Hero System Bestiary

The Hero System Bestiary, published by Hero Games, just hit stores about a week ago. I had the pleasure of drawing twelve illustrations for the book, including the following three characters (inspired by the Beast-Men from H.G. Wells' novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau). As always, copies of the book can be purchased in the Hero Games online store (just follow the above links) or in any fine hobby & game stores.

No News Is Good News (?)

I've never been very good at waiting patiently for publishers to get back to me, so I've already started working on a new project... something along the lines of my Paranormal stories. Here are a couple quick character sketches I did this morning with my new Kuretake brush pen:

New project...

Here are a few pages of sketches from the new book I've been working on. I just sent it off to a potential publisher a few hours ago... now comes the fun part: waiting. Keep those fingers crossed!

Green Lantern!

Geez, willya look at all the dust around here…

To the untrained eye, one might think that the guy who runs this blog has been wasting his time playing video games or watching TV, but believe me, it just isn’t so. April and May have been really busy for me, and I’ve been working on several different projects that have kept me from posting any new drawings.

I recently finished a dozen illustrations for the Hero System Bestiary source book from Hero Games, which is on its way to the printers as I write this. I’ve also been working on drawing some pages for a book I’m aiming to pitch to an American comic-book publisher in the next week or so. As soon as the Bestiary book hits stores and I hear back from the publisher, I'll be sure to post some art.

As for the big fencing project that I’ve been talking about over the past year or so, I’m sorry to say that I still haven’t managed to find a home for it. I’ve pitched it around to nearly a dozen publishers, both in France and the United States, but have found no takers so far. I haven’t given up yet, though, and will keep you posted on how things turn out.

In the meantime, though, here's a quick sketch of Green Lantern, one of my favorite Silver Age characters...

Art Auction

My friend Charlie Harris, owner of Eisner-nominated Charlie's Comic Books, is hosting an art auction whose proceeds will be donated to EMERGE, Tucson, Arizona's leader in services for those whose lives have been affected by domestic violence. The auction will be held in-store as well as online on Saturday, May 1st. For anyone out there interested in bidding on art for a worthy cause, a couple of my drawings (including Tigra and Zatanna from my Superhero Alphabet, as well as the Domino Lady) will be available. Also, for anyone living near Tucson, feel free to swing by Charlie's on May 1st for Free Comic Book Day!

Charlie's Comic Books
5445 E. 22nd Street
Tucson, AZ. 85712
520 320 0279

I apologize for the lack of updates around here lately, I've been busy putting together a new project and working on a series of illustrations for an upcoming Hero Games book... news and art to follow soon.

Batman!

Just thought I'd sneak in a quick Batman sketch before the month was over:

Hero System Martial Arts

A few illustrations from Hero System Martial Arts, a book I had the pleasure of working on a few months ago for Hero Games:



If you're interested, copies of the book may be purchased directly from Hero Games in their online store, or in all finer game & hobby shops...