LOIS LANE

This sketch of Superman's gal, Lois Lane was inspired not just by her skill at reporting the news, the eclectic company she keeps, or the fact that she looks tops in a pencil skirt... although any of those would be a valid inspiration to warrant committing her likeness to paper.

No, this sketch of Ms. Lane is all thanks to the hilarious, oft times foul-mouthed (cut her some slack, she was an Army brat and she works at a newspaper) 140 character-or-less updates that we get from her Twitter feed every day.

If you're on Twitter @planet_lois is a must follow.

Okay, that's it from me. Have a great weekend, kids. I'll see you all back here on Monday!!

ROCKETEER (pencils)

Above are the pencils to my latest sketch that can be seen in glorious Technicolor over on the Comic Twart blog.

This entire week we're featuring sketches of Dave Stevens's Rocketeer! So head on over there now if you know what's good for ya!

THE LIZARD

News of the reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise I'm sure has made it to you by now...
The Raimi movies were brilliant, and I love all of 'em to pieces, but I guess it was just time to start moving in a different direction.

I'm totally fine with re-casting and starting with a new mythology, I've been watching Batman and Bond movies all my life after all, but there is one thing that still kind of stings.
After seeing Dylan Baker brilliantly bring Doctor Curt Conners to life across three movies, we'll never get the chance to see him play The Lizard.
Sigh.

Okay, you can go back to checking out the Apple news now.

LOKI

I said a few days back that I'd make an attempt to do less sketches with rocks and foliage... but apparently I was totally lying.
Loki, the god of mischief, made me do it.

HUMAN TORCH & THE THING

C'mon, Ben, you should've known better than to think that the Yancy Street Gang would send you a pie in a box!! I guess you'll never learn.

MIGHTY Big Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone out there who supported The Mighty. I had a really great time during my tenure on the book couldn't have hoped for a better group of guys to work with.









Oh, and don't forget to pre-order the second trade the next time you head out to the comic shop, okay?

Have a great weekend, kids. See you all back here on Monday.

JIMMY OLSEN

If you leave my blog with nothing else this week, I want you to remember...
JIMMY OLSEN IS A BADASS!!
WHOOOOSSSH!!

In case it's unclear, or if you haven't read any of the great old Jimmy stories from back in the day, he used to carry around a pen (the fountain pen gun) that shot out a burst of compressed air so powerful that it could knock a man unconscious with the push of a button.

See? Jimmy didn't call Superman for every little thing! He could take care of himself in a scrap. He just uses that signal watch when someone's life is in danger... or if he needs help teaching some frat boys a lesson or something.

Since I managed to stop myself from jumping into inks for long enough to make a scan before jumping on to the inks, here are the pencils

SUPERBOY

Aw. Getting rid of that bomb is really nice. What a super boy! :)

HULK

HULK SMASH!!

Drawn this morning in between emails and phone calls.

ZORRO (pencils)

Above are the pencils to my finished Zorro sketch that can be found over on the Comic Twart blog. The contrast has been turned up quite a bit here, for the sake of clarity, since I tend to pencil so lightly.

"Twart" as in ART made by a group of folks that are on Twitter. Twitter+art=Twart. Get it?

Anyway, each week one of the artists will pick a subject and all of the crazy talented gentlemen will do their own take on said character. There are already some great pieces up on the blog. Go have a look!