Muck Man #14

After receiving some good advice and direction for my Muck Man and ink.re.ments cartoon strips at the Summit City Comic Con a week or so ago, I have been eager to get the ball rolling and put these things out in a more timely fashion. So, here we continue with the origins of Muck Man.

This may appear as a slam against Greenpeace, but it's not. I'm actually a supporter of what they do. Just so you know.

Muck Man #13

In this latest tale of  the Muck, we catch a small rubbery glimpse of his past.

RocknRolla

I've been tinkering with the idea of taking three scenes from a movie and drawing them up in a comic book panel style and presenting them in that fashion. A combination of two mediums that tell a brief story or set a theme from the movie in question. So, my first one is from the Guy Ritchie movie, RocknRolla, a great little film with some wonderful dialogue and one liners. Although, the words that I've provided here are not in the film, but what I imagine Gerard Butler to be thinking or saying in those situations.

I had a load of fun with this and it's a great vehicle for me to whip out the old brush and throw down some ink. And I hope that this comes across as something that is enjoyable to view. Gimmee some feedback.

Captain America: The First Avenger sketch cards

Above are all the sketch cards that I did for Upper Deck's Captain America: The First Avenger set. As you can see I am keeping with the cartoon style for the time being and also kept this one simple using just two characters: Captain America and the Red Skull. The last six cards are my Artist Proofs.

The Hellboy Fist

The Hellboy Fist or The Detroit Hellboy Memorial
15x20
acrylic on illustration board

My wife came up with this idea of taking the Joe Louis Memorial sculpture by Robert Graham that is located in downtown Detroit and replacing the JL fist with that of Hellboy's fist. Awesome idea and one that garnered a lot of attention at last week's Motor City Comic Con where I had the original painting on display. My wife has her moments and this was definitely one of them. I'm still kicking myself for not coming up with it!

Belle Isle Aquarium Koi Wrangling 2011

Tomorrow, May 7th at 9am, the Belle Isle Aquarium will be hosting the annual koi transfer from the winter basement holding tanks to the outside pond. This is a fun time, so bring the kids, the grandparents, whoever, down to Belle Isle for a good and worthwhile time. Alas, I won't be able to make it this year, as I will be at Wonderworld Comics in Taylor, MI signing for Free Comic Book Day.

So, make a day of it and got to the aquarium and then Wonderworld Comics!

Bumblebee

Here is a pin up style painting that I finished up a few months ago. It has two subjects of interest for me; women and bumblebees. What does this mean? I don't know. Does this really need a meaning? You tell me.

Bumblebee
15x8
acrylic on illustration board