NEW AVENGERS #4

New Avengers #4 is out today from Marvel Comics in print and digital.The Illuminati have learned that Earth is the center point for the death of the Universe. If this is true, doesn't that mean destroying it might save everything else? Enter the World Eater, Galactus.

NEW AVENGERS #3

New Avengers #3 is out today! From the solicitations:

JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • STEVE EPTING (A)
Cover by JOCK
Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN
“INFINITY”
• The Illuminati experience their first incursion since reforming.
• Can the loose brotherhood of end times trust each other enough to use the Infinity Gems in unison?
• And a new member joins the Illuminati!

Also - Black Swan eats french fries.

NEW AVENGERS #3 preview

A few preview pages from New Avengers #3, shipping in February:

NEW AVENGERS #1 out today!

A new year and a new series. New Avengers #1 comes out today with the usual host of variant covers (mine can be seen in my previous post). As seen on the cover and in the panel mashup above, the Black Panther figures prominently in this series, which as you may know reassembles the Illuminati of the Marvel Universe. Check it out!

FANTASTIC FOUR #604

In stores this week - the EXTRA SIZED Fantastic Four #604 by Jonathan Hickman, Me, Rick Magyar, Paul Mounts, and Clayton Cowles. The epic conclusion of a three year storyline and more Kirby Krackle per square inch than any other comic this month!

FANTASTIC FOUR #601

In stores today - Fantastic Four #601 by Jonathan Hickman, Me, Rick Magyar, Paul Mounts, and Clayton Cowles, Panel mashup below!

FANTASTIC FOUR #600!

Today the massive FANTASTIC FOUR #600 goes on sale featuring 96(!) pages of all new material! In the words of Tom Brevoort "You'll need a forklift to carry it home! Chock full of 50 years worth of epic goodness!" So join me, Jonathan Hickman, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Leinil Yu, Farel Dalrymple, and MIng Doyle for the 50th Anniversary of the one and only FF! Panel mashup below!

FF #9

Out today from Marvel Comics - FF #9, by Jonathan Hickman, Me, Rick Magyar, Paul Mounts, and Clayton Cowles.

FANTASTIC FOUR #585 Preview

Hey everyone, CBR has an exclusive preview of FANTASTIC FOUR #585, which is due in stores next week. Head on over and check it out here.

FANTASTIC FOUR #583 Preview

Marvel has released a 4 page preview of the upcoming Fantastic Four #583 featuring the return of Doctor Doom to the pages of FF. It probably won't surprise any of you to hear that I LOVE drawing Doom, and look forward to doing a lot more of it.

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THE MARVELS PROJECT #5

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In stores tomorrow from Marvel Comics - THE MARVELS PROJECT #5.

Click here for a preview.

Origins Of Siege

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Out this week (today actually) from Marvel is Origins of Siege - a one shot giveaway that serves as an introduction to the upcoming "Siege" event. Included in this free issue are several one-page origin stories of the key characters in Siege. I was asked to draw the Captain America page and since I have a long standing policy of never turning down an opportunity to draw Cap fighting Nazis, I was happy to do so. Have a great Christmas everyone!

THE MARVELS PROJECT #4

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THE MARVELS PROJECT #4 hits the shelves this week. In addition to the pages above, you can see a preview here.

MARVELS PROJECT #3 Preview Panels

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A few preview panels from The Marvels Project #3 - due in stores today!

MARVELS PROJECT #2 Preview

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Marvel has released some preview pages for the second issue of THE MARVELS PROJECT over on their website. Have a look here.

I promise my next post will be about something else :)

More MARVELS PROJECT

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Here's a few more links about THE MARVELS PROJECT, courtesy of Newsarama, and some more pages from issue #1 in black and white.

Best Shots Extra: THE MARVELS PROJECT #1
The MARVELS PROJECT Project: NICK FURY

The Marvels Project: Black and White preview

The first issue of The Marvels Project hits in about a week and several previews have already appeared online, so I've decided to post some of the pages in the original black and white, just to offer something different here on the ol' blog. Several articles have appeared on Newsarama promoting the series as well, so hey, let's link 'em:

The New History: Steve Epting on Drawing The Marvels Project
The MARVELS PROJECT Project: Marvel History with Ed Brubaker
THE MARVELS PROJECT Project - THE ANGEL
The MARVELS PROJECT Project - THE HUMAN TORCH

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Page Process

Captain America #40 went on sale this week, and instead of my usual lame generic post announcing the fact, I've decided to show a little of the process involved in drawing the book.

After printing out the script, I'll usually go through and do thumbnails directly on the script pages as I'm reading it. These are generally quick impressions, and are subject to change (to put it mildly). Here's the thumbnail for page 11-

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The next step is the actual pencilling. I really prefer drawing with pens and markers instead of pencil, so "pencilling" may not be the right term. I only use pencils to roughly block in the figures and then draw everything with whatever pen I have laying around, using a Sharpie for the big solid blacks. Usually on this step, I'll lay out everything a little more carefully than you see here, but since this page required no establishing shots or busy environments, I could just concentrate on getting the figures on the page-



This then gets scanned into Photoshop to tweak the placement and composition, completing the "pencils" part of the process-



This rough is then printed out on 11x17 paper and then taped to the back of an art board supplied by Marvel. My drawing table has a lightbox and I go straight to inks from this stage. There may be some incidental pencilling as I go, particularly if I'm working on something very specific, like a certain building or type of car. Faces and hands also are subject to being refined before the inks go down . Here's the final inked page-



Finally, it's uploaded to the folks at Marvel, who then pass it on to the one and only Frank D'Armata for coloring-


- and that's that.

I don't follow these steps exactly for every page, but for the most part this is how it's done. I'm constantly trying to tweak this process and eliminate steps in an attempt to increase speed and production, so this is all subject to change.

Black Widow

Pencils by me, inks by Butch Guice. From the upcoming Captain America #34.


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Captain America #33: Sneek Peek

A few random panels from the upcoming Captain America #33. Inks by Butch Guice -

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