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Miami Vice

2012-02-06T22:48:00.000-08:00

The theme this week over at BNN is MIAMI VICE!

Go check everyone else's awesome pieces on over on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART.

Luther Strode Issue 4: CAIN

2012-02-03T00:02:00.000-08:00

This was probably my favorite scene from Luther Strode issue 4 (pages 12-15), so I figured I'd share the inked and colored pages with the universe. Enjoy!

Colors by FELIPE SOBREIRO, you fools!

Luther Strode Issue 5 Teasers

2012-01-27T19:06:00.000-08:00

The Strange Talent of Luther Strode Issue 5, out next Wednesday (2/1)!

Red XIII

2012-01-23T21:59:00.000-08:00

Ah-HA! Thanks to the open nature of this week's BNN theme, RED, I snuck in another Final Fantasy character. Red XIII, suckerrrrrrs.

Go check out more awesome RED pieces on over on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART.

Black Panther

2012-01-20T08:22:00.000-08:00

Aw, poor fella. He wants to be in a movie, too.

Did this one for Multiversity Comics' set of New Year's resolution gags. You can go check the rest out HERE.

Luther Strode TPB Cover

2012-01-15T23:03:00.000-08:00

Here's the cover for The Strange Talent of Luther Strode TPB, out April 2012!

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro

Felipe also made a series of wallpapers featuring this cover, so go check them out and download one for yourself RIGHT HERE.

Luther Strode Issue 4 Spreads

2012-01-09T22:35:00.000-08:00

Here are pages 2-5 of The Strange Talent of Luther Strode issue 4. It comes out THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11th! Get excited, my friends.

Colors by the fantastic Felipe Sobreiro!

Mexico

2012-01-03T18:08:00.000-08:00

After a brief Sabbatical BNN is back in action! The theme this week? MEXICO.

Keep your eyes peeled for more awesome BNN pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART.

Also, here's a big wallpaper of the piece. You know, just incase you're in the market for a cool new desktop background.

Dodgeball!

2011-12-28T22:12:00.000-08:00

Here's a fun little scene from the first issue of Luther Strode.

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro

Black Sabbath

2011-12-18T22:49:00.000-08:00

The theme this week on Brand New Nostalgia is Black Sabbath!

I decided to just kind of go with the flow and have fun on this one. Grabbed a dying magic marker, put on some Black Sabbath, and BOOM. Just like witches at black masses, out came this goat rabbit skull looking thing.

Check out more awesome Black Sabbath pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART!

Luther Strode Issue 6 Cover

2011-12-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

Got to go a little crazy on this one. YEEEEAAAAAAAAAH.

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro, of course!

Vincent Valentine

2011-12-11T21:59:00.001-08:00

It's my turn to choose the theme over at Brand New Nostalgia, so I chose my favorite video game franchise: FINAL FANTASY!

After much deliberation, I decided to go with Vincent Valentine. I'm probably wearing my American flag on my sleeve when I say this, but I like to imagine him as The Man with No Name as played by The Downward Spiral era Trent Reznor.

Check out more awesome Final Fantasy pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART!

Chillin' On Da Roof

2011-12-10T00:19:00.001-08:00

Yojimbo

2011-12-08T22:34:00.000-08:00

The theme this week over at BRAND NEW NOSTALGIA is famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa!

I'm going to be honest here at my own expense… I've yet to see a Kurosawa film. Please don't hit me. I'll remedy this someday soon, I promise. For the time being, here's Yojimbo!

Check out more awesome BNN pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART!

Luther Strode Issue 3

2011-12-07T07:58:00.001-08:00

The Strange Talent of Luther Strode #3 comes out TODAY! Be sure to go snag your copy, everybody. Until then, here's one of my favorite pages from the issue.

Fantastic colors by the amazing Felipe Sobreiro!

The Librarian

2011-12-01T23:47:00.001-08:00

Astonishing X-Men Samples

2011-11-27T00:33:00.001-08:00

Some sample pages that I did a month or so ago from an Astonishing X-Men script. It was great to draw the X-Men and it was interesting to take a break from inks and do finished penciled pages again for the first time in a long time. So yeah, these were a ton of fun!

BNN: Moebius

2011-11-21T00:34:00.001-08:00

The theme this week over at BRAND NEW NOSTALGIA is artist extraordinaire MOEBIUS!

This piece doesn't necessarily make a lick of sense, but I love Moebius's crazy character designs and I love to copy and paste things! Muahahaha.

Check out more awesome BNN pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART!

Luther Strode Issue 5 Cover

2011-11-16T23:33:00.001-08:00

Colors by FELIPE SOBREIRO!

Check out the final solicited cover with the title and all that good stuff included right HERE.

The Inhumans

2011-11-13T22:29:00.001-08:00

The theme over at BRAND NEW NOSTALGIA this week is JACK KIRBY! The hardest part of this one was deciding which of Jack Kirby's plethora of amazing characters to pay tribute to, but after much deliberation Black Bolt won me over. Medusa snuck in there, too!

Be sure to check out more awesome BNN pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART!

BNN: Horror AND The Mighty Mutanimals

2011-11-07T17:42:00.000-08:00

Here's my BNN piece for this week's theme: HORROR

And here's my piece from last week's theme (that I forgot to post up on here): THE MIGHTY MUTANIMALS. This character in particular is Mondo Gecko. He is ugly and awesome.

Check out all the other fantastic BRAND NEW NOSTALGIA artwork over at our DeviantART and TUMBLR!

Luther Sketch

2011-11-07T09:51:00.001-08:00

Luther Strode #2 Preview

2011-11-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

The Strange Talent of Luther Strode #2 came out yesterday! Run out to your local comic shop and snag a copy OR buy it DIGITALLY.

Writer: Justin Jordan
Artist: Tradd Moore
Coloring: Felipe Sobreiro
Lettering: Fonografiks

FISHORMAN

2011-10-31T15:26:00.000-07:00

Is he a fish… or a man? Hark! He's FISHORMAN.

Did this one for MONSTER MONTH, an art blog put together by my ever so talented friends Brooke Allen and Tait Howard. Check out the blog, check out their personal work, and by all means have a happy Halloween!

BNN: Wrestling

2011-10-25T13:55:00.000-07:00

The topic this week over at BRAND NEW NOSTALGIA is wrestling, so I created SHAMAN REPTALIO! He's the fiercest thumb wrestler in all the land.

Go check out all the awesome pieces on our TUMBLR and DEVIANTART!

FIN FANG FOOM!

2011-10-22T15:03:00.000-07:00

Did you know that he breathes combustable ACID instead of fire? Because I didn't until recently. And that makes him even cooler.

Luther Strode Issue 4 Cover

2011-10-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro!

Also, you can check out the final solicited cover over at CBR.

Brand New Nostalgia

2011-10-17T12:43:00.000-07:00

Alright, everybody, so I'm part of something new now. Oh, and something AWESOME, I might add.

BRAND NEW NOSTALGIA is an art blog/collective put together by the ever so talented Andrew MacLean where we'll be posting art based on a different theme each week. All the artists involved are unbelievably good and I'm beyond flattered to be a part of it. I really can't shower enough praise on these guys. So yeah, go check out our TUMBLR and/or DEVIANTART to keep up with BNN!

Oh yeah, and this week's theme is ROCK!

Luther Strode #1 Preview

2011-10-04T11:25:00.000-07:00

Here's a six page preview of THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE! This opening scene was the pitch that landed us our gig with Image last year and I actually drew the pages TWO years ago (whaaaaaaaat?). Crazy how comics work.

Be sure to pick up a copy TOMORROW (OCT. 5, 2011).

STORY: Justin Jordan

ART: Tradd Moore

COLORS: Felipe Sobreiro

LETTERING: Steven Finch

Luther Strode Pin-Up IN COLOR

2011-10-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro.

By the way, I'll be doing a signing next Saturday (October 8th) from 2-4:00 at ROCK SHOP MUSIC AND COMICS. You can also check out their FACEBOOK PAGE. It's at the Mall of Georgia, if you're in the area come hang out and get a signed copy of Luther Strode!

Luther Strode Pin-Up

2011-09-28T09:56:00.000-07:00

Justin and I (and maybe Felipe?) will each be doing signings next week for the release of LUTHER STRODE. Oh, and we'll also come bearing prints of THIS! Well, the colored version of this, I should say.

More info and full color version coming soon!

Wolverine

2011-09-23T22:39:00.000-07:00

PalmCon 2011 Sketches

2011-09-21T23:46:00.000-07:00

A hot chick with good taste in comics, Invincible with intestines in his hand, and Thor looking like he may have had a stroke. Don't worry, he's just tired.

Luther Strode Issue 3 Cover

2011-09-18T22:13:00.000-07:00

WHOA, blogger lets you post X-LARGE pictures now? I'm genuinely excited about this.

I usually don't post process work, but here's a look from pencils, to inks, to color.

Also, you can check out the cover with text and title intact right over HERE.

Ever impressive colors by Felipe Sobreiro

Artist August Prize Pack!

2011-08-29T12:19:00.000-07:00

The website Multiversity Comics is having an awesome prize give away that I have some stuff in. All you have to do is comment on THIS POST with your favorite artist, your favorite work of theirs, and your email and you could win a bunch of cool stuff. What are you waiting for? CHECK OUT THE CONTEST, you fools.

Luther Strode Issue 2 Cover

2011-08-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro

You can also check out the final cover with all the words and stuff on it HERE.

Luther Strode Pre-order Ad

2011-08-03T08:25:00.000-07:00

THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #1 (AUG110403) is officially available for pre-order at comic book shops as of TODAY, so go pre-order your copy! You can even print this sucker out, fill it in, and take it to your local comic book shop, it has all the info they need.

In the event that they have no idea what you're talking about, tell them to take a look at Diamond Comics Previews Catalogue, we're on the cover this month!

Download a high-res version of this ad HERE.

Colors by Felipe Sobreiro

Arise Video Game Pages: Part 2

2011-07-17T08:43:00.000-07:00

Some work for Jay Reiter's ARISE video game. It's going to be a retro side scrolling beat em' up and these pages are going to segue between each level. PART 2 (the end).

The Strange Talent Of Luther Strode Issue 1 Cover

2011-07-12T08:10:00.001-07:00

The cat's out of the bag! This October from Image Comics comes THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE written by Justin Jordan, art by Tradd Moore, and colors by Felipe Sobriero.

Read the PR HERE.

Go check out Felipe's awesome color work HERE.

Arise Video Game Pages: Part 1

2011-07-07T12:09:00.000-07:00

Some work for Jay Reiter's ARISE video game. It's going to be a retro side scrolling beat em' up and these pages are going to segue between each level. YEAAAAH.

Teaser Panels for… Something

2011-06-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some various panels from the first issue of the comic I'm working on! More info coming soon.

Chew

2011-06-19T18:59:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

Character Designs for… Something

2011-06-11T15:16:00.000-07:00

So, I've been working on a comic for a couple months now, here's a small taste of what's to come. Keep your eyes peeled, I'll be showing a whole lot more on it in the coming weeks!

Nonplayer

2011-06-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know about the comic Nonplayer, rest assured that it's absolutely nothing like this. It DOES, however, introduce the idea of having character/world skins in real life, so I ran with it. Anyway, what are you waiting for, GO CHECK OUT THE REAL THING.

BFDW!

Imhotep

2011-05-23T15:10:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

Tetsuo

2011-05-14T18:46:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

Gorillaz

2011-05-04T20:54:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

Amaterasu vs. Stains

2011-04-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

BFDW!

And here you go, just incase you haven't been introduced to Stains the cupcake dog.

Flight Club pages 5-8 IN COLOR

2011-04-15T20:32:00.000-07:00

Some more pages from Skipper Martin's Bizarre New World Anthology I did a back in the Summer of 2010… IN COLOR.

Colors by Julie A. Wright

Story by Nick Miceli

Fullmetal Alchemist

2011-04-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

BFDW!

Jubilee

2011-04-04T07:13:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

Mega Man

2011-03-31T08:13:00.000-07:00

Here's my submission for Udon's Mega Man Tribute book! I don't know if it made it in (Udon hasn't received word back from Capcom on approving all the artwork), but you never know. Oh, and look! A red variant and the B&W line art.

ALSO, check out all the BFDW Mega Man Tributes, they're awesome.

The Tin Man

2011-03-28T09:54:00.000-07:00

BFDW!

Jellybean Goat-Goat

2011-03-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

Middle school is tough. It's even tougher when you're a goat. Follow the struggles of Jellybean, an odd but friendly youngster, as he tries his best to find his place in our cut-throat pre-teen social structure. Just remember… don't feed him jelly beans.

I created this little comic strip last summer, but haven't done anything with it yet. YET.

Ultraman for Japan

2011-03-14T08:47:00.000-07:00

Did this one for obvious reasons. It's not much in the grand scheme of things, but I wanted to do a little something to show my support for Japan in the wake of their recent disaster. And honestly, who can show support better than ULTRAMAN!

Download the full size 1920x1200 wallpaper HERE.

Also, keep your eyes on BFDW for more Ultraman.

Pink Power Cover

2011-03-10T08:07:00.000-08:00

Cover for ZEN's Pink Power #2

Charlie Sheen

2011-03-08T10:34:00.000-08:00

"I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."

If you're not sick of all Charlie already, check out some more Sheen madness over at BFDW!

Someone should tweet this to him.

Lion- O

2011-03-02T10:07:00.001-08:00

I can't imagine that the other Thundercats would enjoy his company very much.

Go check out some more Lion-O's over at BFDW!

The Seductive Power of Minecraft

2011-02-22T18:31:00.000-08:00

Since I've been playing Minecraft lately, I decided for BFDW I'd make a Minecraft skin of this week's character, Leeloo, then make a quick, disturbing comic about it. I'm not obsessed, I promise.

Oh, and if you play Minecraft and have a burning desire to look like Leeloo… here you go!

Jill Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T08:06:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

I made a couple 1440x900 wallpapers out of this sucker just incase you want to sweeten up your desktop.

OH, and keep your eyes peeled for more Valentine's Day goodness over at BFDW!

Inception

2011-02-07T12:02:00.001-08:00

This week's character over at BFDW is Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) from Inception. Couldn't decide on a color again, so I used them all. Party.

Galactus

2011-01-31T20:16:00.001-08:00

Space

February 15, 2011

Go check out some more Galactus action (Galaction) over at BFDW.

Flight Club Pages 1-4 IN COLOR

2011-01-27T16:29:00.000-08:00

The pages I did for Skipper Martin's Bizarre New World anthology are finally getting the color treatment! A really good one too, I might add.

Colors by Julie A. Wright

Story by Nick Miceli

Mega Man PREVIEW

2011-01-26T08:09:00.001-08:00

Thanks to a heads up from a friend I read that the Udon competition suggests that you don't post your submission for a while, so I pulled the finished one and posted this preview instead. Oh, and you can still check out a bunch of other Mega Man drawings over at BFDW!

The Man with No Name

2011-01-16T10:55:00.000-08:00

After 500 hours of deliberation, I still can't decide whether I like the color gradient or the black and white one better. So look at both!

BFDW!

Raphael

2011-01-10T08:04:00.001-08:00

BFDW!

Joshua 5:13-15

2011-01-09T12:01:00.001-08:00

Commission for a friend. Hopefully the Catholic church will grant me an indulgence for this one.

Sky Doll

2011-01-04T23:13:00.001-08:00

Go check out some more Sky Dolls over at BFDW!

Conte Couple

2011-01-01T19:25:00.001-08:00

Conte Woman and Conte Man

2010-12-31T09:02:00.000-08:00

Some more old life drawings from school.

Zhuge Tradd and The Watercolored Girl

2010-12-28T22:57:00.000-08:00

A few variations of a pastel self portrait I did a while back but just got around to photographing. No, I don't actually have a mustache like that. But I'll let you know when I do.

Another ole' life drawing, this time in watercolor. Garish hot pink overlay added later in photoshop.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T15:46:00.000-08:00

Gifts? Coal? HA. SATAN CLAUS brings only death.

Go check out some more Christmas well-wishes at BFDW!

Zombie Greedo

2010-12-19T21:01:00.001-08:00

BFDW, back in action!

DEAler Cover IN COLOR

2010-12-18T16:15:00.001-08:00

Forgot to post this sucker up a while ago, too!

Colors by Alex Sollazzo. Here's his devaintART page as well.

Writer: ZEN

Summer Stuff

2010-12-16T22:50:00.000-08:00

I've been pretty quiet lately, so here's some old stuff to take a gander at.

Some designs I did in June for my friend's solo music project Yoseph y la Zilla! Go download his stuff, it's awesome. And free! While I'm busy plugging him, check out this single of his too.

T-shirt design that I did back in June or July that never got used. Duh. I mean, who wants a mascot to look cool? Not me.

Boba Fett Day Week: Wylie Times

2010-12-16T22:46:00.001-08:00

YO, BFDW is back! This one (Wylie Times from 100 Bullets) is about a month old, but who's counting. Go check it out.

ARISE Illustrations

2010-11-14T12:56:00.001-08:00

Check out more on Jay Reiter's ARISE franchise HERE.

Boba Fett Day Week: Samurai Jack

2010-11-11T12:02:00.000-08:00

Go check out some more Jack over at BFDW!

Boba Fett Day Week: Ash

2010-11-07T17:36:00.000-08:00

Klaatu Barada… BFDW!

MORE Sketch Stuff

2010-11-04T08:45:00.000-07:00

Sketch Stuff

2010-11-04T08:41:00.001-07:00

Sketch Stuff: Zhuge Tradd

2010-11-04T08:31:00.000-07:00

Some old sketch stuff from last year. Partypartyparty.

Boba Fett Day Week: RoboCop

2010-10-19T22:05:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

Fail Ninja Icon

2010-10-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

FAIL NINJA

2010-10-12T14:49:00.000-07:00

Variations of a banner design for Fail Ninja's game review blog, No More Critics.

Boba Fett Day Week: Cammy

2010-10-12T14:34:00.001-07:00

BFDW

Boba Fett Day Week: Tri-Klops

2010-10-08T09:49:00.000-07:00

Check out the rest of this weeks entries into BFDW, too!

Boba Fett Day Week: Spike

2010-09-29T15:36:00.000-07:00

Check everyone else's submissions HERE.

DEAler Cover

2010-09-25T07:39:00.001-07:00

Writer: ZEN

Batman IN COLOR

2010-09-20T10:01:00.001-07:00

Yet another awesome coloring job by Alex Sollazzo! Oh, AND he digitally inked over my pencils on this one, too.

Check out the super huge high quality version HERE.

Boba Fett Day Week: Scorpion

2010-09-20T09:57:00.000-07:00

Check out everyone's work HERE.

Deadpool Cover Colored

2010-09-16T13:49:00.000-07:00

Alex Sollazzo is at it again! Suffice to say, I think this fellow has a future in coloring comics.

Check out the picture in bigger and better quality RIGHT HERE.

Boba Fett Day Week: Sandman

2010-09-13T15:17:00.001-07:00

BFDW!

HATEFULBATHROOM

2010-09-07T10:18:00.001-07:00

Boba Fett Day Week: Brit

2010-09-07T10:14:00.001-07:00

What is Boba Fett Day Week, you ask? Me and Kevin Zeigler's new weekly character sketch thing, of course. Check out his Brit, too.

DEAler pages IN COLOR!

2010-09-01T00:16:00.000-07:00

Here are the pages with a mighty fine coloring job by Alex Sollazzo!

Check them out on his deviantart if you'd like, they look even better on there.

What can I say, the dude's a pro.

Writer: ZEN

The Executioner

2010-08-20T08:54:00.001-07:00

John Montag: The Retributioner

2010-08-17T18:48:00.000-07:00

Ramona's 8th Evil Ex

Ninjy Kick

2010-08-16T22:43:00.000-07:00

Flight Club pages 7-10

2010-08-13T15:55:00.001-07:00

Written by Nick Miceli for Skipper Martin's Bizarre New World anthology.