Update of sorts.

Hey all.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. I've written more pages to THIEF #2, and I gotta say I like where its going. Hopefully everyone that picks it up will enjoy it as well. I'll probably be developing all the company pages for the interior cover and such soon with MS Publisher. It's extremely easy to use if anyone is looking for a way to develop pages that can be imported into Photoshop and then made into high res PDFs.

Recently I've had a hard time getting onto the blog, not just because I've been real busy, but also because I've had hard time accessing it, so I'm back for now.

This week, Blue Beetle dies in COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS from DC Comics. It's only $1, so I urge all to try to grab a copy...80 pgs, $1...Jim Lee and Alex Ross cover...YOWSA!

On top of all that, I've applied for a new position at work, and even more, I'm having a Wrestlemania party at my house on Sunday...Ought to be fun.

I'm out for now...I'll try to post a picture later.

Sin City

So April 1st is almost upon us and I know where I'll be...at the local premiere of SIN CITY, the movie co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. As an avid fan of Miller's past works, and a big fan of the graphic novels in question, this looks to be possibly the best adaptation of a comic book to a movie...possibly ever.

That's saying a lot, expecially because in recent years there have been a lot of good ones, including Spider-man 1&2, X-Men 1&2, and still my personal favorite, the Crow.

But Rodriguez did something different. He handed all the actors pages from the books and said, "This is your script." He also had a computer overlay that showed the actual panels from the comic and then the piece from the movie. NO ONE has ever gone to such great lengths as to attempt something like this, but then again, no comic has ever been 100% adaptable without a lot of special effects shots, lots of money, and direction.

Miller has directed films before, notably (or unnotably) Robocop 2 and 3, but both flopped as Universal destroyed his original vision and made the movies hokey, unlike Paul Verhoeven's original, which with points of gratuitous humor and horror, was one of the first movies like that to ever do well...

I look forward to the perfomances by Oscar nominated actors Del Toro and Clive Owen. This movie is shaking with its star power, and if it wasn't for the image being given a 100% testimonial, you better believe that only one or two of them MAY have said okay.

As a side note, I may start uploading some of the art I've been drawing recently, as I intend to actually do some Frank Miller inspired pieces, and have already begun. Probably on Easter, I'll put up a pic of Infinity as drawn in my awful attempt of Frank Miller-izing it...We'll see if I actually put it up here or not...since I haven't started drawing it, yet.

Enjoy your holiday if I'm not back before it!

Cheeburger!

If you guys haven't tried CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER, you are missing out. Home of the 20 oz. precooked burger (1 lb of meat after cooking) of real angus beef....oh man, it has me saying CHEEBURGER all the time.

So last night I got pretty hammered and had a fight with my fiance, but not to worry, we worked it out as we sobered up and we're still gravy.

I'll be jumping back into the writing portion of the comics this week, because I want to stay fresh. I may jump back on Atomic Teen for a bit, just to allow myself a good way to stay ahead on both written projects, though if I hear more from Chris Crosby about the possibilities of a sequel to Landis, I may very well jump in Landis: Dark Age Today, basically, without giving away too much, this would be the sequel to v.1, and take place about 6 months after the story in v.1. That's about all I'd be able to say about it right now, and I have to admit, I don't think I'd really want to play with Landis again right now unless Owen Gieni wanted to return as the artist, as his style was perfect for what we tried to do with that book, and hopefully we can get it out when we need to this time, so that everyone can finally put their hands on a book of mine that we can all be proud of.

Anyway, that's about all for now. I should be able to update this a little more frequently, but some of my posts recently hadn't been posting, so we'll see how that goes.

I don't know if I ever posted this one or not. It's a drawing I did of my characters Ardy Vanstarr and Janus Tagger. I have to give every artist I've worked with a ton of props, as things like this I'm okay at drawing, but when it comes to backgrounds and action sequences, I have nothing. Hopefully this will get looked at Favorably. I did it a while back with the hopes of putting it in Landis v.1, and it may still show up there as character sketches. 

Saint Patty's day!

Everyone be safe tonight, drink lots of green drinks and enjoy all!

I'm gonna post some art!

Wrestlemania shape up and more...

Well, I hadn't been on in a couple days, so I figured I'd discuss a big wrestling show. In fact, the biggest wrestling show of the year, Wrestlemania. Let me start by saying this is the ONLY show that WWE seems to be prepping for pretty well. All the other shows seem rushed, not ready for primetime, and not even better than one of their weekly FREE TV shows. But with Wrestlemania being in April, and NO March PPV, that means extra buildup time, and my favorite part (when done right)...well written angles.

Let's look at the card.

SUMO MATCH
Akibono vs. Big Show

This will be on the card early, but I bet Vince is trying to ensure some overseas buys with this one. I see Big Show losing, since its not his match, and a hug after for the crowd to ooh and aahhh.

No TAG TITLE matches announced (for EITHER side)

Randy Orton vs. The Undertaker

The Legend versus the Legend Killer. Hmm...expect the Undertaker to get screwed out of a win here, or, maybe a humbling by Randy Orton that allows the UT to actually pull it off. I'd like the streak to stay intact, but let's be honest...not many older guys get pushed past teh younger and more popular talent...though if Orton got "traded" to Smackdown after, I could see him letting the Taker win, only to come over and get revenge in a full blown heel turn.

Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle

Wow. This is one of those matches that people really have been asking for, for a long long time. I think this match with be the second best on the entire card, and if the Money in the Bank ladder match is awful, then this WILL STEAL THE SHOW. I honestly don't mind WHO wins, either, but I'd again, like to see these guys traded to the other show, so that the feud can go past one match. Hopefully they get to work with each other some before the match to get afeel for each other.

MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH
Jericho v. Benoit v. Edge v. Christian v. Benjamin v. Kane

I want to see Christian win this, but honestly, expect Benoit to. He's been working with Batista for a while, but...oh wait, they are both faces...hm...give it to Jericho and have the mouth go crazy on Batista. It could be like when the UT first faced Shawn Michaels. That was such a great feud.

Women's Championship match

Gimme a break already.

World Heavyweight Title match
HHH vs. Batista

Hopefully they'll carry a good match with the up and comer DEFINITELY getting the win. Its like nothing can stop him...but I'm sure a sledgehammer and a face turn by the nature boy is coming...they're even hinting at it already. New Champ

WWE Title Match
JBL vs. Cena

Cena walks away with the title...but will he turn on the chain gang to get it? Maybe...remember when Steve Austin beat the Rock at WM(I think it was) 16...turned on the fans and started a two year heel run that was some of the funniest bits EVER.

try the pic again. 

Hey everyone. I just installed Microsoft Publisher 2003 to my computer, and wanted to show everyone kind of what I had in mind for the cover of THIEF #0. Of course, we'll play with the logo, and add a company logo (after Eric and I decide what we want to call it, hehe) but this again is the idea I had for the cover when Eric drew this piece...and now he's telling me he's got some other great ideas for covers, so we'll see how things turn out. We'll have to do some color work, but you get the idea. 

This was going to be the cover to issue #2, by series artist Owen Gieni. Hopefully, we'll do a cover gallery, because there were a ton of pieces that would have been wonderful that may not get seen otherwise. Also, colored by Studio Makma. 

This was the actual Production cover for LANDIS v.1, as we get closer to its release date (hopefully), I figured I'll start supplying the site with some of the art, so that everyone can see what to expect. Here, the art is by Ethan (GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH) Van Sciver, and colored by Studio Makma based out of France. All in all, this thing is great, I think. 

This was the Batista Drawing I did last night. It kind of sucks to know that I put some effort into this poster and the people RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME held up a stupid DAAAAVE single letter per sign thing. I mean, it sucked that they were so unoriginal and had to get that stupid crap in front of me. Anyway, I know I got this one up there a couple times. Tim, I really hope Matt enjoys it. 

After Raw

Well, I just got back from Monday Night Raw, and it was a blast as it tends to be. A Very good show, I thought. My signs showed up randomly throughout the night, and I'll be posting pictures here when I get them developed, but it was a great time. I enjoyed it emensely. If you watched it and saw a drawing of Batista in thick black marker, that was me.

After the event, I saw a buddy of mine, and though I thought about keeping the sign, I thought it'd be a great gift for his son, Matt, but hopefully I'll still have a photo of it to place on here.

Man I had fun, but I'm hoarse now.

Monday Night Raw

I'll be five rows up in the crowd, tonight, holding a sign that anyone SHOULD be able to see that simply says..."HHH FEARS DIVORCE" and of course in the heart of Horsemen country, "Flair FEARS Foley." Yeah, I know, not as original as a "F**K the FCC" sign, but I have to admit the first one tickles me. The second is just to see how many people I can piss off, since Ric Flair is a staple of NC, and I frankly don't care. He's done a lot for the business, especially since he'll put over a young up and comer if its best for the business (unlike his cohort).

As to update everyone on the state of THIEF, Eric is getting through pages 7 and 8 on the penciling side, and he's really been impressing me. There are some scenes that look like they may need a photoshop additive, but otherwise, he's really been pushing his artistic skills. That fight panel that I posted remains to be my favorite so far, as it is just that good.

More later.

This right here is THIEF #0's second half of page five in pencil. It is kind of a sequence of getting stuck somewhere you shouldn't be. as you can see, Derek doesn't know WHAT to do. Eric's cartoony style really seems to be coming around with enough detail in the right spots. I thought these two panels were good to show now, just to show the progress this project is making. 

Been a while

Hey folks, been a while since I updated this here site, so I figured I'd go ahead and give a little update.

I haven't really gotten to draw those cover concepts, I've recently discovered MVP Baseball 2005, and because of that, I haven't done much of anything since then. Well, besides that and work, there really hasn't been too much time.

I personally am taking a Mark Millar approach when it comes to writing THIEF, because I want Eric and myself to remain on the same plain, which we are right now. If we can keep hold of that, we've got a real special project working, so hopefully, we can finally make our mark in the industry we've both always tried to do such a thing in.

I'll probably get some time to do a couple sketches over the weekend, but with me going to see Monday Night Raw this coming week, I'm going to have to draw up some signs first, since I don't think they are going to let me in with a DRY ERASE BOARD, hehe...that'd be a first, though!

I'm thinking FLAIR FEARS FOLEY, and I STOLE GUERRERO'S MULLET, and CHEECH!!! for my signs, but I could always do the typical ones...FOLEY = RATINGS and SCORCHIN!

Heh...I love this time of year...the signs just come to mind.

I'm going to have a blast. Look for me there!