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‘haps poster part 2

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okay, so been a bit longer than i thought (deadlines and all that)…

where were we? oh, yeah… onto the inks for that ‘haps commission… pretty straightforward, really… at this point, most of my detail finishing is done with the inks (kind of relaxing to do details like the hair), so the pencils really didn’t need to be tightened up … i did decide to change the shot of mg slightly.
up next, colors… (and while i would’ve LOVED to color this myself, i decided to get someone who was a. faster and b. better than me… namely mike thomas, who did a killer job on the recent ‘haps molly special.)
-c
not much else going on work-wise besides plugging away on her-oes for marvel (gotta say, it’s fun stuff… and not just ’cause they’re paying me to do it)… starting to figure out my con schedule for 2010 (tentatively -so far, it’s boston in april, fcbd at jetpack comics in nh, charlotte in june… and more likely than not, baltimore in the sweltering month of august)

another step by step… haps poster

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so, i figure since it’s FINALLY off to the very patient customer, i can show the perhapanauts “faux movie poster” commission.

but since he waited so long, i figure i’ll take some time and show it in stages… first up, pencils…
since this was gonna be a fake movie poster, i went straight to the well with drew struzan and his montage style… (and more than a bit of ‘ringo as well)…
i’ll post the inks later this week…. gotta get back to her-oes!
-c
oh, and for folks looking for to pick upon of my return star wars clone wars widevision cards, they’re up on ebay…

for a birthday girl

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another quick one with a post of a piece i did for a old friend’s daughter’s 12th birthday…

besides that, just been working away on her-oes and waiting for the snow to fall this afternoon.
-c

star wars galaxy 5 sketch cards

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so, besides wrapping up the marvel iron man/nova free comic book day book and jumping into her-oes #1, i managed to get through (what’s most likely my last ever) 100 topps star wars sketch cards…
for those not in the know, these days, topps packs the trading cards with randomly inserted actor autographed cards or artist sketch cards, usually 1 cards per case or so… since the set was wide open to any movie/story character, i tried not to duplicate and run the gamut of all 6 movies… probably could’ve done another 50 or so before getting to the even more ridiculously obscure characters, but had fun trying to do’m all in “my” style (plenty of folks do beautiful photo likeness stuff, but that’s not my bag)… i imagine it would be a lot of fun to do a star wars book someday (i know the boy would like it… and keep me on my toes if i went astray)…
back to work.
-c (woohoo, lost tonight… ’nuff said)

next up…

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is a four issue project called marvel her-oes, written by the crazy talented grace randolph… a sort of smallville-ish reimagining of some of marvel’s female heroes (she-hulk, namora, wasp) back in a high school setting… and not only am i drawing it (and having a blast), i was able to do the cover for #1 (which, after all these years drawing funny books, was the first cover i’ve done at marvel)… the first issue is due in april (and gonna be solicited in the new previews catalogue coming up)…

besides that, there’s the marvel free comic book day book with nova and iron man in may (not surprisingly on free comic book day)…
work on the haps has ground to a VERY slow crawl, which is unfortunate, because we LOVE doing it… (but also make NO money doing it at this point… heck, we lose money every issue with all the time and effort inloved)… which isn’t to say it’s done, it’s just taking longer to get done (and we want to have the next arc in the can before soliciting, so it comes out when it’s supposed to, not months late…)
have a good weekend, folks!
-c

2 more from calgary

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here’s two more pieces i did last year (wow, 2010 already?) at the calgary show…
wrapping up my iron man/nova free comic book day book this week… and jumping right into the next project at marvel (which, as it turns out, will not be the final issue of marvel adventures superheroes after all… got something else lined up, and even got to do the cover for the first issue this weekend)
-c
(yay! chuck‘s back on nbc… and 24 starts up next week… and lost isn’t far behind)

’twas the day before the night before x-mas

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just a quick one, got plenty to do before the holiday gets in full swing… even though this is one of the 2 commissions i did for x-mas gifts for folks, i figured i could safely post this iron man one, since i doubt the 4 year old recipient frequents this blog…

i’ll post the other one after the holidays, don’t wanna spoil the surprise for a friend…
besides wrapping up that us army comic featuring captain america (written by paul tobin), i’ve been working on a couple of other fun adventures books (which, since i just saw both solicited, i guess i can mention now)… out on free comic book day (may 1, 2010) iron man : supernova FCBD 2010 edition (written by paul tobin… yay!) featuring iron man and nova fighting red ghost and his super apes! and in the latest solicits, it’s the final issue of marvel adventures superheroes 21 (again with that tobin guy…!)… and there’s other stuff in the works, but that’s a while away.
work on the haps has been slow going, but we really hope to get things rolling again in 2010.
happy holidays.
-c

two fer

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black widow and supergirl. ’nuff said.

(well, not really… due to a misunderstanding, turns out this wasn’t really the look for supergirl the commissioner wanted… so i’m gonna throw him a second supergirl as soon as i get a chance)…
hard at work on the next marvel gig, hoping to make headway so i’m not stuck working over the holidays (well, i’ll still have the haps to keep moving along…) as well as the next script already waiting here…
-c

… now with more captain america! (and even some invaders)

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okay, so when i asked my editor if it was cool to talk about the project i just wrapped, i was told talk away…

so, while most folks might never see this book (seeing as how it’s not gonna be available in comic shops), i had the privilege of working on a WW2 captain america holiday themed story with paul tobin and sweet colors by chris sotomayor (and a modern framing sequence by richard elson) that’s gonna be distributed by the US army… it’s got cap, bucky, human torch, soldiers, submariner, nazis, and more … what more could you want?
since wrapping this one up, i’ve been working on another one off book for marvel (again with that tobin guy!), that i figure a lot more folks will be seeing next year… as well as getting a good chunk of pages done for the next issue of the haps (which will be out next spring or so, but in the meantime you’ll be seeing the haps molly special by scott weinstein and jason copland!), getting a few more commissions done (or, well, more done than before) and more…
i’ll try to post again before thanksgiving, but hey, if i don’t…. happy turkey day!
-c

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