next month, appearing at various comics festivals and shops. If you’re nearby and can make it to any of the following events, I’d love to see you!
October 23-25
Festival Internacional de Banda Desenhada na Amadora (FIBDA)
Amadora, Portugal
October 28
Kingpin Books
Lisbon, Portugal
October 31-November 1
Lille Comics Festival
Lille, France
November 2
Album Librarie
Paris, France
November 7-8
La Fete De La BD
Andennes, Belgium
November 11
Alastor Milano Fumetto
Milan, Italy
November 12
Alastor Novara
Novara, Italy
November 15
Forbidden Planet
Dublin, Ireland
November 16
Comica – ICA Nash Room 7:30pm
London, England
November 19
Orbital Comics
London, England
November 21-22
Thoughtbubble Festival
Leeds, England
More details as I get ‘em!
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September 11th, 2009
I love Frank Miller’s ‘Dark Knight Returns’. It was one of the biggest influences on my artistic growth, along with a LOT of Bill Sienkiewicz and Mike Mignola. This piece is a pin-up I did for the Lille Comics Festival I’m attending this fall. They requested a Batman illustration to use as an exclusive print for the show.
I wanted to evoke Lynn Varley’s washed-out palette so I cranked down the saturation wherever possible – an exception being Robin’s costume. I think brighter colours illustrate her enthusiasm against Batman’s gray grumpiness.
Also, Carrie Kelley is the coolest Robin ever.
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