Der Flugel-Mensch!

From the last two weeks, this is my favourite page that I drew.



Not much call for Kirby-style histrionics for this particular project, so I've indulged my more Caniff-y, Robbins-y, Romita-y side. I also get to draw my favourite thing - some bozo drawing a comic book page!

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Judgement Day!

Another commission piece, this one from last year. For those not in the know, this shows Jack Kirby's grand cosmic bastard Darkseid being judged by another of Kirby's show-stopping sky gods, Arishem the Judge. Suck it, Darkseid!

I can never decide whether Kirby based the look of Arishem's head on a food processor, or if the food processor guys saw Arishem and said "guys - this is the look we're going for!"

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The Baker Boys!

Another recent commission for Mr K Moorhead esq. I thought C. Baker was going to be the tough one here on account of him being a bit of a pudding (apologies if C Baker is reading this... also, I've got a nerve describing anyone else as a pudding. But at least I've got great eyebrows) and Tom has much more distinctive features. But Colin was an absolute breeze, whereas I sweated hard over Tom Baker's face. So to speak.

Another appearance from the "figure in background drawn in wash" effect, you'll notice. I love it, and I plan on using it all the time from now on.

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(NB. Prints of my work will shortly be available. Email me at the address to the right if you're interested. I'm also taking commissions, so why not drop me a line if you want me to draw something for you?)

I Bring Sutekh's Gift of Death...

...to all humanity!



Another brilliant commission idea from Kevin Moorhead: Doctor Who meets Quatermass... in the tomb of Sutekh! I decided to present it as a still from a non-existent documentary on horror films of the seventies. Fun stuff.



YOUR EVIL IS MY GOOD!


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BOOM!

If there's one thing I love drawing, it's explosions.



This is from that secret project which I'm working on for SPOILER Oni Press. I drew it (and the other five pages I've done for this instalment) on the worst paper I could find: real thin, coarse rubbish, three pounds per pad from Staples. Why did I do this? Cos I've noticed my work tensing up a little of late, and I wanted to work on something where I felt I could cut loose, mess about a little, and generally loosen up. And it worked! The paper is barely suitable to wipe one's arse, but I'm doing some of the best work of my life on it. Go, as they say, figure.

So that's fun, isn't it?

Anyway, look out for this, hopefully, early next year. And look out for my co-creator Patrick Keller - dude's going to be HUGE.

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Into the Abyss!

Sometimes you get a weird commission which you just can't resist. My other half (as some of you might know) teaches English, which means she get a lot of kids coming up to her with their novels wot they've written. Pretty cute, right? Anyway, this one kid heard that I drew for a living, so he and the missus hatched a plan where I would draw his book's "cover" for him.

This was the brief:

A fireball in the middle of the page, stone above, water forming a loop around the side and something suggestive of wind at the bottom.

And this was the final thing:



It's not as finished as I would like, but I was advised by smarter heads than mine not to work too hard on it, as it was supposed to be a bit of fun. Which it was!

He's going to see this pic tomorrow - hope he likes it.

I think the lightning is a nice touch.

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C-C-C-Call the Cops!

I'm unaccountably pleased with this modest wee panel. There's not much going on in it, but it's pretty well drawn!

And I think the cop on the right looks a bit like Louis CK - but maybe that's just me!

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Thunder Road

Cracking bit of Jersey Gods fanart from "Majestic" Michael Rooth (are these smarmy nicknames getting old, yet? I think I might drop them). Anyway - it's a stunner, isn't it? And a great way to send off the series.

There's also a lovely interview with me and Glen over at Comic Book Resources. I really should thank CBR - they've been great supporters of the book since day one (when they did a wicked video interview with Glen, with gorgeous animated inserts), and they've gone out of their way to keep tabs on us as the series has gone on. Thanks, chaps!

Anyway - LINKAGE

And a BIG splash from issue twelve - the spoiler sensitive should look away now (everyone else should click to OMAC-size it)!

SECRET PROJECT 01

This a panel from **** *****, an upcoming strip for *** *****.

I'd love to tell you more, but I've been threatened with punches if I let too much slip. Sorry!

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Silver Nemesis!

Commission piece for Matt Zitron, inks n' brush on Bristol board.

Silver Nemesis is not a particularly popular Doctor Who story. It's not even particularly good, if I'm honest (too many limp jokes about social workers, a guest appearance from the Queen, a cameo appearance from a mostly forgotten Hollywood star... all bolted onto a plot used two stories earlier by Remembrance of the Daleks). It *does* feature the Cybermen, but it's the silver giants at their most useless - standing around waiting to get shot, falling over at the slightest whiff of gold... sigh.

BUT! It also features a brilliantly evil 16th Century witch, Sylvester McCoy at his most puckish and entertaining, and the awesome Sophie Aldred tearing shit up. Seriously, look at this:



"So who'll be next... and who'll be lucky?" It takes balls to talk to a Cyberman like that. Ace rules.

And that's why I love Silver Nemesis.

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The Silver Surfer vs... The Daleks!

Pen, black ink and wash, then I applied a blue filter in Photoshop. Galactus was entirely done in wash.

This was another commission for "Masterful" Michael Rooth: the Silver Surfer vs the Daleks! I decided to throw Galactus into the background, so I didn't have to paint lots of stars. And who doesn't love that big, purple, planet-eater?

Daleks aren't necessarily the most fun to draw - lots of straight lines, no expression, they're basically just tanks - but I had some fun throwing in a few different types. We've got a couple of Sixties Daleks, a seventies model, and a new-Who version, all in their trademark hoverbouts!

I'm not sure I would class this as an unqualified success - I wish I'd done more Daleks for one thing - but it was fun. And I LOVE drawing the Surfer!



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"I Shall Become... a 4!"

Having missed the last few weeks of Comic TWART's, I decided the only way to catch up was to do a mash-up type thing. So here we see the all-new Fantastic Four: The Thing! Hawkman! Belit, Queen of the Black Coast! The Batman!

God, I love comic books.

This must be the unluckiest picture I've ever worked on. EVERYTHING went wrong with it - it got dropped on the floor, I drew a rubbish Batman (now patched over and made invisible by a much better Batman), I drew extraneous legs and wings that needed whiteing out and... God, a myriad other tiny problems.

BUT! I'm incredibly proud of how it worked out. And I'm hoping I can get the lovely Debs to do me some colours - fingers crossed!

EDIT: Faster than light, fellow TWARTist Nathan Fairbairn has coloured the pic. Debs will not be pleased - but I'm thrilled!


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BOOM!

A Blastaar commission for "Mighty" Mike Rooth.

Click to Kirby-size it!

Kneel before...?

From Jersey Gods #12

They Bang the Drum...

From Jersey Gods #12

"Come With Me If You Want to Live..."

From Jersey Gods #12

RIP

RIP

Johnny Recon - now in DEBBIECOLOR!

Late TWARTer!

I've been insanely busy the last two weeks, but I HAD to make time to catch up on the last two weeks of TWART. This is Mitch Gerards and Scott Dillon's sharp-shooting space goon Johnny Recon. Tomorrow (or maybe the day after - I'm waiting for the lovely Debs to put some colours on the pic): Clara de Noche!

Promethea!

This was a commission piece I did for Michael Rooth. He's a cool guy - and incredibly talented too. Check out his WEBSITE.

Drawn and coloured with a Wacom tablet and Photoshop. Here's the mono version.



Alan Moore is GREAT fun to draw.

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