Cactoid Jim

Sometimes you need to take a break from all the stuff you are supposed to be working on and just make a piece of art for yourself. This is one of those. I've been listening to a lot of "Thrilling Adventure Hour" this week. A podcast that has apparently been around for years but for some reason no one told me about it.

It's amazing, funny, smart, star-studded, brilliant, gross, and ...from Earth. Had I known about it earlier I would have started campaign for it to be nominated for a HUGO award. Because it deserves one. Maybe next year.

The shows bears a strong likeness to the old timey Girl Genius Radio Theatre podcasts we used to do way back when (ten years ago?) and fill me with a mighty urge to do them again. Adding to them the many other things I've concocted over the years, Doc Einstein: The Quantum Man, the Tesla Rangers, the Adventure Society. Apex :Ape Super Scientist, Chronopol, Silver Spector... and on and on.

My brain holds too much stuff for me to write and draw and get out into the world. Especially on my own. I need cadres- cohorts. Without them I fear I am doomed to watch from the sidelines and think about what might have been. 

The World of Steam

and here is the final color version

This is for a film project put together by a good friend of mine Matt Yang King - you can read more about The Clockwork Heart or The World of Steam at -- http://theworldofsteam.com/

and follow them on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TheWorldOfSteam

They've submitted to be in the Sundance film festival - which if they are accepted - will be super awesome.

The Clockwork Heart

This is a poster I'm working on to help promote a friends video project -- the line-work is done -- time to move on to color. As always - I'll post the proper links here soon

New Art Prints - Wave A

I'll be a Guest of Honor at ConTemporal in North Carolina next weekend ( http://contemporal.org/ ) - June 21st - 24th. I've decided to try a new thing (new for me that is). I'm making some limited edition art prints to have at the convention. Each print is limited to 100 copies, on 11x17 cardstock, and I will be selling them for only $10. Based on how well these do, I may be adding new prints for San Deigo Comic-Con and GenCon - both conventions I will also be attending this year.

Joe and Cap

Just remembering Joe Rocket today

The Alt-Vengers #1 The HULC

Based on an idea by my good friend and game designer Clint Black. I wonder if I have the time to cook up a poster before the Avengers movie comes out.

CONVENTION SKETCHBOOK VOL 2

For the first time since 2006, I'm gonna have a new Convention Sketch book (and in time for #ECCC)

Insomnia - a Hell of a Drug

Can't sleep. So while I'm waiting for the Sandman to get around to me, here is a random character sketch I did. This is the guy I would play, if I ever made a Bard for DnD. My Bardbarian "Doombriger" - special thanks to Frank Franzetta

The Blood Orchid pg 4

Here is another peek at the Superhero Noir story I'm working on. This is page 4 as it's being inked. Our hero the Silver Specter confronts the Blood Orchid Killer in his arboretum. The Silver Specter is a normal man that uses a verity of gadgets to make himself seem supernatural and spooky.

Scarlet Specter?

Here is a sneak peak at my next project. I'm doing an 8 page short story for a Superhero Noir collection and this guy is my main character. The Scarlet Specter -- at least that's what he's called right now. I'm still taking suggestions for a better name.

Current other suggestions

The Mist - Ian Hollaway
The Fog
Doctor Fog

- keep 'em coming

Frog of the Dead

A little Halloween gift....

Who is Persuading Who?

An Illo I did today for a RPG product I'm working on - The piece is called "Persuasion as Seduction". I was given a lot of leeway on the 'look' of the game, and I decided to take the whole project in a very Jim Steranko direction.

Drunken Octopus Pugilist Society

An idea I've had for a t-shirt - finally had a moment to sit down and draw it up all fancy like.

And here it is in a nice distressed sepia

FAUST "Truth" Poster B

From a series of 'backstory' posters I'm doing for the Machination game.

Mur Lafferty's Heaven

I've been working on a side project with author Mur Lafferty. Mur's much lauded Afterlife Series is about to see it's first paper print edition, and as part of the production we dusted off an old idea I've been kicking around to do a set of old time luggage labels for the book. Here are some peeks at two of them.

I hope to do more such labels in the future - expanding into other universes *cough* Girl Genius *cough*

50 Fathoms: Blades of the Burning Sea

I found an old sketch I did for 50 Fathoms. Just a thumbnail that never got turned into anything. Now it has. This took about 3 days - done in Photoshop Cs5 on a 21Ux Cintiq

The Exclusive FAUST Kickstarter badge

Here is a look at the exclusive FAUST kickstarter badge which will only be available to the folks that pitched in $24 dollars or more to the Machination Project before the deadline - which at the time that I write this is in 42 hours (Sunday, March 6 @ 5:08pm).

We are trying to hit $1000 over our goal - doing so will let us release the game on both the iPad and Android devices at the same time.

The badge will be made of a silvery metal (Zinc actually) with a dark and ominous black enamel color fill. Once the deadline arrives there will be NO OTHER WAY to get this version of the badge. I will make only enough to fill the Kickstarter pledges.

Don't miss out!

50 Fathoms: DONGA!

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