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February 10th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Better late than never for the “Sketch o’the Week”. After all that writing about the unedited Robert E. Howard Conan stories now available I couldn’t resist doing a sketch of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1981 role that launched him to action hero superstardom. I remember seeing that movie in the theater as a kid (don’t recall how I got into an “R” movie at age 14… I suspect I might have used less than honest means). The film is a weird amalgamation of elements from many different Howard stories, and was cheesy fun. I just noticed I forgot to put the gum on the bottom… READ MORE
February 9th, 2010 | Posted in General
It occurred to me as I was about to start this post with “I am a big fan of Robert E. Howard‘s Conan the Barbarian stories and…” that I start a lot of posts that way. This seems especially true when it has to do with authors of book series: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.R.R. Tolkien, Frank Herbert, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King… maybe I am a sucker for epic tales and the continuing adventures of recurring characters. However, when I say I’m a “big fan of” something, I always mean it. I read the Conan books way back in junior high, and enjoyed then thoroughly.… READ MORE
February 8th, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
Every once and awhile I will pull out some artwork from an old job that might have been interesting to share what it was about. Yesterday I cleaned out a storage room in our house and ran across a pile of old art that I had done for a series of CD-ROM games back in the late 1990’s. I’ve said many times you never know where your work might end up being used, and sometimes the most unlikely of projects will come your way when you freelance. If someone had said to me that I’d be “illustrating” a series of CD-ROM games I would have… READ MORE
February 7th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! When I get some fresh questions concerning cartooning, illustration, freelancing, MAD Magazine or other similar subjects I’ll be happy to answer them as best I can. E-mail me your questions and I’ll try and answer them here! READ MORE
February 6th, 2010 | Posted in General
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYx-JCAc-ko[/youtube] This YouTube video is from an episode of the 90’s TV series “Horror Hall Of Fame” and features the story of EC Comics and their marvelous line of horror comics from the 1950’s. Bill Gaines is interviewed for the piece, which was filmed only a year or so before his death. I’m afraid the video quality is not good, but it’s passable. It’s fun to hear about the classic E.C. Artists like “Ghastly” Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, Joe Orlando and of course Jack Davis. Al Feldstein is also interviewed as well as a few others with E.C. connections. Actually the most frightening thing in… READ MORE
February 5th, 2010 | Posted in General
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February 4th, 2010 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Plenty on the board right now- MAD job– TV show parody, due… oh crap! Tomorrow!! By the way, this parody represents the first “continuity” (meaning movie or TV show parody) I’ve done since I did “Watchmen” about this time last year. That sucks. Workplace Poster– My usual monthly assignment Animated film segment storyboards– After designing the animated characters for RG Entertainment’s new movie, I am now storyboarding the animated four scenes from the otherwise live action film. One scene down and three to go. Movie Poster– This got put on hold while I do the storyboards. Here is the pencil sketch and final art for… READ MORE
February 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I am seriously under the gun with a deadline, so no time for a new sketch this week. In honor of the season premiere of LOST here’s a old sketch of one of the show’s stars, Michael Emerson. aka Benjamin Linus aka “that bug-eyed bastard”. READ MORE
