Showing posts with label comic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comic. Show all posts

Thursday, January 30, 2014

A Clone Riff

I have made a comment (or riff) whenever this scene shows up in Episode II: Attack of the Clones.  So I decided to make a comic about it.


Monday, July 15, 2013

New Super Mario Bros. U Misadventures

A few of friends and I get together to play games on Saturday nights. Lately, we've been going through "New Super Mario Bros. U" and I've been doing a few drawings based on our experiences.


My friend Gabe kind of developed a reputation for throwing his fellow gamers (not always intentionally) into the lava.


I developed a reputation for mostly going through levels trapped in a bubble of my own self destruction.


We developed some "Mario Theology" from our friend Matt's attempts (via the Wii U GamePad) to help keep us out of the lava.

Friday, May 31, 2013

Into Tribbles

SPOILER ALERT for Star Trek: Into Darkness

My wife and I collaborated on this.  She wrote the dialogue and I drew the image.  We finally saw the movie on Memorial Day and really wanted there to be a stinger like this after the credits but since there wasn't, we decided to make our own.

Star Trek: Into Darkness - Stinger

Monday, December 10, 2012

Scrooge and Santa is Back!

A few years ago, I illustrated my first comic.  It was a 118 paged graphic novel written by my friend Matt Wilson.  Now you can get Scrooge and Santa digitally on Comixology!  This a special edition version with updates and additions, such as new cover art and a bonus short comic.
CLICK HERE or on the image below to get your copy today!


MERRY SCROOG-MAS!

Monday, October 29, 2012

Platypus of Truth - 3


Here is the third and so far final strip I made with James Harrington.


CLICK HERE to view the first strip.
CLICK HERE to view the second strip.

We'll see if there is enough interest in pursuing this series.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A Comic That May Never Be (Platypus of Truth 1)

Over a year ago, I was inspired by my friend James Harrington to create a webcomic.  I don't mean that he urged me to create a comic, I was inspired by his writings and blog title to create a comic for which I coxed him to join me.  Thankfully he loved the idea and threw tons of material at me, unfortunately I was unable continue working on it due to life/work getting busy and distracting.   I was able to draw up at least 3 comic strips and will be sharing them for the next 3 posts.  These were all drawn a year ago and the first 2 are really rusty, in regards to my drawings.  By the third strip, I was finally getting a better handle on how to draw this comic.  These have been gathering digital dust on my hard drive, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to share them with the world.  If there is enough interest, maybe James and I can find a way to produce this series.
For now, here is the first (crudely drawn) strip of The Playtypus of Truth:


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Honeybear Update

I realize I'm way behind in posting an update on the Detective Honeybear and the Mystery of the Terrible Llamas.
Incase you haven't already heard, the Kicktstarter was a complete sucess!  Not only did we reach our goal, but we also have enough now to help us start a 3rd book!  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DONATIONS!
These days, I am working hard to get all the pages for Terrible Llamas finished.  It's taking a lot of time, but that's because I'm really trying to make this the best comic I've drawn so far.  Since there is an expectant audience (something I've never experience before) I want this to look really good for them.  Here is some of my conceptual sketches of the title features critters.
Hopefully, I'll have another update on this by early November.
Back to work!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Let's Kickstart This Bear!

Detective Honeybear gained enough attention and interest, that we have now activated a Kickstarter campaign!  This will be mainly for the publication of the next story:


Check out the Kickstarter video:



Use this link to visit the Kickstarter page:

 

Alex Zaben has really done a lot of the hard work in developing all the promotions for Honeybear, so please give him an online heart-felt "slap on the back".

Also, you can now download the complete original Honeybear comic for FREE as a PDF by clicking here:


While I'm throwing links at ya, don't forget to visit the Detective Honeybear Website, "Like" it on Facebook or follow on Twitter.

Monday, July 9, 2012

ComicCon 2012

For ComicCon 2012, Matt Wilson and I will be available for signings of Scrooge and Santa at the Arcana Comics booth (#2415) Thursday at 1:30-2:15 and Saturday at 4:30-5:15.



Also, Alex Zalben and I will have printed copies of Detective Honeybear.


Hope to see some of you there!

Sunday, June 24, 2012

A Snugly Snoop

Today is the launching of a short web comic I drew with NY comedy writer Alex Zalben.


A new page will be posted every Monday and Thursday.  It will act as a kind of "countdown" to Comic Con where Alex and I will be handing out printed comics of Honeybear.  There will also be a downloadable PDF of the comic once all the pages have been posted.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Get an Adventure this Christmas!

For the holiday season, consider getting a Christmas advanture story that the whole family can enjoy!  Scrooge and Santa, a graphic novel I illustrated last year, written by Matthew Wilson.


On Christmas Eve, a modern day Scrooge is on the run after the FBI learns he kidnapped Santa Claus. His assistant, Bonnie Cratchit, agrees to help him escape, but only if he helps Santa Claus get back to the North Pole first. Now Scrooge, with some help from the Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future, must go on an adventure to bring Santa home in time to save Christmas.

CLICK HERE to purchase your copy!

Click on the link below to visit the website.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Coloring Someone Else's Drawings - Not Just For Kids Anymore

My first professional comic book work is finally printed and in my possession.  Doug TenNapel's Bad Island, published by Scholastic Books.  Before I drew Scrooge and Santa, I was a Lead Colorist with Katherine Garner on what was TenNapel's latest comic.  This was the first time I had done anything professional for the comic industry.  Not to mention, the first time I had every worked as a Colorist.  I was just starting to get to know Doug when he asked me to do this, and working through it helped to develop a friendship with him.  Mr. TenNapel is a good man, a hard worker and a great guy to work under.   I also got to know Katherine and learn what an equally hard worker she is, not to mention her skills in the craft of coloring.  My position was to develop a color pallet that other colorists could work from, and together we created the base colors for Katherine to the render (shadows/highlights) and adjust.  It was a good experience and I'm very pleased with the result.
This project lead to other work with Doug, including coloring his web comic Ratfist (Lead Colorist - Katherine Garner).  This on-line graphic novel is in the works to be published by Image Comics, but you can read the entire thing for free right now!
As an extra treat, I was recently given a copy of Bad Island and a Ratfist shirt.
 Thank you Doug and Katherine for all your hard work and support.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Conned

Well, I'm still feeling a bit sore from the weekend but overall happy with how it went.  I spent most of my time at the Acana Comics booth helping to sell books and promoting Matt Wilson and I's graphic novel, Scrooge and Santa (S&S).  Sales were pretty good and we sold over 20 S&Ss!  Matt and I also took turns performing signings of S&S, using the new poster I designed as a way to get attention.


To also help with promotion, my wife and I designed a couple of S&S shirts.  I think they turned out pretty good!


Making shirts has become a Comic Con tradition.  This year we made a shirt using my Alien E.T. comic.  It got a couple of laughs.


A busy but good Con!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Christmas Con

Well, once again the San Diego Comic Con is upon us and once again I will be there (8th year).  This year writer Matt Wilson and I will be at the Arcana Comics Booth (#2415) promoting the graphic novel we made, Scrooge and Santa.


Matt and I will be at the booth Thursday through Saturday, so if you're attending, please stop by!  Matt will also be featured in an Arcana Panel on Thursday, 6:00-7:00 p.m., room 23ABC,




Hope to see you there!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Marvel At My Comic.

About a week ago I drew a short comic for comedy writer Alex Zalben, featuring the Red Hulk and Bi-Beast.
Bi-Beast

General Ross

Red Hulk
This is the first time I've drawn a comic featuring Marvel characters.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Comic Preview: Dad's New Boss

Matthew Wilson was the writer of a graphic novel I drew last year titled Scrooge and Santa.  He has written another story for another potential graphic novel titled Dad's New Boss.  I drew up a preview of the opening to the comic and it is available to view for free here:
If there's enough interest, we might complete the graphic novel and have it available first as a Kindle book through Amazon.com.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Platonic Sketching

In the fall of 2007, I made a proposal piece for a graphic novel based on the writings of Plato.  It was printed and sent out to a bunch of various people and nothing yet has come of it.  Looking back now, I kind of cringe from most of the drawings.  It was drawn with a ball point pen, during my breaks, at my last job.  Now you can view it here:

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Comic Heroes

I thought it might be fun to create a few posts talking about individuals that I admire in their craft, in the hopes of supporting and promoting them.
The webcomic world has grown to be very vast over the years, and I don't pretend to be an expert on them.  There have been a couple that I like but none that I follow consistently.  That might be changing due to an exposer to this world from personal attachments.  This is mostly due my friend Ethan Nicolle and now Doug TenNapel.  Over the past couple of years I've gotten to know Ethan as a friend and as a respectable artists.  After getting to know him and really enjoying his company (mostly due to the fact that we are both Misties), I found out that he did drawings.  I didn't realize until he handed me a couple graphic novels he made called Chumble Spuzz and told me that he was nominated an Eisner for them, just how much of a "Drawer" he was!  About a year ago, he came back from his Christmas break with funny stories about playing with his kid brother Malachi, and how they created a character called Axe Cop.  I and other friends witnessed how this fun little idea exploded in a cultural phenomenon!
My friendship with Doug TenNapel came about in the opposite way.  I was a long time fan of his work, ever since the video game of Earthworm Jim.  Over time I got to talk with Mr. TenNapel at various points, but it wasn't until a mutual friend (Ryan Agadoni) gave me an opportunity to know Doug more personally.  (Doug and Ethan are also close friends, which was one of the reasons I met Ethan.)  Doug's latest project (his body of work is EPIC) is a brand-spanking-new webcomic series called Ratfist.  This is Doug's first webcomic and I hope it will gain the same success as Ethan's first webseries.
I admire both of these men for their body of work, the ethic for their craft, and the ideals they live by.  They are also great guys to work with, as I've experienced helping each of them on a couple of projects.
In celebration of and first year anniversary of Axe Cop and the launch of Ratfist, I decided to do a little sketch of these great guys.  Even though I haven't met him yet, Malachai is in there to give credit where credit is due.