Just a couple of new drawings finished recently. First up is a portrait of David Banks and his alter ago, whom he portrayed in the classic run of Doctor Who during the 1980s, namely, the Cyberleader (of the Cybermen). Secondly, a pinup of Orion and (as a large floating head!) Darkseid, from Jack Kirby’s New Gods.
As it’s been a while since the news broke, I thought it was about time to mention Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man (and lots of others), who died late in June, aged 90.
He was always one of my major art influences. He had a unique eye and a memorably distinctive style that persisted to the very end. I was one of the ‘faithful’, I guess; those who followed Steve’s work throughout. It was always worth looking at, even if he favoured a very stripped-down approach later in life.
Here’s a pic of Steve I just drew…
This strip has already appeared in print in The Dark Side, but this is its Web debut. The script is by Steve Green.
This strip has already appeared in print in The Dark Side, but this is its Web debut. The script is by Steve Green.
Just slightly longer than a couple of days since my last posting, but hey, after leaving it for six months, this is quite punctual.
I’ve been busy since moving site to new server, tweaking and revising. Special emphasis on the Portfolio (go look)—the visual sections are now slideshows. And much more up-to-date. It’s easier to maintain & update for me, too. So I’m pretty happy about that.
Well, anyhow—one of the things I’ve been doing is working on a book! Those of you, if there are any, who’ve been visiting for aeons and have an obsessively long memory might recall me talking about Hard Luck City before. You can buy it NOW on Amazon UK and Amazon US.
HARD LUCK CITY cover. Pencils by Gene Colan. Colours by Randy Sargent.
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It’s been a while again, since one of them Comicana strips. But this was a chance to give a nod to Mr Bowie’s return to music, plus other silliness. With apologies to Bryan Talbot!
New Club Comicana?! Well, here it is! Been more or less done for a week but needed to finish it up. And then, earlier on I had a disaster and the monster on last panel got severely water damaged—so I had to perform a last-minute repair job. Very annoying. But it came out okay I guess.
Club Comicana is back by popular demand! No, really. Well, work on graphic novel variant is stalled for the time being. This one is a quickie, a bit different & looser in style. So tell me if it’s a mistake or not.
