This was for a DC card a few years ago. If I had to do it over again I might have drawn both figures a little less wonky but it was fun.
A random collection of material from comic artist Kevin Nowlan. Started with the best of intentions, but like most other efforts, doomed to perish from neglect as soon as the novelty wears off.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Solomon Grundy
This was for a DC card a few years ago. If I had to do it over again I might have drawn both figures a little less wonky but it was fun.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
More Metal Men pencils
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Plastic cup art #6
Monday, June 22, 2009
Plastic cup art #4
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Grimwood's Daughter: the last page
Jan Strnad's script asked for a small inset of Tirol and Brii in the land of the Frost Giants, framed with a garland of ivy. I sketched it several different ways, two of which I'm showing here. But neither of us were satisfied with the layout and Jan thought the garland looked too much like a Christmas decoration so he suggested dropping the inset panel all together.
It made for a rather stark final page but it fit the mood of the story.
Fast forward 26 years...
We're trying to pull together all the art for a new Grimwood Collection, but no one can locate copies of the last few pages. I decide to redraw them and look forward to taking a second crack at a few details that always bugged me about the earlier versions. Most of them are just little inking problems but this final page cried out for a larger revision, in keeping with Jan's original script. I discussed it with our editor, Scott Dünbier and he agreed, if we're going to go to the trouble of redrawing that last page, why not get it right this time.
So I dropped the garland and made the inset much larger. I'm really happy with the results... finally.
I'll post a scan of the inks as soon as I finish them. Maybe even later today.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Another Metal Men preview
Monday, June 15, 2009
Plastic cup art #2
The agency changed the script after I started on the pencils so the sixth panel is completely different.
Because the art was wrapped around a cup, the strips were designed to be read as three individual pages. That was probably a good call, otherwise you'd have to turn the cup back and forth to read it.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Frank Godwin
Plastic cup art
More proof that if you want to find my work you have to search in some really odd places:
A couple of years ago I did a series of comic strips for the Krystal Hamburger chain. They featured testimonials from customers about their first time eating a Krystal. The agency provided me with photos of the actual customer and I did my best to draw a convincing likeness. Since they were going to be printed on plastic cups, the images had to be simple and bold; no Stan Drake feathering or delicate crosshatching. The art director provided the colors and lettering.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Hellboy and Jack B. Quick
Mike Mignola and I were guests at a terrific convention in Birmingham, England last year and we were asked to do this piece for their program book and charity auction. Mike pencilled the Hellboy figure and sent the board to me so that I could draw Jack and ink the whole thing.
That big empty space in the lower right bothered me so I added another contraption to fill it up.
Most people didn't even realize that I'd inked the Hellboy figure. See, I don't always redraw everything!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Adam Strange origin for "52" page 1
Some of you may know that I was scheduled to draw an Adam Strange mini-series back in the late 80's, but I couldn't get past the one edict from DC editorial: "Give him a new costume."
I really liked the original costume and no matter how hard I tried to go in a different direction it seemed pointless. Who cares about Adam Strange if he's not wearing that cool space suit?
Thursday, June 4, 2009
New original art
Be sure to check out the "Original Art" link to the right. I've finally put up some pages from the Batman Confidential series I did with Garcia-Lopez. Once you get to the art page, there's an email link at the bottom if you're interested in buying any of the pages.
I also have the cover art for Batman Confidential #28 on eBay this week. You can find it here.