Mum Would Be So Proud

If you're in or around London, England, you might want to go see the exhibition "Deceitful Moon" at the Hayward Gallery in the Southbank Centre, which is a collection of artistic works depicting the moon as a hoax or fraud, in honour of the anniversary of the moon landing. Among the work on display is an original drawn page from the first Seaguy miniseries, my me and Grant Morrison.

This is the first time my work has been, or is ever likely to be, in a real, proper art gallery, so that's fairly exciting. I believe admission is free.

Prince of Persia

Well, it's been announced, I'm working on an anthology graphic novel based on next summer's fantasy action blockbuster Prince of Persia.

The 120-page book is written the by the original video game's designer, Jordan Mechner (it blows me away that 20 years on he's still so closely involved) and include six prequel stories set in the world of the game/film. The other artists are Niko Henrichon, Bernard Chang, David Lopez, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Tom Fowler, all wrapped up in a cover by Todd McFarlane. The book will be out in April 2010 from the Disney Press imprint, as part of a line of graphic novels from Disney. For more information come see me, Mechner, McFarlane, and several of the other artists at the Disney panel, Friday at 11:30 at the San Diego Comic Con.

I think its gonna be a great book, a lot different than the usual movie tie-ins.

Here's a small taste of my story, but this is all I'm gonna post for now...

Another Warm-Ups Sketch

Another front page sketch in a Warm-Ups sketchbook...

Warm-Ups Interior Sketch

I'm almost out of my 2008 "Warm-Ups" sketchbook (see sidebar). I'm going to try to sell the remainder at San Diego but after the show if I still have some left-over you can still order them from me. If you choose to get an interior sketch (for an additional $10) it will look something like this:

Wonder Woman, Take 2

You might remember the lame Wonder Woman sketch I posted a few days ago. I wasn't happy with it so I sat down to have a second crack at it, and came up with this:

Limited Edition Catwoman Print

Come and see me in San Diego (details below) and you can get one of these:



Here's the black and white lineart for the curious. This was actually done in Manga Studio, so there's no physical piece of artwork, which probably will have lost me some money. Oh well.

San Diego Comic Con '09

Hey everyone, if you're attending the San Diego Comic Con next week and want to know where you can find me, here's where I'll be:

Thursday, July 23

1pm-2:20pm
Oni Press, signing with Ray Fawkes
4pm-5pm
Vertigo Comics, signing

Friday, July 24

11:30am-12:30pm
Disney Press: Comics and Graphic Novels (Room 3)- Jordan Mechner, Prince of Persia creator and writer of the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time graphic novel, and artists Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Cameron Stewart (Seaguy), Bernard Chang (Wonder Woman), and Tommy Lee Edwards (Daredevil) for a discussion and Q&A session. Plus, get a sneak peek at the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time graphic novel, and an advance look at the book's connections to the secrets within the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie.

Saturday, July 25

11am-12pm
Vertigo Comics, signing
5:30pm-6:50pm
Oni Press, signing with Ray Fawkes

Sunday, July 26

10am-11:20am
Oni Press, signing
3pm-4pm
Making Webcomics Panel (Room 4)- Join Ron Perazza (Zuda), Kwanza Johnson (Zuda), Kevin Colden (Fishtown, I Rule the Night), Cameron Stewart (Sin Titulo), Molly Crabapple (Backstage, Dr. Sketchys Anti-Art School ) and others for an inclusive, round table discussion about the advantages, challenges, questions, solutions, costs and benefits of making webcomics for fun and profit. Topics include working with a publisher, self-publishing, promoting yourself, best practices, style and moving from web to print (or vice-versa)!

Inbetween the above events, I will be found mainly at SplashPage Comic Art, booth #4400, where I will be taking commission requests, and selling original artwork and some merchandise.

Then, I'm hitting the bars to get my drink on.

See you there!

Girl Sketch

A fast sketch to loosen up. About 5-8 minutes, no model used.

Catwoman Study

Here's a study of Catwoman for a possible print for San Diego...

Mo' MODOK, Mo' Problems

This is a couple of years old now, but I've never put it on the blog. One of, if not the, most popular covers I've ever done, all the more satisfying for being the most freakout weird one.

Blunder Woman

Here's a sketch for a Wonder Woman commission I'm working on...I think it's kind of bland and uninspired... I'll probably redo it.

Birthday Pin-Up

I did this as a gift for a friend's birthday.



I hope she liked it. It was difficult to tell.

Death

Just a doodle of a character I have "endless" fun drawing. HA HA! GET IT??