Sick cover

From a post at the blog Hard to Look At.

Man alive. How could you see this comic and NOT buy it. I don't know the artist. The character design looks like something from Go Nagai.

sketch

I found a really cool Jack Kirby panel from Thor and repurposed it with Beast Biplane. I just wanted to see if I could approximate that old school style of inking with a brush pen. It's sloppy but that's not the pen's fault. I was anti brush pen for a long time, but I use em here and there. I'm still kinda leery of inking a whole panel with 'em. Like maybe the ghost of Chic Stone will put a curse on me or something.

Page one

Here's the first page of a story Jeff and I did for Injury 4.

Dylan Williams Will be Sadly Missed

I met Dylan Williams at the SPACE comics show in Columbus, Ohio in ’02. Actually I met him the night before the show at the Laughing Ogre comics shop. We hit it off pretty much instantly and within minutes of meeting each other we were running around the shop like idiots scoffing at the reproduction quality of the Marvel Masterworks books and unearthing old issues of Speedball from the longboxes. It was a rare phone call with DW that didn’t end up in both of us referencing our copies of The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books: Volume One and Two.

Comics lost a great guy this past weekend when Dylan Williams passed away. Dylan published one of my books via his publishing company, Sparkplug Comicbooks, but I think of him more as just a really good friend. I was always thankful that I got to know and work with him. He was a real independent dude both in the way he wrote comics and the way he ran his company. I always very much admired his heart, generosity and dedication. Not to mention his vast knowledge of both old comics and kung fu movies. In fact, I gotta think right now he’s shoulder to shoulder with Mort Meskin rifling thru some incredible longboxes.

Dylan had been in the hospital quite a bit recently. Lots of people have suggested buying Sparkplug comics to help his family with the medical bills, and I'd like to echo that suggestion here. And I would also add the suggestion to not let time slip away from you. Thinking about Dylan being gone at such a relatively young age just made me think about what a short time we have in life. And it makes me admire the amount he was able to accomplish and the lives he touched. I know my life is much better for having known him. I’m really gonna miss him, that’s for sure.

Leon strip

Baseball strip

Dan Z., Kevin H. and I did a Leon Beyond baseball-themed comics feature for the RFT. It's essentially to add some levity to the subject of major league baseball's "Opening Day." You can check out the full feature here.

drawing

The Astral Edge

Here's that strip Jeff and I did for MRR. Posted to Issuu.

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Maximum Rock and Roll

Check out the latest Maximum Rock 'n' Roll mag - Punk Comics Issue. Jeff Wilson and I have a 3 page comic in there. For those of you who have enjoyed our collabs in the pages of Injury Comics, this is more of the same. Except this time, it's a blast from Jeff's punk past. Anyway, it's an awesome issue - full of great comics and articles about comics (and music of course). Well worth seeking out, sez me.

Beast Print in Shop

Check out the shop for the Beast Biplane print I did with Mike Reddy a while back. Might make a nice holiday gift for someone. Or for yourself. I mean, go on, buy yourself a gift - who's going to say anything? You deserve it.

New Mardou comic in shop

Mardou's got a new comic out! "Anais in Paris," is now available for purchase in our webshop. It's a biography comic about french author Anais Nin. It was originally done for the unpublished fourth issue of the anthology "Whores of Mensa," but it's now out in it's own little volume. This comic is also available at Sparkplug, the Catastrophe Shop, and (soon) Global Hobo.

You're Gonna Burn in Hell

If you're in Portland, you may wanna drop by the Pony Club Gallery on Thursday night. I've got some stuff in the show "Satan is Real: images from the age of hysteria." The show's theme is like, the Eighties and back when people were freaked out about lyrics and imagery in heavy metal and movies and stuff. And backmasking. What was all that about? So the show will have a couple of unpublished comics pages (original art) from a new story that I'm working on with Jeff Wilson. What? Eighties and heavy metal? Yeah. Also on display will be an Iron Maiden scene I did for Electric Ant magazine. So yeah, if you meet the criteria (a. are in Portland; b. feel like it), swing by and check it out.

Hair of the Blog

ITEM. "Hair of the Dog," the fan-favorite strip from Injury Comics #2 by Jeff Wilson and me is now posted over at What Things Do. Lemme know what you think.

Sad News

Sad to report, the publisher of my book, Injury Comics has shut down. You can read Alvin's post here. Even before we started working together, I really enjoyed what Alvin was doing with the press and I feel grateful and lucky to have been a part of it. Knowing Alvin, I'm sure this won't keep him from doing more awesome work whatever that ends up being.

I've got three stories in progress for the next issue(s) of Injury (working with Jason, Mike and Jeff). I'll release that stuff in one form or another once we get it wrapped up.

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Beast hot links

Remember that Beast Biplane print I was talking about? Mad Mike Reddy has 'em for sale. Details on his blog. I'll have some up for sale myself soon. If you want to get a print from me (along with your Injury Comics order or whatever), just email me and I can send you the price.
Also - if you wanna read the Beast Biplane story from Injury #3, it is online in its entirety at What Things Do. Conversely, if you read that and wanna get it in it's original pulpy format, scroll over to my online shop and order said comic.
While I'm at it, here's what's on the old Injury Comics clawing board: new autobio collab with Jeff Wilson; new Beast Biplane madness with Mike Reddy; and more Manleau with Jason Robards.

Smells Bells

Here's a strip I did for this week's Riverfront Times as part of a big USS Catastrophe Leon Beyond comics feature. Click the art to read the full strip. The entire feature can be found at the Leon blog.

Movie Poster

Here's an illustration I did in October of last year for the film "Old Dog, New Trick," a biopic about St. Louis musician Steve Scorfina directed by Mike Steinberg and Thomas Crone. This image was used for the poster and also serves as the DVD cover. The film tracks his life as a musician thru 60's garage bands, his time with REO Speedwagon and Pavlov's Dog and what he's up to currently. And a lot more I'm probably forgetting. So if you're interested in rock-umentaries (subset blues, garage and PROG), the history of the St. Louis music scene, or indie documentaries in general, give it a go.

Here are a couple early concept sketches:

Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival: What to Buy?

Fans of Beast Biplane, this blog entry's for YOU. Mike Reddy will be at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival on December 4th selling copies of Injury 3 along with a wild new Beast Biplane silk-screened poster. It's a picture of Beast Biplane in combat with a modern barbarian who has snake powers and the ability to communicate with his dead brothers. Mike did the art based on a sketch from me. Anyway, you can grab one at this comic show. I don't know how much it will be but I'm sure it will be a good deal. Especially considering how many man hours went into it.
So, go to the show, buy yourself this awesome print, make sure Reddy signs it, and then go home and slap it up on your favorite wall. We'll have some available after the show. Details to follow. But if you want one, email me and I'll let you know once they become more widely available.

Sale at Buenaventura Press

Everything 20% off now thru the end of November. Lotsa stuff well worth getting and now it's a little cheaper than it was before. So maybe rather than going out and getting wasted tonight, spend some of that boozin' money on a different kind of intoxicant. The comic book. Or print or whatever.