Un-men #5 preview

Wow, has it been almost ten days since I posted here? Sorry folks, Thanksgiving and finishing issue 7 got the best of me.

Anyway, here's some behind the scenes, sneak peek at Un-men #5.





Also, go read an intrview with Un-men writer John Whalen!

Best,
Mike

Hysteria Vol. 0, Ch. 1 cover WIP

Got a chance to spend a little time working on this cover. I want to stick with a two color palette, in this case black and orange. Far from done, of course. The text is just a holder for now, and the space up top is for the title. Just thought I'd share where I'm at so far.

Oh, and I spelled "volume" incorrectly. Sorry, it's been a long week...

Best,
Mike

Sweet Science, Hysteria Vol. 1 Ch. 1 wrap up

Hey all,

Been hard at work on Un-men #7 as well as other side projects. During my signing tour to Philly and NY I was able to work on the Sweet Science while on the train. Here's some more works in progress. If all goes well, I may be done with this print series by Early Dec.




Also, the first chapter of Hysteria Vol. 0 has wrapped up online. Been working on a "cover" for the chapter, for something cool I have planned for the series. Here's the pencils for that.



Read the Hysteria webcomic here

More soon!

best,
Mike

Un-men #4 color previews & Interview

hey all,

So, Newsarama has a full color preview of #4 up. Check it out -

Un-men #4

Also, an interview I did about the Un-men back in Baltimore with Varient Edition is finally up. You can check that out here.

Interview

More art soon.

best,
Mike

Un-men signing tour!

Hey all,

I'll be in Philly tonight and tomorrow (with Un-men John Whalen), and then NY Sat. night (with John and Un-men cover artist Tomer Hanuka) Here's more info, from John's blog-

Fri., Nov. 9, 6-9pm:
Mike Hawthorne and John Whalen at Brave New Worlds Comics in Old City Philadelphia. 45 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (Phone: 215-925-6525)

Sat., Nov. 10, 11am-1pm:
Mike Hawthorne and John Whalen at Brave New Worlds Comics in Willow Grove, PA. 212 N. Easton Street, Willow Grove, PA 19090 (Phone: 215-657-8838)

Sat., Nov. 10, 5-7pm:
Mike Hawthorne, John Whalen and Tomer Hanuka at Midtown Comics Times Square in Manhattan. (200 W. 40th St. in Times Square (corner of 7th Ave.), New York, NY 10018 (Phone: 212-302-8192)

Additional dates and locations to be announced.

Mike

Sweet Science #4 WIP pt1

Still plugging away at the Sweet Science prints anytime I have a few minutes. Here's where I am now. As always, this may change a good bit. before I'm all done.

Mike

Happy Hal O'Ween!

Happy Halllloooooweeeeeen!

Best,
Mike

Things that never were part III

So, let's see more stuff from books I've never drawn shall we?

There was an instance where I almost got to do some Conan stuff, with a writer buddy of mine. Unfortunately, they wanted a DIFFERENT ( and more famous) friend of his, so it fell through. Still, would have been cool. The Dark Horse folks are great people, and I consider them friends, so maybe I could still pursue it. Again, I let it go because I just got busy.





So, repeat the above story but replace "Conan" with "Hellboy, Weird Tales". In this case, I'm kinda glad I didn't get the gig as the artist they DID get was perfect for the story and totally KILLED it.







Oh, and for a while there Bendis wanted me to draw The Pulse (when it was switching over from Alias). Marvel feft differently, and so I never got it. Again, I don't think I would have been a good fit for it anyway. I swear I have a guardian angel that kinda guides my career somehow ;)



More soon!

Mike

Things that never were part II

Hey, so let's continue down memory lane a bit and look at more gigs I did NOT get.

So, I was briefly in the running for Vertigo's Crossing Midnight. In the end, they wanted a different look, which worked out because the artist on that series is fantastic!

Plus, I wouldn't have been available for the Un-men...which, let's face it, is RIGHT up my alley ;)

Here are some designs from when I was trying out for that book.




Also, I was VERY briefly in talks to do a Daredevil fill in. That got about as far as me throwing a car. Still, I did some designs trying to get the gig.








More in a couple of day!

best,
mike

Things that never were part I

I've come close to doing a lot of different books. Usually my schedule complicates things, or someone changes their mind about me working on a book later in the game. Anyway, I thought you'd all get a kick out of seeing some of the behind the scenes stuff.

Here's one that might actually happen someday, who knows. Anyway, Mike Oeming and I were going to do a big martial arts comic called Ballistic Fist. Our schedules just never seem to jibe, and we've never gotten it started.

Here's a piece I penciled and colored, with inks by Mike



Oh, and I was in talks to do a Simpson comic. Again, my schedule just didn't work out. Anyway, here's some practice runs at the Simpsons.






More in a day or two.

Best,
Mike

Goon inks

Here are some of those Goon inks I promised to post before.

Previous Goon post

Next up, I'm going to post a bunch of stuff from books I ALMOST got. I think you'll dig it :)

mike

Umbra over there

So, I get a special kick out of seeing my work translated for other countries and their comic markets. I just got my copies of the French Umbra, which looks great! They did a slightly oversized version with a new cover.

Umbra recently came out in Brazil too! So, if you're in either country go get a copy ;)

Umbra in Brazil

Umbra in France

mike

Sweet Science #4 WIP Final pt. I

Been working like hell, but still hoping to get another Sweet Science girl done soon. Here's one of the drawings that in the running (or jumping;).

Hope you like it.

Mike

Un-men #3 out today!

Hey, Un-men #3 is out today! AND if you thought the ending to the last issue was a shocker, just wait till you see this one! I can't give it away, but I will tell you it involves a bare butt and a little head ;)

Here's some of the ol' sneak and peek. Pencils and rough inks.







Best,
Mike

Countdown to Thinktankcomics.com! - 3...

With the new site launching in just three days, I'm going to take the next couple of days to post things related to the site.

One of the unique features I'm going to have on the site is going to be a bi-lingual web comic. That's right, it'll be in English and Spanish. Eventually, I'm going to do it in French too...but baby steps for now ;)

Anyway, I'm starting with the original Hysteria comic from 1998/99 and working forward. It'll run daily, Monday through Friday.

Best,
Mike

Sweet Science #3 WIP Final pt. II!

Remember when I said I was done with this print? Man, I was SOOOO lying!

I can't leave it alone. I'm still tweaking it, hoping to get it JUUUUUST right. More to come soon...

Mike

Sweet Science #3 WIP Final

Here's the final art for the print. I guess I shouldn't say FINAL, as I may still end up changing the background color a bit. However, I'm pretty happy with it. I was really shooting for a very light, cool skin tone and then contrast it with some rich hair color, ornate tatoo, and lots of warm freckles.

I'll make this print available in a week or so. Just want some time to tweak it a bit, and drop it off at the printer.

Now, off to a week of the Un-men and then #4!

Best,
Mike

Sweet Science #3 WIP pt3

It's coming along. Been adding more freckles, and working on the tatoo. Drew the tatoo on an overlay, over the original drawing. Then I scanned it, dropped it on the arm and tweaked it till it looked right to me.



So far so good.

Mike

Sweet Science #3 WIP pt2

Still fighting with the third print in the series. Some things I like better, like the cooler/lighter skin tone and the freckles, but I'm still not sold on a couple of other things. Expect more changes before this is all said and done, especially once I start on the tatoos. :)

Mike

Layouts to pencils for The Goon

A while back I wrote and drew a short for The Goon. I absolutely loved working on it, and wish I could do more with the character. Anyway, here's the "script". You'll notice that there are more pages here then I ended up with. Check them out closely, and you'll see that I trimmed it down to bring it in at six pages.





Here are the pencils, some of my favorite ever.








I'll post the inks later.

best,
mike

American Splendor

I got the opportunity to do a short with Harvey Pekar for his American Splendor series over at Vertigo. Had a ton of fun on it too!

If you're not reading American Splendor, then you should check it out. They've got some fantastic artists on it, including some of Harvey's old colaborators.

best,
mike

Sweet Science prints for sale!

Hey all,

So, I'm officially making the first two prints in the 'Sweet Science' line available online. I'm really excited about these prints, especially after the reaction to these at the Baltimore Con.



Anyway, I'm using Pay Pal to process orders. Just check over to the right to order. I'll be using priority mail, and mailing them flat in sturdy cardboard envelopes. Each will be signed too. If you get both prints I'll cut you a break on shipping costs by just charging for shipping one print.

Thanks in advance.

Best,
Mike