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okay, so i’ve never read the book, but i hear it’s good… so good, in fact, that one of my friends commissioned this drawing… (over a year ago, but that’s a whole different story)

getting ready for the new york comic con next weekend (feb 7-9), we’ll be over in artist alley at table M4 (stop by, say “hey!”, pick up a book or two or maybe some original art)
-c

back to tellos

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here’s another canson commission that’s been in the queue for a bit (thanks for being so patient, billy!)… srra and dani from tellos. it’s the third in a series of commissions so far (the last few years at heroes he’s asked for a color piece… the first i did at the show – rikk and hawke – and don’t have a good scan of it… the second was the koj/jarek in the gallery somewhere…)

finished up my first captain america issue for marvel adventures the other day and hard at work on the second one (looks like it’s out in early feb, so i certainly stretched the deadline a bit… the next one should be a bit easier) and getting in a groove on the next haps book as well…
besides that, getting ready for the nyc comic con in a few weeks… and lost is back tonight! (and man, talk about good tv lately, friday night lights is back in fine form, battlestar galactica too… and even  24 looks like it bounced back from the last season pretty well… woohoo!)  
-c

another old one…

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not much to report, putting the finishing touches on my last pages of the cap story, working on getting stuff together for the haps trade and issue 6 (you DID pick up issue 5 wednesday, right?)

really looking forward to both friday night lights and battlestar galactica (nerd alert – set your dvrs to record a few minutes extra on bsg... or so i’ve read)
oh, and this art is just another old painting of the beast i did back in 95 (i had done some x-men samples at the time as well, i gotta scan’m) … REALLY wish i had the time to get back to this kinda stuff… i’d LOVE to do a painted haps cover down the road… oddly, in getting touch with old friends on facebook recently, everybody’s telling me they got old drawings i did way back when… and i just cringe (heck, even the dark horse stuff makes me cringe at times)… i think i’ve got maybe 3 pre-college drawings around…

diggin’ deep…

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okay, since most of the stuff i’m doing these days i don’t wanna spoil (like the fate of poor karl… oh, leanne and rich, i fear i’ve said too much… ha!), i figure i’ll dig into the old stuff that i’m sure nobody’s seen…

back when i got out of school and was working on my samples, i dabbled a bit in painting stuff… 
like this image of chamber from generation x… ( and was clearly showing my love of bachalo and fegredo… funny that my fist comic work was so cartoony, since that wasn’t where i thought i’d end up… as you’ll see when i post some samples down the road)…
-c

hoping to get better than 1 or 2 posts a month…

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so, looking back in the archives, i realized i’d only had a few posts a months most of the year… we’ll see if we can do better this year, shall we?

okay, so i’m pretty sure i didn’t post this one before (i did it just before the baltimore convention last year)… one of those “off the beaten path” pieces, first time i’d ever done my take on gandalf… i’d say it came out okay, and david (the owner) seemed pretty happy with it…
i’m headlong into wrapping up the first issue of marvel adventures captain america, finishing a few “deleted” scenes for the haps trade and working on my story for issue 6 … and  starting to think about getting ready for the nyc show – might be time for a new sketchbook or two… and possibly get a few pre-show commissions done –  (looks like the cap book should be out by that week… and diamond says issue 5 of the perhapanauts is out next week!)
-c

one last one for ’08

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rounding out the commissions for 08 is the third zatanna piece of the year (this one was a bit more work trying for the likeness of the girl and her dog…)
okay, looking back, this year has been pretty good ’round these parts (including the sweet new site design by kieran chapman)… we relaunched the ‘haps over at image and managed to get 5 issues out (the 6th just missed by a few weeks…) and i’ve had plenty of work over a marvel as well (the x-men first class fill in as well as the spidey loves mj mini), as well as a great slate of conventions, a slew of commissions, and oddball freelance stuff… 
09 is shaping up to be a pretty good one too… we’ve got big plans for the haps (with some of our incredibly talented friends – like jason, leanne, scott, matt, christian, fred, rich, and more – pitching in to keep us on some sort of schedule) and i’ll be busy with the marvel adventures  captain america stuff and more down the line…
so, here’s wishing everybody a good 09 as well. cheers!
-c
 

… and one more for ya…

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okay, so here’s the last (for now) holiday card i drew back in 2000… (and the caption inside read “season’s bleatings”)…

and while i’m at it, here’s a recent wonder woman commission (really dig that battle armor…).
-c

new years 98…

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so, knowing i was gonna miss getting christmas cards out BY christmas, i went for the extra week and did a new year’s card ( and it should come as no surprise to anyone that the quote inside was wishing folks one helluva new year… )…

and the latest marvel solicitations are on-line, and wouldn’t ya know, they’re doing a hardcover collection of the spider-man loves mary jane (i’ve posted the direct market cover here… the “regular” one features the art from the cover of #1 along with terry’s name in HUGE letters … you’ll be hard pressed to miss it )… looks like it’s a plain ol’ “premiere edition” which means no extras or bonus stuff…
okay, back to work, hear we might be in for some snow this weekend!
-c (awfully disappointed that pushing daisies only has a few more episodes left…)

christmas ’97

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okay, so next up is the card i did back in 97… so, i was already working at dc at the time (and the main reason i know this – because my mind is like a sieve when it comes to dates – is that i drew this on a dc board)… the caption inside read  “this ain’t no pillow, baby… it’s 100% claus”)…
hope everybody had a good weekend (i practically slept the entire weekend – shaking the ick i most likely got from the kids), looking forward to tonight’s holiday themed chuck (and yeah, i’ll end up watching the end of this arc of heroes…)
-c

christmas ’96 x2!

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okay, trying to keep up with todd’s cards through the years progression, here’s not one but TWO christmas cards i did in 96 (wow, crazy how much time a guy without kids had back then)… the “alien” card had the oh, so quippy “merry X-mas” inside (but with the x being a copy of the then in vogue x-files logo)… and the giant angry santa gorilla card (don’t remember what the caption was inside, but come on, it’s a giant angry santa gorilla)…

and since it was a LOT easier and cheaper than full color back then, these were b/w on card stock with red and green letraset foil ironed on…

have a good weekend! 
-c (hey, this “mining old stuff for posts” thing is a heck of a lot easier than having new art to post) 

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