back from baltimore!

yet another great comic show in charm city (easily in my top 3 favorite comic shows... heck, top 2 with charlotte)... the weekend 2 day show seemed to go by mighty quick, realizing how many folks i DIDN'T get a chance to talk to (or even see)... kept my head down, sketching away (pics of two of the color pieces i did above) but i did manage to spend time with good friends (you know who you are) and socialize a bit (and have a great breakfast with the gang)... next up, mid-ohio in november with todd.

mighty glad to be back home, getting back into the routine. the boy started first grade and cat goes to pre-k next week, so i'll get some time to work - and sleep!

working on the marvel stuff and haps stuff (hoping i can keep this enthusiasm and momentum going into the next few issues!)

-c

spider-man loves... death?

here's a recent commission (recent in the fact that i recently finished it, not in the fact that is was commissioned recently... it was commissioned AGES ago) based on a great cover from the spider-man loves mary jane series a few years back (not the one i did, but the "good" one.. ha!)... pretty sure the name speaks for itself.

since i don't do much drawing for myself these days, sometimes i try to use these commissions to let loose and have fun (and try out new styles)... since the layout was already done for me, i tried to push the inks a bit.... (bob almond was saying he saw a hint of simonson in the linework in the hair, and i'll take that as one helluva compliment, bob!)

getting ready to head to baltimore next week, putting the finishing touches on our baltimore exclusive perhapanauts print, along with other goodies (check todd's blog next week for info!), working on my haps story, the cover to cap and the korvac saga 2, a cover for a friend, a mascot logo for a friend (and , as todd says, pulling a george lucas on the screaming tiki perhapanauts print we did... )... whew.

back to work.

-c

(on the tv, front, enjoying mad men (don draper's personal downfall has been powerful stuff to watch) rescue me and got hooked on being human on bbc america... and the trashy fun of true blood)

old school daredevil

well, not that golden age old-school daredevil, but the first costume matt murdock wore back in daredevil 1 before going to the all red look.

without the crushing deadlines, we've been able to enjoy some family time down on cape cod, and did plenty of bike riding to help trish train for the pan mass challenge this last weekend (she, traci, heather, and thousands of other riders rode to raise money for the dana faerber foundation to help fight cancer)...

getting back into the swing of wrapping up the last few commission stragglers, as well as working the new haps pages and the captain america and the korvac saga project.

-c

a mouse story

so, finished up my six page legends of the mouse guard story this weekend (did the whole thing - story, art, colors and letters) and had a lot of fun doing it.... it'll be in issue 4, coming out next month or so, i think.

before that, i also did an 11 page ff story (pencils and inks) for a custom comic for marvel on a fairly tight deadline (i really have fun drawing the ever lovin' blue eyed thing... still don't quite have a handle on the rest - but i kept mike's ff run handy for inspiration)

AND over the weekend, i worked on my cover for #1 to the next 4 issue series i'll be doing at marvel - captain america and the korvac saga written by the one and only ben mccool ... should be a fun ride, issue 1 hitting shelves in dec.

and since i don't seem busy enough, started laying out the baltimore exclusive print and started inking some 'haps pages... (yay, i miss those guys!)

heck, i even managed to get out and see inception (loved it ) and re-watched all three seasons of deadwood on dvd... next up, by popular recommendation, breaking bad.

whew, i'm tired.

-c

catching up (and yet another hellboy sketch)

well, things seem to be slowing down a bit after finishing up her-oes 4 the other day (good thing, too... it's scheduled to be on the stands in a few weeks)... plenty left on my plate (first up - my 6 page mouse guard story for david petersen - been itching to get drawing it! also, just a few long outstanding commissions... and the next 2 convention exclusive perhapanauts prints for baltimore and mid ohio), not to mention finishing the pages for the first issue of the next haps arc and getting to work on the second issue)... and just got word about my next all ages gig for marvel... pretty excited!

hope to take the time and get to the stack of dvds here (got halfway through inglorious basterds on the flight from charlotte and never got back to it - big fan, and on numerous recommendations, the first season of breaking bad), comics (months worth of comics to be sifted through and read ... and a few on the ipad as well) and magazines...

been listening to the great new devo album... and on a michel giacchino kick on itunes, getting the soundtracks for fringe and land of the lost.

oh yeah, here's a hellboy sketch i traded a while back for a cool comic con breda 2010 exclusive hellboy comic (3 stories reprinted with a sweet new cover) - thanks again, kees!

-c

quick heroes con wrap up... and the darkness

sounding like a broken record year after year, but i had a GREAT time in charlotte at heorescon this year (even without my creative better half and a few others - rod and leanne, nick, to name a few - i still had the great company of matt and squeeze, brian and kelly) and got to next to rick leonardi and watch him do sketch after amazing sketch. saw plenty of friends, old and new. did quite a few canson paper color sketches at the show (sadly, didn't take any pictures, so i figure i'd post the last commission i did before heading out) and can't wait for next year (but luckily, baltimore comic-con is right around the corner, right?)

working on getting her-oes 4 all wrapped up and then jumping onto my mouse guard story and haps stuff...

-c

justified season finale already? damn.... good thing true blood starts up in a few days.... and another fantastic friday night lights this week.

listening to the castle book tie-in heat wave on audio book while working - solid and entertaining, but nothing ground-breaking (which is how i pictured castle's books, so it's all good)

clea and some strange

okay, another of the long awaited commissions that i had a chance to get through recently...

(plenty of times i'll draw something and see a little bit of a style from an artist i really dig, and this time it's 'ringo... dunno if it was thinking about how charlotte's right around the corner or maybe it's just how much i love the way he drew women)

so, her-oes 2 is out on shelves, issue 3 is in the can and 4 is well underway... after that, not quite sure what's next at marvel, but i'll be working on my tales of the mouseguard story and trying to getting some more haps done, too...

had a good holiday weekend (plenty of grilled/smoked meat and good company of friends and family), but really need to get cracking before heading to charlotte in a few days.

hope to see some of you folks down at heroes con! (i will be doing ink b/w and color canson pieces at the show, so stop by the table or drop me a line beforehand)

-c

absolutely LOVED the finale of lost, 24 ended on a solid note (a bit corny at the very end, but still a pretty good season to end with)... but friday night lights just might be my all-time favorite show (the whole upheaval of dillon football this season has been great)