THE MARVELS PROJECT #6 Cover

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THE MARVELS PROJECT #6 ships next week (Feb 24th) and features an epic battle between the Human Torch and Prince Namor in the skies of 1941 Manhattan. As with the previous issues, this one has three variant covers, and I think this is the first time mine has been shown. Hope you all dig it!

Sketchbook 016

Hey look - I drew in my little pocket sketchbook again! It's been a while but I plan to do more of this in the future. Hopefully I'll have a page like this to post at least once a week (and hopefully they will be better than this one). Click on the image above to see it actual size.

Zero Hour

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Here's a little teaser from an upcoming cover. I painted this on a separate layer (painting in Photoshop) and decided to post it just as a snapshot of what I'm working on at the moment. I'll be posting the entire finished cover soon.

THE MARVELS PROJECT #5

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

Click here for a preview.

Face Time

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I wanted to try to get one more post in for this year, so here's something I did a while back to practice painting faces. Have a great 2010 everyone!

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.

Frankenstein

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It's a little late for Halloween, but hopefully you'll enjoy this shot of Frankenstein's monster anyway. Not that it means anything, but this is the first painting I've done in Photoshop CS4. I haven't noticed a whole lot of difference from CS3, other than the rotate canvas feature which is completely awesome (even though I don't think I ever used it on this particular piece).

And just because I kind of liked the way it turned out, here's a detail of the face:

Spanish Conquistador

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I found this on my hard drive while looking for something new to post. I don't think I've ever put this one up on the blog. I remember doing this one afternoon - probably spent 2-3 hours on it. Done in Photoshop CS3.

MARVELS PROJECT #5 Cover

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Previews of Marvel's solicitations for January 2010 have started to appear, and included is The Marvels Project #5. Here's what's going down in a few short months:

THE MARVELS PROJECT #5 (of 8)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & Cover by STEVE EPTING
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by GERALD PAREL
Marvel's ORIGIN story continues! Out of the ashes of the Project: Rebirth comes America's first Super-Soldier -- Captain America! Witness the first mission of Cap in New York...as Namor stalks the city streets and the Angel finds the hero killer he's been searching for. By the award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting.
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99


Once again trying to emulate the feel of the old pulp cover paintings.
Love that triangular shield!

MARVELS PROJECT #3 Preview Panels

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

iGoogle

If you use iGoogle, you are no doubt aware that a wide variety of themes are available to dress up and customize your iGoogle homepage. Marvel has joined in offering several comic related themes including Iron Man, Hulk, Spider Woman, and of course, Captain America. The Captain America theme has 3 rotating headers, taken from the original series covers I drew:


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According to the Captain America theme page, it currently has 30,563 users. Very cool.

Knight

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A quick doodle this afternoon just for a change of pace - and a chance to try out some new brushes.

RIP Bernie Fuchs 1932-2009

One of the all time greats.
There's a nice remembrance at one of my favorite blogs here.

Marvels Project #3 Cover

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Over on CBR Ed Brubaker talks about The Marvels Project - featuring a preview of some of the art for issue #3. Click on over and take a look!

Sketches - Marvels Project

These are just some quick rough sketches that were done while trying to work out some figures in the first couple of issues of The Marvels Project.

The Completely Unnecessary Marvel Comics 70th Anniversary Graphic Novel Cover Meme

From Stuart Immonen:

Here’s the deal. Remember the Typophile Album Cover Meme? This is much like that, requiring you to re-imagine a Marvel Comics cover from the last 70 years as an actual contemporary novel cover. Follow the steps below, and post the results on your own site or forum:

1) Click this link for a list of Marvel publications from a random month and year at Wikia.com: Random Marvel date*. Choose the 7th cover (if there are fewer than 7, choose the last one). EDIT: I thought I had the java script working but I don't - click over to Stuart's post and follow his directions there. HIs link works.

2) Search for the first word appearing on the cover that jumps out at you (this may be the title itself) on Flickr. Select the 7th (or last) image (as with the album cover meme, it’s best to select an image with Creative Commons rights released).

3) Use your favourite image manipulation app to create a new 6×9 image, incorporating the original title (and as much other original text as you like) and the new image.

4) Share!


I got July 1959 and Tales to Astonish #4:



and here's my revision/update:



To see what some others have come up with, see Stuart's post here.

Happy 70th Marvel Comics.

Two Down...

It's August 21st, the second anniversary of this blog, and in keeping with tradition that also means... it's Hellboy Day! Like last year, I have no time to spare for anything elaborate, so I've slapped some quick colors on a commission that I previously posted in black and white. Yes, Hellboy deserves better, but it'll have to do for now. Thanks to all my regular visitors and subscribers, and a special thanks as always to those of you who leave your comments. I'm hoping to post more often in the future, even if it's just a quick doodle or something, and if there's anything in particular any of you want to see here let me know! On to year three!

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