Batgirl #35 Halloween Variant Cover

You know... I really do love Mark Chiarello... and not just because he thinks of me when a cover like this comes up. He knew this was something I'd have a lot of fun drawing. He's the best.

Anyway, two preliminary sketches, then pencils, inks and final color:

"Amazing X-Men" #1 variant cover

Thumbnail sketch, pencils, inks and colors:

Monsters and a Dame

This is a specialty piece for the Emerald City Comicon, which we'll be attending March 30 thru April 1. 14 x 17", pen, brush and ink on Bristol.

Robert Mitchum

Layouts for Grimwood's Daughter

These popped up on eBay the other day. You can see the auctions here and here. Stop by and give 'em a bid or two.

Grimwood was drawn from a full script, so even at this early stage, I wanted to work out the line endings and balloon placements. These were slightly text-heavy and I was a novice so knowing exactly how much space was available for the art was important. The final lettering was done by Harvey Kurtzman's letterer at the time, Phil Felix. I think I took over the lettering myself on the later chapters to avoid mailing the boards back and forth.

And, just to see if anyone was paying attention, I slipped in a Springsteen lyric in the last panel.

Karloff/Frankenstein

Hey, Halloween is only a few days away... time to do some monster sketches!

Black Widow redux

A while back I was asked to do an updated version of a Marvel Fanfare piece from the '80's. The commissioner asked for the classic costume and hair. I was able to fix some of the things that bothered me in the original, like the spider and the pose. I also tweaked the lighting a bit. As with most pieces, I started with a sketch...

Another Jack B. Quick sketch

Supergirl sketch

I'm partial to the older costume...

Batgirl pin-up

Preliminary pencils, marker sketch, pencils and inks:

Happy Birthday, Robert Mitchum!

I know, Lucy's 100 today, but Mitchum is cooler.

Another Hulk sketch

Continuing with our green theme: I think this one is at least 7 years old. Maybe more...

A few green thumbs

Thumbnail sketches, layout and pencils for the painted page I showed you yesterday:

Captain Marvel

As with the Warlock head sketch, I tried to get a little bit of a Gil Kane vibe in the drawing, but it didn't really come through.

Happy Birthday, Joe E. Brown!

"Nobody's perfect!"

Loki

I ran out of room for the horns.

Adam Warlock

I tried (and failed) to make this look a little more like a Gil Kane drawing. I really liked that series from the early '70's.

Cover art: The War That Time Forgot #7

From 2008:

Donald Meek

The Vision

Sad robot...