The Stars

I just realized I’d somehow neglected to post anything about this yet…

The Stars is a new book being put out through indy-publisher Earthbound Comics which I had the opportunity to work on as the letterer. It was written and penciled by Kurt Belcher, inked by Stuart Berryhill and colored by Lisa Sky – an all around awesome collection of creators.

It’s a unique take on super-heroes, showing how costumed heroes are viewed as super-celebrities as much as crime-fighters, set in a world filled with shadowy intrigue and threats both seen and unseen.

The first issue is now available through Indy Planet, as well as directly from Earthbound, and you can also purchase a digital version through Drive-Thru Comics.You can check it out at the links below:

The Stars at Indy-Planet!

The Stars at Drive-Thru Comics!

Mummy sketches

I freely admit to being a huge fan of the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies, especially the first one. It’s one of those films I’ve seen so many times I can practically quote the whole thing, and is one of my wife’s favorites as well.

Am thinking about doing some fan-art for fun – here’s some sketches from my sketchbook, just trying to figure out the characters in my style.

Tony

Warm-up sketch from the other day, of everyone’s favorite altruistic alcoholic.

Sketches – House of Night Signing

A bunch of free sketches I drew today at Lightning Comics. I was there as part of the Spokane Comicsmiths’ Guild, to support fellow local artist Joshua Covey, as he signed House of Night #2, his big debut with Dark Horse Comics.

We had a good turn-out and Josh was busy the whole time, signing and sketching. Thanks to Matt and the gang at Lightning Comics for having us out and taking care of us while we were there!

Comic Signing & Free Sketches

I’ll be at over Lightning Comics in Coeur d’Alene this Saturday (the 17th), drawing free sketches with my friends in the Comicsmiths’ Guild from Noon to 3 pm. We’ll be there to help celebrate fellow local artist Joshua Covey’s big Dark Horse Comics debut, with the release of House of Night #2, which comes out this week.

He’ll be signing copies of that book, and we’ll also have copies of the new Guild Anthology Vol. 2 available for sale, which Josh did the awesome cover for as well.

We’ll also be having our monthly Guild meeting the following day (Sunday the 18th), at the Argonne Library meeting room at 2 pm.

Face Sketches

Just a few head shots of various comic/TV ladies. Random faces is what I usually fill up my sketchpad with if I’m loosening up, or just don’t know what else to draw.

The Eleventh Dino

And finally we have the current version of Doctor Who, seen here as a Triceratops. This was another “just seemed right” choice, without any real deep meaning. A Triceratops in a fez? Sure, why not? Triceratops are cool.

These were a lot of fun to do, and hopefully somebody out there got as much of a kick out of the idea as I did.

The Tenth Dino

While the Seventh Doctor is still my all-time favorite, the Tenth quickly took his place as a *very* close second. And if I hadn’t watched the show as a kid, with that ever present nostalgia tempering my opinion, number Ten would easily be in the top spot, by a mile.

So… here he is, as represented by probably my favorite dinosaur, a Stegosaurus. Or is that a Cleversaurus?

New Trek

Another Star Trek pin-up, just for fun. While I hesitate to call myself a “Trekkie”, I do admit to being a huge fan of the franchise. But that’s not too surprising as most of my immediate family *are* Trekkies to some degree and I grew up with it all around me…

Not sure when I’ll get around to inking this, but I’m much happier with how this one came out compared to the Classic Trek pic, especially the likenesses.