Free Comic Book Day FUBAR edition.

Hey everyone!

Remember when I posted about the FUBAR cover I did for FCBD? Well, that was just the warm up colors for the solicitation. Here's the final cover as it will appear on the actual comic!

Steve Becker and Jeff McComsey really out did themselves with this! They pour so much love into the FUBAR series, and I think you'll all appreciate it on Free Comic Book Day, May 4th!

Make sure to look for this bad boy in stores!

More info on FUBAR on their site.

More info on FCBD on their site.

Best,
Mike



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George Washington fighting Zombies? FUBAR!

Hey everyone,

I can not tell a lie! I drew a cover for the Free Comic Book Day FUBAR special!

The FUBAR PRESS dudes have been killing the Zombie history genre for some time now (pun intended) and now they're bringing their own brand of undead to YOUR local comic shop.

Ask your shop to order you some, cause it's gonna be good! 

Check out their site. 

Best,
Mike

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Greatest Zombie of all time! The Tarman!

It's ZOMBIES week over on Comic Twart, and with the Halloween season upon us I expect scary things from the crew!

I chose to draw the one Zombie that creeped me out as a kid - The Tarman, from Return of the Living Dead!

Seriously, I once gave a person nightmares just DESCRIBING Tarman to them. That creepy walk, the nasty slimy melted flesh, and that voice!

I might also draw Trash from the same movie... but worry the fellas will yell at me for drawing a nude Zombie ;-)

Enjoy!
Mike

PS - Before anyone hammers me about Zombie lore and who they think the "greatest" is,I should add that I haven't seen very many Zombie flicks. Never seen Walking Dead, or the slew of new films that have come out. I think ROTLD was about all I could handle ;-)

So to each their own!

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Conan #8 out today!

hey all!

Apparently Conan: Road of Kings #8 is out today! So, I'll show you my favorite page from the book. Hadn't shared it before because it was a bit of a spoiler, but seeing as they give it away on the cover I figure... what the hell?!

I think this is the one and only time I've drawn Zombies in a comic! Enjoy!

Best,
Mike

PS - See my previous preview post for this issue here.


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Last Zombie release party & charity event thank you!

Hey everyone,

The Last Zombie release party was a big success, with fans of my pal and writer Brian Keene's coming out in force! Everyone brought out donations, and the Comix Connection guys did a great job of hosting the whole event.

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that came out to support Brian, his new book, and the York Rescue Mission! We really and truly appreciate it!

Here's some pics from the event.



Check out all those donations! (Sorry for the trash can, there wasn't anything else big enough to hold all the food people brought!)




Winner of the "Who wants to be a Zombie?" contest, Diane Marquette! This fine lady brought in well over 40 pounds of grub for the food bank!




Me working on the Zombified version of Diana, the world's first smiling Zombie! She requested the popped out eye ;)





And here's the lovely Susan Scofield who won the impromptu "OMG! You got me a cigar!" contest! (Made that one up on the spot, after Susan surprised me with a wonderful Don Thomas candela wrapped cigar! NICE!)




While at the signing I did a Zombie sketch in one of Brian's novels, which he will be auctioning for charity soon. I'll keep you posted.

You can see more pics of the event over on the Comix Connection Facebook page.

Brian's site is here.

Best,
MIke

Who wants to be a Zombie?!

This weekend is the release party for my pal and fellow Yorker Brian Keene's new zombie comic, "The Last Zombie". If you're not familiar with Brian, he's a popular horror novelist and comic writer (More on him here and here.). The man is a Horror master, and his new comic is gonna knock Zombie fan's socks off!

Back to the party. This weekend the fine folks at Comix Connection are hosting the release party for the new series, and I'll be there later in the day to show my support AND to help Brian and the Comix Connection guys collect canned food donations for the York City Rescue Mission. The idea is similar to what he do at the Comix Creator Cookout every year.

This time however instead of just giving out a piece of art for the person with the heaviest donation, I will be drawing a characature of the winner as...(wait for it)....a ZOMBIE!

So if you've ever wondered what you'd look like if you died, and came back after a bit of rotting, then bring as many canned goods as you can carry and come out to the Comix Connection in York this saturday. More details here and here.

Thanks!
Mike