quick thought or two on convention prints...

starting to get stuff together to pack up for heroescon next week... and got me thinking about artists selling prints of licensed characters (and sometimes with HUGE displays covered with prints) ... me, i've decided that's not my bag. heck, if dc , marvel or anybody else, for that matter, wanted me to draw their characters, they'd hire me - and sometimes, they do... and if they wanted to sell prints, they would... it's their property, their choice... commissions and one offs, that's a different beast.

sure i 'd probably sell a LOT more marvel prints than i do of the perhapanauts or kyrra... but i'm okay with that.

-c

so, speaking of ... KYRRA chapter 4 should be available in the next week or so (i'l llet you know)... and PERHAPANAUTS - DANGER DOWN UNDER 5 is out NEXT WEEK!

the doctor.

so, after all those "legion" sketches (there's another batch in the queue!), i got myself on a "doctor who" kick (which started with a commissioned sketch of the current doctor... and snowballed)

a few are still available for sale on the website.

as far as work, plenty more marvel superheroes magazine covers to post down the road, wrapping up letter on haps "danger down under 5" (out in june), more haps lost covers, chapter 4 of kyrra is underway...

-c

legion!

after wrapping up the final (final?) 'haps issue, getting to some commissions and outstanding stuff...

been posting these to Facebook one at a time, here they are in one blog post...

-c

by the hoary hosts of hoggoth!

as i'm wrapping up these last few perhapanauts pages for issue 5 of "danger down under"- and more kyrra - decided it was time to take on some new commissions after a long break...

first up, dr. strange!

(if you've been itching for a commission, now's the (limited) time... drop a line to bob@comicarthouse.com )

-c

another marvel magazine cover in progress...

with trying to wrap up issue 5 of "danger down under!" and keep kyrra moving along, it's been a while since my last update...

here's a cover for MSH 22 from scribbly sketch to finish (with killer colors by benny fuentes!)

(shameless plug - this cover - and many more - are for sale in the new webstore...)

sadly, i won't be out in seattle for emerald city comic con - next up, boston comic con in april.

-c

kyrra!

so, while i've been mighty busy with this latest PERHAPANAUTS mini series (DANGER DOWN UNDER! issues 1-3 are out now in print and digitally thru comixology , issue 4 is due in february and concluding with issue 5 in april!) and the MARVEL SUPER HEROES magazine covers i've been posting, i'm also hard at work on my new "digital first" venture KYRRA, ALIEN JUNGLE GIRL with my pals rich and lawrence over at artist alley comics. with any luck, we'll get on track with the last 6 ten page chapters in 2013 (sold drm free as pdfs you can read on any computer or tablet for only $0.99... chapters 1 and 2 are up now!) and collect'm all in print down the road, if there's interest...

comics are a changing landscape, and we're testing the digital waters... 'cause honestly, if your book doesn't have an AVENGERS, BAT, or X in the title, it's tough (but not impossible) to make a go in print...


we'll see... hope you're along for the ride!
-c

a marvel superheroes 20 cover... start to finish

keeping up with my effort to keep posting here on the blog more often... here's another cover, start to finish (from sketches to approved pencils, inks and kick ass colors by john rauch!) 

with these covers, i need to leave plenty of "dead" space for captions, title, upc codes, etc... and the final art is usually separated into layers, so creative giant (the guys who tirelessly put these magazines together every month) can shift art where needed...

besides these covers, i'm still working steady on THE PERHAPANAUTS - DANGER DOWN UNDER! (issue 3 hits stands and comixology next week) and KYRRA (over at artist alley... chapter 2 should finally be up by next week, and chapter 3 is well under way)

-c