WIP: More M&C Commission Stuff
More to come on this and other drawing-type stuff.
2022-10-23 18:41:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Evan Dorkin posts
WIP: M&C Commission
Part of the work in process. The other part involves a polar bear. It has involved many crumpled up pieces of paper over a period of time, but finally shaping up.
Working on other late commis...
2022-10-22 23:36:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe Halloweirdos: Layouts
Process layouts for all eight Halloweirdos strips from Nick Magazine. These were done on large sheets of tracing paper. I penciled these pretty cleanly in order to keep things tight and under contr...
2022-10-21 19:43:44 +0000 UTC View PostOut Today: BLACKWOOD LIBRARY EDITION
The Blackwood Library Edition is now available in shops. Huzzah!
The oversized hardcover book collects all eight issues of the series to date. Co-creator Veronica Fish's original covers...
2022-10-19 20:38:08 +0000 UTC View Post
From The Archives: The Halloweirdos (Nick Mag)
The Halloweirdos was a comic strip we did that ran in Nick Mag #105, (Oct, 2004). For a time the comics section would run a strip at the bottom of the page beneath the main comics, James Kochalka a...
2022-10-15 21:09:35 +0000 UTC View PostOutlining Beasts of Burden
Outlining is important. There's no doubt about that. It provides a structure for your script or story the same way penciling out a comic page provides the structure for the finished inks. Some peop...
2022-10-10 22:50:12 +0000 UTC View PostCommission WIP: M&C Raising Cthulhu
Some details still need to be locked down in the pencils but it's pretty much all there for the inks. A lot going on in this one.
Pushing four commissions along, working on the ne...
2022-10-07 06:25:04 +0000 UTC View PostTear Them Apart Episode #18 Cartoon (Lake Mungo)
It's been a long time since Paul Yellovich and I got to sit down and record an actual episode of our horror movie podcast. I'm happy to say that we finally have a new episode ready, which will be a...
2022-10-03 00:14:39 +0000 UTC View PostWorld's Funnest: Earth S Sequence Script w/Art by Jaime Hernandez (Pg 25-27)
This was a highlight of the World's Funnest project for me, for a number of reasons.
If you know anything about me, you know I'm a huge Love and Rockets fan, and a huge fa...
2022-09-29 21:06:59 +0000 UTC View PostLa Mano del Destino Introduction Essay
Sarah and I first met J. Gonzo at Heroes Con, I can't recall what year this was but he had at least two issues of his self-published comic out on his table in Artist's Alley. Sarah bought...
2022-09-22 23:28:52 +0000 UTC View PostCommission WIP: MERV GRIFFIN! M&C Page Recreation
Plus, the title WIP, for the lettering wonks.
(The original comic's title is pretty iff...
2022-09-22 01:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostCommission WIP: M&C Vs Spy Vs Spy
I'm down to the last six or so commissions, one of which is allllmost done (I screwed something up on it and have to fix it, among other slow progress).
These are the "difficult ones", ...
2022-09-20 05:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostTHE ARCTIC MARAUDER by Jacques Tardi (Some Garbled Thoughts)
THE ARCTIC MARAUDER by Jacques Tardi
Published by Fantagraphics in 2011, originally published in 1974.
64-page black & white 9" x 11.75" hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-6...
Original Art on eBay: M&C As Cats (???)
Continuing my experiments of listing stuff I either don't know how to price (or haven't been able to sell for a while) on eBay. I don't know what to charge for a smaller drawing of Milk & Chees...
2022-09-18 19:43:25 +0000 UTC View PostLettering-Type Stuff: Tear Them Apart Podcast Logo
Here's the process I went through for the logo for Tear Them Apart, the horror movie podcast that my friend Paul Yellovich and I do.
The logo, like the podcast, is casual, simple and l...
2022-09-14 21:24:08 +0000 UTC View PostCommission WIP: M&C X Cthulhu Rough
The remaining commissions are all requests that I don't feel comfortable starting directly on the page. Rough layouts allow me to take baby steps and walk a final layout/pencil job into the bullsey...
2022-09-12 22:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostCommission: Phil And The Multi-Stations (Bill & Ted #4)
Finished colors and cleaned up some inks flattened by the markers, 6" x 9".
On the drawing board/WIP:
Still inching the very late Fugazi/Deadline cover recreation towards th...
2022-09-11 21:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostArt For Auction: Murder Family Original Interior Page On eBay
New art listing on eBay: Page 3 of "THE OTHER WOMAN", from the last Murder Family comic, originally published in Dark Horse Presents #10 in March, 2012 (and later collected in House of Fun #1 in 20...
2022-09-09 00:07:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe Unseen Comics: Meanwhile (Feat. Kid Blastoff/Special Guests)
Back in 1998 my friend Brian David-Marshall (the original publisher of Pirate Corp$!) was trying to put together a comics supplement project called Meanwhile, which would be a weekly comics package...
2022-09-07 23:13:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Blasphemous Tome #9 Is Upon Us!
If you're a table top roleplaying gamer, and a fan of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG in particular, you may be familiar with The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, featuring Scott Dorward, Paul...
2022-09-05 20:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostI Am Your Fan: On First Meeting Walt Simonson (1984)
On the occasion of the great Walt Simonson's 76th birthday, let me tell you about the time I first met the man. I'll try to keep the gushing to a minimum, and I know I will fail, so, forgive me, be...
2022-09-03 01:06:34 +0000 UTC View PostNight of the Living Dead Cemetery Ghoul pinup on eBay
Some of you have probably already seen this drawing, at least in an earlier version without the background texturing. I had lost track of the drawing a few months ago and just found it filed with s...
2022-09-01 19:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostCommission Inks: Phil From The Marvel Bill & Ted Series
Still needs colors and little touch ups.
Fun fact: The customer for this piece is the person who the character of Phil was based on, waaaaay back in 1991 or so (thank you, Boy genius!)....
2022-08-29 02:48:49 +0000 UTC View PostA Little Bit About Lettering (From My Limited Perspective)
Recently I've had enough folks here ask me about my lettering (such as it is), that I thought I'd put up some posts about...well, my lettering. As well as logos and story title and SFX lettering an...
2022-08-27 22:12:27 +0000 UTC View PostExperiment #99
Who are the people in your neighborhood?
It depends on the neighborhood.
And the time.
One thing's for certain, though. It's very hard to make plans around here....
2022-08-25 19:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostAdvance Copy Photos: Blackwood Library Edition
Yesterday I received an advance copy of the Blackwood Library Edition from Dark Horse, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.
The hardcover book is oversized, measuring app 8 1/2"...
2022-08-22 19:43:05 +0000 UTC View PostAsk Me Anything (8/21/22 Edition)
If I don't feel up for answering a particular question for whatever reason, or don't have an answer, I will say so. I'll check in and answer any/all questions as long as any appear in the comments....
2022-08-22 00:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post