Here is a quick sketch of Veronica Lodge I penciled a long time ago. I just rediscovered it and since I had my inking pens and my markers out, I decided to finish her. Plus, these days Archie Comics seems to cringe whenever I post anything so this gives them something more to read and
Here is a 9″ x 12″ color sketch of MARY MARVEL! The Kickstarter rewards have begun! Now that Dan Parent and I have completed ALL work on DIE KITTY DIE itself, we have to turn our attention to all the sketches and commissions we promised our good and loyal backers throughout our
Here is a private commission featuring Archie Comics’ Betty & Veronica as Marvel Comics’ Captain Marvel and Spider-Woman. The colors are all Copic markers except for the light blue background which was one of my Charpak markers. These sort of mash-ups are easily the most popular requests I get for commissions and sketches especially
Here is my art for the cover to JUGHEAD & ARCHIE #21. I drew the pencils. The inks are by the legendary Bob Smith. This is the inked version of the cover as I originally handed it in. On my last day at the Archie offices, editor co-president (whatever his title is these days)
At this year’s Kubert School graduation ceremony, I was honored with the award for Outstanding Instructor. I am very grateful for this recognition. I owe a lot of people for helping me earn this very nice honor including my students, my colleagues, and the staff and administration at the Kubert School. If I’m any
Here is a private commission ordered by my good friends Billy D’Etorre and his wife Susan D’Etorre. As a life long fan of the whole Legion of Super-Heroes mythology and especially of Krypto the Superdog, this was a fun piece to work on. Thanks to Susan for scanning this one for me!
This is an illustration done on an Archie #1 Blank Sketch cover. It was done for one of my graduating third year students at the Kubert School. I wish I had time to add color and more background detail, but I’m afraid its a tight week and this one is going to have to go to its
One of my regular clients is the public relations firm J Connelly. A few times throughout the year I am brought in to storyboard and then “star” in whiteboard videos. If you’re not familiar with whiteboard videos, please check out the link below. Basically, in a whiteboard video, an artist illustrates various subjects in
Here is my cover to DIE KITTY DIE #4. The striking colors and textures as usual are by the great Anwar Hanano, my usual colorist and former student. Here we tried to evoke pulp magazines and vintage romance comics. Issues 1 thru 3 of Die Kitty Die are currently still available digitally over at
Here is a pic from this year’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, one of our all-time favorite shows. Pictured here is my pal and Die Kitty Die partner, Dan Parent, myself, the great super-talented Gisele Lagace, founder of Pixie Trix Comix and artist of the upcoming Archie Meets Ramones comic, and the great Rich
