Comic Covers – Resurrection Man
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about or posted about comics. I know I’ve posted from great artwork from some artists and drew my own, but the actual comics have gone by the way side.
I wanted to take a moment and give some attention to a couple of my favorite comic books covers. They are from a comic series called Resurrection Man. I picked up a couple issues at the end of the run, and I can’t say I was impressed with it, but I love a couple of the early covers of the comic. I know very few people have heard of it and I wanted to share them before they vanished entirely from the public consciousness.
The covers were drawn/inked by Jackson Guice. I like the element of the soda company in the art, were as it seems they have their own corporate superhero. I’m not sure what happens inside the comics, but I enjoyed the cover art.
Sketch – 05 – Power Girl
I’ve been trying to find a little time here and there to practice my drawing skills and get them back up to par. I’ll share with you when ever I finish a small drawing.
I’ve shot photos of Power Girl a couple times, but this is my first attempt at drawing her. I’m happy with her face and cape, but arms need some work.
Sketch – 02 – Riddler
I’ve been trying to find a little time here and there to practice my drawing skills and get them back up to par. I’ll share with you when ever I finish a small drawing.
Today is a sketch is another one I did during the last comic con while I was sitting at my table to promote the photos. Riddler has always been one of my favorate Batman villians.
Also this is my 100th post!
Wednesday Comics
Ok, I’m really excited about this. starting July 8th Dc is starting a weekly series called Wednesday Comics. Each week a variety of artists and writers are going to provide one page stand-alone(-ish) comics featuring a bunch of the DC heroes you know and a lot you don’t know. They are approaching this like the Sunday newspaper comics so anyone will be able to jump in at anytime without needing a lot of backstory and who everyone is and what’s going on. I think this is a great idea and gives a lot of exposure to different kinds of writing, artwork and characters.
Here is a list of the artists and characters that will be featured in the first 12 weeks:
- BATMAN, WEDNESDAY COMICS‘ weekly cover feature, by the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso
- ADAM STRANGE, by writer/artist Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR 100)
- METAMORPHO, written by New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman with art by Eisner Award-winner Michael Allred (Madman)
- THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN, written by Walter Simonson (Thor, MANHUNTER) with art by famed DC cover artist Brian Stelfreeze
- DEADMAN, written by Dave Bullock and Vinton Heuck, art by Dave Bullock
- KAMANDI, written by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) with art by Ryan Sook (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL)
- SUPERMAN, written by John Arcudi (The Mask) with art by Lee Bermejo (JOKER)
- WONDER WOMAN, written and illustrated by Ben Caldwell (Dare Detectives)
- GREEN LANTERN, written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, ASTRO CITY) with art by Joe Quiñones (TEEN TITANS GO!)
- TEEN TITANS, written by Eddie Berganza with art by Sean Galloway
- SUPERGIRL, written by Jimmy Palmiotti (JONAH HEX) with art by Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL)
- HAWKMAN, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker (PLASTIC MAN, Special Forces)
- SGT. ROCK, written by Adam Kubert (SUPERMAN: LAST SON), ilustrated by legendary comics artist Joe Kubert
- THE FLASH, written by Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE, THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE) and Brenden Fletcher, illustrated by Karl Kerschl
- METAL MEN, written by Dan DiDio with art by Ian Churchill (SUPERGIRL)
Check out some sneak peek artwork for the series below.
10 Best DA Art for 2008
Every year I like to look back at all the artwork that other people have made on DeviantArt and choose my personal 10 favorite pieces to help get some more attention for these talented artists. This year I decided to post it here on the blog. Also It helps me stall until I get new artwork to share. Hope you enjoy.
Marcelo Di Chiara drew this great rendition of Bizarro from the Superman comics. It has some great lines through out it, as well as some nice damaged textures in the background. Also Bizzaro attempting the classic Superman glasses disguise is just amusing.
Visit Marcelo’s Deviant Art page – http://dichiara.deviantart.com/
Visit Marcelo’s Blog – http://www.dichiara.blogspot.com/
I featured this artwork from Jose Johann Jaro (aka lazeedog) earlier in the year for Halloween and I still really love it. The expressions on the kids faces are priceless. The details in this work really stand out to me, like the Star Wars Pillowcase, and the poor knock off quality of the Wonder Woman costume.
Visit Jose”s Deviant Art page – http://lazeedog.deviantart.com/
8. the Horrible and the Hammer
Visit Jeffery”s Deviant Art page – http://lastscionz.deviantart.com/
Visit Jeffery’s Blog – http://chamba-lang-ito.blogspot.com/
Visit Jeffery”s Deviant Art page – http://lostonwallace.deviantart.com/
Visit Nate’s DA Page – http://raede.deviantart.com/
Daniela Uhlig just
Visit Daniela”s Deviant Art page – http://lolita-art.deviantart.com/
Visit Daniela’s Web Site – http://www.du-artwork.de/
5. Something Wicked This Way Comes
As a photographer I don’t tend to look at that much photography as much as I look at comic books, drawings and paiLea Biljman here. It has a great mood, great colors and light, and has something beautifully retro and classic about it as well.
Visit Mariana”s Deviant Art page – http://marinshe.deviantart.com/
Visit Mariana’s Web Site – http://www.marinshe.com/
Pirates vs. Ninjas has been one of those ongoing internet debates/memes. I’m endlessly amused on how detailed an illustration Roboworks makes of the whole things. It takes a lot of time to makes those details so be sure to click to look at it in full size.
Visit Robo”s Deviant Art page – http://roboworks.deviantart.com/
There is seemingly nothing extraordinary about Dan Panosian’s Superman. But it’s crisp lines, bold colors, and pure elegance in it’s simplicity (thank you Middleman for that line!) that really make this image stand out and a great work of pop art.
Visit Dan”s Deviant Art page – http://urban-barbarian.deviantart.com/
Visit Dan’s Blog – http://www.urbanbarbarian.com/
I love the mix of the very unique hand drawn creatures interacting with real word objects in this photo by Lora (whom’s last name I can’t seem to locate. ) I had it up as my wall paper for a long time. It kinda creeped out some people who saw it.
Visit Lora”s Deviant Art page – http://lora8.deviantart.com/
Visit Lora’s Blog – http://www.bananca.co.uk/
1. Wolverine vs. T-Rex Parts 1 & 2
Ok, so the number 1 piece is actually two paintings, but they come together well as one work. Andrew Hou admits to painting the first one on a whim not really having any idea how Wolveirne could win. A while later the second image appeared on his site. I’m very amused by both and the quality is suprub. I’d personally love to be able to get a print to hang on the wall.
Visit Andrew”s Deviant Art page – http://njoo.deviantart.com/
Look! In the Sky!
More photos from a recent shoot. This time it’s Supergirl! While I like these images, I sadly have to report my shoot didn’t go quite as planned. We wanted to do the taking off the dress shirt to show the costume, but I miscalculated on the size of the shirt vs size of the costume and cape. Also I shot some images on a blue background which looked nice, but I really liked the way she pops against the black back ground.
Catwoman
A couple of weekends I went to a Halloween themed group shoot up in Wisconsin to do some special effect make up. Unfortunately I didn’t get to do too much make up. But in my down time i did get some time with a couple of the girls who were dressed up and take some photos while I was there.
The first shoot I was able to do was with Crystal, who was dressed up as DC Comic’s Catwoman.I got to make good use of the fantastic factory buildings around the studio for an urban look, in spite of being in the wilds of Wisconsin.
Mid-Ohio : Con Sketches!
I like to get sketches at that shows I hit up. And though I’d share some of the ones I picked up at the Mid-Ohio show. Now, if you don’t have the space to show them all here, but I really did love all the ones my neighbors were kind enough to make for me. Also some just didn’t scan in very well, cause the person under them went really dark.
At the show I gave all of the artists a list of possible themes to draw, so they could be creative and have some fun. I’ll let you know what the themes they chose when we get there.
I’ll start off with Andy Price. The man has been at the cons doing sketches for as long as I can remember. I get a kick out of the style and he does some fun stuff. He also used to draw the Quantum Leap comic book. I’ve been tempted to ask for a Sam Becket sketch. Anyways, Andy’s choice for the Mid-Ohio show was “A Comic Book Character set in an other Time Period” for which he drew 1950′s Batgirl. Also at the Chicago show Andy drew a Girl Gambit.
Next we have Comfort Love. Her and her artist husband do a self publish comic series called The Uniquies. Comfort took the option of “Awkward Teenage Verson of Any Character” and gave us a super emo Raven. Also I’m including her Girl Gambit from Chicago (was the popular theme there).
Now we have a sketch from Adam Withers. He works on the Uniquies comic with his wife, Comfort. He also took the “Awkward Teenage Verson of Any Character” and gave us Power Girl.
There were a bunch of the comic pros at the show. Alan Davis, Joe Kubert, etc. But the one I wanted to see and was excited to get a sketch from was Chris Giarrusso. Chris draws Mini-Marvels and did short Bullpin comic strips in the back of the Marvel comics. Chris seemed stumped for a long time sitting there staring at the blank page, but ultimately took the “gender swapped X-Men” option and gave us a Girl Cyclops.
All for now. If I get a chance I’ll see if I can share more later on.
It’s Full of Supers!
I’m planning on going to the Mid-Ohio con in Columbus this October. I’m waiting on a pay check to book the table, but the planning is going on.
At the show I’m going to have prints of several images, a comic book I wrote called “Liberty and Justice”, and a ‘sketchbook’ containing alot of images that will be offered as prints. Since it’s a comic book convention I’m focusing on more comic related shots.
Between now and October I’m going to shoot 4 more comic characters for the book. So far I’m prepping shoots for Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde), Beast, and Dazzler. I’m going to shoot one other, but not decided on who.
Here is a list of characters I’m considering for a shoot. I’d love some feedback of preferences in the comments area.
+ Rogue
+ Ms. Marvel
+ Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel
+ Catwoman
+ Nightcrawler
+ Black Cat
Or do I shoot them all?
Wizard World Chicago Costumes – Part 1
Over the weekend was the Wizard World Chicago 2008 comic book convention. I decided to bring the camera along and take of photos of all the people who dress up for the show. There were a lot of great costumes so I’m going to need to break this up into several posts throughout the week.
Since this was a comic book convention I’ll start off by showing some of the comic themed costumes.
 Spiral |
 Marvel villain Mojo |
 Rogue and Professor X |
 Mr. Sinister |
 Catwoman and Mary Marvel |
 Joker and Rogue |
 Thor |
 Superman |
 Colossus |
 Nightcrawler |
X-Men : Wolverine, Storm, unknown, X-23, and a Raccoon City Cop