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HEROESCON june 20 22 2008

it is confirmed, Joel Buxton ( writer/creator of Marcus Ninja ) and I will have a table at the Charlotte, North Carolina, HeroesCon. i am super excited to be promoting Awesome Marcus Ninja and my other art at my first convention with an American audience.

Joel and I are working on a short story of Marcus ninja, to be published specifically for this show. it will be available at the Toronto shows as well. it 'll be ready for summer.

if you haven't heard of this show yet, you gotta check out the guest list. this is easily one of the greatest line ups i've ever seen.


i can't wait for June, it is gonna be super-kick-ass- awesome.

i know i won't be able to meet everyone i want while will be at my table most of the show, BUT,
here's a bunch of names i am looking forward/hoping to meet.


Jeff Brown - Top Shelf
Robert Kirkman - Walking Dead
Christian Barenak - silent devil comics
Tony Harris - Ex Machina, Gaijin Studios alumni
Bryan Lee O'Malley - Scott Pilgrim
Joe Staton - Green Lantern , Guy Gardner
Savannah College of Art & Design
Adam Hughes - Gaijin Studios, cover artist extraordinaire
Jonathan Hickman - Nightly News, Pax Romana
Dean Haspiel - Billy Dogma
Cully Hamner - Gaijin Studios, artist extraordinaire
Jason Pearson - Gaijin Studios, artist extraordinaire
Brian Stelfreeze - Gaijin Studios, artist extraordinaire
Dave Johnson - 100 Bullets cover artist, Gaijin Studios alumni
Nicholas Gurewitch - Perry Bible Fellowship
Christos Gage - Wildstorm
Matt Fraction - Punisher War journal, Iron Fist, Casanova
Tommy Lee Edwards - Bulletpoints, upcoming 1985
Todd Dezago - Tellos
Evan Dorkin - Milk & Cheese, House of Fun
Brandon Peterson - Dr. Strange, Ultimate Vision, Chimera
Jimmy Palmiotti - Marvel Knights, Daredevil, Jonah Hex
Steve Niles - 30 days of night
Chris Moreno - Sidekick
Tony Moore - Fear Agent, Exterminators, Walking Dead
Jim Mahfood - Clerks, 40 oz, Grrrl Scouts
David Mack - Daredevil, Kabuki
JohnPaul Leon - Static, Earth X
Jamal Igle - Firestorm, Nightwing
Ethan Van Sciver - Green Lantern
Daniel Way - Wolverine Origins
Mark Waid - DC (lots), editor in chief of Boom Studios
Matt Wagner - Mage, Grendel
Chris Staros - Top Shelf
Andy Runton - Owly, Top Shelf
Greg Rucka - Queen & Country, Wonder Woman, 52
Alex Robinson - Box Office Poison, Tricked
Paola Rivera - Marvel, painter extraordinaire
Eric Powell - Goon
Jason Aaron - Scalped, the Otherside
Mark Brooks - Ultimate Fantastic Four
Frank Cho - Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers
Amanda Conner - the Pro, Jsa Classified
Guy Davis - B.P.R.D.
Julia Wertz - Fart Party

the Best

if you ask me, these are the most influential comic creators ever.

this picture of Will Eisner (March 6, 1917 - January 3, 2005) and Jack 'King' Kirby ( August 28, 1917 - February 6, 1994) continues to inspire and influence me and my art.

thanks guys.

cave

ball point pen + some photoshop, but mostly ball point pen.

comics and sketches

i just read Pax Romana #2 (of 4) by Jonathan Hickman. i am loving this book! it is so different than anything i've ever read. usually, i have to really like the art style to pick up a new read and at first, i didn't like it. but now, i love it. this is not a quick read. Pax is very wordy which usually turns me away but somehow he pulls it off. Hickman's art combined with his rad story is now one of the comics i look forward to most. i am kinda sad that this is only 4 issues.
this book: BRILLIANT.
sign me up for all things Hickman















also, before i finished up my latest Marcus Ninja strip i was listening to the Word Balloon podcast. Mr. John Siuntres was interviewing comic legend Gene Colan. it was a really great interview from 2005. the audio isn't the greatest but i found it worth a listen. Gene mentioned his stint on Namor: the Sub-Mariner and i was inspired to sketch this,

also, this i a blog i've been reading recently, http://jimsmash.blogspot.com/ .

i don't know where or how i came across Jim Smash! but i am really diggin' it. and he updates quite often, which not that many blogs that i read do.

and check out , the Fart Party. it's an awesome web comic by Julia Wertz. give it a try, it's hilarious.

ttyl

Bone Thugs & Harmony

the Source, issue #220, April 2008 on news stands now.




















i'm a huge Bone Thugs fan, but my best bud George Skoutakis is 'THE' Bone Thugs fan.
George is a great journalist and this past week his 2nd Bone Thug article was published in the Source Hip-Hop Magazine. this article is about Bizzy Bone, who is no longer part of the group but continues to with his solo career. i'm not just saying this because he's my friend, but this is an very very well written, professional article. on top if being well written, i know for a fact that this article is very honest. George got us all-access to meet Bone and watch the show from the side of the stage in Detroit, last May. George knows all the members and works almost as hard as the group themselves on getting the Bone Thug name back into the mainstream. if you like hip hop, or were ever a fan of Bone, then you might enjoy this.
if you click on the image it should open big enough to read the article. or you could go out a grab the issue. check it out.

great work, George.