Second Star Progress

 

I'm currently inking issue #3 of my comic, Second Star and I was pleased with how these pine trees turned out. Just thought I'd share some progress. 

Super Nonny, Part Four

Here are the remaining pages for the Super Nonny story that I worked on and was written by David Himmel and colored by Kevin Minor. It's a fun tale and I hope that you enjoyed it, as well!

Super Nonny, Part Three

A printed copy of the Super Nonny comic book that I worked on arrived yesterday and I love how it turned out! I still get excited to see my stuff in print and I hope I always will. Of course, I will. It's one of the joys of doing what I do.

Below are the next three pages of the ten page comic that was written by David Himmel (for his family) and colored by Kevin Minor.

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Super Nonny, Part Two

Here are pages 1-3 of the Super Nonny comic written by David Himmel, penciled and inked by moi, and colored by Kevin Minor. This was a personal story done as a gift for David's family, so won't be available to the masses. But, he was more than happy for me to share it, so here is the first installment.

Super Nonny

So, I spent a lot of last year working on a 10 page comic book commission for David Himmel, who is a writer and the editor-in-chief for Chicago Health Magazine. Super Nonny is a story about his grandmother and great-grandmother to the four children in the story, David's nephews and niece. At first I was little hesitant to take the job, with this being a personal story with likenesses and all. But, after reading the script I was more than happy to do this one. David created not just a cute little story about his Nonny, but a witty and charming tale that can be enjoyed by anyone who reads it. I guess that is what being a good writer is all about. 

Over the next coming weeks I will show the story in it's entirety. Super Nonny, written by David (a gift for his family), pencils and inks by yours truly and my Stoopid Stuf co-hort Kevin Minor helped out with the interior colors. I did the cover colors seen above and knew it would take me forever just to make it look passable, so I needed someone with better skills than I. 

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Unlawful Good, A Crime Noir Anthology, Part Four

Here is the cover to the story that I illustrated in the Unlawful Good anthology with colors by Harry Saxon. The story is by Brian Visaggio and lettered by Zakk Saam. Everything edited by Heather Antos. I'll have copies with me this weekend at the Motor City Comic Con.

Unlawful Good, A Crime Noir Anthology, Part Three

The book has finally arrived! Unlawful Good, A Crime Noir Anthology, which was put together and edited by Marvel's Heather Antos has been printed and I have quite a few copies in hand for sale here and at conventions. I contributed the pencils and inks for an eight page story written by Brian Visaggio called The Burning Sun. Above is the black and white version of page one before the text (Zack Saam) and the colors (Harry Saxon). The book looks great and has stories by Jay Fosgitt, Dirk Manning and a whole slew of other creators. So, check it out!

Unlawful Good: A Crime Noir Anthology, Part Two

The Kickstarter for the crime noir anthology Unlawful Good has been fully funded and the rewards part of the campaign is coming to a close in just a few hours, so if you want a little extra, such as a page of original art by yours truly, head on over to the site and contribute. Here is an original page (before colors and text) from the story The Burning Sun that Brian Visaggio wrote, I penciled and inked, Harry Saxon colored and Zakk Saam lettered. And the whole book is edited by Heather Antos.

Unlawful Good, A Crime Noir Anthology

There is a new Kickstarter campaign that just launched today for an anthology of crime noir comic stories put together and edited by Heather Antos called Unlawful Good. This volume includes some great talents from across the land, including Rob Humphrey, Jay Jacot, Ted Woods, Jay Fosgitt, about 35 creators in all. The story that I contributed art for was written by Brian Visaggio, colored by Harry Saxon and lettered by Zakk Saam. Above is a sneak peek of the title page. The finished page with colors and headers looks great! The kickstarter has already raised over a $1000 dollars on it's first day and I encourage  any and all who loves crime noir comics to contribute to this project. I had a good time working with Brian, Harry and Zakk on this and I hope readers will enjoy what the teams have produced. Go Here to contribute.

The Beast At Black Rock, Page Six

Here is the final page of the story arc that I contributed to in Denver Brubaker's Tales Of A Checkered Man printed edition, which is available now. I's like to give Denver a big thanks for letting me play for a bit in the Checkered Man sandbox. It was mucho fun!

Beast At Black Rock, Page Five

Here is the page five teaser for the story arc that I did for Denver Brubaker's Tales Of A Checkered Man's printed edition. You can go to his site here to order your copy now! The final artwork for this story will have all the text, narration and gray tones done superbly by Denver. Check it out!

The Beast At Black Rock, Page Four

Tomorrow is the start of C2E2 and the premier of Denver Brubaker's Tales Of A Checkered Man printed edition. So, make sure you stop by his table in artist alley and say hi. Above is the fourth page teaser of a six page story arc that I contributed to for the volume.

The Beast At Black Rock, Page Three

Here is the page three teaser for my six page story arc in Denver Brubaker's printed edition for his Checkered Man web comic. The final version will have all the text and grey tones done by Denver.