Test Flight
I'm testing out a new sharing link on my blog, so I needed to post something. I decided to share this bit of art.
They seem pretty tan, don't they?
The Huntress is a Lonely Hunter
This choice of Huntress was a suggestion from my friend Dee when I was looking to fill out this volume of Powerful Women. It should have occured to me before, though. I bought her first appearance in DC Super Stars Secret Origins or whatever it was called. It was also one of the first times I remember seeing a "behind the scenes" about the creation of a character, complete with sketches and roughs for the cover. That always stuck with me, and I'm sure was one more brick on the road to doing what I do for a living now.
The Real G-Force, Not That Thing With the Gerbils
When I was a kid, Battle of the Planets was everyone's plate of awesome. Before I knew about Japanese animation, I still knew there was something different about that cartoon. And I even noticed that the 7-Zark-7 scenes seemed incongruous to the rest of the cartoon.
We used to play G-Force on the playground, too. My friend and I took turns switching between being Jason and Mark, and we'd spin around a basketball pole doing their whirlwind attack.
So anyway, here's Princess from Battle of the Planets.
Now You Don't See Her
A while ago I did an Estella Warren caricature that I thought came out really well. I hinted at her shape with color, rather than drawing with complete lines It was a nice effect, and I used it for this image of the Invisible Woman. I wanted to get the impression of invisibility while still, you know, actually drawing something you could see.
I also put her in the John Byrne reverse uniforms that I thought always looked pretty neat. The colors did well with the invisibility effect.
Riders on the Storm
Next up in the Powerful Women #3 parade is Storm. I wanted to experiment with with lighting and weather effects. I drew her in her classic 80's costume, too. I never liked the punk look with the mohawk, and I haven't read much of them since then.
It's Got To Be an Irish Eye, Right?
After Marvel Girl, there were five open spaces in Powerful Women #3. So this will start the parade of remaining images in the book. Today we've got the Emerald Empress, of the Fatal Five from Legion of Super Heroes. It's one of my few reclining poses and there's something about the linework that really pops. Click and embiggen.
Here Comes Part the Third!
Comic-Con is twenty days away and… wait, that can't be right. Twenty days? Seriously? Adding a June convention really messes you up, I think. Man, that's not enough time.
It always pays to have new product at the show, so in addition to having Love and Capes #11, I'll also have Powerful Women #3. I know I thought I had my cover design done, but now I think not. I'm torn between using the Zatanna image and the Marvel Girl image. Zatanna would be my first brunette (previous ones were Poison Ivy and Supergirl) but Marvel Girl would be my first Marvel character. Anyone have any opinions? I've got until Monday morning to decide.
If you want to see the Marvel Girl image complete, click the preview and see it embiggened. I think it came out pretty well, actually.
The Forth Worth Horny Toad
In the midst of finishing Love and Capes #11, and the wacky Harvey Awards announcements (still reeling from that) and everything else, I took on a cover for the Fort Worth Weekly. It featured the mascot of a DFW school, the horny toad, graduating and being faced with a stack of bills. I love doing these covers. They're so much fun to draw, and always such wacky subjects. They're a great opportunity to cut loose.
Click here, or click the image to see a larger version of the cover. To see a "virgin" version, with no copy on it, click here.
And Done. Now I Can Start Again!
Last page done! Woo. In fact, woo and hoo!
This issue will lead into the big wedding issue in #12. Not that I'm showing the last page, but I will say, it's the first time the last page has had a full eight panels on it. In previous issues I've had a half splash or even a full splash. The ending of this issue isn't as "big" as previous issues, but that's fine. It's the calm before the storm.
Now to package this thing up and get it to the printer.
2009 Harvey Nominees Announced and… Great Googly-Moogly!
Wow! I've been nominated for not one, but two Harvey Awards. I've been nominated for Best Letterer for Buzzboy, which is cool enough, but I've also been nominated for Best Cartoonist for Love and Capes. That's fantastic. Amazing. And humbling. I'm up against some great competition, too. But hey, it's an honor just to be nominated. And yes, I am practicing saying that.
The awards are given out (well, I'd say earned) at Marc Nathan's awesomely awesome Baltimore Comicon in October. All of the cool kids will be there. You should be there, too.