United Flight 173 Commemoration

A commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the crash of United Flight 173 will take place on Friday, December 28th. If you are interested in attending or want to know more about the gathering please email Aimee Ford Conner (crash survivor) and Julie Whipple (author of the book about the accident, Crash Course) at
flight173@yahoo.com

I love you Fallout.

Drawn using Sketchup and Photoshop.  So happy to hear Three Dog is returning to the next game, it wasn't the same without him.

Ink Doodles

Doodles with my Pentel brush pen, love the pen but Jeez it's hard to control.  Frog guy is my favorite part though.

T-Shirt

 Digital image with design elements from some show and some restaurant.

Time Enough At Last

Another 11x14 ink, ink wash drawing on Bristol, this time for the (hopefully) upcoming Thanksgiving Twilight Zone Marathon. New Years Marathon.

Big Lebowski Bash

The Grand Central Restaurant and Bowling Lounge is putting on a Big Lebowski Bash on Friday the 21st (of September, of course) and I drew a few pieces to sell at the show. The third is still in progress, but I'll update when it's done. Ink and wash on bristol, 11x17. From their Facebook page: The Big Lebowski Bash 2012 is back and better than ever on Friday, September 28th at Grand Central! Get ready for... • The movie screening at 9pm! • A professional photo booth! • Movie character costume contest (with prizes)! • Burlesque performances! • Bowling tournament at 7pm (to register, contact Dale: Dalea@cegportland.com)... and more!

Colors

Can't figure out which I prefer.

Legion Lost #6

I helped my friend Pete out drawing 8 pages (4, 7-9, 14-16, 20) of Legion Lost #6 which was a ton of fun, hopefully Legion fans like what I did.

Here's a couple CROPPED panels.





And Gates with all the other panel elements removed.





Here's Pete's cover with the issue info!

Legion Lost #6

Written by FABIAN NICIEZA

Art and cover by PETE WOODS

On sale FEBRUARY 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Since the first issue, this time-lost band of Legionnaires has been operating in the shadows out of fear of corrupting the timestream. Now, their secret is out! Timber Wolf is captured and interrogated by a shadowy organization! Will he be able to maintain the team’s cover? Or is their future doomed?

Messing With Paper

I'm trying a new style out, so I'm posting drawings as I go. I was watching As Time Goes By when I did this so that's why Lionel is there.

Speed Run

I'm not a fast artist, and as a way of speeding up I've been using scripts from DC to practice a bit with. The pages are from Superman #710. Travis Foreman did the art for the sequence, which I made sure not to look at before starting, he did an excellent job so I hope this won't look like some weird competition.

It was just practice, I just figured I'd post them.





Forgot to add a page from my previous speed run, I didn't like the other pages.

Action Comics #900

From DC Universe: The source:

We’re really pulling out all the stops for a milestone issue as big as ACTION COMICS #900, and the amount of talent that’s been pulled together for the issue is truly outstanding.

The 51-page lead story by Paul Cornell, Pete Woods and Jesus Merino sees Superman return to ACTION just in time for both the conclusion of the critically-acclaimed “Black Ring” story starring Lex Luthor and the start of the next act of “Reign of Doomsday”. As a bonus, Dan Jurgens, Rags Morales, Ardian Syaf, Jamal Igle and Gary Frank are each contributing their artistic talents to special segments of this main story.

But wait, there’s more!

Action #900 will contain short comic stories by:

- Damon Lindelof & Ryan Sook
- David Goyer & Miguel Sepulveda
- Geoff Johns & Gary Frank
- Paul Dini & RB Silva

And that’s STILL not enough…

Richard Donner and Derek Hoffman collaborated on a story that’ll be presented in a screenplay format that we’ll run alongside storyboards by Matt Camp.

Brian Stelfreeze adds in a two-page spread showing the evolution of Superman throughout the decades, drawn in the art styles of some of Superman’s most well-known artists.

And of course there’s that great painted cover by David Finch, as well as variants by Alex Ross and Adam Hughes that we’ve already shown off here and here.

Whew.

ACTION COMICS #900 hits comic book stores on April 27th.




Just in case the name Richard Donner sounds really familiar, but can't place it, he directed this. It's a huge inspiration in how I view Superman, so it was an honor to work with him.

2010 In Review And The Top Ten Supergirl Moments

The annual I drew got 2 mentions so that was cool, Jamal definitely deserved #1.Link

Panel 4 of this page also got runner up here on Panel Of The Week – 10/27/10.

The history of a panel

There's a scene in the Supergirl Annual that's a throwback to an old Legion story, I ended up liking the whole process so I thought I'd share.

The original scene.


My layout. I tried to add that line back in, I was told no.


My inks. My inspiration.


Colors by Blond.


What pages look like to me, it's pretty daunting when they're all just layouts. So many...




And before I forget, that Iron Man short I did back in May got a couple reviews. It's out in stores now, but it was sold out at Cosmic Monkey. Review links below:
IGN
Comic Book Resources

Zero Killer: An Alternate History of Nuclear Ruin

Here's a link to a nice, thorough review of the Zero Killer trade/graphic novel.

Is there an award for "latest book"? But I bet there's a lot of competition for that one though.

Supergirl Annual #2 with the Legion

This is what I'm working on currently.


SUPERGIRL ANNUAL #2
Written by Sterling Gates
Art by Matt Camp
Cover by Amy Reeder & Richard Friend

In a special story that has direct ties to the regular monthly SUPERGIRL series, the Girl of Steel visits The Legion of Super-Heroes on Halloween in the 30th century! But Halloween proves to be just as spooky a holiday a thousand years from now as it is today, because a horrible new threat has awoken thanks to Supergirl's arrival. And that horrible new threat's name is - Satan Girl! Brainiac 5 has a plan, but it may come at the cost of shattering his potential romance with Supergirl!
On sale OCTOBER 27 * 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US


Sun Boy and Lightning Lad kicking butt.
The gray lightning is that way because it's a layer for Nei to use, so she doesn't have to pull apart all the lines. A little behind the scenes info.

Supergirl and Brainiac 5, probably arguing.
The question mark is a placeholder for something I probably cant spoil just yet.

Supergirl meets the Legion of Superheroes.

Random Scene 1

Random Scene 2

Zero Killer Graphic Novel

Preview at DarkHorse.com


So the Graphic Novel for Zero Killer is coming out on August 4th, if you want it from your local shop you should still be able to order it, I'm not sure how much longer though. If not here's a couple links for ways to get it online, hopefully without the word "torrent" in there of course...
Amazon
Things From Another World

Still, despite the tantalizingly unexplored world, Zero Killer is a highly entertaining graphic novel that manages to combine an excellent setting, a fascinating mystery, and great action--all told through some of the finest art in the comics industry. In a time when event tie-ins and movie adaptations are on the rise, something as original and fresh as Zero Killer is a gem.

Review:
Line of Fire Reviews, ComicsBulletin





I also saw Dave Stewart is up for another Eisner Award, I'd like to think it was for Zero Killer. That's what I'll say if he wins.

Black Widow: Agent Of S.h.i.e.l.d. #1

Covers by: Salvador Larocca

The Black Widow story by Joe Casey and myself that ties in with Iron Man 2 is up on Marvel digital comic site. Link
Here's a couple uncolored pages from the story.




And there are 2 more Agent Of S.h.i.e.l.d. stories located here. Direct links below.


Iron Man 2- Phil Coulson: Agent Of S.h.i.e.l.d. #1
Written by Joe Casey, Art by Felix Ruiz.


Iron Man 2 - Nick Fury: Director Of S.h.i.e.l.d. #1
Written by Joe Casey, Art by Tim Green II.

SUPERGIRL: FRIENDS AND FUGITIVES

Got 2 copies in the mail today, thought I'd post it. I scanned the cover so please excuse any discoloration, the internets hate red.



Written by STERLING GATES and GREG RUCKA; Art by JAMAL IGLE and others; Cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
Supergirl and Flamebird must work together to track down their father's assassin – Reactron! But these childhood friends find themselves at each other's throats in these stories from SUPERGIRL #43 and 45-47, ACTION COMICS #881-882 and SUPERMAN SECRET FILES 2009 #1.

Superman
168pg.
Color
Softcover
$17.99 US


On Sale May 19, 2010

DC comics
Amazon has a good price, but I'd say support your local comic store if you have one.

Iron Man 2

I'm doing an 8 page story for Marvel right now based around Iron Man 2, written by Joe Casey. I can't talk about it yet because it's super-secret, or as my editors put it "TOP SECRET!!" so I won't, but the secret stuff looks pretty awesome. I'll just say my story doesn't have any armor in it, so you can figure out who stars in it...

SUPERMAN 80-PAGE GIANT

I'm currently drawing a 10 page Superman story written by Ben McCool, so I'm pretty sure I'm one of the "others" for this Giant.


SUPERMAN 80-PAGE GIANT

Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN, BEN MCCOOL and OTHERS; Art by CLAYTON HENRY, JULIÁN LÓPEZ and OTHERS; Cover by AARON LOPRESTI
A thrilling collection of up-and-coming talent tackles Superman and the heroes of Metropolis! Packed with guest stars galore including Bizarro, Lois Lane and many more, these timeless tales of The Man of Steel are destined to thrill!

Superman
32pg.
Color
$5.99 US

On Sale March 17, 2010
Link