Knee Deep

HELLCITY: THE WHOLE DAMNED THING

2010-12-07T15:46:00.000-08:00

The Hellcity Trade Paperback is now available.
Get your Autographed copies HERE

More Sketches

2010-10-16T09:55:00.001-07:00

A Ton of Orcs Drawings

2010-10-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

I'm all done with the art for Orcs. The colors should be wrapped in about two months or so. That puts us on First Second's winter schedule. So in the meantime, some sketches and concept art.

More Orcs

2010-02-24T13:57:00.000-08:00

I'm starting this new project off right with a quadruple page spread.
Enjoy.

POPGUN VOLUME 4

2010-01-27T10:20:00.001-08:00

Image's latest anthology Popgun Volume 4 is out Feb 24 2010. Featuring a 2 part story, "Family Reunion" by David Brenion and yours truly, colors by Shana Brenion. Check it out when it arrives at your local comic retailer or go to www.popguncomics.com

THE ORCS ARE COMING.

2010-01-27T10:10:00.000-08:00

Here's just a little sneak peak of what I've been up to these past couple months. I'm currently adapting a series of fantasy novels. More to come...

KARAOKE NIGHT AT THE KAMAKAZE CORRAL

2009-06-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came by the table at Mocca last weekend.
Cheers!

Hoverbikes!!

2008-11-04T12:29:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody, hoverbikes!

POPGUN VOLUME 2 OUT THIS WEEK!

2008-07-23T17:08:00.000-07:00

POPGUN VOLUME 2.
check it out, comes out this week and features a 5 page Bill, Cricket and Frankie story, in full color!
Also , cover by Paul Pope! how can you loose.
See ya at Comic con 2008,
Cheers.

The Dark Knight

2008-07-23T17:00:00.000-07:00

Finally, a Batman movie that nails the relationship between these two iconic characters.
Wow, what else can I say.
I'm gonna be at San Diego Comic Con tomorrow, anyone who wants to stop by and say hi I'll be hanging out at the Image table for the most part.

Leviathan

2008-05-08T22:29:00.001-07:00

New York Comic Con

2008-04-16T22:29:00.001-07:00

Time to head down to the Javits Center this weekend and check out the con. Not sure just yet when or where I'll be, but rest assured you will not find me, no, not because I'll be in my Racer X costume, I just assume it'll be a mob scene, much worse than it was last year. Wading through all those jedi is fun (the best is when you catch them with a iced coffee, they're all "one with the force" in their bathrobe and plastic lightsaber, suckin' on a Frappacino, wait, did I use the correct pluralization, is it jedis, or is jedi like deer and the single and plural are the same?)

I need to start a website that collects people caught in the background of comic con photos, especial photos of guys leering at scantily clad female cosplayers. Yes, pervs, you ARE being photographed.
It's gonna be a long weekend, best of luck to all of those who brave the con
Cheers

Good Times

2008-04-09T22:46:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been really churning this stuff out for the past couple of weeks. Here's a splash page I hope gets to be in an upcoming anthology, more on that later.

Mark Andrew Smith and Paul Maybury have a new graphic novel Aqua Leung,
What a week. Hellcity hit page 129 tonight, man still got a long way to go.
This is the Hell version of the daily planet
The line for the Murakami show at the Brooklyn museum was too long, but I'm in the neighborhood so I'll get around to going eventually.
Kind of all over the place tonight but hey what do you expect at 2 in the morning

Gwendy Vs. MJ

2008-04-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

This is one of the many reasons I want to draw Spider-Man at some point, and I'd try my best to get Marvel to let me do it in the 60's. I think Mary Jane works best as the aggressive bohemian type to counter Gwen Stacey's prissy daughter-of-the-police-chief look. Growing up in the McFarlane era of Spider-Man comics, it wasn't 'till I checked out the Essential volumes (particularly vol 4 and 5) that I got to see Mary Jane in go-go boots, we need to bring that back! (at one point the love generation happened and we get MJ in a fringe leather jacket, but Stan and John were only trying to keep up with the culture they can't be blamed for that.) For that reason, Marvel always tries to keep their stuff super contemporary and hip, unlike the DC universe (in masterful hands like Darwyn Cooke) which is timeless. I remember reading the first issue of Ultimate Fantastic Four, and a kid was wearing a Sum 41 shirt, way to date yourselves jerks, I put the comic down at that point.

Terrible Claw

2008-03-28T22:24:00.001-07:00

I need to get to the Museum of Natural History sometime, draw me some dino-sars! I'ts fun to do stuff on no sleep.

Wedding Noir

2008-03-17T22:24:00.000-07:00

explain later..

My Aim is True

2008-02-29T12:41:00.001-08:00

For those of you who don't know already, I am quite the avid Elvis Costello fan. I just felt like doing a portrait to capture him as he slips quietly into rock 'n roll dinosaurism. He still keeps his signature look, slick suits with horn rimmed glasses, (will that ever go out of style?). The suits have gotten baggier to hide the paunch and he's got the scruffy beard to compensate for the double chin, but overall I think he still maintains a certain amount of dignity. I rarely see him scowl or alienate his audience the way he did in the early part of his career, responding to cheers to play Allison with "you wanna hear the old songs, buy the fu@#ing record!" Instead he plays the hits with a smile of smug satisfaction on his face, content with the fact that he gets to be part of the slowly aging rock 'n roll elite even though his new music is for the most part irrelevant. If you disagree, I consider almost all music being recorded these days irrelevant (for proof listen to Radiohead's latest album). This isn't a popular music blogg, this is a blogg about drawing stuff so I'll cease my rant. and finish up with a quote from on of my favorite Elvis Costello songs.

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I’ll wear it proudly

-Wear it Proudly
from the album King of America

Bill,Cricket and Frankie Pinup

2008-02-17T00:20:00.000-08:00

It's 3:20 in the morning... Uh... I have no life

Family Reunion in Color

2007-12-31T16:27:00.000-08:00

Just working out the color for "Family Reunion" Really starting to get a handle on the color scheme, havn't done alot of Bill, Cricket 'n Frankie stories in color before, want to keep the palate pretty murky, wish I could post more of this

Thumbscrews & Boilermaker

2007-12-16T10:46:00.000-08:00

Here are some panels from Hellcity 2, a lot of the action in the second installment of this graphic novel, written by Macon Blair, revolves around these two hired hit-men, Thumbscrews, the short rat-like one and Boilermaker, the heavy hitter in the plaid jacket. I'm not gonna go into too many details as far as plot, don't want to give too much away. I've been reading a lot of Ian Flemming's James Bond novels recently and I've definitely been influenced by it. In the novels Bond is frequently up against all kinds of hired killers, some underworld gang and mafia types (see "Diamonds are Forever and "The Spy Who Loved Me", and read the books those two films are shit, despite one of them being a Connery) What as influenced me the most is the way many of Bonds adversaries revel in the death and havoc they reek. When drawing Thumbscrews & Boilermaker I try and really push the fact that they enjoy their work in a place where it's pretty every demon's job to spread misery. The two hired goons show up in Hellcity 1, but only in a few panels close to the end. In volume two readers will get to see these two cause lots of carnage and mayhem, Hopefully I'll get around to posting more stuff from Hellcity, some exclusive sketches and pin-ups you won't get in the book when it comes out sometime in 2008, fingers crossed.

Cricket Gets Her Heart Broken Again

2007-11-27T19:34:00.001-08:00

So I just started a new Bill, Cricket and Frankie comic for Popgun vol 2 and I thought about really wanting to bring back James, a character that was introduced in a comic I did called Mod vs. Mod back when I was on Graphic Smash. not only am I interested in bringing James back but also expanding on his two-headed girlfriends Bonnie and Claudia. in the story the two sisters didn't have much of a personality. I imagine they befriend Cricket in an attempt to find a female companion in the limited microcosm of the sewers. I also decided to start drawing Cricket with gaiters, an early more utilitarian version of a spat.
Cricket used to wear those big Wellington boots, but they're are very fashionable right now, she was wearing them before it was cool, but hey she was just trying to keep her feet dry and gaiters do a damn fine job so... anyway if you want to read the whole James comic I've posted it on the link above. Enjoy

Popgun Comic Anthology Out This Week!!!!

2007-11-26T19:26:00.000-08:00

Yes, in the tradition of blatant self-promotion I'm announcing the arrival of Popgun, the Ultimate graphics Mixtape to store shelves this week. I'm really excited about this particular anthology. Cover by Mike Allred!! And not only do I have an 18 page comic, Leed's Devil, I also drew the front and back inside covers. Please pick it up if you can, volume 2 won't be far behind. For more info go to the Popgun website

Family Reunion Part I

2007-10-27T15:08:00.001-07:00

D.E.T.E.S. Review at the Onion AV Club

2007-10-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

The Onion AV club online did a review of D.E.T.E.S. issue# 5, check it out
http://www.avclub.com/content/node/68837
Make sure to scroll down.

Bill, Cricket and Frankie are Back!

2007-10-24T11:31:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a new Bill, Cricket and Frankie story that I'm getting ready for Pop Gun volume 2
Script by Dave Brennan, It's called Family Reunion. I'm pretty excited here's what i got so far

SPX YEAH WHOOO!

2007-10-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

Check out awesome pics from SPX at Liz Baillie's blog. Super awsome karaoke pictures and more.
http://lizbaillie.livejournal.com/41505.html#cutid1
We got lost on the way from the hotel to the karaoke bar and all had to meet up in a parking lot, there were about 30 of us. Anyway, I'm sorry don't have any pictures, I did not bring a camera this year or any year to be honest. people take pictures of the summer to prove that it really existed-the kinks
To prove that I did have a chance to do some sketches, here's one of my favorites from a Dick Tracey themed sketch book,

Check out more from Richard Marcej's DT sketch book at http://www.thebaboonbellows.com/

Popgun inside back cover

2007-09-22T19:53:00.001-07:00

Caped Crusader rescues me from Boredom

2007-09-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

My latest job assignment is to come up with football related wallpapers, and I couldn't possibly be more bored and uninterested in it, luckily for me I was able to break up this up with some Batman sketches on the sly. I also want to make up for that intentionally bad Captin" America I did a few months back. I really do enjoy superhero comics, they just have to be drawn with competence and skill. I'd like to someday work on a mainstream comic superhero,. People always ask me, what character would you do a book for if DC or Marvel gave you your druthers. And I always say, Batman and Spider-man, and yeah I know these are the obvious choices and they 've been done to death, but they're is so much potential with Batman, the rouges gallery has so many good villains to choose from, and even if I did get put on something like Green Arrow, I'd probably have him fight a Batman villain. I'd probably use some under used character like killer Croc and instead of making him some kinda lizard man, I'd make him a guy who was severely deformed in an accident when he was a kid and has really bad egsima. A friend of mine was really obsessed with the Adam West
Batman for a while and would fill his sketch book up with drawing of West and Burt Ward as Robin. I figured I'd give it a go, I always thought West looked kind of cross-eyed whenever he had the cowl on.

Cricket 'n Socks

2007-09-17T15:14:00.000-07:00

My inside cover design for the Popgun comic anthology, keeping my fingers crossed on this one

breakin' promises

2007-09-13T08:36:00.000-07:00

I know I said I wouldn't post anything else from work, but... these were just too hard to resist. I had to come up with some Halloween content and I didn't want to do the usual cardboard cut out witches and bats you see taped up in elementary school class rooms. I was thinking heavy metal album art, of course for this job everything has to be toned down and homogenized, but these were a helluva lot of fun to draw, Also got to do some Dia de los Muertos stuff too,
Enjoy.

Finished Aqualeung Pin-up

2007-08-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

A Week Well Spent

2007-08-11T15:22:00.001-07:00

Last week I spent in Poland, Maine visiting my fiend Matt Berier, he is an awesome cartoonist and was gracious enough to invite my girlfriend, Hilary and our friend Emily and I to his family's cabin right on a pristine lake. We had an amazing time, And to proved that it really existed, here are some pictures that Emily, who just so happens to be a very talented professional photographer, took. Unfortunately, despite the fact that there is a healthy moose population in Maine, we did not see a single moose, even though we did see some really great loons when swimming on the lake. While swimming at night, I imagined a Giant Moose-god rising from the water in all his mighty terror (mind you moose are highly aggressive and very dangerous so if you do see one, stay away, and don't hit them with your car, you will die) and Matt being the most daring swimmer and furthest from the shore would be the first to get trampled/squished?..uhh gored? (how would a moose kill you?) Anyway swimming in cold lake water at midnight gave way to these thoughts and hallucinations and so here's the drawing I stared in the hotel room Hilary, Emily and I had to stay in because the van we were driving tore its fan belt and the car over heated and.. well I'll go into more detail about that adventure some other time. Many thanks to Matt for his hospitality and taking us out on his boat and everything, See Matt's blog for lots more details and pictures.

Now THAT'S a tomatoe!

2007-07-22T11:21:00.000-07:00

Jersey tomatoes are awesome

Aqua Leung vs. King Prawn

2007-07-18T21:50:00.001-07:00

sketch for Aqua Leung Pin-Up

2007-07-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

Hellcity Car chase

2007-07-14T22:31:00.000-07:00

Who's excited for Hellcity 2? I know I am, (I kinda hafta be). I've been bustin' my ass all weekend inking an ellaborate car chase for the next installment. Here's a sample of the kind of carnage readers are in store for

Diamond Ad

2007-07-14T15:50:00.000-07:00

Check it out,
Don't Eat The Electric Sheep Issue 5 will be in the Sept Diamond Previews.
If you want to get the lastest issue or any back issues tell your local comic retailer to look for this ad and order directly from Diamond
Anyone asking, "where do I get DETES?"
Well here's your chance
Cheers!

Nothing beats the original

2007-07-12T14:57:00.001-07:00

Liefeld is a GOD!

2007-07-12T14:46:00.000-07:00

I've really been wanting to post one of these. I've been doing little homages to Rob Liefeld in my sketchbook ever since I did a Liefeld inspired version of Kid Flash (currently lost) at SPX last year. I think Cable as Capitan America says everything that is RIGHT about his man's artwork

Amazing Cricket Pinup!

2007-07-01T12:19:00.000-07:00

Drawn by the lovely Hilary Florido

New comic

2007-06-27T08:51:00.000-07:00

I was at the Mocca festival last week, and I had the chance to show off my latest issue of Don't Eat the Electric Sheep. It's ish number 5 and I'm pretty excited. I had a really good weekend at Mocca, (New York's best indie comic convention) I've still got to make the rounds to all the local comic shops some time next week, so for those of you in the New York area keep a look out for it. For everyone else, you'll have to wait 'till I work out my current situation w/ Diamond. But enough about me, back to Mocca, the best find was at Angry Jim's table, he had these stuffed toys of his Pot Roast character from his Firefox comics.
http://www.angryjim.com/

I also got to meet Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick of Venture Bros. fame.
I was a little nervous but my girlfriend prodded me into going up and introducing myself.
It was embarrassing but I don't think I came off as a total psycho or ravenous fan boy.
Well more on the comic extravaganza that was Mocca in a few days, I still have pile of comics to get through.

Hey, This is my first post

2007-05-22T12:15:00.000-07:00

So I've go all of this time on my hands since I'm sitting in front of a computer screen all day long. I figure why not a start a blog. That way everyone can bear witness to my innermost thoughts, and terrible spelling. Also let everyone know whats been going on with you know comics 'n stuff. First of all this is what i do at work all day.

Yeah, I design these wallpapers for cellphones, these are some of the ones I'm least embarrassed by. This is probably the only time I'm going to post stuff from work so, Enjoy.