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May 20, 2011
New Art For Sale!I just posted lots of new pieces over on...
New Art For Sale!
I just posted lots of new pieces over on the art sales site, Sprousenet art Emporium, including many Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne pages I haven't listed before as well as some other goodies. Check it out!
--C
I just posted lots of new pieces over on the art sales site, Sprousenet art Emporium, including many Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne pages I haven't listed before as well as some other goodies. Check it out!
--C
May 10, 2011
Birmingham ComiconI'll be attending my first convention i...
Birmingham Comicon
I'll be attending my first convention in the UK later this year. I've been invited to be a guest at the Birmingham Comicon in Birmingham, England, and I can't wait! I'll be meeting writer Peter Hogan for the first time at the show, after having worked together off and on over the last decade. The week after the convention, Peter and I will be doing a store signing in London--more on that later. Here's another image I borrowed from the Birmingham Comicon site:
It kind of blows my mind sometimes when I think about the younger me as an aspiring cartoonist just hoping to draw anything at all for a living, and now there's my work sharing space with Dave Gibbons and Alan Davis. Weird...sometimes things happen in my job that almost make me forget the long hours, no job security and complete lack of health coverage, sick days and paid vacation time...
...almost...
--C
I'll be attending my first convention in the UK later this year. I've been invited to be a guest at the Birmingham Comicon in Birmingham, England, and I can't wait! I'll be meeting writer Peter Hogan for the first time at the show, after having worked together off and on over the last decade. The week after the convention, Peter and I will be doing a store signing in London--more on that later. Here's another image I borrowed from the Birmingham Comicon site:
It kind of blows my mind sometimes when I think about the younger me as an aspiring cartoonist just hoping to draw anything at all for a living, and now there's my work sharing space with Dave Gibbons and Alan Davis. Weird...sometimes things happen in my job that almost make me forget the long hours, no job security and complete lack of health coverage, sick days and paid vacation time...
...almost...
--C
Long Overdue UpdateI haven't posted in a while, mostly be...
Long Overdue Update
I haven't posted in a while, mostly because I've been so busy with work (I'm right in the middle of Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril, the follow up to Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom). I'm still swamped but I don't want this blog to get too stagnant, so here's a glorified photo essay covering what Xan and I have been up to over the last few months in addition to slaving over hot drawing boards/computers (as always, click on any photo for a closer look/larger image):
We've attended a few concerts in our free time, including Teenage Fanclub and Yo La Tengo shows in Pittsburgh, British Sea Power in Cleveland, and the Posies right here in Columbus...
Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub (left); Yo La Tengo and their spinning wheel of songs (right)
The Posies offer an impromptu after-show song at the merch table (left); British Sea Power in Cleveland (right)
...and recently, Xan has been doing some fun and interesting shopping...
Xan reenacting a scene from either Hamlet or Indiana Hess and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Vodka (left); Xan's Record Store Day purchases(right) Guess which one she bought for me...
Of course, we've done a few comic conventions on weekends as well. We hit Mid-Ohio Con late last year as usual (it's our local big convention), then made another jaunt to Toronto for the Toronto Fan Expo's Fan Appreciation Event (a smaller free convention) with our customary stop to play around in Niagara Falls. This time we explored some of the Canadian side's goofier/tackier offferings which included quite a few fiberglass monsters and animals and more wax museums than one town should have. Finally, last weekend was Free Comic Book Day, a nationwide event designed to promote comics shops and the comics industry in general. Packrat Comics in Hilliard, Ohio invited me to set up at their own little mini-con they put on to celebrate the day, so Xan and I spent the day talking with comics fans and giving away lots of extra copies of my own books which have been piling up since I started working in comics back in the early '90's.
Me and Barry Kitson at Mid-Ohio Con
A Pterodactyl (top) and the weather turns ominous at Niagara Falls
Free Comic Book Day at Packrat Comics in Hilliard, OH
--C
Note: I've used a few photos taken by people other than Xan or myself in this post, so if the original photographers object and want me to remove their images, please let me know and I will happily comply.
I haven't posted in a while, mostly because I've been so busy with work (I'm right in the middle of Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril, the follow up to Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom). I'm still swamped but I don't want this blog to get too stagnant, so here's a glorified photo essay covering what Xan and I have been up to over the last few months in addition to slaving over hot drawing boards/computers (as always, click on any photo for a closer look/larger image):
We've attended a few concerts in our free time, including Teenage Fanclub and Yo La Tengo shows in Pittsburgh, British Sea Power in Cleveland, and the Posies right here in Columbus...
Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub (left); Yo La Tengo and their spinning wheel of songs (right)
The Posies offer an impromptu after-show song at the merch table (left); British Sea Power in Cleveland (right)
...and recently, Xan has been doing some fun and interesting shopping...
Xan reenacting a scene from either Hamlet or Indiana Hess and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Vodka (left); Xan's Record Store Day purchases(right) Guess which one she bought for me...
Of course, we've done a few comic conventions on weekends as well. We hit Mid-Ohio Con late last year as usual (it's our local big convention), then made another jaunt to Toronto for the Toronto Fan Expo's Fan Appreciation Event (a smaller free convention) with our customary stop to play around in Niagara Falls. This time we explored some of the Canadian side's goofier/tackier offferings which included quite a few fiberglass monsters and animals and more wax museums than one town should have. Finally, last weekend was Free Comic Book Day, a nationwide event designed to promote comics shops and the comics industry in general. Packrat Comics in Hilliard, Ohio invited me to set up at their own little mini-con they put on to celebrate the day, so Xan and I spent the day talking with comics fans and giving away lots of extra copies of my own books which have been piling up since I started working in comics back in the early '90's.
Me and Barry Kitson at Mid-Ohio Con
A Pterodactyl (top) and the weather turns ominous at Niagara Falls
Free Comic Book Day at Packrat Comics in Hilliard, OH
--C
Note: I've used a few photos taken by people other than Xan or myself in this post, so if the original photographers object and want me to remove their images, please let me know and I will happily comply.
March 1, 2011
New Artwork for Sale! A heads up: I just posted a couple ...
New Artwork for Sale!
A heads up: I just posted a couple of items from Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril over on my art sales blog. The first is a fully finished pencil version of a page from the first issue of the upcoming series which I rejected and re-drew for the final comic. The second is an inked model sheet/design piece for a (sort of) new character who first appears in issue #2.
--C
A heads up: I just posted a couple of items from Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril over on my art sales blog. The first is a fully finished pencil version of a page from the first issue of the upcoming series which I rejected and re-drew for the final comic. The second is an inked model sheet/design piece for a (sort of) new character who first appears in issue #2.
--C
February 9, 2011
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Hardcover The Deluxe C...
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Hardcover
The Deluxe Collection of the Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne mini-series hits the stands today. As I've mentioned in other posts, the slightly over-seized hardcover collects the entire series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by myself and several other fine comic artists and features all six variant covers as well as a sketchbook section. Recently, the official DC Comics blog, The Source, asked me to write a brief piece about what it was like working on the project. Click HERE to read it. Above is a piece of mine that made it into the sketchbook selection (a self-rejected first take of Bruce Wayne's return to striking fear into the hearts of the cowardly and superstitious) and below is a piece I submitted for inclusion that didn't make the final cut (my layouts for the double-page spread of caveman Vandal Savage's camp).
--C
The Deluxe Collection of the Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne mini-series hits the stands today. As I've mentioned in other posts, the slightly over-seized hardcover collects the entire series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by myself and several other fine comic artists and features all six variant covers as well as a sketchbook section. Recently, the official DC Comics blog, The Source, asked me to write a brief piece about what it was like working on the project. Click HERE to read it. Above is a piece of mine that made it into the sketchbook selection (a self-rejected first take of Bruce Wayne's return to striking fear into the hearts of the cowardly and superstitious) and below is a piece I submitted for inclusion that didn't make the final cut (my layouts for the double-page spread of caveman Vandal Savage's camp).
--C
January 24, 2011
Tom Strong News and Other UpdatesNewsarama.com posted an ...
Tom Strong News and Other Updates
Newsarama.com posted an interview with me last week that centers on the future of Tom Strong (click HERE to read it), and I thought I should clarify some of the things said and update anyone interested on how things have shaped up since I spoke to Vaneta Rogers. The interview was conducted last Fall, immediately after the announcement that Wildstorm was folding. No one, including me, knew what was happening with any of the Wildstorm books then being published or scheduled for later release. If I seem a little unsure about things in the interview, it's because I was! But that was months ago! I am now happy to reassure any Tom Strong fans reading this that DC will indeed be publishing Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril later this year. I'm still working on the series, so I don't have any specific release dates yet.
In other comic book website news, two series I worked on made Comic Book Resources' "Top 100 Comics of 2010" list. Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom came in at #90 (thanks to both reader Johnny Sarcastic and Tom Strong's own Peter Hogan for alerting me to this) and Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne was included with "The Batman Comics of Grant Morrison" as the #2 pick. My 2004 series with Warren Ellis, Ocean, was highlighted in CBR's "A Year of Cool Comics" list. Writer Brian Cronin creates a nice little teaser for the series using pages from the comic--if you haven't read Ocean yet, give the teaser a look and see if it catches your interest. A few other projects of mine also made the same list, including the Ambush Bug Nothing Special from 1992, Starman #14, and Global Frequency #8.
I received my complimentary copies of the Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Deluxe Collection last week, so I thought I should mention that that book is out soon--February 2nd, to be precise. It's a very nice collection and features a sketchbook section in the back (including some layouts by writer Grant Morrison) as well as all the variant covers.
That's all for now...
--C
Newsarama.com posted an interview with me last week that centers on the future of Tom Strong (click HERE to read it), and I thought I should clarify some of the things said and update anyone interested on how things have shaped up since I spoke to Vaneta Rogers. The interview was conducted last Fall, immediately after the announcement that Wildstorm was folding. No one, including me, knew what was happening with any of the Wildstorm books then being published or scheduled for later release. If I seem a little unsure about things in the interview, it's because I was! But that was months ago! I am now happy to reassure any Tom Strong fans reading this that DC will indeed be publishing Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril later this year. I'm still working on the series, so I don't have any specific release dates yet.
In other comic book website news, two series I worked on made Comic Book Resources' "Top 100 Comics of 2010" list. Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom came in at #90 (thanks to both reader Johnny Sarcastic and Tom Strong's own Peter Hogan for alerting me to this) and Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne was included with "The Batman Comics of Grant Morrison" as the #2 pick. My 2004 series with Warren Ellis, Ocean, was highlighted in CBR's "A Year of Cool Comics" list. Writer Brian Cronin creates a nice little teaser for the series using pages from the comic--if you haven't read Ocean yet, give the teaser a look and see if it catches your interest. A few other projects of mine also made the same list, including the Ambush Bug Nothing Special from 1992, Starman #14, and Global Frequency #8.
I received my complimentary copies of the Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Deluxe Collection last week, so I thought I should mention that that book is out soon--February 2nd, to be precise. It's a very nice collection and features a sketchbook section in the back (including some layouts by writer Grant Morrison) as well as all the variant covers.
That's all for now...
--C
January 19, 2011
Digital ComicsA few comics I've drawn have recently been ...
Digital Comics
A few comics I've drawn have recently been released digitally (officially). They're readable on iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch models if you have the DC Comics app (available from the iTunes App Store). The following titles are available, each priced at $1.99:
- Ex Machina Special #1, 2
- Justice League of America Vol. 3 #3
- Starman Vol. 2 #14, 24
-Tom Strong #1, 2
If you'd rather read these comics on a larger screen--good news: comics you buy on your portable devices are available to view on your computer when you're on the Comixology site! Click HERE to learn more.
--C
A few comics I've drawn have recently been released digitally (officially). They're readable on iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch models if you have the DC Comics app (available from the iTunes App Store). The following titles are available, each priced at $1.99:
- Ex Machina Special #1, 2
- Justice League of America Vol. 3 #3
- Starman Vol. 2 #14, 24
-Tom Strong #1, 2
If you'd rather read these comics on a larger screen--good news: comics you buy on your portable devices are available to view on your computer when you're on the Comixology site! Click HERE to learn more.
--C
December 13, 2010
Even More New Artwork Up For Sale,Including Early Tom Str...
Even More New Artwork Up For Sale,
Including Early Tom Strong and Legion Pieces!
While organizing some boxes in my basement this weekend, I uncovered a huge amount of old layouts, sketches and prelims. I found several sets of layouts for entire Tom Strong issues dating as far back as issue #3. I also found a few pieces I didn't even know still existed, including the prelim for the cover of Tom Strong #1 and my first Legion of Super-Heroes cover. Some of these layouts are slightly damaged, but most are in excellent shape. I've posted everything on my art sales blog and it's all priced and accompanied by images. Click HERE if you're interested!
--C
Including Early Tom Strong and Legion Pieces!
While organizing some boxes in my basement this weekend, I uncovered a huge amount of old layouts, sketches and prelims. I found several sets of layouts for entire Tom Strong issues dating as far back as issue #3. I also found a few pieces I didn't even know still existed, including the prelim for the cover of Tom Strong #1 and my first Legion of Super-Heroes cover. Some of these layouts are slightly damaged, but most are in excellent shape. I've posted everything on my art sales blog and it's all priced and accompanied by images. Click HERE if you're interested!
--C
November 9, 2010
New Artwork For SaleLots of new art is now up on my origi...
New Artwork For Sale
Lots of new art is now up on my original art sales site, SprouseNet Art Emporium, including pages from Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne and Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #2 plus a couple of covers. Check it out!
--C
Lots of new art is now up on my original art sales site, SprouseNet Art Emporium, including pages from Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne and Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #2 plus a couple of covers. Check it out!--C
November 1, 2010
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #6 PreviewThe sixth and...
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #6 Preview
The sixth and final issue of Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom is hitting the shelves at your local comic book store this Wednesday, but you can get a sneak preview of the cover and the first five pages (lettered and in color) by clicking HERE. Right click on that link and you can save the preview to your desktop as a PDF file.
I'm already hard at work on the next Tom Strong series, Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril, and I'll post release dates and other details (including artwork, of course) at a later date right here on this blog.
In other news, I'll be a guest again for about the nineteenth time at the Mid-Ohio Con here in Columbus, Ohio this upcoming weekend (Nov. 6-7). I think I have a booth again this year, but I won't know until the day of the show. Wherever I end up, I'll be signing books and sketching and (hopefully) selling original artwork. Come out to the show and say "Hi!" If you need more reasons to come to the convention, check out the guest list HERE. I'm looking forward to seeing a bunch of people I haven't seen in a while including Adam Hughes and my Modern Masters interviewer Todd Dezago. Should be fun!
Pencil art for the next page after the final preview page
--C
The sixth and final issue of Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom is hitting the shelves at your local comic book store this Wednesday, but you can get a sneak preview of the cover and the first five pages (lettered and in color) by clicking HERE. Right click on that link and you can save the preview to your desktop as a PDF file.
I'm already hard at work on the next Tom Strong series, Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril, and I'll post release dates and other details (including artwork, of course) at a later date right here on this blog.
In other news, I'll be a guest again for about the nineteenth time at the Mid-Ohio Con here in Columbus, Ohio this upcoming weekend (Nov. 6-7). I think I have a booth again this year, but I won't know until the day of the show. Wherever I end up, I'll be signing books and sketching and (hopefully) selling original artwork. Come out to the show and say "Hi!" If you need more reasons to come to the convention, check out the guest list HERE. I'm looking forward to seeing a bunch of people I haven't seen in a while including Adam Hughes and my Modern Masters interviewer Todd Dezago. Should be fun!
Pencil art for the next page after the final preview page
--C
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