Zombie - Page 8

Poor Sam!

Looks like he can't catch a break!
Is that about to change?

I'm only going to post two more pages of this story because I don't want to give away the ending...and it's a good 'un!

Flint Lockjaw - Webstrip - 6,7 & 8

Theres the last three pages. I reckon I'll continue this on at some stage. I got a whole script to adapt on 'Flint'. So, look out for a new Flint page in the coming weeks.

Flint Lockjaw - Webstrip - 3,4 & 5

I'll post the 'last' three submitted pages tomorrow.

Flint Lockjaw - Webstrip

Here's the first 2 of 8 webstrips that I did for Zuda.
I'll post two more tomorrow.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 8

Here's the last page of the 'Vex' story. Pretty corny run-of-the-mill stuff!
If you want to see more early 'Vex' crapola (I've got a few stories in the vault)...leave a comment and I'll share more!

Zombie - Page 7

My little tribute to Wally Wood in this page.

The babe is a Wood babe from Mad Magazine No.3, from the Kurtzman/Wood story 'V-Vampires!'

I thought she would be perfect for this strip and a nice homage to boot.

Zombie - Page 6

I'm really happy with this page.

I nailed the Stephen Hawking caricature...not so sure about the Paris Hilton one.

I reckon people will know who it is based on the rat-dog she's holding.

Zombie - Page 5

Phew! The next page we're finally out of the store!

Zombie - Page 4

Zombie puke! eeeewwww!!!

Cover thumbnails - Mercury and the Murd!

I have been approached to do a cover for an upcoming indy book....Mercury and the Murd.
I submitted the above ruff thumbnails for the writer to consider. Really looking forward to this.

My favorite are 1,3,6 and 7.

I'm hoping one of those gets the nod.

Zuda - Rejection!

I got my first Zuda rejection in my email the other day. Here's what it said...

Thank you for taking the time and effort to prepare your comic and for submitting it to Zuda Comics.
We here at Zuda are fortunate enough to have dozens of excellent submissions, from a wide variety of artists, to review each week. Our editorial team carefully reads each and every submission. After much consideration, we have determined that other comics are a better fit for our editorial needs at this time.
Please accept our best wishes and thank you for your interest in Zuda.
Sincerely,
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Team Zuda
www.zudacomics.com
READ. VOTE. CREATE.

The only thing that bummed me out was...what took 'em so long! It was a 3 month wait. The artwork wasn't too bad...better than some of the stuff that passes as webstrips these days. I understand why they rejected it. Nothing really happens till the 7th 'page'.

I'll post the failed entry later this week.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 7

More horrible old stuff. Check out that amazingly bad dialogue! Sheesh!

Zombie - Page 3

I like the Zombies on this page. Did a decent effort on them.

Zombie - Page 2

I like this page. There's a good bit going on. I love part of Rich's description of the last panel...

'One on right wears a turban because I’ve never seen a zombie in a turban.'

Thats' a good enough reason to draw it, I reckon. I'm having lots of fun doing this story.

Zombie - Page 1

Ta-Da!
The first page of the second story in 'The Caretakers Uncannily Nasty Tales' anthology.

I should have the second page up in the next day or two.
It's already pencilled...just have to ink it.

I'm enjoying drawing this story too.
Rich's scripts are fantastic to work with.

Very flexible.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 6

More cornball Vex stuff.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 5

While I'm busy laying out the pages for the next Caretakers Tale...here's page 5 of that Vex strip to keep you all occupied and rolling in the aisles with laughter

As soon as I get a decent start on the the Caretakers 'Zombie' story...I'll start posting ASAP.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 4

At last! I just finished up the last page of the 'Miserable' strip for the Caretakers Tales. Again, I can't post it here...not until the book is released. So, I've posted page 4 of that Vex strip from the 80's.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 3

Yep...definitely a strong Breyfogle influence.

Vex - Blood Brothers - Page 2

Here's page 2 of that late 80's Vex strip.

I'll post the whole strip to keep the blog updated while I'm finishing off the 'Miserable' story.
As you can see I was heavily influenced by Norm Breyfogle. Probably one the greatest 'Batman' artist of the modern era...and so underrated.

His artwork on 'Detective Comics' was simply amazing...not since Will Eisner has there been anyone that breaks the mold in panel layout like Breyfogle.

Just my opinion anyways..for what it's worth.

Another Vex Splash!

I think this one might have been done in '89.
It was the second part of a story that appeared in a self-published comic 'White Heat'.
I named the book after my favorite James Cagney movie.

80's 'Vex' again!

Another 80's 'Vex' piece.

Notice the writers name. That's right...'Frank Moore' and combination of Frank Miller and Alan Moore. Yep, I was such a pretentious so-so back then.

I'm not that bad (At least I think I'm not!) today.

Miserable - Page 15 - Inked Panel!

Only one more page of 'Miserable' left and then I move on to the second tale of the anthology. It's a pretty funny one too and it's got Zombies in it.

Sweet!

Another 80's Oldie

Yep.
Another piece from the 80's.
This was going to be a poster with one of the 'MainStream' issues.
Looking back...I like some elements of the picture. Theres a nice balance between dark and light and I love the simple pattern I used on Danielles jacket. I look back at a lot of my old artwork and realise that the older I've gotten the less creative I've become in certain areas...either that or I'm just gettin' old and jaded.
I wish I still had that same gusto and enthusiasm I had years ago. Oh well.

Miserable - Page 14 - Inked Panel 1

Another image before the weekend begins.

Miserable - Page 13 - Panel 2 Inked!

I'm nearing the finish line on this tale. Only 3 pages left!

Miserable - Page 12 - Inked panel!

Page 11 done and dusted. Didn't show a panel from that page...but here's a panel from page 12.
Only four pages left on this tale and then a really cool 'zombie' second tale.

Miserable - Page 10 - Inked panel!

Another snippet. This one from page 10. Page 10 is complete on this story. The next few pages are a lot of fun to draw too. Again...I can only show teaser images.

Another oldie!

Another oldie but goodie. This is from 1989!

I was obviously trying to imitate a Creepy/Eerie/Vampirella vibe on this. I think I used a panel from one of thoses books and put in my own characters. I wanted to see if I could learn something by doing something similar. Might have used Gonalez for this. Can't remember...it's all muddy!

Anyways, the character is 'Vex' (Jason Velacroix) and his 'sidekick' Danielle Kowalski. This was going to be a cover for 'Mainstream'.

I later revamped 'Vex'...moved him into an alternate stempunk type future and renamed the strip 'Inquisitor Vex'. I have some pages from that revamp...I'll post them at some stage.

Miserable - Page 9 - Inked Panel!

First post of the New Year.

Another inked panel from 'Miserable'.

Miserable -Page 8 -Inked panel

Cleaned up final panel of the ruff one below. Only got around 4 pages left of this strip. Really enjoying drawing this. Rich's script is genius. One funny guy.

Miserable - Page 8 - Ruff panel!

I got page 8 completely pencilled. Just have to ink the page. I'll slap up the inks for this panel as soon as I'm done.

Comic Racks - Color Final!

Ta-Da!

Colors by Rob ...Rich McAuliffes friend and mine too! He does all the cool stuff for the Cardiff City Football Club.

Napoleon

An oldie but goodie.

I did this a good few years back for a game night get together with some old work buddies. Yep, you guessed it...we played RISK!

Yeah, I know...what a neeeeerrrr...duh!

Miserable - More Inks!

Nice wittle Jawas!

Miserable - Page 6 - Panel 2 - Inks!

Just a teaser panel from page 6.

That's what I'll do from now on until this story is finished...and then for the second and third stories I'll post a few pages, then ruff pencils then inked panels...just like I'm doing with Miserable.
Got to keep the Blog fed...it's a monster.

Deb Bonair - Ruff Colors!

Here's the first page of the Deb strip with preliminary colors by Kevin Volo. The colors are too dark and need some tweaking. Probably need to change the alien crew mates color and the ships captain too.
A tractor beam effect also needs to added.

Overrall...it all needs to be lightened up, but as a start...not too bad.

The strip should look fantastic after everything is complete.

Xmas Card!

Here it is. My very first 'published' Christmas Card.

I was commissioned to do the art for the funnyman himself.

Brendan was kind enough to shoot me one.

Thanks Brendan...I have to say it looks great.

Miserable - Page 7 - Ruff Pencils!

Miserable - Page 6 - Ruff pencils!

Comic Racks - Inks

Inked version. Hopefully will be colored soon.

Miserable - Page 5

I finished roughing out the rest of the pages for this story last night. Looking good so far.

Miserable - Page 4

Okay...Mebbe another two pages and that's it. I'll just post one panel images after Page 5.

Comic Racks - Ruff

A little ruff logo design for Richard McAuliffe' Missus.
He asked me if I could whip one up real quick for his wife's podcast.
Quite like a lot of it. Hopefully the stuff I'm not too happy about...I can 'fix' at the inking stage.