ink sketches

As soon as i dig myself out from under my current workload I'm hoping to get back to a more regular posting schedule, in the meantime here are some ink sketches from an old sketchbook.

On Stands Now!

Here are some pages from the Untold Tales of Spider-Man story Kurt Busiek and I did recently that appeared in the latest Amazing Spider-Man annual. Tons o' fun to do!

Father's Day

Happy Father's day to all of you dad's out there, to mine especially! A quick post of 2 pencil pieces, don't know if either of these gentlemen were/are Father's but......they are on my blog!

Al Williamson RIP

Heard the very sad news this morning that Al Williamson passed away yesterday. A true legend in the industry, an enormous talent and it was my great pleasure to have worked with him for 7 years. He started inking my work on Untold Tales of Spider-Man and we ended our collaboration at the end of our run on Spider-Girl. I'll leave it to others more eloquent than I to talk about his artistic legacy, my memories at the moment are more personal, one memory in particular. At some point during that run on Spider-Girl my wife and I were having some financial difficulty, I was really counting on selling some original art at the Pittsburgh Comic Con that year to help pay bills. Al was also a guest at the show so I wasn't surprised to see him approaching my table on the first morning of the convention, I was shocked however when he handed me a stack of Spider-Girl original art that went to him as the inker on the book. I tried to give it back, telling him I appreciated it but I couldn't accept it, he refused to take it back. I made a nice chunk of change at that show due in large part to Al's generosity. It helped me out at a tough time, I'll never forget it. I've posted a couple pieces he and I did together as my small tribute.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man returns...kinda

The Amazing Spider-Man annual # 37 hits the stands this week, and in it is a brand new Untold Tales of Spider-Man story by Kurt Busiek and myself. To say I had fun with it is an understatement. Kurt did his usual fantastic job. It certainly didn't feel like it'd been 14 years since we worked together! Be sure to check it out. Here's a teaser panel from the issue.

Portrait post

A quick posting for a Monday morning.

Amazing Spider-Man annual

The first 2 pages I did for last years Spider-Man annual were some of my favorite pages in the issue. I hadn't been inking my own work much at that point and was trying to find my way with the tools of the trade. Overall I was happy with the issue, but these pages stand out for me as being some of the closest to what I was aiming for.