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July 10, 2014
July 8, 2014
The Shadow Hero
Taking a breather from the Heroes Con sketches to post this one of The Green Turtle, a character from the 1940s who may have been the first Asian-American superhero. I was asked to post this to promote a new book about the character by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew from First Second Books, The Shadow Hero, which I'm very happy to do, as I read the proof and thought it was a cracking read, beautifully illustrated. (As you'd expect from those gentlemen, of course.)
Anyway, this is a scene from the book, as reimagined by me.
Anyway, this is a scene from the book, as reimagined by me.
Heroes Con 2014 Sketch: Wolverine
I really can't stand Wolverine. I think he's an utterly repugnant character on every level. So of course I'm quite happy to make him look as ridiculous as possible.
July 7, 2014
July 6, 2014
Heroes Con 2014 Sketch: Animal!
This is another popular one. If it looks familiar, that'll be why - I post a lot of sketches very similar to this.
July 5, 2014
Heroes Con 2014 Sketch: Kermit the Frog
Always get at least one of these at any show...
July 4, 2014
July 2, 2014
Back on the Blog
Ouch! Two months since the last blog post! And I was doing so well, too. Apologies, all. Let's blow some of the dust off the furniture and throw away that suspicious carton of milk in the fridge...
• THIS WEEKEND: I will be attending the Glasgow Comic Con! It's my first visit to Scotland in years; I think the last time I was there was sometime in the mid-90s. Looking forward to seeing the place again. Do come and say hello if you're in the area. I believe I'll be upstairs, sitting next to the legendary Alan Grant.
• JULY 19th & 20th: I will be attending the Contern International Comic Festival in Luxembourg! It's to be the last stop in a sort of mini-tour by me and Tanya Roberts of signings and appearances over a few days within the area, organised by Panini Deutschland (they publish my Thor comics in Germany).
• SEPTEMBER 13th & 14th: I will be attending SPX! Always a highlight of the convention calendar, and a show of which I'm very fond. Some killer guests this year, too! (Drew Friedman? Lynda Barry? Jules Feiffer?! Pinch me, I'm dreaming!)
• OCTOBER: THE MUSICAL MONSTERS OF TURKEY HOLLOW will be out! This is the reason for my absence from this site. It's a book I've been working on for the last few months, an adaptation of an unmade Jim Henson TV special, conceived in 1968 but never produced. Well, now it's a graphic novel from Archaia Books! I just put the thing to bed a couple of days ago and have been pretty much trying to recover ever since; I was putting in some lo-o-ong working days, folks. Very happy with the results, though. Most exciting.
• NOVEMBER 15th & 16th: I will be attending the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds! Another highlight for me, this show keeps getting better and better with each passing year.
• RIGHT NOW: I attended the great Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC a couple of weeks ago and have returned with convention sketches to show off here. Starting tomorrow, I'll be posting a run which should take us clear through August, if I'm putting them up them at the rate of one per day... which I fully intend to do. (If you've never been to Heroes Con, incidentally, you owe it to yourselves to go at least once. It's such a fun show.)
So, that gets us up to date. Back tomorrow with daily sketchy goodness.
