doom!

another baltimore commission...
-c

real quick batman beyond sketch

busy working away on stuff i can't show yet, so... here's a quick sketch for a charity auction (always fun revisiting batman beyond in MY style and donate to a good cause... and probably the only way i'll get to draw a dc character anytime soon) 

-c

pmc print... in hellasweet color!

so, my new pal lawrence basso really knocked it outta at the park on this one (you might remember his sweet colors on my avengers 1 homage and the promo stuff i've done for kyrra with rich woodall)...

everyone who made a generous donation of $25 or more to my PMC ride will be getting this one in the mail (along with sketches for folks who made even more generous donations... i'm still getting in touch... haven't forgotten, just swamped with work)...

speaking of work, plugging away on the haps motion comic and the next arc, due out starting in january 2012...!

-c

baltimore in the rear view... next up, detroit!

had another GREAT show in baltimore last weekend (as always, BIG thanks to mark, brad and the rest of the crew!) this 2 day show seems to roll by SOOOO quickly, and this year with family (and in-laws) in tow, it seemed even quicker (well, not the 8+ hour drive, but...)

todd and i sold out of the 'haps trades we brought and put a BIG dent into the new shipment of tees (soon to be available at the haps webstore) ... didn't get to see much (or many folks) with my head down as i sketched all weekend... waiting for a few scans of the color pieces, but in the meantime, here's one of the pre-show pickups!

getting back on track with work and whatnot (wooohoo, the boy starts SECOND GRADE next week!), re-watching "sons of anarchy" and listening to the new fountains of wayne and they might be giants over and over...

i'll post later this week with the suh-weet lawrence basso colored version of the pmc print (and getting in touch with generous donors as well)...

-c

quidditch!

first off, the PMC was a great day and a great ride and i'm thankful for all the support of family, friends and everyone else... managed to raise a good chunk of money directly for the dana farber jimmy fund to help find a cure for cancer, so THANK YOU! if you made a donation and i haven't gotten in touch yet, expect an email in the next week or so about a sketch request... (got a few more than i hoped, so it'll take a while to get through on top of work!)

the baltimore comic con is JUST around the corner this weekend... one of my absolute favorite shows and i can't wait to head down and spend with fans, family, and friends... one friend who's been waiting SO patiently for a drawing in trade is none other than david (mouse guard) petersen... after giving me not ONE, but TWO sweet harry potter themes sketches (and by sketches, i mean beautiful illustrations), i promised david a quidditch drawing... years ago. figured i HAD to get it done before seeing him and julia this weekend so... (granted, this is just the line art - i'm also gonna do a finished canson paper piece to go with it...)

back to work (got a few commissions to finish before heading down south... and plenty of "real" work on my plate)!

see you in baltimore,

-c

pmc donation print all inked up!

well, been mighty busy since my last post 3 weeks ago... wrapped up the "jim henson's storyteller" story with ron marz, working on the haps motion comic, and got around to inking this piece... (which, if you read my last blog post, you'll know is going to be all colored up and given as a thank you for folks who donate $25 or more to my PMC ride.... love to post more, but i gotta get out for a training bike ride!


http://www.pmc.org/profile/CR0137

pan mass challenge 2011

this august 6th, i'll be riding my bike with trish* (along with thousands of others) in the pan mass challenge, 84 miles from wellesley, ma to bourne, ma... this 2 day bike-a-thon event raises more money for charity than any other in the country, 100% of which goes to the jimmy fund and dana farber cancer institute.

simply put, cancer sucks.... and i'm hoping you can help me raise money to fight it.

since i don't work in an office or have a "real" job with fellow employees, i'm asking YOU to help me raise that money and make a donation...

but one of the perks of MY job is the stuff i make... and i figure, if you can help me out, i'd like to return the favor...
-every donation made gets you a free, signed comic.
-any donation over $25 gets you an EXCLUSIVE free choopie print (still in the works, but that's the pre-lim above)
-any donation of $50, i throw in a free headsketch (your choice)
-any donation of $100 or more, a free full figure b/w sketch (your choice)...
-and $150 or more gets you the free sketch AND a page from a recent marvel project (my pick)

anything higher than that, we'll talk ... and here's the link to my rider profile page:


http://www.pmc.org/profile/CR0137

here's hoping you can help me out and raise some money for a great cause.

-c

fleischer superman!

so, a quick one with a recent commission - my take on the classic fleischer cartoon superman.

alright, off with the kids to catch "cars 2" (with any luck, it'll be better than "green lantern")...

-c

shield throwin' fun!

cap commission... 'nuff said.
-c

assembled... and now in color!

year in, year out, heroescon in charlotte is my favorite comic convention (with baltimore edging ever so close... if only it were three days )... had a great show, met and talked with plenty of friends and colleagues, old and new (you ALL know who you are)...

didn't get a chance to have a copy in color for the show or auction, but lawrence basso (who's gonna be doing the "kyrra" project down the road) knocked this one out of the park...

speaking of projects, hoping to get the ball rolling on "kyrra" soon, but still have plenty of 'haps in the pipeline (finishing up the next arc, getting the (first?) motion comic underway) as well as the "jim henson's storyteller "story to wrap up (but i did manage to get through the last big gig, which, with any luck, will lead to more down the road)...

-c

with apologies to jack and dick...

here's my piece for the heroescon auction this weekend (man, i can't say enough good things about this show! shelton drum really puts on a show that all other shows aspire to...)

-c

quick one for heroes!

doubling as my jetpack comics sketch night drawing, here's a commission to be picked up at heroescon... NEXT WEEK?! wow, that came up quick! (if any other folks are interested in lining up a commission, drop me a line)

sent the finished art for the haps convention print over to mike for him to work his magic...

REALLY looking forward to seeing old friends and new in charlotte next week... with any luck (and little sleep), i'll hit my deadline on the current gig before jumping on the plane (and get right into my story for "jim henson's storyteller" - as well as the next issue of haps)  

-c (feeling pretty good after getting out for an 18 mile bike ride this afternoon - better get cracking if i'm riding the PMC in a few months...)

rocket, i'm takin' a rocket!

my drawing i did for jetpack comics' sketch night... tonight's theme, dave stevens' "rocketeer" in honor of the new "rocketeer adventures" series from idw.

(like the batman piece from a few weeks back and a few others, this one's for sale here)

-c

batman beyond

just another canson piece i finished up after having the prelim lying around for YEARS... (this, and a few other sketches are for sale over here - every now and then, i'll be posting a few odds and ends for sale)

let's see... work's moving along nicely, besides the main (paying) gig i'm doing right now, i'm also 2 pages from finishing my story in issue 2 of the next perhapanauts arc, jumping on issue 3 AND the motion comic next week...

the tv season is wrapping up strong (great finales from "fringe", "community"and "justified") which is good, i've got plenty to catch up on...  not to mention all the audio books to listen to!

-c

kyra, alien jungle girl!

okay, so after coming up with the character for the emerald city comic con art book this past winter, here's a new project i'm putting together with my pal rich woodall co-plotting/scripting and lawrence basso on colors... not sure when in 2012, exactly - or what format yet - but the wheels are in motion... (rest assured, the haps will be back in a big way later in 2011 as well)

-c

had a GREAT weekend at the boston comic con with todd out for a visit as well - even managed to go catch "super" at the cable care in providence ... the show just keeps getting better.

he who must not be named...

so, i've had this pre-lim sketched out since i started doing my harry potter character sketches... and with the dvd of "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1" sitting next to my board i figured it was finally time to get to it...

besides that, working hard on my current project as well as more perhapanauts and commissions... and a  few pre-orders for the BOSTON COMIC CON coming up in less that 24 hours! stop by if you're in the neighborhood - todd and i will have plenty of swag to peddle...

-c

back to beyond

another commission, tried using heavy black for a change... always fun drawing terry again.

-c

convention noodling...

just found this in my portfolio from the emerald city comic con... after finishing up my sketch list, starting doodling and ended up with this... (figured it's appropriate for today's post, after getting the absolutely BEAUTIFUL - and massive -  walt simonson THOR omnibus yesterday)

not much to report, work-wise - busy working on the current project (not sure when it's scheduled to be out - or when i can discuss it) as well as the 'haps (diving into the second issue of the next arc - as well as getting the boston comic con print ready)

speaking of boston comic con (yay!), todd and i will be there, selling all sorts of 'haps swag, so come on by! i'll also try to get a few sketches done before the show so if you're interesting in arranging a commission for boston, drop me a line...

-c

(gotta go, JUSTIFIED is on in a few)

hero initiative!

getting ready for megacon in a few short days (eep! going to do taxes later today... wheeee!)

so, here's the 2 cover sketches i've done for the hero initiative so far ... (tough thing about sketch covers is there's not much room for making mistakes... oh, well)... i was happy to donate my time to such a great cause.

-c

arrrrgh, pirate supergirl!

another megacon sketch...
-c