Earlier this month, I posted a Josie & The Pussycats commission that I plan on turning into a print. When I posted the piece, it was still black and white line art. You can view that piece here: http://fernandoruizeverybody.com/josie-the-pussycats/ I sent the black and white art off to the incredible Anwar Hanano for coloring. Here
josie Here is a Josie and the Pussycats piece I pencilled and inked as a private commission. I just sent it off to the great Anwar Hanano for coloring. I’ll certainly post the finished product as soon as Anwar sends it back to me. Keep checking back here! During my twenty-two years at Archie
The fan-favorite The Carneys are coming to Die Kitty Die! We announced during the Die Kitty Die Hollywood Or Bust Kickstarter that guest-starring in this next Kitty epic would be Dan Parent’s characters, The Carneys. Dan and his co-creator, the talented Bill Golliher, published a number of stories and at least one special featuring The
Well, the 2017 Die Kitty Die Hollywood Or Bust Kickstarter campaign wrapped up early this morning. We are happy to announce that we not only achieved our initial goal of 25,000.00 but we more than doubled that with a final goal of over 50,000.00. Die Kitty Die will live on throughout 2017! We gratefully
As we did with last year’s Die Kitty Die Kickstarter campaign, Dan Parent and I produced a lot of additional art to be sold as add-ons for this year’s DIE KITTY DIE HOLLYWOOD OR BUST Kickstarter campaign. Among the art was a few blank sketch covers like the Batman ’66 blank cover above. The
Here is a parody print of the popular cult film Army of Darkness, ARCHIE OF DARKNESS! The crazy thing about this piece is I’ve never seen the film, Army Of Darkness. It seems I’m missing out as I’m almost universally told that I should see it. I probably will someday. It’s just been one of
This year I’ve tackled a lot of characters that have been around, but for whatever reason, I’ve never drawn them. Johnny Blaze AKA Marvel Comic’s Ghost Rider is one of those characters. As a comic book reading kid in the late 70’s, Ghost Rider was one of those books that was “there” but I
Here is a piece I’ve been working on for a while. I’ve posted this on my Facebook page a while ago while it was still in progress. I finally finished the inks on it, I’ve cleaned it up and sent it off to my usual colorist, the brilliant Anwar Hanano. I can’t wait to see
Here are yet a few more DIE KITTY DIE sketch cards. As with the other cards that I’ve recently posted, these were done as rewards for some of the loyal, generous supporters of our 2015 Die Kitty Die Kickstarter campaign. We’re at the very tail end of shipping out our books and other rewards and we’re also busy
Here is a personal favorite of mine… The Shadow! Usually while I’m working, I’m listening to old radio shows from the Golden Age of Radio. Its a medium I discovered early in my career and its been a favorite ever since. Radio really is a perfect medium for an artist. You don’t have to
