Friday, July 08, 2016

Geppi Museum art exhibition!

Hey everyone!

Big news! The Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore (right next to Camden Yards) just hung an exhibition of my work! 


Here are a few sneak peeks. 






The Museum is a sight to behold, the collection is amazing, and the building is beautiful, so I'm thrilled and honored to get to show some work there. 

The exhibition is to open this coming Wednesday (July 13th), and the show is to run three months. It'll feature more than 25 pieces of art, including covers and double page spreads. All the good stuff! So, if you're coming to Baltimore (maybe for the upcoming Comicon?) for anything please stop by and check it out. 

best,
Mike



Thursday, July 07, 2016

Deadpool #15 sneak peek

Hey everyone,

Marvel released a preview for Deadpool 15, so it's safe to share the pencils for all you process junkies out there that enjoy seeing the inner workings.





I had Miles in that last scene, mostly cause my son digs him, but we needed to pull him for story reasons. 

Enjoy! 
Mike



Tuesday, June 28, 2016

War and Peace sketchbooks are now available!



Hey everyone! 

We got the sketchbooks in from the printer and I couldn't be happier! The quality is fantastic, I'm thrilled with how everything came out. The folks at Story Supply Co. did a great job putting this together, and are now doing a great job fulfilling orders! I'm already hearing from folks who ordered during the pre-order period and have received their sketchbooks.

I've been busily signing and sketching up the pre-orders. Check it out! 

Some custom sketch orders:



Some "random sketch" orders: 






I'm hearing from folks who want signed or sketched in books but missed the preorder period. I'm sorry if you missed out on the chance to get a sketched or signed edition. The pre-order period can't last forever. I wish it could, but I'd have to quit my job just to keep sketching and signing these things! 

We do have a bit of good news on that front! I'll be signing and sketching at upcoming sketchbook events. The first will be our launch party at Hive Artspace in York City, PA this Friday (July 1st) starting at 5pm. 

More events are in the works, and I'll post here when the time comes. 

Thanks to EVERYONE who supported this project with your pre-orders! I can't thank you enough! You helped make the launch of this line a big success! THANK YOU!! 

To everyone else out there: Please support this creator owned project of mine! Not only will you get TWO sketchbooks from each set (with both the War and Peace covers) but for each set sold we donate one free sketchbook to a young artist in a struggling city school art program. You'll help to provide a sketchbook to a kid with ideas! 

Order right here by clicking the icon at the top right of this page, or go to the Story Supply Co. store - http://www.storysupplyco.com/products/war-and-peace-by-mike-hawthorne

And thank you! 

Best,
Mike

Friday, June 24, 2016

Today is the day!




Today is the DAY! We're to get the sketchbooks from the printer today! I want to thank EVERYONE that pre-ordered! You're the absolute best! 
I'll begin signing and sketching in the sketchbooks this weekend & Story SupplyCo. will start shipping orders very soon! 
For everyone that wants a set of sketchbooks, you can now buy them here, or using the widget right here on the blog, at the top right hand side. 
Support this line so we can support young artists! For every set you buy we will donate one sketchbook to a student in need. 
Thanks again to everyone!
Best,
Mike



Saturday, June 18, 2016

Last chance!




Hey everyone! 
It's official, the War & Peace editions of my sketchbook collaboration with Story Supply Co. is at the printer! That means that the pre-order period, and your chance to get the sketchbook signed or sketched in by me, is almost gone! 
The pre-order period is officially over on Monday, June 20th, so if you want to secure a set your time is running out. Get on it! After this there is no guarantee you'll be able to get a signed or sketched-in edition (unless you can make it to one of our upcoming events).

Pre-order here, or just use the button here on the site at the top right hand side. 

Best!
Mike


 

Thursday, June 09, 2016

Deadpool 14 preview


Process junkies, rejoice!  Here are some Deadpool 14 preview pages, before Terry and Jordie work their magic on them! 





You can see and enjoy the inked, lettered, and colored preview here. 

Enjoy!
Mike





Tuesday, May 24, 2016

War and Peace sketchbook edition FAQ



Hey everyone, 
We've gotten some questions about the upcoming sketchbooks with Story Supply Co., and I've noticed some confusion I want to clear up. 

1. The War and Peace edition is a limited edition sketchbook. So, once we sell out there is NO GUARANTEE that you'll be able to get a set. 
Some folks are taking a "waiting and see" approach with this, which is a mistake. I can't stress enough, this is NOT like in comics where you can wait for the trade. If you want to be SURE to get these limited edition sketchbook you gotta pre-order. 

2. Only the pre-ordered sketchbooks are GUARANTEED to be signed. Once the pre-orders are done, there is NO guarantee of getting a signed edition, unless you can personally come to one of our events for the sketchbook. 
Same goes with the sketches inside the sketchbooks. If you want me to sign and sketch in your special edition sketchbooks you MUST pre-order and choose one of the two sketch options.

3. If you choose the $50 sketch option I will do a sketch in one of your sketchbooks. 
Which leads me to...

4. With your pre-order you get BOTH the War AND Peace sketchbook, NOT one or the other. They come as a set of two. Each SET sold also means we donate one sketchbook to a young artist.

5. I don't currently doing commissions, but if you choose the $100 sketch option for the set I will do one sketch, character of your choice, in one of the sketchbooks. So, basically a commission, with the pre-order.

If you have any questions the folks at Story Supply Co. and I would love to answer them, and we hope you choose to support this important project! But you have to jump on this before all the pre-order options are gone! 


Thanks!
Mike

Friday, May 20, 2016

"War and Peace"! My new line of sketchbooks, with Story Supply Co.

Ready for the BIG NEWS regarding my new project with The Story Supply Co.?! 



WAR

PEACE


Well, here it is! I’ve developed a line of sketchbooks in conjunction with the folks at Story Supply Co.! Each sketchbook will have a full wrap around cover by me. I’ve designed it around a two-word theme, in this case it’s “War and Peace”. 


This project is very special to me. Growing up a very poor kid the one thing that changed the course of my life was drawing. When I entered the art program at William Penn High School one of the first things given to me was a free sketchbook. It may have seemed like a small thing to my teachers, but to me it meant the world. I filled up sketchbook after sketchbook, and they always had a new one to replace the old. 

Now I draw for a living and I’m in the position to return the favor. For every set of “War and Peace” sketchbooks sold Story Supply Co. and I will donate one free sketchbook to a young artist. Our first batch of books is destined for my old High School art program, run by my one-time teacher (and one of my heroes) Joan Inman. 

If you follow me on social media you know how much I love to sketch. I wanted to make a sketchbook I’d lover to draw in. Story Supply and I have worked hard to make this sketchbook as great as it can be. I got to hand pick paper stocks with them, hammer out the design, and let my mind loose on the coolest covers I could think of. Story Supply is putting it all together and have nailed down every detail, down the color of the staples holding this beauty together! 

I hope you will too, and that you’ll support us on this crazy new venture we’ve cooked up! 

Thanks!

Best,
Mike

PS - I don’t often do commissions, and rarely attend cons, so pre-order early if you want one of the sketch options! 


New project with Story Supply Co.!


I have a new project with The Story Supply Co. in the works, soon to be announced! 

Stay Tuned.

Mike

Saturday, May 07, 2016

FCBD!


Happy Free Comic Book Day!

I'll be at Comix Connection York from 11 - 2, and The Comic Store Lancaster from 4 - 6

We're also doing a food and toy drive at Comix Connection. Top food donator at today's food drive (during my DCBD signing at Comix Connection - York) wins this drawing!



Come by and say hi! 

Best!
Mike

Sunday, April 24, 2016

UMBRA returns!

Hey everyone!

Remember the book I drew called UMBRA? The one that got a Harvey Nomination? Yeah, well, guess what?... it's being collected into a trade for the first time!!

Dover Books is getting into comics, and one of the books on their slate is UMBRA with Stephen Murphy. I'm still very proud of this story and I hope you'll all consider ordering it from your local comic shop, book store, or online. 

Here's the all new cover.


The plan is to also add new story pages into it. The trick will be to draw them so it looks like my style from years ago! ;-)

Best!
Mike


Thursday, April 14, 2016

ORIGINAL Deadpool Loves Baymax

Hey,

Just in case it comes up in an argument, or a court case... I drew this first...


Note the date:

Also, I have NO connection to this person or this person or anyone else stealing this image. 

So, yeah. Thanks. 

Mike



Friday, April 08, 2016

Sketches!



A peak at some recent sketchbook entries. 


















Best!
Mike

Friday, March 18, 2016

My new everyday-carry just got upgraded!

Between Story Supply Co., Metal Shop Ct., and Makers South, my everyday-carry has been totally reinvented! 

Check out my new Story Supply travel sketchbook, my Twist Bullet Pencil by Metal Shop Ct., and some great leather sketchbook covers by Makers South. 

Please support these awesome guys who are making great supplies for writers and artists! 


These are my new art supply addiction! 

Best,
Mike 


Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Deadpool issue 7: Masacre origin translation

Hey everyone!

Deadpool #7, Deadpool's 25th anniversary issue, is out and it features the Masacre origin story written and drawn by me. I'm incredibly thrilled and proud to have gotten the chance to do it, but I know some folks are having trouble reading the Spanish bits. SO, I want to post the translation here so everyone can enjoy the entire story.

Hope you all like it!

Best,
Mike



“El Diablo Empujó” by Mike Hawthorne 

“El Diablo Empuja”  is an old spanish expression that means  “The devil pushes”. My mother would often say it to me if I was, for instance, playing with a knife. A little like “Playing with fire”, only the implication is that if you play with something dangerous the Devil will push your hand, causing you to harm someone, even if you didn't intend to. 

"Empujó" is past tense for "empuja".  So, the title means "The Devil pushed".

PG 1. 

PN 1. 

Narrator/Masacre - Dedicating my life to the church was something I thought would make me feel whole. I was selfish enough to buy into the reward system the church had sold me: Be good, and the Kingdom is yours.

translation:
Siempre pensé que sí dedicaba mi vida a la iglesia sería una manera de sentirse uno completo. 

Sentirse importante.  

Fui suficientemente egoísta y creí en la sistema de recompensa de la iglesia: se bueno, y el reino es tuyo.


PN 2. 

Narrator - Now I see, there is no reward. 

No Kingdom.

No goodness

translation:
Ahora lo veo. No hay recompensa

No hay reino.

No hay bondad.

PN 3. 

Vendor 1 - “Sirs, these Sombreros belonged to my dear old uncles, who both fought along side of Zapata himself!”

You have no shame, Luis.

translation:
 “¡Señores, estos sombreros le pertenecían a mis queridos tíos, que lucharon al lado del mismo Zapata!”

¡Luis, eres un SINVERGÜENZA!


Vendor 2 - What do I care. They’ll be back in Kentucky, or Missisippi, New Jersey, or wherever gringos live, before they notice the ‘Made in china’ labels.

translation:
Qué me importa. Volverán a Kentucky, o Mississippi, o Nueva Jersey, o a cualquier otro lugar donde viven gringos, antes de que noten las etiquetas de "hecho en China."


PG 3. 

PN 3 

Priest (Masacre, not visible inside his partition of the confession booth)- “Bienvenido, mijo.”

translation:
"Welcome, my son."




PG 7.

 PN 2. 

Swede - Ahh, Padre! You’re just in time!

translation:
“¡Ahh, Padre! Llegaste en buen tiempo!

PN 3. 

Swede - I was just about to see if these lovely Americans can do the sombrero dance…

translation:
Estaba a punto de ver si estos Americanos pueden hacer el baile del sombrero…

 PN 4 

Swede - …with NO FEET! 

translation:
…SIN PIES!



PG 8.  

PN 2. 

Swede - Padre, you want the first swing? 

translation:
¿Padre, quieres dar el primer golpe?

PN 3.

Masacre - No. I want you to go back to your boss. Leave these fools alone.

translation:
No. Quiero que vuelvas a tu Patrón y dejes a estos tontos quieto.

PN 4. 

Swede - The Señor appreciates what you did for him with that Demon, but…

translation:
El SeÅ„or te agradece lo que hiciste por él con ese demonio, pero …

PN 5. 

Swede - But I owe you nothing, Exorcist! 

translation:
… ¡Yo no te debo nada, exorcista!



PG 10. 


PN 2. 
Narrator (Massacre) - The devil in my confession booth was meant to push me. Make me decide which path to take.

translation:
Ese diablo en mi confesionario estaba destinado a empujarme a decidir qué camino tenía que tomar.

PN 3. 

Narrator (Massacre) -  If there is no good in this world…

translation:
Si no hay bondad en este mundo…

PN 4.

Narrator (Massacre) - …Then perhaps it’s time for a Massacre.
translation:
…a lo mejor es hora para un Masacre.



¡FIN!



Saturday, February 06, 2016

News for Art Collectors!

News for Art Collectors! 
I've signed up with art dealer to the stars, Albert Moy! Most of my career I've held on to my work, but I've decided to open up the vault, starting with my covers. 

Albert reps lots of awesome artist, included big names like Jim Lee, Bruce Tim and John Cassaday. So, I'm very flattered he's interested in my work. 
We have three covers available at the moment but, if things go well, I'll be adding to the stash very soon.


Enjoy!
Mike



Friday, February 05, 2016

Deadpool #7 preview!


Hey everyone!

There is an official preview for Deadpool #7 online, with a peek at the story I wrote and drew for it! It's about Masacre, the Mexican deadpool, and is an origin of sorts.

I'm especially thrilled that Marvel let me do part of the issue in Spanish.

Check out the preview here. 

And, for you process junkies, here's the preview page before Terry and Jordie made it look amazing!



Hope you all enjoy the issue! 

best,
Mike