Gentlemen, The King! part 2

Here's another image from the Gentlemen, The King! pitch.

Also, be sure to check out Comic Twart, a collective art blog that I'm participating in. The project had its origin via Twitter, and that's where the name came from: TWitter ART. So get your mind out of the gutter.

Every week, Comic Twart will focus on a character and each of us will draw that character. This week's star is Zorro!

I'm humbled and flattered to be a part of it, but I'll still be posting a bunch of stuff here, of course.

Gentlemen, The King!

My lawyer represents the Damon Runyon estate and asked me to work up a couple of pages of samples for a pitch for Runyon's story, Gentlemen, The King! Here's the first page.

The scene takes place in jail(s), but for the purpose of the pitch, the characters' faces have to be visible, so when Jason has time to color this up, I'll have him drop cast shadows of prison bars across the faces.

Pitch Artwork, part 3

Here's the last piece of artwork from that pitch that Joshua Hale Fialkov and I are shopping around.

Pitch Artwork, part 2

More from the pitch that Joshua Hale Fialkov and I are shopping around. I can't divulge what it's about--yet--but if it gets picked up, just try and shut me up.

Some Pitch Artwork

Here's an image from a pitch that Joshua Hale Fialkov and I are shopping around. Josh is an awesome writer and I really hope this lands somewhere--it's definitely a story I'd love to tell.

Airgirl: The rejected 1-page pitch

I pitched this to Moonstone a couple of months back, but they passed. I guess that since Airboy is in the public domain, I could take this to any publisher out there.

Any takers, anyone? I could write and draw this book for cheap. I'm just sayin'...

Final Pitch Image

Jason turned over the colored version last night and I added the graphic design elements. Jason is handling contact with the publisher on this one, since he's already working for them. He'll be sending this image their way in the next day or so. It should hopefully work as a great followup/reminder to look over the pitch we gave them.

I really hope this one goes through. It would be a lot of fun to do a creator-owned project for a page rate, and still be able to do Athena Voltaire. Otherwise, this one will go on the back burner for a while, because I only have time to do one non-paying project, and that's our little aviatrix book.

More Inks

I posted the pencils to this pitch piece a while back. Here are the inks. I inked it up shortly before Wizard World Chicago (where I pitched to to the targeted publisher) and followed up again at San Diego Comicon. Here's hoping that something will come of it because it's a story I'm dying to write and draw. Color genius Jason Millet has a high res version of the piece and I'll hopefully be sharing the colored version with you soon, as well.

Still finding my groove on updating blogs. Will be starting to update the Athena Voltaire and Ursula Wilde blogs regularly again later this week.

Also, I've been messing around with Twitter a bit for the past few days. My interest in it will probably ebb and flow, but it could be really handy during conventions.

Some More Ursula Wilde Stuff

Yikes! So much for my plan to post more stuff, more often. I've been swamped getting my son ready for 1st grade, prepping the first 3 scripts for the first Ursula Wilde miniseries, and starting on two (count 'em TWO) upcoming comics projects that I can't announce yet.

So, here's some of the character development stuff on Ursula. I finally figured out how I wanted to draw her hair. It sounds silly, but I had a helluva time coming up with something that had the right contemporary look.

Something from a Pitch

Here's an image from a project that I'll be pitching in the next couple of weeks. This one's a period piece and would be a total departure from just about everything I've done so far.

A Little More on the New Project

Here's another image of the new character. Jason Millet is currently coloring this image. I'll post his finished piece when he wraps it up (hopefully later this week). I changed the hairstyle from the initial sketch, but that's about it.

A New Project

Here's my initial sketch for a new character that I'll be working on. She's a globetrotting adventuress—I seem to have a weak spot for those. I hope to have more stuff to share on this character during the convention season. I'll be at the Ape Entertainment booth, so stop by, visit and I'll tell you all about it.