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September 3, 2013
September 1, 2013
X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 Out This Wednesday
- FRANK CHO: X-Men: Battle of the Atoms #1 cover art – click to view full image -
Heads up, sports fans. The long awaited X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 will be out in all finer comic stores this Wednesday.
This is the book that I nearly killed myself racing to meet the final deadline. (Penciled and inked 15 pages in 10 days.) It was a miserable and brutal experience. But at the end of the day, I’m proud of this work and happy that the art work turned out great.
I hope all you readers out there enjoy it.
And don’t forget, I’ll be at Baltimore Comic-Con next weekend. So bring your copy and I’ll gladly autograph it.
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Frank Cho
- FRANK CHO: X-Men: Battle of the Atoms #1 art – click to view full image -
August 29, 2013
Preparing for Baltimore Comic-Con
- FRANK CHO: Scarlet Witch Harry Potter convention commission -
Baltimore Comic-Con is just around the corner. (September 7-8) And I’ve been steadily preparing for the show. It’s my hometown show and one of the biggest and best show in the country.
I just started working on the commissions and preparing for my annual Post-Baltimore Comic-Con cookout at my house Sunday night. (September 8)
Things are pretty hectic here and I still have lot of things to do, so I’m going to cut it short.
Here is the Scarlet Witch commission that I did for the original Boston Comic-Con which the buyer couldn’t pick up due to the unfortunate Boston bombing cancellation of the show. Hopefully he can come down and pick it up at Baltimore Comic-Con.
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August 25, 2013
Creator-Owned Projects and Marvel Projects
- FRANK CHO: Dragon Lines -
I’m at a crossroad in my life and career. A rather “Catch-22″ situation. I want to do creator-owned projects but I have my obligations to Marvel Comics.
I have 5 creator-owned projects that I want to write and draw. (Most are written at this point.) I need time to draw them. Each project will take me about 8-12 months to draw and put together. Unfortunately, none of them pay upfront. Everything is back-end payment. So if I work on my creator-owned projects, I don’t get paid until the project is done and published. And only get paid if the project is successful.
Now I’m still under Marvel contract and they pay very well. Overall, I can’t say enough good things about Marvel. Axel Alonso and Nick Lowe have taken very good care of me since day one, especially Axel Alonso. He believed in my talent while no one at Marvel did when I first joined 10 years ago. I owe that man my career.
That being said, my enthusiasm at Marvel has waned these last few years. I’m still excited about handling certain Marvel characters, but I’m more excited about doing my own creator-owned projects.
After months of research and meetings, I have three options:
1) Kickstarter
2) Marvel Icon
3) Partnering up with independent publishers
All three options are viable and each has potential for success. As matter of fact, my first creator-owned project launches at Kickstarter in 3 months after Thanksgiving in November.
So at this point, I just have to wait. Just focus on my Marvel work and see what the future will bring.
And hopefully reveal to me which road to take.
Picture of the Day
I’ve been quietly working on three creator-owned projects during my mini-summer break. This is one of them that I’ve been working on today. I’ll post images of my various creator owned projects throughout the year.
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