more smoke

What a lazy artist I am. Every time I draw a new character I surround him in smoke-- what creativity. Why do I always do that? Maybe it's because every character looks more dynamic around smoke. It also tells a little story. Did a bomb just go off? Did he just blow up the bad guy? Is the artist too lazy to draw any feet or any background? Bingo.

Anyhow, this was an Iron Man piece I started sometime last year. Shortly after watching the movie on disc.

kotor preview

Dark Horse released a preview on their site today-- here are the pencils.


-B

Ragman

Just wanted to let people know that Mike Atiyeh and I did a Ragman short story for the DC Holiday Special. I believe it is out on the stands today!

*EDIT*

Apparently, DC Comics is fine with sharing my whole 3 page story online. So that will save some of you a few bucks if you were interested in seeing my Ragman story without going to the comic store or paying for it :) Here's a link to the finished colored and lettered pages. Click here.

Commissions

For anyone who has requested a commission in the last couple of months, can you send me another e-mail? I seem to have trouble with my e-mail lately and I've lost a bunch of contact info. Sorry :(

KOTOR #50-- The End

Kotor #50 is officially over... at least on my end, it's done. I worked through the Holiday weekend-- no big deal because I really wanted to make sure this issue came out well. I turned everything in on Sunday night and now it's off to editorial for final approval. I'm exhausted and ready to move on to my next project-- rest.

I want to thank everyone who has posted and sent me an e-mail-- I really appreciate you guys taking the time to do so. And big thanks to everyone for sticking around this series so long. It's had a lot of ups and downs, many many artist changes -- too many in fact. I wish that wasn't the case because I know how disruptive it can be to the stories. But all the artist, I believe, did their best to keep the issues coming out regularly.

I'd love to post some pics from the issue but there is just too much going on and anything I put up would be a spoiler of some kind.


Thanks,

Brian

Cheers

As many SW comic fans know by now, Knights of the Old Republic is ending at issue #50. Some one over at Dark Horse made the announcement earlier this week. I know it's going to be sad for some people-- after all, we've lived with these characters for nearly 4 years now. But I don't actually see the end as a bad thing. I think that stories should have an end, that all series should be finite. Our characters deserve stories that aren't re-hashed ideas where we're just trying to fill 22 pages every month.

I was fortunate enough to have started the series, designed most of the characters, vehicles, etc., and hopefully evolved as a storyteller during my time on KotOR. I may not have drawn all the issues but I always felt like Zayne and co. were my babies. Actually I think the 4 of us all felt this way-- Jeremy Barlow, Mike Atiyeh, and of course JJM (who has spent more time with these characters than anyone!).

I finished isse #49 earlier today and hope you guys don't mind me sharing a little teaser with you.









On to #50!


-Brian

Snake Eyes

I've always loved this character-- since the days of the famous GI Joe issue, Silent Interlude. But I've never tried him until today. Now I need to get one of those 12" Sideshow figures :)


-B

Wolverine/Sabertooth

...and here's the finished piece. It was just meant to be a quick sketch but I got really into it and started having so much fun. After finishing the Wolverine part I thought it just needed more. I ended up throwing in Sabertooth figure behind him and it really worked. Remember, Wolverine is supposed to be about 5'3" or 5'4" and I believe Sabertooth is supposed to be around 6'6"


-B