That's right, folks! Ring in the New Year like a dog in heat!

Um, I have no idea what that means, but I do know that Jim Mahfood and I (Dave Crosland. Duh.) are rocking the guest artists slot on Amazing Joy Buzzards Vol. 2, Issue #4! Jim and Mark Smith cooked up a dope little diddy featuring everybody's favorite visual mutes, Stevo and Smoke Dog. And yours truly got to breakdance battle with Mr. Smith (Mark, not Brad Pitt) on an 18-page messfest called "Mars Needs Kittens". Basically, Martians invade Earth for our precious supply of kitty cats. And, por supuesto, the Buzzards and El Campeon are the only ones who can save the day.

The book hits newsstands on January 11th, 2006, and officially kicks off the year of the Hiredmeat Invasion. In the meantime, put on some warm mittens and sink your chops into these sketches from my end of the collaboration, along with a couple sneak peek pages!

Livin' in America,
-Dave Crosland
http://www.hiredmeat.com
http://www.myspace.com/hiredmeat

Happy Holidays, folks!

Best,
Mike

Giuseppe sent me this Christmas image and I had to share it with everyone.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Buy this book in March!

p.s. Erik, please forgive Giuseppe for not knowing Dragon is no longer a cop. I think the books are behind in Italy! :)

http://www.imagecomics.com/previews.php

Check out the first few pages from the second issue of Jim Valentino's INTIMIDATORS! These pages were a blast to write, having to shift my normally filthy bloodstained mind to a simpler time - the 1960s! Simpler? Yeah, right! Check out what how Astroman ended up crashing into 2005 Detroit on the last page of issue one by seeing what happened when America's greatest heroes, The Association, intervened in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The solicitation:
NEWS FLASH! Silver Age slugfest in Cold War Cuba catapults living legend forty three years into the future! Crash landing in twenty first century Detroit, horrified hero discovers the Intimidators decimating the robot mafia and since he can't beat them, he must join them! Attractive readers preorder copies and learn why Astroman is America's... Last Best Hope! Part Two!

THE INTIMIDATORS #2 (NOV051748) ships to stores in January!

Coming in March!

LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS, VOL. 2 #1 (of 4)

written by MIKE BULLOCK
art & cover by JACK LAWRENCE
variant cover by MIKE WIERINGO

BETRAYAL! Part One

The smash hit of 2005 returns with an all-new adventure! Joey and Courtney's winter wonderland is shattered when the Big Cats of the Night Pride arrive with terrible news from the Stuffed Animal Kingdom. The evil Beasties have struck at the heart of the kingdom, and now all that stands between these horrible monsters and children everywhere are Joey, Courtney and their imaginations.

March 15 * 32 pg * FC * $2.99

***************************************************

"Please make sure your retailer knows you want this book!"

Sure, you've heard this statement a hundred times now from people like me who are putting out books that aren't selling by the 10s of thousands. But how many people actually go to their retailer and request books like these be ordered in large enough quantities so that you can get a copy, then turn on a friend who can get a copy and so on and so forth?

Diamond sold out of #1 of the first Lions, Tigers and Bears series in three weeks. They sold out of #2 in 3 days and they sold out of #3 in about 3 hours.

Sure that's great to see the book sell so well, but it would have been far better if enough copies were preordered to keep it in stock at Diamond through the entire run so anyone who wanted copies at any time could walk into their local comic shop or surf over to their favorite online retailer and pick up a single issue or the whole series.

So, while we really want to see the second series sell as well as the first, we really think everyone would be far happier if the book never sells out, because YOU went to your retailer and demanded they preorder enough copies to keep it in stock for as long as you or anyone you know might want to turn someone on to the story.

That brings us back to the beginning and back to that same supplication you've heard/read a hundred times now:

Please make sure your retailer knows you want this book!

Thanks for your support,
Mike Bullock

P.s. Happy Holidays to you and yours from everyone at Runemaster Studios, Inc.

I just wanted to relay a recap of the signing with Thomas Jane from Peter Dixon of Paradise Comics:

"We had scheduled the signing between 5pm and 7pm. The line up at the store started around 4:15 we had a great crowd Thomas Jane showed up right on time at 5:00 he signed until 7:15. The signing went incredibly well, and he signed everything put in front of him. Everyone seemed very excited about Bad Planet, and the questions about the development of the book and the future story line were the first thing everyone wanted to know. He was a great guest very personable and took the time to answer any question anyone had, he even spoke about his own comic collection. Tom also posed for photos with everyone who wanted a photo. The only break he took was for an interview with Space TV. We were lucky to have him and everyone had a great time."

Here's a couple photos, one signing for fans, one posing with Peter:

As the writer of RoR, it is vital that the characters have depth. On the surface, this is a brutal book dealing with battle, blood, death, and eternal physical conflict. However, when you read further into the series, this is a title that delves into the human condition as well. It examines where we are as a species and where we yearn to go.

I wanted to offer a look at the visual depth that will grace the pages of RoR #3.

The core team (Josh Medors on pencils & Jay Fotos on colors) delivers in every way:


BUT, buried at the heart of issue #3, Bud Cook (3 pages) reveals a different side to these characters and the storyline:


Yes, this is a story of warriors. But it is also a story of love, happiness, loss, sorrow, vengeance...it is the entire spectrum of human existence spanning more than 1,000 years of history. It explores those things that matter most, and collides with them head on.

If you haven't given Runes of Ragnan a chance, read the ENTIRE first issue for FREE online at:
Image Comics Online

This is a title that needs your support, so if you like what you see, please let your local comic shop know!

Thanks,
Ty Gorton
Writer and Co-Creator

Here's some wallpaper based on the cover of Suburban Glamour. The pink loses a little vibrancy in RGB but I think it still looks pretty cool.



1280 by 1024

1024 by 768

800 by 600

And the actual cover art!

Shadowline has two titles at your LCS today! ShadowHawk #8 and Intimidators #1.

ShadowHawk #8 features the last issue of Ted Wing, and the last issue before the start of a brand new arc, which will be the turning point for the entire series thus far. Stay tuned for announcements on who the new penciler and colorist are! To whet your appetite for the highly anticpated #9, here is a sample page from it:



As for Intimidators, if you picked up #1 today, make sure you head on over to Jim Valentino's message board and post your thoughts on it! #2 will be comin' at ya next month, revealing more about the man outta time--Astroman! Astroman tells the story of where he came from, and YOU get to read about it JUST LIKE YOU WERE THERE! The art reflects the time period, cleverly penciled, inked and colored with a painstakingly aged look! You don't want to miss a single issue of this, believe me! Here's a flashback page from #2 that features Silver Age ShadowHawk and his sidekick Squirrel:



-Kris

This is the cover to my upcoming art book collecting some of my best females drawings.

It's called WOMEN: SELECTED DRAWINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. It'll be out in April.

I originally started this cover piece as a watercolor painting. Those who use watercolor will know that watercolor is an unforgiving medium. You have to be precise and fast. Halfway through it I screwed up. So instead of starting over, I simply switched to oil painting. I just used the unfinished watercolor image as my base drawing and went over it with oil painting.

I was going for that romantic "J.W. Waterhouse" nature nymph with a crown of flower genre look. But I didn't realize until I was halfway through that I just painted Poison Ivy. ;-)

You can see the full uncensored painting on my homepage www.libertymeadows.com

Here's another piece that was going to become a poster, but became a teaser image instead. Hope you dig it.

Oh, and the new Image solicitations are online. SO if you're at all into Hysteria it's time to do your part and ask your comic shop to pre-order the first issue for you!

Here's a flyer you can take to your local comic shop, just to show them you mean business ;)

Hysteria flyer

Thanks for all the love and support!

Best,
Mike

PS - Image now has a 5 page, lettered preview for #1 on their homepage. Check it out!

I'm proud to showcase the new Rex Mundi logo right here on the Image blog! Many thanks to JG Roshell at Comicraft for doing such a wonderful job and for treating Rex Mundi like royalty. It's exactly the logo I've always wanted.

It'll debut on the front cover of Issue 16 -- just saw the proofs this weekend!

This Wednesday marks the release of the first issue of Shadowline's new action/comedy superhero book, THE INTIMIDATORS, written by yours truly!

To celebrate, here are the covers for issues #4 and 5 - issue 4 appears in this week's copy of Diamond PREVIEWS catalog, with a cover by pal and genius MIKE OEMING!

Enjoy!








Neil Kleid
Writer, THE INTIMIDATORS

Paul Harmon turns in another great cover.
Sea of Red #12...

the cover for the second issue of the SG mini.

Jay Faerber here again. Noble Causes #15 hit the stands this week, and we're hard at work on issue #17 as I write this. Here's the first page, drawn by Fran Bueno and colored by Ron Riley. Kinda hot for December, eh?

Had to share. Just got the colors from Bill. Recognize these people?

WyA

A big, giant face full of our main character, The Convict.
My longtime colorist, Grant Goleash provides the color and I fixed some problems I had with the black and white (posted last week). I'm fairly happy with the final results.
Hope you all diggit.

Next up I hope to be previewing Michael Kaluta's cover for issue 5 in the very near future.
Cheers all.
- TB

Here's a sneak of Bo's and my solicitation for our hefty horror GN. Thought it might be a cool way to christen my very first blog post...

rt

Here's the sketch for the cover to Portent #2. As promised it features Lin on the cover and yes, my wife had to suffer for the art as well since she's the source for Lin. I think she likes it. The tree is an actual tree that grows nearby. As I mentioned to a friend last night, the place where our house is located used to be a bone grinding factory in the 1800's. I'd like to think that's why the tree is so twisted but who knows.

This will be inked and colored tomorrow so check back if you want to see it.

Peter

1) Wake up. Brush Teeth. Eat cold pizza from last night's emotional breakdown and well needed cry.

2) Turn on computer. Boot up Microsoft Word and open notes for INTIMIDATORS #2, half written script, angry, cursing emails from editor and publisher threatening to replace you with Robert Kirkman if you don't "get your rear in gear and make it nice like we likes it." Crack knuckles and stretch. Pour glass of Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper (it's like they're trying to catch up to Coke all in one bottle!) and prepare for the Express Train to Comics Junction, Population: You.

3) Aimlessly tap fingers on keys for half an hour. The Nine-fifteen is late.

4) Start internet provider and begin searching the web for pop culture references and jokes you can swip...ah...pay homage to. Spend twenty minutes writing down things like "King Kong's balls" and "Internet spam=funny" on post-its and spend the rest of the hour scouring google for advance reviews of issue one and whether people are actually looking forward to the series. Also? Look for porn.

5) Open large coffee table copy of THE 20TH CENTURY and research the Cuban missile Crisis and major players of the early 1960s for use in the first half INTIMIDATORS #2. Silently mouth the word "Khruschev" to yourself over and over, like a mantra. Doodle the words "Mrs Nikolai Khruschev Kleid" in a little heart on old unpaid VISA bills.

6) Begin writing. 1962. Astroman. JFK. Yadda yadda. Superheroes go to Cuba to stop the missile Crisis. History history whatever. Use the phrase "JUMPIN' JOE MCCARTHY!" and cackle out loud like a supervillain. Supervillain. Hm. Okay - big Communist supervillain. Time to get your inner Boris Badenov on:

Page 4 (5 PANELS)

PANEL ONE
Astroman, missile gripped in his hand, looks to see where the rocket came from. Below him, the Association fights their way through the Cuban soldiers to help him out.

ASTROMAN: THAT WAS CLOSE! WHICH OF THESE JOKERS NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT NOT TO PLAY
WITH MATCHES?

SOLDIER (OP): HELLO, AMERICAN COMRADE!

PANEL TWO
Reverse shot - we see who Astroman is looking at now. The man who set off the rocket is in front of a flatbed and wearing a modified crimson suit of armor fitted with small rockets on his arms and a heavy missile launcher on his back. There's a modified SS-4 strapped to the launcher and a radiation helmet latched to his neck and torso. The helmet is a bit like a turret ... with slits for the eyes. The suit of armor is more like an exo-skeleton than a suit, because we can see his Cuban military uniform beneath, notably the tan pants legs and shirtsleeves. A larger white star is painted on his helmet across his chest. This is the RESISTANCE SOLDIER. He is looking up at Astroman, hands on his hips. Astroman (not to mention the reader) looks down from the sky, still holding the missile.

SOLDIER: THANK YOU TO BE CATCHING BOMB!

SOLDIER: MY COUNTRY HAS TESTED ME FOR SUCH - how in English? - SWELL MOMENT!

ASTROMAN: THAT'S SOME GET-UP YOU'VE GOT, PAL.

SOLDIER: HA HA! SPACE AGE SOVIET SUPER SUIT BUILT FIGHT AMERICAN SUPERHERO
AND SHOOT BOMB AT PREMIER KENNEDY!

PANEL THREE
Close up of Astroman, staring down at the soldier.

ASTROMAN: THAT SO? YOU GOT A NAME, IVAN?

SOLDIER (OP): DA, COMRADE! IN ENGLISH IT MEAN "RESISTANCE SOLDIER!"

ASTROMAN: I'M NOT YOUR "COMRADE", SOLDIER. I'M ASTROMAN - THE GUY MAKING SURE
THOSE ROCKETS DON'T GO NEAR PRESIDENT KENNEDY!

PANEL FOUR
Close up of the Soldier tapping a control unit on his arm, arming the rocket on his back.

SOLDIER: DA?

SOLDIER: HOW YOU SAY IN THE NEW YORK, AMERICAN BUDDY?

PANEL FIVE
Soldier kneels and bends over, compensating for the kickback as the rocket ignites and launches, coming right at the reader. The back blast knocks Astroman away a bit -the missile in his hand is knocked aside.

SOLDIER: "YOU AND WHAT RED ARMY?"

ASTROMAN: NO!!





6) Walk away from script and spend time working on other projects (i.e., two hours of Classic NES Ninja Gaiden and three episodes of FAMILY GUY). Return to computer and marvel how racist your dialogue sounds. Give yourself a congratulatory pat on back. Spend half an hour relaxing your arm after two hours of video games and distorting your am to pat your back.

7) Continue writing. Fight fight fight. Astroman stops bomb and rocketed to 2005. Time to switch dialogue gears from Silver Age to Modern Age. To train mind to think that way, spend an hour watching MTV, Comedy Central, episodes of THE SOPRANOS and reading PENTHOUSE. For the articles. And the girls. Resume writing:

Page 11 (4 PANELS)

PANEL ONE
Dark panel.

FETISH (OP): -HALLELUJAH, IT'S RAININ' MEN.

LIMIT (OP): SHUT IT, FETISH .

PANEL TWO
Same shot - suddenly we're looking up at Limit, Crash and Fetish staring down at us - this is from Astroman's point of view as he opens his eyes. Crash has Al Violence in a headlock under his arm, struggling to get out.

CRASH: SO. THAT'S WHAT A SUPERHERO LOOKS LIKE.

CRASH: BIG DEAL.

LIMIT: RISE AND SHINE, DUDE.

FETISH: OOH. NICE ABS. CAN I KEEP HIM?

ASTROMAN (OP): WH- WHRR...?

PANEL THREE
Astroman sits up - we're still looking from his POV. His arm comes up to rub his head. He sits up and Limit steadies him as he goes.

ASTROMAN: WHAT HAPPENED-? DID I... THE MISSILE-?

LIMIT: SETTLE DOWN, MAN. THAT WAS A HELL OF A FALL.

ASTROMAN: -WAIT. DID- DID I FAIL? WHY DO I SMELL SMOKE? AM I DEAD?

ASTROMAN: IS THIS HELL?

PANEL FOUR
Large panel - Astroman sits up (we're looking at him now, his back actually) within the ring of Intimidators. In the distance, we can see the overall decimation and damage to the Detroit area - broken platform, bullet riddled buildings, corpses and destroyed Mafia weaponry and of course, fall out from the giant bomb. Astroman is trying to get his bearings as he sits up. Fetish and Crash back off a little to give him some room.

LIMIT: CLOSE, DUDE.

LIMIT: IT'S DETROIT.



8) HA HA HA HA HA. Laugh at a joke you've been wanting to use for years. Ask roomate to pat you on the back for using it. Explain that your arm hurts otherwise you'd do it yourself. Explain that it's not weird at all for him to touch you in that way. It's for Art. And Science.

9) Save file and review notes for the last half of the book. Remind yourself that editor and publisher have asked for "more of the funny" and make a note to pick up an issue of Reader's Digest to learn how they do it. Oh, the scamps that write "Humor in Uniform." Delightful.

10) Turn off Microsoft Word. Jump online and begin simultaneous thread on Comicon, Comic Book Resources, the Image boards and Millarworld categorically stating that this book will be the good stuff like the kids seem to like these days. Do the same at the Comics Journal boards, but add that underneath it all it's a deconstruction of Nineties comics and the American political and social infrastructure at the end of the Twentieth Century and a shrill cry for help from a boy who just wants to be loved. Spend the next three hours watching old episodes of SEINFELD and eating burritos. Check email. Sigh when your inbox is empty. Send INTIMIDATORS #2 script to editor and publisher for review. Shut down computer. Cry self to sleep.

Neil Kleid
Writer, THE INTIMIDATORS

Some behind the scene's art for Hysteria:One Man Gang. This was one of several designs for a promo poster I made for the book. Hope you dig it.


Best,
mike

Hysteria: One Man Gang #1 in January's Previews!
sneak peek-
http://www.ape-law.com/thinktank/

Behold: the cover to the forthcoming FELL #4, as designed and illustrated by the greatest living Australian, Benjamin Witchity Templesmith:

Finally! The man with the broken hand (Brian Stelfreeze) has finished up his art duties, and we are ready to put this one to bed. I'll update you when we get a ship date from the printer, but the wait is almost over!

...And this will make it three issues on time in a row! Issue 16 is the debut for artist Juan Ferreyra, of Image's own Small Gods (hooray for the new miniseries!). Juan's going to transform Rex Mundi -- but don't take my word for it, there's a five page preview online at brokenfrontier.com.

Haven't seen Rex Mundi? Issue Zero is viewable in its entirety online at the Image Comics website -- totally free of charge. Check it out! And expect great things from Juan.

rvid
www.rexmundi.net

You're going to love this.


I mean, anyone who reads PvP knows that it's hardly all-ages. I try to keep things rated PG-13 most of the time. I would rather be subtle about working blue than coming and and dropping F-bombs just because I can. I'm not exactly Garfield, here.

This is an ironic twist of fate since last year, my plot to get PvP into papers by giving it away for free kind of failed because of all the "adult-content" that the strip contained.

Newspaper editors felt that the grandmas of the world just weren't ready for a kid squeezing a co-workers boob.

I tried explaining to them that if there were more boob squeezing on the comics page, they could probably convince younger people to start reading newspapers again. They didn't buy it.

So what do you guys think? Is PvP percieved to be an all ages book and if so, is that good or bad? Should I do more to dispell that belief? Or should I do more to support it.

And how could anyone think THIS was all ages?

There's a lot of great stuff out this Weds so come to metdown where we have a trifecta or um... a quad... no that's not right either, a quintfecta of creators signing, Jim Mahfood will be there signing ONE PAGE FILLER MAN, Crosland will be there signing SLOP & HEAVEN LLC, Mark Sable will be there signing GROUNDED, Mark Englert will be there signing SAVAGE DRAGON: GOD WAR & AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS #3, Paul Harmon will be there signing SEA OF RED & MORA, Brett Lewis will be there signing WINTERMEN & BULLETPROOF MONK, and I Smith will be there in all my sexyness posing for pictures, kissing babies, signing boobies, and copies of THE AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS too. And you never know just WHO might show up...

We've recently added several Lions, Tigers and Bears wallpapers to the Runemaster Studios website. You can click here to pick one for your desktop: Wallpapers

More BATTLE HYMN tidbits that didn't make the trade. The original artist on the project was Toby Cypress, as the book went from being called WATCHGUARD to ANTHEM and finally to BATTLE HYMN when Jeremy Haun came on board.

Here are some of Toby's sketches of the Proud American (based on my original design) and an early version of the Artificial Man.

So, the evolution of a character...

It's a funny thing (sometimes).

The first incarnation of Eldjarn...he had these "wings" on his helm...it was meant to be distinctive, make him appear more "good" and yada yada blah blah bisquit.

Turns out, it only made him look bisexual. Not that there is anything wrong with that...it's just not what we were shooting for :)

So after some discussion, Josh and I decided to drop the wings, and BAM!!!! Eldjarn became exactly what we wanted. Everything he needed to represent suddenly came through.

For your enjoyment, here is a look at Eldjarn WITH his funny lil' wings:


And of course, Eldjarn evolved:


More later,
Ty Gorton
wryter

this is an idea i'd like to see stolen from jim lee's blog... who would be into some sketch battles between the current IMAGE artists? the readers vote, in the comments section, for the king of the hill.

Hey, guys! Jay Faerber here, writer of a little book called Noble Causes. This is my first post to the Image blog, and I thought I'd start off by showing you a never-before-seen piece of Noble Causes art. A couple years ago I was on the hunt for a new artist to take over the book, which were preparing to relaunch as an ongoing, monthly series. One of the guys I looked at was some kid named Ryan Ottley.

He had some amazing samples, and even worked up these killer sketches of some of the Nobles. Ultimately, Ryan went onto take over Invincible and I landed Fran Bueno on Noble Causes. Talk about a win/win situation!

Ever since then I've been able to get my monthly dose of "Unca Wya" goodness in each issue of Invincible, while being lucky enough to have Fran Bueno's art grace the pages of Noble Causes.

I've got some other Noble Causes treasures lying around, and one day soon I'll post some more.

Hysteria: One Man Gang is about a gang war. But, who are the gangs?

Let me break them down for you, Pal -






Tell your local comic shop to order Hysteria: One Man Gang, issue #1, in January's Previews. You won't regret it. Promise ;)

Best,
Mike
Interior previews- http://www.ape-law.com/thinktank/v2.html

Due to popular demand, anonymous comments are now allowed on the blog.

Play nice. :)

Image Comics

This is how I create I Rex Mundi Page. first I do some layouts so Arvid can tell me if that is what he had in mind.

then I do the pencils and watercolors. then I scan the piece and finish it on photoshop


after that I upload it and Arvid ruins it with his words ballons! :P

Hey all,

In a thread on the Shadowline forums, a poster mentioned he was planning to do a couple of ShadowHawk pages for fun. I figured I'd help him out by providing a couple of script pages to draw from. But hey, if you're so inclined, feel free to do them yourself as well!

These two pages are from ShadowHawk #8, which is due out in the next couple of weeks.

For more information, check out the link below.

http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=10982


Scott Wherle
Writer
ShadowHawk



PAGE FIFTEEN - (6 Panels)

PANEL 1
Philip is in the foreground, his back to the camera, facing SH who is in the background. Philip sends a column of flame toward SH again, who does a backflip to dodge.

SFX
FWOOSH!

PHILIP
It was the only way anyone would pay for what they've done to me.

PHILIP
Now, leave me alone, so I can finish what I started!

PANEL 2
Tight on Philip's face as SH's fist strikes from the top right corner of the panel.

SFX
WAK!

SHADOWHAWK
Come on, you know that's not gonna happen.

PANEL 3
Flip the angle on Panel 1, bringing SH into the foreground, his back to the camera, facing Philip in the background. Philip sends another column of flame toward SH, who dodges Van Damme-style by doing the air splits.

PHILIP
GRRAH!

SFX
FWOOSH!

PANEL 4
Similar to Panel 2, but flip the angle so SH's fist is coming from the top left corner of the panel.

SFX
SMAK!

SHADOWHAWK
Dodge, hit, dodge, hit. I can keep this up until I knock you out.

PANEL 5
SH crouches Spidey-style in the foreground (maybe one hand on the ground for balance, legs outstretched?), his back to the camera. Philip is in the background looking toward the camera (and SH), angry and grabbing his jaw.

SHADOWHAWK
Wouldn't you rather be conscious when I...

PANEL 6
Worm's-eye view from just over the edge of the roof where SH was standing. Philip is tackling SH over the side, surprising our hero.

PHILIP
Shut up!

SHADOWHAWK
Whoa!

PAGE SIXTEEN - (5 Panels)

PANEL 1
The two of them tumbling toward the street below (they're not even close yet, though). Philip looks quite surprised and frightened. He didn't mean to tackle SH over the side of the building.

PHILIP
Oh-oh no!

PSH (CAP)
EDDIE! Hook line, quickly! Toward the highest spot you can see!

PANEL 2
SH fires a hook line into the air. Philip still looks frightened, and grabs onto SH, who grimaces in pain. Philip's hot, y'know.

SFX
Thsssss!

PHILIP
Don't...don't let me go!

SHADOWHAWK
AAAAGH!

PANEL 3
SH is now swinging on the line. Philip has him in a sort of bear hug, scared out of his mind. It's difficult for SH to swing like this because he not only has a person hanging onto him, but that person is on fire. If possible, dot the background with the river. This is where they're heading.

PSH (CAP)
I know you're in pain, Eddie. Hang on a little longer. Drop him in the river. It's the best way to end this.

SHADOWHAWK
I...

PANEL 4
Bird's-eye view. Not more than maybe five or six feet above a rooftop close to the river, SH drops Philip toward the roof. SH's hook line dissipates behind him as he does. Make sure you include one of those wooden NY water towers on this rooftop.

SHADOWHAWK
I can't.

PANEL 5
Roof level. Philip falls clumsily onto the roof right by the water tower. SH tumbles a bit more gracefully maybe ten feet away or so.

NO TEXT.

Here's a tiny look at page 14 without words. Issue #1 is just about done, save for some editing on my part and then it's over to the next. So I guess this is the last preview before issue 2.

Peter

Here's a frame from Portent #1. I thought I'd take this opportunity to introduce on of the major characters since she hasn't really made an appearance in the 8 pages that are already out on the net from the first issue. So, this is Lin, who, together with Alkuin and Milo are the three main protagonists in the story and issue #2 will see much more of her as she begins to take charge. She's not your typical warrior-babe and the conflict between the would-be-hero Milo and her sincere intentions to set things right will drive much of the story, beginning in the next issue. Please stop by The Portent.com for more information. I've promised to upload the next cover soon, and that is coming later this week.

This is the recently finished line illustration to Bad Planet #4 featuring our main character "The Convict".
I'm very new to the blog so I hope I can figure out how to post the graphic correctly.

Anyway, the finished painting will have a crosshairs and targeting array fixed over the Convict's right eye along with Grant Goleash's incredible colors. I hope to post the finished piece here in the next day or so.

I'm very excited to be in such excellent company with the Bad Planet covers. It's no easy task to follow Mark Schultz but it feels real nice to be sandwiched in between Mark and Michael Kaluta. We hope to be showing off Michael's cover sometime in the next 3 weeks and we're all on pins and needles to see what Dave Stevens has in store for us on issue 6. Exciting times.
- TB

More stuff from left field (that still makes sense!)

Howdy fancy lads. Here be the cover to the 2nd Hardcover hitting the shelves in March. Give me your thoughts.

WyA

Hey folks,

I've got an 8-page G-Man story that's going to appear in the IMAGE COMICS HOLIDAY SPECIAL which should be out this Wednesday.

It takes place after the events of a Christmas COMIC BITS strip that appeared in SAVAGE DRAGON #106. In anticipation of the holiday special, I've animated that strip HERE.

Check it out!

-Chris G

Hey all,

Well, the cat is outa' the bag... Hysteria is coming to Image!

Check out the wrap around cover for issue #1, of Hysteria: One Man Gang.

Look for it in Previews next month, in the Image section :)

Best,
Mike Hawthorne

Just thought I'd share something I've been doing.

Ramping up for Bomb Queen I've been having fun with some Shadowline characters.
Last month, just for the hell of it I started making single panels that led into a Daily on-going ritual.
I took no more than 15 minutes, or less per panel, and I kept it in the pencil stage. Lettered it by hand. and just scanned it "as is". I'm trying to get "loose"... but my drawing style is pretty linear, no matter how I cut it sometimes. So, I keep hammering away with little exercises like this.

The results...? Well it's been over a week so far and has gained some positive response. The story is starting to kick in (well... if I can call it a story, hahaha!

I'm just messing around and letting one thing lead to another). In short, these are really exercises for me. Since I'm often wearing all the hats for my comics (write / pencil / ink / letter / color / ...et.) I can go through stretches where I don't pencil anything for a month, or more. Thus, these panel-a-day sketch comics keeps me in-tune with my pencils. Sometimes I'm okay with it... other times, well... it's just scribbling.



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GET SNATCHED BY A BEASTIE IN LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS!
Image Comics and Runemaster Studios announce new contest

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