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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August 24th, 2009
The Transmission X creators* will be special guests at the upcoming Toronto FANEXPO being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on August 28-30th. Transmission X will be located in the Special Guests area.
To get things started TX Comics will be hosting the following panel on webcomics on Friday at 5PM in room 713A:
Webcomics 101
Presented by TX Comics
Ever wanted to create your own comic, but don’t know where to begin? The popularity of digital comics is exploding, and the web is destined to become a major entertainment medium. Join the creators of the critically acclaimed webcomics collective TX Comics for an informative, interactive, and lively discussion of the advantages of creating a webcomic and publishing to the world wide web for fun and profit. Topics include the benefits of self-publishing on the web, promoting your webcomic, tips and tricks, and technical advice from the pros!
Show hours are as follows:
Friday: 4PM – 9PM**
Saturday: 10AM – 7PM
Sunday: 11AM – 6PM
** Advance pass members can gain access to the show on Friday at 2pm.
* Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl, Ramón Pérez, Andy Belanger, Scott Hepburn, Brian McLachlan, Michael Cho, and Eric Vedder, along with two new creators joining the TX collective.
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July 6th, 2009
Yikes! The first issue of Wednesday Comics hits the shelves this week! For those of you who don’t know, it’s a weekly comic in the style of the old Sunday newspaper strips – large format, colourful comics on a gigantic page!
So for the next twelve weeks, you can follow the adventures of DC’s classic heroes written and drawn by some of the industry’s most talented creators (and me).
I’m drawing and co-writing (with Brenden Fletcher) a Flash story, starring the one and only Barry Allen and a certain, super-intelligent gorilla…
Pick it up on Wednesday and let me know what you think!
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May 7th, 2009
I’m trekking back to Toronto this weekend for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, where I’ll be sharing table space with my tx-comics pals. We’ll have freebies to promote our various webcomics, and I’m hauling boxes of Abominable Charles Christopher shirts and prints with me to sell.
This show only happens once every two years, and it’s always full of exciting new books to check out, so stop on by!
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May 4th, 2009
Here’s a sneak peek at the first page of my Flash story for Wednesday Comics! Co-written with Brenden Fletcher and coloured by Dave McCaig, it’s a 100% Canadian effort. :)
Keep in mind, this is only the top half of the page…
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