If breaking news hasn't changed things, I should be on WTAM-1100 radio in Cleveland on the Wills and Snyder show talking about Superman. if any of you have met me in person, you know that's a topic that's hard to get me to shut up on.
Inspired by the new trailer, I decided to do a Superman and Lois piece. Click the below image to enlarge it, or "biggimized" as the kids say.
I've always been impressed with how the My Little Pony cosplayers manage to graft the design of the ponies to different kinds of costumes. Here, I was hired by a Soarin cosplayer to do a commission of the person and the pony.
Also, this is a fine time to announce to all the Bronies and Pegasisters that I will be at C2E2, but I am not grouped with the Pony Artists. Amy Mebberson, Tony Fleecs, Andy Price and Katie Cook will all be in the L section. I will be at E11. (I figure I'm most identified with Love and Capes, not My Little Pony, hence the distance.) But I will have original art, commissions and all that coolness. Just six rows away.
Last summer, I participated in the Topps' Star Wars: Galactic Files sketchcard series. As a result, I've been doing a lot of these, including this My Little Pony card. I'll be making a batch of them for my appearance at Captain Blue Hen in Newark, Delaware for Free Comic Book Day this year.
IDW does a lot of variant covers for their My Little Pony books. They did sketch covers and, something I haven't seen before but really dig, sketch back covers. They print them on something that's effectively bristol board, takes pencil and ink really well, and people can commission us to draw on them. Coming out of last week's My Little Pony event at Beach Ball Comics, I got a series of four covers, two fronts and two backs to draw. I'm pretty happy with how these came out. I do have some blank covers in my box of comps from my Twilight Sparkle issue, so if you're interested, drop me a line and we can talk price.
Either way, here are the covers I did. Click and embiggen!
They've been a lot of fun to do. I have a lot of flexibility once I get the title, and I've used it to expand my capabilites, too. The art is drawn in Adobe Illustrator on my Cintiq, so I've learned how to bring brush-inking techniques to that indispensable vector program. It's a skill I've been able to use in other projects, including the red Love and Capes shirts I did earlier this year.
Yesterday I was at the My Little Pony event at Beach Ball Comics in Anaheim. I had a fantastic time. Thanks so much to Thomas and his staff at the store for taking such good care of us.
It was me, Amy Mebberson, and Heather Nuhfer behind the counter and signing and signing. I dropped by the store at a couple hours before the signing to drop my gear off and have lunch over at Disneyland. When I got there, there was already a sizeable line! The fans were amazing.
Attendance was solid but never overwhelming. You'll notice in the picture of the line that there's a display of My Little Pony comics. By the time the four hour event was over, that rack was almost empty.
It was so much fun. Amy and Heather were great tablemates, and I'd do another signing with them in a heartbeat. Amy pointed out that the biggest assemblage of Pony artists/writers will be at C2E2 in a couple weeks. Hope to see you there.
(Also, the photo of Amy, Heather and me was taken by Neo Edmund, a good guy who won't mind that I stole it off his Facebook page, I'm sure.)
Tomorrow I'll be appearing at the Beach Ball My Little Pny event. I'll be doing sketches, selling books (including Love and Capes), selling original art, and best of all, meeting and talking with fans.
To prepare for it, I did a few advance My Little Pony commissions. All of these will be for sale tomorrow.
By way of explanation, these are hand-drawn and inked originals with a digital color print. I don't mass produce prints of other people's characters, so each one of these pieces is the only one. I won't print another.
Take a look at the links here, too. Click on any of them to embiggenate.
I'm looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow.
My Composite Superman commission got me a little bit of notice and a second commission to do Beast of the X-Men in both his furry blue and original forms.
Sometimes art just comes together, and this is one of those times. The way the mask blends into his blue furry hood is just so perfect that I wish I'd thought of it before I'd started drawing. I love the pose, his flurry blue foot is one of the best feet I've drawn (almost typed "foots") and his right hand has the perfect amount of Kirby to it.
As the Beast might say, in those perfect Kelsey Grammer tones, "Click the lesser illustration to prompt a view of the larger one."
I was part of the Aw Yeah Comics Kickstarter! I did a four page story all about Cell Phone Guy.
In the meantime, I'll be at C2E2 at the end of the month, home of Aw Yeah Comics! I'm sure fun will ensue there, too!
This Saturday I'll be appearing at Beach Ball Comics along with Heather Nuhfer and Amy Mebberson! The fun starts at 1:00pm. We'll be signing and selling tons of stuff. I'll have the original art for my My Little Pony: Twilight Sparkle issue with me, too. It should be a lot of fun.
More details here if you're interested.
