
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Dallas Comic Con Thanks
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at the Dallas Comic Con. I was lucky enough to be kept busy the entire show. I'm not sure how many sketches I did, but it was a ton. I was only able to get up twice the first day and once the second day. I drew all day, both days. So, thanks to everyone who had a hand in that. Especially to Paul, who got at least 9 sketches from me. Several things that have never happened to me before happened at this show. I almost ran out of black Prismacolor markers, I DID run out of bristol board (Thank you John Lucas for hooking me up with more) and I had to turn down a couple of commissions towards the end because I wouldn't have had time to do them. Apologies to those folks. Thanks to Mark and Ben for having me there and for putting on a great show.

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convention,
illustration,
sketches
Friday, January 29, 2010
Fred Hembeck Spookytown Pin-up


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spookytown
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dallas Comic Con - This Weekend

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comic books,
convention
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

The band have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity. This Plastic Beach is the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet.
You can hear the first single "Stylo" on their website. I'm loving that album cover. I wish I could find a larger version to take a closer peek at that island.
My Jack Kirby Black Panther Page

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comic books
Monday, January 25, 2010
She's Crazy, He's a Liar - Now What?

They put up a website for it.
You can also preview the book.
I'm a little disappointed that they redid the design of the cover. In my original design, the illustrations were bigger, but at least they are still using them. If you click through the preview pages, you can see a bunch of my stuff throughout.
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books,
illustration,
vector
Thursday, January 21, 2010
"Jersey Shore" Spin-offs We'd Like to See

I haven't mentioned anything about our process of doing these strips. Geoff comes up with the topic, writes a bunch of panels and then sends them to our editor at Quick. They then narrow them down to the seven we're gonna do. They hand it off to me, just the list, no notes. Then I come up with all the visuals. There have been one or two panels that I've run past them first just to confirm I'm getting the point across with the image, but generally I just draw them and send the strip back. This week's strip is the first one where I was asked to change something. Originally, I had Bruce Springsteen in the CSI scene. They said it would be better if it were just a regular Jersey type dude. And I agree with their point. But, I saved the unpublished panel. I couldn't do that to the Boss...

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comic strips,
quick listoons
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tiki Joe Mysteries Sketch

This was fun piece to work on. I love Tiki stuff. There is actually a scene in Spookytown that takes place in Tiki bar. I'm looking forward to drawing those pages. Anyway, this piece came together really quickly for me. A lot of times I labor over poses and layouts, but this one popped in my head, I doodled a thumbnail on a Post-it note and I was on my way. I wanted a retro feel, so I went monochromatic with the color scheme. It's done with pen and markers. Hope he digs it.
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comic books,
illustration,
pin-up,
tiki
Monday, January 18, 2010
Ignacia from Wildguard

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comic books,
illustration,
pin-up
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Shades of Blue - Phil Noto

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shades of blue
Sunday, January 10, 2010
New Quick Listoon
Here is the installment from this week's issue of Quick. Imagine me trying to explain myself to my wife when she asked, "Why are you Googling images of John Stamos?" Wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't like the hundredth time she's found me doing it.

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comic strips,
quick listoons
Friday, January 01, 2010
Spookytown 2009 Resolution Report



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comic books,
spookytown
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