Here’s the inks to the SWAMP THING/ARCANE piece.  As I mentioned yesterday, this is a good time to get in touch if you are interested in an original illustration by me.

Sorry for the long delays between posts.  Things have been pretty busy here the last few months but the to-do list is clearing to the point where I’m able to catch up on commissions. If you inquired about a commission and I put you off because I was too busy, now is the time to contact me.

Here is the pencil version of a Swamp Thing/Arcane piece that just went out.  I’ll run the inks tomorrow.

One of my neighbor’s free range birds that sometimes stops over to talk turkey.  Been meaning to use his pics for a collage of some kind.

This lovely pheasant has moved into the ornamental apple tree behind my studio. The tree is heavy with fruit and is a short leap to the roof.  This pheasant can often be seen fluffing up its feathers against the cold and sitting in the snow up there; close to all that feed and affording an excellent view of the surrounding area. It allows me to get within about ten feet before zooming away like Road Runner.

The feathers have changed from brown to white with the first snow then back to brown when it melted. With the advent of fresh snow, its lovely coat appears to be working back to white again.

Playing with a set of manga marker pens in my sketchbook.

Found this slipped into an old book.  I love the term “kadoodler”.

THE BIG LIE has been named the #6 biggest comic book controversy of 2011 over on Bleeding Cool, edging out all other 9/11 inspired titles such as Frank Miller’s HOLY TERROR and Bosch Fawstin’s THE INFIDEL. Shipping from Image in September, THE BIG LIE was scripted and penciled by me, inked by Gary Erskine, colored by Dominic Regan, lettered by Annie Parkhouse with cover by Thomas Yeates. It was co-edited by Yeates and Brian Romanoff. Eisner judges, please take note.

To celebrate, here’s a piece of pencil art from an earlier version of the story that ended up unused.

One of the things that has been taking up a lot of my time lately (resulting in less than frequent blog posting) is a cool job for the University of Quebec.  Its an educational comics project, using graphic stories, games and fantasy to engage kids on social issues. Here’s a character sketch from the material.

Sometimes you pick up the sketchbook, you have no idea what’s going to come out.

It has been brought to our attention that the gender requirements for wearing a SPERM shirt, as detailed in our previous post, are invalid. It appears the design, which parodies the well-known Superman logo, has become a favorite of Hollywood starlets. And who among us is ever going to argue with the likes of fabulous femmes Margot Kidder or Carrie Fisher about their choice in personal apparel?