DARK PHOENIX

Hey, look at that! Dry-brush in three out of three sketches this week! Go, me!!

Jet City Comic Show

I've been announced as a guest for the Jet City Comic Show in Seattle on Sept. 25th! More info at their site!

STORM

Here's my take on the fantastic Dave Cockrum designed Storm costume. Really wish she was still wearing this one...

Oh, and apparently I've done dry-brush tests on the sketches on two out of two sketches that I've posted here. Check back tomorrow to see if I can pull a hat trick :)

Iron Man

Been reading Essential Iron Man Vol. 1 and wanted to take a crack at his old costume. Don Heck is a friggin' genius - this is such an awesome costume!

Edit: I've been schooled by comics legend Phil Hester that this costume was in fact designed by Steve Ditko. Still, Don Heck is a genius and this is an awesome costume! :)

Kitty Pryde (and Colossus)!

THE QUESTION

I initially had a not-so-subtle question mark shape in the background here but, to be honest, it looked really forced... So with the skill of a tattoo artist attempting to cover up somebody's drunken mistake I went about drawing s'more buildings 'n' such to fill in the gaps.

You can probably still see little hints of where it initially was though.

Thanks for lookin'!

Spidey & Juggy

Batman & Batgirl

A Twitter suggestion from last night, this one came from the talented Ted Naifeh.

Thor: The Mighty Avenger - Double Rainbow

News came out from Marvel today that Thor: TMA #1 & #2 have sold out at Diamond, so Marvel is re-printing those two issues together as Thor: The Mighty Avenger - Double Rainbow. If you missed the boat on the first two issues, this is the perfect way to pick them up! It's only $3.99 and will be out Sept. 22nd. Previews says this needs to be ordered at your local shop by THIS THURSDAY (AUG. 26th). Order code is JUL108106.

My editor asked me to put a new cover together for this collection. I was aiming for something iconic that conveyed the tone of the book. Below is the process.

First a couple pages of very loose sketches.

Then I like to turn the ideas in my sketches into several distinct options for my editor to choose from. In this case none of my options were really singing - so I combined a few ideas for a final rough to show editorial.

This was the final rough idea I sent and was approved, very enthusiastically!

Pencils stage.

Inks.

And then Matt Wilson did his color magic to it!

Again, thank you to everyone who has been picking the book up! I hope you're enjoying reading it as much as I'm enjoying drawing it!

Power Girl!

As you can see, I tend to draw Power Girl a tad less "endowed" than most artists. I enjoy drawing her, but I just can't bring myself to draw those giant cans. ;)

Daredevil

Not sure what inspired me to draw Daredevil this morning. Always one of my favorite characters to draw, though.