Conan: Road if Kings 4 pencils pt.1

Hey everyone!

Conan: Road of Kings #4 is in stores today, so I'll be sharing pencils from that issue here on the blog. First up, one of two double page spreads from the issue.

Enjoy!

Best,
Mike

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Spotlight on... ME! :-)

The kind folks at Comic Alliance featured my work on their site! I'm really flattered, and happy they like my work so much!

Check it out here.

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Mike

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Conan Road of Kings #4

Hey everyone,

Dark Horse has released a preview for the next issue of Conan.

Check it out.

best,
Mike

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Commission

I've been getting some great commission requests lately, and this batch was no different.

One patron asked for a shot of his wife (who just so happens to be a Suicide Girls model) as X23. Very cool :-)

Here's another great request, Big Barda! Which, you know, is right up my alley ;-)

Hope you guys enjoy it.

Best,
Mike



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Roald Dahl week at Comic Twart Pt. 2

I *think* I wrapped up the Roald Dahl piece for Comic Twart.

It's almost what I had envisioned, which means it will bug me in the long run and I'll end up going back into it to tweak the art.

Hope you all dig it.

Best,
Mike

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Roald Dahl week at Comic Twart

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I'm really excited by this week's Comic Twart theme, any book or story by Roald Dahl! I love his books, and have read many of them to my kids (currently reading "The Twits"). But the story I most remember growing up was "The Smoker" or "the Man from the South".

Only, I didn't KNOW it was a Dahl story when I first fell for it! I grew up watching tons of mystery and detective shows as a kid, and that included Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I don't recall most of the episodes I watched and re-watched as a kid, but one episode I could never forget was The 1985 version of "The Man from the South". (the story has been adapted to TV three times, and Tarantino apparently made a version, but one only one I've ever seen was the 85 version)

Before I give anything away, you should go read the original story written by Dahl.

I just love the suspense and drama of the story! This was just my kind of material! Hell, even now I'd REALLY LOVE to adapt this thing, and several other Dahl stories, into comic form! How sweet would that be?!

Anyway, the Comic Twart piece will have to do for now. I'll be posting this thing in bits and pieces till it's done. Here's the premilinary inks over rough pencils.

more soon!

EDIT -

More work in progress for the Dahl piece. Added a scaled brick background on the ground to give the piece some space.

best,
Mike

* - Roald Dahl in 1971 Photo: CORBIS

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BatMAC!

What do you get for the Superhero who has everything (including his own supercomputer!)?

An Apple iPad, of course! ;-)

This is another great commission I got recently. Seriously, can't believe I get paid to have this much fun!

Hope you dig it!

best,
Mike


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Old School Teen Titans

Here's another cool commission I did recently. It's to be a companion piece to the DOOM Patrol art I did a while back for Comic Twart. Same cool collector owns both pieces.

Hope you dig it.

Mike




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Are you reading Raising Crazy?!

Hey everyone!

Hope you're all checking out my web strip, Raising Crazy

Been updating it every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Tell your friends!

Best,
Mike

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Conan VS Hellboy!

The crossover you never expected!

Still can't believe we're doing it!

EDIT:
Ok, ok. This was a bit of a put on for April Fool's Day! Well, you can only blame yourselves! I never ACTUALLY said it would be a comic crossover, just a crossover in this piece of commission art!

To make it up to you guys, the first ten people to e-mail me at mhawthorne @ thinktankcomics.com gets a free Conan sketchcard!

UPDATE!
Got all ten people lined up for free sketches. Thanks everyone, and sorry if you missed out this time around.

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Mike

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Daredevil, Frank Miller remix!

Hey everyone,

Ok, so I recently got a commission to do a large Daredevil piece. I tossed around the idea of doing a classic Daredevil-over-the-city type of piece, but none of the sketches I did spoke to me.

I think it was because in the back of my mind I really wanted to do a companion piece to the Elektra Lives Again piece I did a while back.

So I searched around on Google and found this cover by Miller and Janson.

It hit me all at once that I wanted to remix this thing! EVEN at the risk of being presumptuous (This IS Miller after all!)

So I came up with this.

I agonized over this thing, but in the end I'm pretty happy. Had a ton of fun on it too.

Enjoy!

Best,
Mike

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Conan: Road of Kings #3 pencils

I've been meaning to post these since issue three of Conan" Road of Kings came out a couple of weeks back. So, sorry for the delay. Anyway, I wanted to share some of the pencils from the book, which I really enjoyed working on.

This sequence was really difficult to pull off, and my choice to make 2 and 3 a two page spread didn't help matters, but in the end it was worth it. I hope you'll agree.

I'll share more pencils soon.

Best,
Mike


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Comic Twart - Emma Frost

This week's pick is Emma Frost, which I confess I know nothing about. Wasn't she a villain before? What is her "power", the ability to never be embarrassed?

Still, she was crazy fun to draw ;-)

Best,
Mike

EDIT: Fellow Comic Twartist Nathan Fairbairn colored up the Frost piece! Check it out!

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Thulsa Doom commission

Hey all!

Got some incredibly cool commission requests, and am working on them now.

Wrapped up the first one, Conan and Kull villain Thulsa Doom! Man, I had so much fun drawing this that it makes me wish Roy would write him into the Conan series! Who doesn't want to see this guy fight Conan?!

Any way, more soon.

best,
Mike

PS - See the previous post for items still on sale. I'll be posting new stuff soon.

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Commissions and art sales

hey everyone,

I've cleared my plate of commissions and I'm ready to take on new ones. So if you're interested in one, please e-mail me at mhawthorne AT thinktankcomics.com

I'm also going to be having an art sale over at the store. I have a lot of pages and Comic Twart piece I'll be offering, but thought I'd offer them here first.

Thor, approximately 8.5" x 11" - SOLD!


Punisher, approximately 5.5" x 11.5" - SOLD!

Jonah Hex,approximately 5.5" x 8.5" - $50

Vampirella, 3" x 4.25" - $20

Nexus, approximately 5.75" x 8.5" - $50



Asterix, approximately 11" x 17". Pencils and inks - $300
(note - This was penciled with a blue pencils, despite the scan looking grey)

Lots more stuff to offer, especially Conan pages. Most of the bigger Comic Twart pieces have been sold, but not all. Let me know if you're interested in any of them.

E-mail all inquiries to mhawthorne AT thinktankcomics.com

Best,
Mike

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Classic Suicide Squad

Here's another commission I wrapped up recently. Can't believe people pay me to have this much fun ;-)

Best,
Mike

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HOP theatrical trailer!

Hey everyone!

Remember a while back when I mentioned I was story boarding a film? Well, the film's name is HOP and the trailers for that movie have started to make the rounds!



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I'm pretty excited about having had the opportunity to work on it, and even more excited to take my kids to go see it! I got to work on a few major scenes in the film, and there are even a few bits in this trailer that I boarded. So cool! :-)

There was also a scene where a cover to my comic Hysteria: One Man Gang was used as a prop poster in the background. Unfortunately the scene was cut, but I'm REALLY hoping they put a "deleted scenes" section on the DVD and include my art. Fingers crossed!

Anyway, just wanted to share. Hope you dig it!

Best,
Mike

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The Shadow

One of two commissions I'm wrapping up this weekend. Never drew the Shadow before, and ended up really enjoying it :-)

Best,
Mike

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Rasing Crazy, are you reading it?

SO, have you been reading my new webcomic "Raising Crazy"? If not, SHAME on you dude! Seriously, you should be very sad for yourself!

Go remedy that stuff right now! :-)

Best,
Mike

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Big signing event tomorrow!

Hey everyone!

Tomorrow I'll be at Comix Connection's 23rd anniversary bash! I'll be there from 12 to 3, and doing a live Conan demo during the signing! I have something special planned, so if you're anywhere near the area you gotta swing by!

Check out the store's blog for more info.

Best,
Mike

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