The round up - Fun Signing, Deadpool loves Spidey, and GO JOE!

Hey everyone,

Been hella busy, which means I haven't checked in on your guys in a bit. How are you? All good? Is the rash clearing up? Good, good!

The signing event went amazing! I want to thank everyone that came out, and waited in line for me. You're all more patient and awesome than I deserve! Thanks! I'll have more signing news to share soon...

Deadpool is chugging along well. Wrapped up issue 10, and will start 11 soon. In case you didn't hear Arthur Adams is doing the covers for the series, which is a treat for me because the man was a hero of mine as a kid! Very honored to have his covers making my interiors look half baked! Check out his newest cover here. 

You may notice that it says there that Spiderman will guest star in issue 10 of Deadpool there. That's right. Spider. Man. Pretty sweet getting to draw him with DP.

I've been posting progress pics from the studio over on my Twitter account.  Here's a taste of what you've been missing if you're not on Twitter.

I'm also working on some book plates for a special edition of my G.I. JOE book for IDW. Nice getting to revisit the JOES.

That's all for now. Talk to you soon.

best,
Mike


 
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Live art demo, partying, storm troopers, and free art!

 Hey!

Tomorrow we  celebrate the 25th anniversary of my favorite comic shop, Comix Connection!
We have big plans in store (no pun intended) for the party. The biggest being that artist Dirk Shearer and I are going to try to emulate the masters below....

... by doing a live art demo of our own!

I'll also have some art prizes for folks who bring the most toy donations for the Children's Hospital charity we're supporting during the event. My man Brian Keene will be there, as will the Garrison Carida of the 501st Legion Star Wars

More info at the Comix Connection blog.

So please come by! Last year the event was huge, bug this year it's gonna be like a huge Harlem shake party... minus the Harlem... and the shake....

PEACE!
 Mike


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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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In the studio round up: 2/15/13

Hey everyone,

Here's another round up of the studio and sketchbook pictures I've been posting over on my Twitter account. Just a small look into my process, and a tiny peak at various upcoming projects.

Enjoy!
Mike


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In the Studio 2/11/13

Hey everyone!

Over on my Twitter account I've been posting random pictures from inside my studio. Everything from what page I may be working on that day, shots of what's inside my sketchbook, pics of the materials I use, and even a shot of my motorized desk.

I thought I'd post a few here, for you folks that follow the blog. Hope you enjoy!
 

 More soon!

Best,
Mike




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Deadpool preview & process post

Hey everyone,

Marvel has floated some preview pages from my run Deadpool, and so I figured I'd put a process post up here. You process junkies can compare the pencils and inks.

 

Enjoy,
Mike



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Digital painting demo & my Concept art class at PCAD

Hello everyone,

You may have heard that I'm currently teaching a college class at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. 

The school is pretty fantastic, and best of all it's run by working artists. I'm really thrilled to be there.

Tomorrow is my second class and I'll be doing a live demo on digital painting, and thought I'd share part of the demo here. I'm going to use the following piece as an example.

The class is part of the Illustration curriculum, and the students have already impressed me with their ability and creativity. I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens with this group of artists!




Enjoy,
Mike

PS - Some of you following this blog may have already seen this piece. Sorry for the partial repeat.

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The cat is out of the bag - Deadpool

Hey everyone,

Marvel has announced my jumping in as tag-team artist on Deadpool with my good friend Tony Moore. They announced it with style! Just look at the above teaser image from Arthur Adams! Seriously, I remember reading Mr. Adam's comics as a kid and WISHING I could draw like him, so having him do covers for this is just tickling me silly.

Anyway, I can't show any pages just yet but I can shared some pages from my sketchbook. As you can imagine, a lot of sketching and figuring out goes into beginning any new project - and Deadpool was no exception. Here are a few pages of sketches that went into figuring out my approach to the character.

 I'm having a silly amount of fun on this series! Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn have been a great team to work with. They are writing the hell out of this series and, along with our editor Jordan White, are trusting me to do my thing. Which I love.

 Check out the announcements here and here.

Thanks for all the support everyone, and I hope you enjoy the book...




..."hope" nothin', I KNOW you're gonna love the book ;-)


Best,

Mike

PS - The series is not going to affect my French books and the college class I'm teaching. The schedules are congruent, and all is good. So, no worries.

PSS - It seems that no sooner did the story hit the media that people started voicing concerns over my not having produced any art for the teaser. This is not because I haven't produced any art. In fact I've already handed in a couple of full issues.

So, again, no worries. I got this ;-)

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