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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
