ALIEN TECHNOLOGY

MEET THE MUSCLE PT2

2011-11-21T18:26:00.001-08:00

Meet RAILROAD.

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn.

Likes:

The Chicks.
Teddy Bears.
Beer.
Working Out.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Sackin' The QB
Shiners. ( All Kinds)
Go-Whump-Key ( A Polish Delight, in case you didn't know.)

Being the first one in the Battle.

Check him out on Facebook for more...

www.facebook.com/pages/Battle-Team-5/302325799795409

And GET YOUR BATTLE ON!

MEET THE MUSCLE

2011-11-18T07:51:00.001-08:00

"Life is a treadmill."

That's what his coach use to say.

Meet RAILROAD

Resident strongman of BATTLE TEAM 5.

His real friends call him "Big Joe".

Once a promising football star, crippled with a rare bone disease Joe Helkowski volunteers to under go an experimental medical operation that transforms his body into a metal goliath. This mysterious copper alloy alllows Joe to become the human wrecking ball--- RAILROAD!!!

And sidenote: The chicks dig the reflective glare.

GET YOUR BATTLE ON!

Please join us on facebook @

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YOU SHOULD KNOW...

2011-10-31T13:45:00.001-07:00

Imagine if technology became heresy due to a new Dark Age.

Now imagine mystics and warriors who wage war with one another over a
broken technology that has been encoded in one singular device.

A machine that holds the answers of the past and future of everything.
A quantum mechanical crystal ball.

Now imagine if that machine malfunctioned.

This is BATTLE TEAM 5.

And that is just the prologue to our story.

The Future is Now.

Starting in November you will be introduced to all 5 team members.
Please check back early and often and pass it on.

We are 39 followers deep. Let's go for 40. Tell a friend.

Get Your BATTLE ON.

FOOM!

2011-10-22T08:20:00.001-07:00

Revolution is Calling your name.

Sneak preview page from BATTLE TEAM FIVE

Get Your Battle ON!

M.

GET YOUR BATTLE ON

2011-10-20T13:14:00.001-07:00

Nostalgia.

To me, nostalgia is why I do what it is that I do. It is the sole
driving force behind every idea and pitch I produce
these days for brewing projects. It provides me with my
creative motivations and my artistic instincts every time I sit down
and start to construct at my workspace.

I have a very messy workspace indeed.

But there is a method in all of the madness and I recently stumbled
upon it while moving boxes around in my studio ( which is in my
basement) due to flooding. What i found in those misadventures led me
to all of this:

A comic book I created when i was 11 years old. Actually 5 comic
books. It's all housed here (picture shown) in one of those 5 Subject
Mead Notebook Jimmie Jawnz. Five is a recurring theme in all of this.
Remember that in the future. 5.

The thesis of this project came out of a conversation with an old friend
over beers while looking through the comic book itself. We laughed and
made fun of the insanity of my 11 year old brain, the randomness and
obvious influence of other pop cultural cartoon stimuli...

Star Blazers. Battle of The Planets. Astro Boy. Speed Racer. The
Fantastic Four. Shogun Warriors. Ultra Man...

The list can go on. But all was evident... This was my Creative ID taking
shape. Mission Command abandoned only to be found 28 years later. My
Buck Rogers Moment.

That night it was suggested that (in jest- or at least I thought we
were joking) I should play around with the idea of "re-imagining" what
these super hero characters would look like today with my current
skill set and abilities. So I sat with it. Flipped some things around.
Turned some things up. Reenforced the dot connectors.

This whole project is to be an experience in creative self-awareness
and discovery. When i look over what i have to date i am
pleased with myself. Not because I am just happy with the artwork but
i am happy with tapping back into the joy of what i do again.

So without any further ado...

Let's get to creating.

Enjoy the Experience and thank you for coming along for the ride.

Buckle. Up.

And please join us for the ride.

M.

SKETCHBOOK and PRINTS FOR SALE!!!

2011-06-27T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone

Finally! Finally i have a collected SKETCHBOOK for sale. Hopefully the first of many... This Sketchbook consists of 28 black and white images on 5x8 card stock.

The SKETCHBOOK is $20.00 US Dollars.

There is a $5 US dollar shipping and handling charge in the States.

Shipping outside the States varies so please inquire via email on those rates.

ALSO-

There are a limited amount of prints available as well! These prints are 8x11 black and white images printed on postboard card stock. Please inquire about what prints are available via email.

The price: $15 US Dollars.

If interested please drop me an email @ Alien.Technology.2.Mars@ gmail.com

We take Paypal, Personal check, and Money Order. Once payment has been received your order will be sent out to you! Allow 5-10 Business days for delivery.

And Thank You!!

Feast!

M.

"IT'S CASTLE BREYSKULL... AND IT'S MINE!!"

2011-01-26T11:28:00.000-08:00

You know the deal.

Feast.

THEM HOODRATZ

2010-12-14T05:37:00.000-08:00

More STREET SONGZ.

Feast.

STRANGE LOVE

2010-12-05T10:49:00.000-08:00

BALLOONS!

Feast,

M.

GET DOWN ON IT

2010-11-18T19:25:00.000-08:00

More STREET SONGZ.

Feast,

M.

B.A.D

2010-11-16T20:40:00.000-08:00

"Ain't no limit to the sh*t He starts..."

Some Old STREET SONGZ for your eyeholes.

Feast,

M.

FLAME ON B*TCHES!!!

2010-11-16T20:32:00.000-08:00

Johnny Storm will give you the bizness.

Feast,

M.

RUNNERZ

2010-11-16T20:18:00.000-08:00

All day.

You heard about it here first.

Feast,

M.

STANDSTILL RATGURL WHILE I CLOBBER YA!

2010-11-16T20:13:00.000-08:00

More BALLOONS!

Feast,

M.

SMOKE BREAKZ

2010-11-16T20:08:00.000-08:00

*BALLOONS!

More Commissions.

Feast,

M.

SHE'S A BITCH ( IN FULL COLOR)

2010-11-08T09:36:00.001-08:00

Recent NYCC commission colorized.

Chris Shields did the colors. Great dude.

Thanks Chris!

Feast.

M.

CUTS U UP

2010-11-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

Apparently she hates pigeons as well.

More commissions.

Feast,

M.

SHE DESTROYS MY SOUL

2010-11-04T05:56:00.000-07:00

"They way you love me is so goddamn reckless.
Yeah Honey it's wild.
But that's the way... That i like it.
You can love me anytime."

~The Almighty.

More commission work. Yay me.

Feast.

M.

SCHWIIIIIING LOW

2010-11-04T05:54:00.000-07:00

BALLOONS!*

*( Means Commissions in other languages not your own)

Feast.

M.

SO HARD

2010-11-04T05:44:00.000-07:00

" Yes love.
I love you're fucking attitude. Because the nigga that plays pussy, is the nigga that's getting screwed."

~ The Notorious B.I.G said that.

Started work on STREET SONGZ.

More to come.

Feast.

M.

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BURN

2010-08-29T19:52:00.000-07:00

FLAME ON!

Feast.

M.

GRRRL U BETTA WORK

2010-07-30T05:34:00.000-07:00

U-GO Grrrl and Doop.

Dancing the night away.

Feast.

M.

MR. DARKLOCK, If you please...

2010-07-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

Szygy Darklock.

Resident spell caster and all around tall cool one.

More Dreadstar doodles.

Feast.

M.

THE SERENDIPITY OF BEING LOST

2010-07-29T08:16:00.000-07:00

More Dreadstar re-imagines.

Willow and Rainbow.

I really wanted to work on her eyes. It was very difficult to pull off a sense of "Knowing" even in her blindness.

Feast,

M.

ILL Z COMMUNICATIONZ

2010-07-01T14:59:00.000-07:00

Here's comes some cosmic something sumthin' for your eyeballz.

Z verses Vanth.

Because you needed more Dreadstar in your lives.

Feast,

M.

The Unthinkable

2010-06-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

It's been a minute since i've posted something on here.

That lack of love and absence will make the heart grow stronger.

Speaking of love.

Have i mentioned lately that Dragon Age has a new colorist?

His name is Andres Mossa and i luv him. His colors are beautiful and it's a honor to have him on the team.

Feast.

M.

THE BURNING SON

2009-10-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

O yes.

Sunfire.

Feast.

M.

SOUND BOMBING

2009-10-24T10:53:00.000-07:00

I hate pigeons.

So does Banshee.

He's the head bird in charge 'namean?

Feast

M.

JUST LEAVE ME HERE

2009-10-24T10:50:00.000-07:00

Thunderbird anyone?

Anyone?

I picked the death scene. Cult of Luna has this lil ditty of the same name...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-euOmZLikvc

Powerful stuff. Makes me think about an all or nothing scenario.

So Thunderbird for me.

Feast

M.

SHE LOVES HIM DEAD.

2009-10-16T13:43:00.000-07:00

She truly does.

More FoeVSFoe collectables for your eyeballs.

Calypso ( Old Spider-Man foe that no one probably remembers) and Solomon Grundy.

I did some of this and thats to the designs and feel of both characters. Can't say i stayed faithful to the original designs. The only images of Calypso i could find was Todd McFarlane's. I gotta say i hated it and thought she kinda sorta kinda looked like a tranny instead of what i had in my head when i read up on her.

Besides i had this image in my head that she could possibly be Kraven the Hunter's daughter. I also liked the concept of a little voodoo girl messing up the night with zombies and other badness.

So there it is...

Feast

M.

Solomon Grundy would be her bitch. Because that's what zombie's are to a Voodoo preistess

THE COMMITMENT TO SPARKLE MOTION CONTINUES...

2009-10-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

Yes. Yes. Yall.

And we don't stop.

Got super excited about going to see KISS for the second time in my lifetime.

So that's when the Dazzler inspiration happened. I wonder if somehow somewhere down the line if this character was influenced by them. Seems possibly likely maybe.

Anywayz.

Feast,

M.

INSANITY TIMES INFINITY AND THEN BEYOND

2009-10-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

So i think i am losing my mind.

Madrox the Multiple Man.

Feast,

M.

CAUSIN' SOME HAVOC

2009-09-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

The title above says it all about this month... resulting in my only posting 2 images on this blog!

I promise to show more love here in the month of October.

Anywayz.

Alex Summers is enraged about all of this too.

Feast.

M.

THIS IS HOW WE DO

2009-09-10T15:01:00.000-07:00

So.

This is officially a "MAN UP" session in progress.

I just got an inking gig. Inking myself. I will be doing this for the last of issue 5 of the Kill Krew.

This is a sample of me inking me.

I am nervous about the "official" inking of myself to be honest. BUT since it's in the fat of the fire of the deadline race of death.

( because something will die this weekend i assure you. I could be any one of the many variables that clutter my human space)

So it's on like Hot butta popcorn and I hope you like. Because you gonna get a face full of me inking me in the Finale of the Skrull Kill Krew.

Should be awesomeness.

Feast

M.

THIS LIFE. THE FANTASTIC

2009-08-31T16:36:00.000-07:00

Screwing around with the FF.

Old School gone New School.

Feast.

M.

BACK IN BLACK

2009-08-31T07:57:00.001-07:00

Queen B

Inked.

Feast.

M.

ONE QUEEN B

2009-08-25T08:37:00.001-07:00

Yes.

The Baroness my friends.

or shall i say The Hotttness?

Feast.

M.

TINKtinkTINKtinkTINK

2009-08-25T08:35:00.000-07:00

More Cobra stuff.

Feast.

M.

THE TROUBLE MEN

2009-08-18T12:47:00.000-07:00

Saw GIJOE :The Rise of Cobra.

It wasn't a good flick... But it brought back memories of a yesterday when i was a kid. Cobra was always wayyyy cooler than the Joe Team. ( which the exception of Flint- who somehow got casted to Brendan Frasier of all people?? Really?)

Anywayz...

Hail Cobra.

Feast.

M.

BLOOD MAGIC WOMAN

2009-08-11T11:12:00.000-07:00

Like a Pisces.

Only meaner.

KILLER SUMMER LULLABY

2009-08-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

Sounds like a Silversun Pickups song don't it?

More Foes on Foes stuff.

This was fun to do during my downtime waiting for scripts for SKK finale ( which will be dope i assure you.)

I'm gonna try to get more of these "warm up sketches" into the mix and up here on the boards as i try to plow thru my workload and stay in practice.

The downtime during the summer time can be a killer.

SHE LEADS. THEY FOLLOW.

2009-08-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

Yes Yes Yall.

I have returned with new images for your perusal.

FOR THE WORLD SERIES continues.

Wonder Woman.

I see her as the leader of the JLA pact. I think she is an undermined character in the DCU. She should be like Thor on steroids.

Feast.

M.

LIKE A FIST OF RAGE

2009-06-30T09:21:00.000-07:00

Just got this back from Andrew, a con goer from WWPHILLY.

Another commission.

Feast.

M.

PROTECT YOUR NECK

2009-06-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

A past commission.

Storm Shadow caught up in the undertow.

Feast.

M.

NO RIVALS

2009-06-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

Hey Now.

The aftermath of WWPhilly is here.

I am back on my grizzly doing doodles and putting down the good oldies.

The good stuff. The stuff i hold back because i work on them off and on for months until someone says...That's done dude.

This was actually the doodle that inspired the FOR THE WORLD collection.

When i look back on some projects...Like say LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS. I always wish i could have done more. I like the feel of DC's version of Doctor Doom.

What do you think?

Feast.

M.

HOW MANY LIGHTERS ON MY DRESSER?

2009-06-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

So i just swiped a shitload of ball point pens from Kinkos as i waited for they guy with the blank stare to try to figure out my inker's zip code.

Gearing up for Wizard World Philly this weekend.

Hope to see some of you there. I am ready to fire it up.

Did you know ( or at least i heard this story- urban legend talk that i refuse to buck with) THAT having a white lighter is uber bad luck?

Like death kinda bad luck.

Anywayz. They Chinese lady at the corner store confirmed it as she pushed the white lighters behind the red ones as i left.

Here's some more For The World stuff.

Black Lighting and That Really Fast Guy.

Feast.

M.

COLD KREWIN' IT

2009-06-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

I think Kid Rock is THE OFFICIAL soundtrack in my brain when i am doodlin' this book.

Devil without a Cause is great. I see SKK like that.

I am trying to slip a "kid Rock-ish homage at some point. I'm working on it.

Included with in are some various clips and shots and whathaveyouz.

Inks are provided the the fantastic Mike Getty.

The book is now on sale. Please pick up a copy or tell a friend or do a disco jig.

M.

Feast.

FIRESTAR'TAH!

2009-06-04T07:24:00.000-07:00

This is a redesign of the JLA in my vision i suppose.

I noticed that i don't have too many DC sketches in my bag and these were fun and a distraction at the time so on with it-

This one featured is a new Green Latern. JLA needs alil bit more rockNroll IMO.

So this is Star. Resident trouble maker.

Cue in Prodigy's Firestarter now.

Feast.

M.

FOESvsFOES (batteries Not Included)

2009-05-31T11:58:00.001-07:00

Yes.

More Spider-Man Foes vs Batman Madness.

The basic concept so far is putting these two foe groups together in the same space and see the chaos ensue. IMO their is no hero(s) out there with a better villain gallery than that of the Spider and the Bat.

These usually take some time because i'm trying to commit myself to whatever combinations i come up with and totally do a... "One and done" type of deal with them. No repeats. No do-overs.

Maybe one day i'll be able to hook up my newphew for his college fund or somethin like that. Who knows.

I do know that i'm usually pretty happy with these pieces as a whole. They are as fun as it gets for me i suppose. And there's tons to go thru and think on... I guess that's half the fun- thinking of the possible combos and what it would look like and ultimately trying to figure out who wins and loses. Or maybe just there is no end to the madness.

They just stop fighting when one of those "super hero dicks" drops by.

More to come!

Feast.

M.

A SPACEKNIGHT

2009-05-29T13:13:00.000-07:00

HOLY SMOKES!!

I new log entry!

I saw Star Trek...I thought it was lame...But it got me all Galactic inside so...

Here's your Spaceknight.

Feast.

M.

SHE SPINS BLACK CIRCLES

2008-11-09T13:41:00.001-08:00

Something i got cooking for a side project with Simon Spurrier.

I really like the energy i can get out of using only bic ballpoint pens for the inking. I dunno- I wanna push this more but i have no idea to go with it from here.

I feel that color could bring a lot more out of the style.

Still..?

Feast.

M.

STEALING FAT

2008-10-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

That was the song playing when i was finishing this up the old Ipod-

Dust Bros. (from Fight Club)

This continues the series of Batman villians VS Spidey Foes.

Feast.

M.

CUT.IT.OUT

2008-10-21T09:36:00.000-07:00

So yeah.

Sometimes things get convoluted.

That means basically that sometimes i send i artwork- in the layout stage- it gets the OK. But when i do actual "finished" pencils it can get...well...

Convoluted. Edited down to a more PG rated state. This not the first time this has happened to me- SO i wanted to post the double page spread you won't be seeing in it's original state because i thought it was mild- maybe not so much to the powers that be.

I do believe panels 3 and 4 were too graphic for an all ages adventures book. That Wolverine and those stupid claws of his always getting in the way of morality.

Sigh.*

Feast!

M.

THE BEATS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES

2008-10-19T16:02:00.001-07:00

So I think my scanner is dying.

It's doing weird shit like scanning things sideways. Half pages. Whatever it wants to basically to piss me off.

So yeah- wanted to get something new up here. It's been awhile since i left you with alil' something somethin'.

So this is a sneaky peak from WEAPON X:First Class. Part of 7 panel double page spread in Issue 2. My inspiration for this was Jack Kirby meets OLD BOY. I hope people dig the series. It's a challenge that's for sure...

Should be pretty cool to see what happens. Maybe everyone will love it and buy hundreds of thousands of copies and i will get offered some stuff to do and i can buy a new scanner and provide the people with solid crisp clean scans.

Maybe.

On Sale Nov. 5th people.

Feast.

SHARP, POINTY AND BAD

2008-10-12T19:10:00.000-07:00

Weapon X

Sneaky peek.

This guy is driving me insane. I still don't feel i have a handle on the character. He has to be one of the hardest characters to nail down in the Marvel U.

I guess there's SO many incarnations of him floating around to be influenced by it's hard to peel back all of that and find something of my own to put into him.

I've been going with the Samurai look. I made his outfit more mesh-y and sharp edged. I went with combining what JR JR and Cockrum did for him. I tried (maybe i failed who knows) to incorporate a more feral look as well. I definately wanted to stay with the short and stocky fireplug look.

I dunno- What i do know is that i'm thinking that Wolverine's first design was to mimic Batman's.Especially the head piece fro his cowl...that thing makes absolutely NO sense...I haven't wrestled with my creative brain this much since Bloodrayne and those crazy rings in her hair.

Anywayz...

Feast!

M.

SCDF! (A Slight Return)

2008-10-08T16:55:00.000-07:00

Ok.

Here's some new stuff!!!

Character designs for Sunset City Devils Forever.

Some SCDF! for your eyeballz!!!

Some of these images are "still" works in progress...But the general feel of what i want is pretty much in there.Hopefully, I can get more motivated to get some more of these done and the rest finished up.

First to last-

"Blood Brothers"-
"The Hands of Regis"
"MayzeeO's Knife Party"

Feast.

M.

STILL ALIVE AND WELL

2008-09-11T09:44:00.001-07:00

Yeah.

It's been awhile. No art to post though- I'm in the weeds with the Weapon X:First Class mini that i'm moving thru.

Slow and steady.

I have art to show- but i'm holding on to it until it's time. Most of it will be stuff I've been playing with for SUNSETCITY DEVILS FOREVER.

It's been a year let me tell you. The Ghost Rider and Ms. Marvel books seem to have been a success. I got work lined up so i'm pretty happy about that.

In other news- Rob Campanella will be joining me for inking duties for Weapon X. He's a Philly guy- we hang out and have late-late talks @ a local center city diner. Rob's a pro man.If you ever get a chance to pick his brain I would suggest you do so.

I am told i have something els elined up after this gig with Marvel- so let the speculations begin.

I'll post it here first- I want cracks at Black Panther, Iron Fist and Ghost Rider.

Nothing to feast here- so i'll end with a "Word".

Thanks for stopping and i promise i will post artwork soon!!

M.

BACK FROM THE LAB

2008-07-27T14:29:00.000-07:00

I lied.

Here's some Ghost Rider Inked goodies i got from Danny MIki...mmm...

You likey?

August baby...August.

Feast.

M.

BACK IN THE DAYZ 2004

2008-07-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

So Back in the Dayz continues...

Because i have new artwork but i can't show it! Be patient...It's coming. A lot is going on these days. Baseball is in full swing...I love this time of year man- no we see who is who and who is for real. Sleeping giants awaken as do the bats.

Clobberin' Time.

This might be my last post for a time...I am return home to Philly. California break y'know...It's been a hard year. A lot of ups and downs. I am using the time to do something i shoudl have done a long time ago...

"Wake up."

I am a slave to this. It's my therapy. My outlet. My imagination is the space where i constantly go to get away from the things that pain me. I started this in Philly so if it's to end it might as well be there no?

I get a strange energy from Philly...I won't lie...I hate that city because it knows me too well. Thi smay come off as bullshit or funny- but...

I need to know where i came from to know where i want to go.

Anywayz- on to the B.I.T.D (back in the day) jam of the week.

2 pieces...I did both of these pieces back in 2004-ish i wanna say...I was going thru a bad time in my life man- i had just finished my first Marvel project ( New Mutants) and it was a train wreck of an experience to say the least. I thought i was ready for it- but i was not. I got bummed and fell into a certain badness. I actually moved to Nebraska during that spell (yeah i move around A LOT...i'd like to stop really.)- for like 3 days i think...To stay with my Sister...and that was a disaster needless to say.So, I came back east and stayed with an old girlfriend in York, PA (Amish country yo) of all places...it was like brain rehab i guess...Cracker Barrel man... Awesomeness.

I was there for 3 months i think.Last of summer, first of fall before i moved back into the city. I hadn't drawn much since that point...Nothing too spectacular. I remember not even having an art table when i drew these. Me and my Lady then were flat broke. Super broke. I drew these on these Kmart special picnic table things...Old school all the way.

So yeah... Enough- on with it right? Right- well next time i post i'm sure it'll be from Philly.

And it'll be a big one. Because i'll be awake. And i'll be bringing a big bat called the X-MEN!

ART:

"Self Portrait- I should have ducked." This piece was done supposedly for a pretend jacket cover for COCKFIGHT.

"Concept artwork" for a failed Cartoon Network pitch

Feast.

M.

KNIFE PARTY (SCDF! Trailer Park Thrash)

2008-07-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!

It's here...Well- at least 0.1 % of it is...

SUNSET CITY DEVILS FOREVER begins...This is the concept stage for things- I started this as a warm up and went ballistic on it into the wee hours taking a break from the Marvel madness on my plate.

This is one of the members of the cast.

Her name is MayZee-O.

She likes to dance on burning rooftops and play with knives.

More to come.

Feast.

M.

BACK IN THE DAYZ

2008-07-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

So-

This will be OLD SCHOOL MONDAYS...or BACK IN THE DAY MONDAYZ...I have not decided- but i think it would be interesting and cool- not too much humbling and a little cool to see the kind of nonsense and craziness i use to come up with back in the day.

I opened up an old suitcase today and i bunch of oldness slithered out- and i went back down memory lane. It's been a hard week- and it's been a hard year.

With the opening shuffle of looking for a gig and a home and having to return to home twice to attend to hospitals and sick parents. Thankfully my Mom survived her ordeal and my father was not so lucky and lost his life about a month ago. Leaving all of us in the aftershock and trying to keep it together...Like back in the day.

Shit i will get real personal here. I had a hard childhood.I was poor as dirt. I was even homeless once.I was profiled.i have been shot at. Stuck up.beat up.Beat down.Discriminated. All i had was my imagination...Nobody could take that from me.

It was a way out of it i suppose.

Comics can fuck up your world man. Good and Bad ways. I would like to focus on the good for a moment...

I don't remember a lot about my childhood. I think it's because i block it out because it was mostly unpleasant. Wat i do remember usually stems from my love for comics. I remember how me and my best friend TuRae Gordon - who is a comedian now of all things- god love him...Use to buy old comics for like 10 cents or 25 cents in the backbins and cut them up and make "ACTION BUTTONS"

We would cut out certain panels that were dope like the one of Wolverine in that classic XMEN issue when he's down in the sewers going "Now it's my turn BUB!!!"

LOL. We'd see that shit for like a dollar. Did it for months until kids caught on to our hustle.

Anywayz...I found a good amount- i will date and name the works...

LEMMY (: Motorhead thing i was asked to draw up from an animation studio who was pitching this GODS of ROCK show to MTV back in the day. I do believe Ahmed Zappa was attached to this. I did 3 of these (and some other ones). The Gods of Rock consisted of Lemmy ,Rob Halford and Dio. Dio was an add on for Ozzy...Because apparently Ozzy was too busy being real world-ish to do the God of Rock thing. I remember when i got this gig.I was staying with my big Sis because i just moved out of my place with my ex-girlfriend because she was...BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

Censored because this is a blog not a laundry mat.

The year i do believe was 2001. don't quote me.

Anywayz...

OLD BILLY BASTARD-
I did this in a character and layout class for animation. This is teenage Billy-Rip and Running. Billy in four stages of life type of thing.I don't remember what i got as a grade...I think a "B"...not sure.

The year was 1999. Cue in Prince...Now.

and Finally- this is real old school...

WBD-
I still want to use this idea to this day. This is from a role playing game adventure actually. That is right...I was D&D all the way man. Loved it. But this is from sort of hybrid-game that I created. I like the coloring job i even did. This was almost 20 years ago.

1989 man. Crazy right? Insane.

Back in the day...I thought this stuff was the shit.Just like lemonheads.Intelevision Baseball.KeL-Leco handheld chumpies. SueFunDIP...and Step Ball.

Anybody want to play a game of One Two 3 Hold?

Feast.

M.

DUALITY

2008-07-14T18:47:00.000-07:00

So here's a commission wayyyy over due. I know. I know.

I JUST noticed (better late than never) that these dude are black and white-ish Ying Yang players.

Funny.* That Hama...Always dreaming things up in metaphor.

Anywayz...Here it is.

Note>this is a horrible scan- it got cropped off on S.S. broken blade. My bad.

M.

"TRIPLE PLAY"

2008-07-07T13:35:00.001-07:00

So i'm diving headlong into pages now with all layouts done now.

Some doodles and teases of things to come.

Back to it then.

FEAST.

M.

THE FALL CLASSIC

2008-07-01T19:03:00.000-07:00

July is officially here.

It's the the month of fireworks, big explosions, liberation and all that jazz right?

What better way to start it off with an all X-MEN month. If you love the Merry Mutants you'll want to check in from time to time to see my take on them.

Because i'm going to try to put up as many images as i can with my work on the new project. Hope you dig.

Feast.

M.

SOME MERCY

2008-06-29T00:16:00.000-07:00

Period.

Just mailed off the pages to one Mr. Danny Miki for GR Annual #2 MERCY.

August.

Get it.

Here's a sneaky peek.

Thanks.

I got a NEW project on my desk. I will give you some hints.

Danger Room. Department H. SNIKT! Until then...

Feast.

M.

X MARKS THE SPiZOT

2008-06-26T18:15:00.000-07:00

I got my "star" today.

You get stars when you get made with the Russian mob btw...Got up pretty early with my Lady to go root for her home squad today in the semi's.

About 40 insane Russians screaming. Flags almost being burt,tossed, & discarded. Rounds of shots to elevate the pain of defeat around 11:30 am. I sat in this Irish bar and realized how much i was invested in this...

Sometime the mob pulls you in. That segues into what happen earlier in the morning.

My time @ The House of Ideas does not seem to be coming to an end so it seems. I was offered a nice lil' mini series with some my all time favorite characters...I give a hint at this blog's title's header.

SO yeah...GAME back ON so it seems. It's like the mob--- everytime you think you're out...You know the rest. I'll explian myself more later...

I think i fractured a rib when a chair holding a Spain fan snapped and rammed into our table sending it square into my ribcage. So i'm thinking this gives me an excuse to stay home inside and draw some more now.

Those Russians are crazy.

M.

SMACK THE TASTE OUT

2008-06-22T16:50:00.000-07:00

Yeah.

It's Sunday...I've had this image in my brain of DD vs. Bullseye. Bullseye with his teeth knocked out and DD getting a finger poked into his eye.

Seems like Bulleyes never really "needs" his teeth per say these days and well...we know the deal on DD.

Anywayz-

Feast.

M.

ACTIN' UP

2008-06-20T08:46:00.000-07:00

So after 5 years of animation school I feel pretty comfortable with "acting out" scenes with my characters. I rarely use the mirror anymore to mime out facial expressions and all that jazz...

I remember when i got my first Marvel gig on New Mutants like ages ago...(it still amazes me when people pull those books out for me to sign @ shows...Ungh...those books are laced with pain and suffering...;) )

Anywayz-

I remember the writers on telling me that most of the books action was happening within the characters. I love that. SOmehow down the line in my career i got labeled...the hot chick drawin' guy to the big action guy...not much happening in the middle ground...

It's funny- i spend SO much time on other parts of my game. Things like page layout. Panel placement. Shot selection.line movement.Mood.ect...

Well- this is from my last batch of Ghost Rider pages...Mercy (which goes on sale in August! Look for it!) I spent a good amount of time on this scene that plays out over 3 pages i do believe...Nice character moment between Blaze and a Young Sheriff's deputy.

I really loved the way the page turned out and thought i would share it.

Feast.

M.

WEIRD SCIENCE!

2008-06-14T16:48:00.000-07:00

"Plastic tubes and pots and pans..."

Sign...Who remember's that movie "Weird Science"? Show of hands?

Anywayz- So i'm sitting there at Wizard World Philly and along comes Citizen Arkane...

Who is Citizen Arkane---Well he's basically the most awesome(-st) rabid comicbook fan on the planet. He's a good man and a true fan of the madness I call a career.

Well- anywayz,back to it...

So the Citizen comes along and we get to talking like we do about comic nerd stuff...And I show him my Bane VS. Venom bit and he's starts wailing off a ton of Spidey villians VS. Batman foes combos and here we are...

SO this image is one of those combos we got around to imagining in a Spidey/Bat vs. fiasco.

If i need to tell you who these two "mad scientist" are...then you need to take your broke rhymes back to rap rehab.

Feast.

M.

DISENCHANTMENT

2008-06-08T11:19:00.000-07:00

Ok.

No art. Just thoughts...(see below)

Been wrestling with concepts of what to take on per say for my next project creator owned wise.

I feel it's time to step back away from doing the round about work i have been doing with Marvel and DC. Not that i'm sure that I'm doing stuff in the future with them...It's just that to be honest...There really is NO job security in comic books unless yu are superstar status...or have a contract or deal.

Not that i wouldn't mind having that (because i would) it's just that the grind of that wears on you. I want more things out life i suppose. I want health insurance. I want to take my girl on vacation that has nothing to do with Comics or Stormtroopers involved.

I kept using the word "Disenchanted" @ WWPHILLY when i talked to comic fans and the like about how i feel these days. With the passing of my Dad. My mothers health problems. And the up and downs of never knowing when i'm working next or who i will be working for-

I miss normalcy of the old days when i worked a day job and did my work on the side a couple hours here and there and my stuff was my own and it spoke to me. I miss doing my own stories...my own ideals.

@ The philly show my artist alley table was placed next to the dude who is doing MOUSEGUARD...i forget his name- i want to say Brandon Peterson? I was sick as a dog and i really didn't feel like talking to the dude...But he was there and he had all of the mice with him. He was hot.

Well- his MOUSEGUARD product was so to speak anywayz. It was inspiring to see that people gave a shit about his own ideas and creations rather than the normal...O look- Wolverine! O schnap! that Batman is badass!

I took a long look at my work at one point and realized i'm selling myself on other people's ideas and inventions. My portfolio is stacked with known Marvel and DC characters...Bloodrayne and Storm Shadow in the mix as well...

I have 2 images in there from COCKFIGHT. Just two out of dozens. It's a concern now. I think it's time to do something else.

I have been wrestling (and writing ) BUBBLEGUMROCKZ now for about a year? And i don't feel quite right on it yet. Maybe it's not time i feel. The story is not all there because i need it to say something that I can't find the words to say yet.

So i have shelved it. There is no art to show here because it's nothing i haven't put down here before- so i feel if i feel it's the same old same old...Then why wouldn't the viewer see it that way as well.

So here it goes...

My next mission statement is sorta kinda more a light fun action horror adventure book. As soon i finish all my Marvel work and clear the desk I will start doing specs and sketches of this world and the process that goes with creating something from scratch. I thought it would be neat to do all that here.

The pitch for this book is Akira meets The Warriors in a punk rock vampire epic.

If you can see that then good.

It's called SUNSET CITY DEVILS FOREVER!

So here's to it. Let the good times roll.

M.

THE CONSTANT

2008-06-05T18:09:00.000-07:00

Ok.

It's been awhile...I know. It's been a difficult past couple of weeks.

My father just lost his life to a bout of cancer...I wanted to put something up to honor him. But i can't really get around to drawing things new. So this is old.

Something that i just received from my inker Mark Irwin on the Spidey/Ms Marvel project that seems to be slated for September now? Who knows...

I guess why i'm posting this for him is because his passing made me realize that I have things in my life that I should cherish more.

Namely...My girlfriend.

She doesn't like it when i post shit about me and her up here.She's private. Feisty. Strong.

(i.e.- she deals with my constant bullshit...anyone who comes here knows that being any kind of artist comes with bullshit. it's the high cost of dreaming on a constant basis of a life unimaginable. it's taxing to everyone around you because i realize i live in a constant state of make believe at times.)

So back to my point of the post...

Ms.Marvel...

3rd panel in is totally Her. Classic Skute. I use her to model my version of Ms.Marvel. Because Ms.Marvel is Bold,Beautiful and scrappy...Constanly a bad-ass.

and that's not made up.

It's funny how life imitates art.

M.

THE DIRTY DURTY OF IT ALL

2008-05-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

I lied Part 2.

Here's a sneak peek @ Ghost Rider.

Medium-

This is a 8X11 photocopy of the original 11X17 bristol board.Been practicing on those sheets in my down time where ever and when ever I can. It's mostly ball point ink pen with Microns (.005 those little itty bitty points).

I'm still experimenting with style. I get this a lot when i post on DW--" it just looks like you traced over the original pencillers lines".

Ummm... I AM the "Original penciler" so wouldn't that make sense for it to maintain my line weights. Not that i don't get what they are saying...But i guess i don't "get" inkers who rationalize that they understand a pencillers thought process just because they have a bristol board of pencil work laid out in front of them.

*Shrugs*

I guess it's all a matter of what you like when you see it. I went for this look a few years ago when i was producing COCKFIGHT. But wasn't happy with it totally...Can't say i'm totally happy with it here as well...But i'm experimenting with it at least.The trend sorta kinda continued on Storm Shadow- but i wasn't happy the way that came out on the production end of things- but judging from the reviews of that book a lot of critics and the like were digging the style i was reaching for and I got the monicker -

Dirty American Anime.

(which i love btw)

And as of last week--- I asked the powers that be if i could ink myself on the book just like you se here basically (nothing fancy - just the dirty part)...Taking these to Philly Con in two weeks and i should get solid feedback there from the masses...Until then for your eyes only...

Feast.

M.

30 YEARS LATER...

2008-05-11T08:14:00.000-07:00

I lied.

Been in the weeds and trying to cope with life things. But i got this awhile ago from my inker on the MS.MARVEL project and i'm pretty proud of it and i wanted to share. It's a big piece. Double page spread of "inky goodness" as Mark Irwinputs it.

When i was 5 o r6 years old my Mom told my that she bought me a box of crayons and left me alone with them for a while in my room. Upon returning to check up on me...She found that i pulled out the red and blue crayons only and doodled Spidey all over my bedroom walls.

I had that in mind when i did this spread.

Feast.

M.

THE BURNING MAN

2008-05-01T22:27:00.000-07:00

More inks on GhostRider.

M.

BUBBLEGUMROCKZ!

2008-04-30T18:18:00.000-07:00

So i'm alil' scared about this one. My bud Jason says i should post it and see what kind of feedback i get from it.

This was a big decision to take on inking the original penciled board- but i was feeling pretty brave a couple nights ago and went for it.

I used real ink! Brushes and the whole nine on this one. I went with a 3 step process on it.

The media used are:

Pencils.Ink.Ball point pen and white out.

I think this is pretty much the final on how BGR is gonna look. I'm toying with doing the book in watered down ink washes and ball point completely.

This will probably be my last post for a bit.I have to pack up and split San Fran for a bit to head back home to deal with some serious family health issues that are not looking very good at the moment.So i'm sure i'll be seeing some of you @ home and thanks for your support it's very much appreciated.

So with that said- i'm gonna be putting a lot into the drawings now even if it's only alittle bit of them now- because as a good friend of mine once said...

"Therapy. Man. It's my therapy from the bullshit."

Too true.It seems it's the only thing keeping my sanity anymore. It's weird like that- my drive to create elevates when times get like these...

Peace before you Feast.

M.

WAH-LAH!

2008-04-30T18:11:00.000-07:00

WAH-LAH! is (was) a commissioned piece i picked up from a nice gent in LA during Wizard World.

Charles thank you for your patience. It's on it's way. It was a fun piece. I don't do alot of DC stuff- so when i do get a chance to do a good one like this- I like to put a lot of thought to them.

I usually make copies of all my works and practice my inking on them. So here's the piece both in original pencils and coffee shop inks.

Feast.

INKIN' BURNZ

2008-04-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

Burn.

(all ball point bic pen)

Feast.

M.

SURFING WITH THE ALIEN (AGAIN)

2008-04-26T22:53:00.000-07:00

Still playing around with inking techniques.

Feast.

M.

STORMY HIGHLIFE

2008-04-24T12:59:00.000-07:00

The Recipe:

2 cups of Dio's "Man on the Silver Mountain"
4 tea spoons of the chorus to Black Mountains "Stormy High"
2 grind rounds of a yummy breakfast courtesy of Trader Joes.
1 Cup of Gallery Coffee. splash of cream 5 packs of sugah.
1 stick of sandlewood incense burning.
a spice of Chris Cornell and Tom Morello telling to "Dah do dah- A dah- DO dadda do dahhh" on "Exploder"
1 dash of the girlfriend out of the house and @ the gym.
1 round of Bob Dylan telling me that "everyone must get stoned"
1 load of laundry spinning out of control.
1 shitty scanner.

Feast.

M.

THE POWER IS COSMIC

2008-04-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

Yes.

Today is the power cosmic day.

Surfs Up.

Feast.

M.

FWAP! (Jus' Like Dat)

2008-04-16T19:18:00.000-07:00

WHew.

I really really really like those Rock Star energy drinks.

I've had this image in my head for idunno...a month? I was flipping thru some old BATMAN ANIMATED stuff and i came across Bruce Timm's BANE.

FIrst of all--- I LOVE Bruce Timm...and I really dig BANE.

Like chocolate and peaut butta i suppose.

And i thought...It would be cool to draw Bane kicking Venom's ass...Because BANE rocks.

Feast.

M.

MERCY

2008-04-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

The man himself...Johnny Blaze.

A little Ghost Rider snapshot from the book i'm on.

It's called MERCY.

Feast.

M.

REMIX

2008-04-16T11:26:00.001-07:00

Still working on my inking sensibilities here and there.

I'd like to get wayyyy more comfortable with it so i can basically start inking myself. As a penciller in this "rap game" you can get steam rolled or butchered at the inking process. But in all fairness- sometimes the penciler (me) can sometimes not make things so clear and evident to any inker who comes along.

I look at these exercises in two ways. Improve me inking abilities...And create more definition for any inker to make my artwork more understandable and clear.

So i whipped out this old Bloodrayne Alt. cover and did a re-mix on it. Experimenting with lines and textures and blacks and all that jazz.

I'm also going thru alot of old artwork because i'm going to be putting them up for sale on a gallery website soon enough!

Hint Hint.

Until then...

Feast.

M.

SHE RIDES THE NIGHT

2008-04-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

dadda-dah-dadda-dah-dummmmmmm...

BATman...And the OUTSIDERS!

Rated PG13.

...

Anywayz.

This is not the original piece...it's just a copy that i wanted to drop soem inks on during a warm-up session before pages.

I did this for a would be cover thing for DC that never got the green light. Which is cool- now that i look at it...It wasn't my best work. I hate alot of things about the piece yet- i do like a some of things going on in it. I wish i played more with the field depths and so forth... But i was under a two day turn around for this.

So there you go.

I showed this to one editor over @ DC and he emails me back and goes...

"What's Catwoman doing on top of Batman?"

I said...

"She's riding that bitch like he knew she would."

Feast.

M.

A FAMILY AFFAIR

2008-04-11T17:32:00.001-07:00

Still working off and on my inking skills.

Old school Bloodrayne stuff in mix. This was an alt cover for the Plague of Dreams book i did back in the day that never got printed.

Feast.

M.

RIDE THAT LIGHTNING (with AUTHORITY)

2008-04-10T18:57:00.000-07:00

Coffee shop madness.

I wish i centered it a bit more...Was going for quickness and gesture and the lighting @ the shop was horrid.

I love these characters.

Feast.

M.

JUS' BLAZE

2008-04-07T22:43:00.000-07:00

He who walks in both worlds.

Feast.

M.

SUCH HEROIC NONSENSE

2008-04-04T08:22:00.000-07:00

So been busy gearing up for alil' Johnny Blaze action.

Skute and I were watching a friends 8 year old the other day.His name was Tim.

He was into the robots in disguise badly and wanted to color one with some of his crayons.

I kept trying to show him the original Transformers animated movie and he wasn't into it...just that crappy new one.Whatever.

I did this on the fly from a pic i googled online- and i'm pretty sure it doesn't match up well with the original...

But i said screw it and doodled it out anyways- it was fun after i got into it. He seemed to like it. And took it with him

to color at home because we ran out of time there.

I told him id post it on the blog and then post the colors the next time.

Feast.

M.

TEASER!

2008-03-31T12:59:00.000-07:00

WOah.

Just starting to get back inked pages from the amazingly talented Mark Irwin!

Thought I'd provide a sneeky peak at just alil' something something to show what this is gonna look like.

A teaser if you will.

Of things to come!

Today's opening day!! i just got my MLB package!! Go PhilliES!!

Feast.

M.

"AWW BABY TONIGHT I AIN'T GOT TIME TO DIE"

2008-03-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

Sigh'

There is an absolute creative mind field in progress in my apartment right now. Busting it out every which way but loose.

And don't you love it when the Ipod shuffler plays all the hits?

I sure do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hRsPVUOJL4&feature=related

Check it.

Feast.

M.

FALCON OF TOMMORROW PT 2

2008-03-28T21:25:00.000-07:00

Part 2.

Got lazy with the background- will probably define this more during the inking stage?

Not sure. Trying to beat so many clocks at the moment.

Feast.

M.

FALCON OF TOMMORROW

2008-03-26T14:26:00.000-07:00

This is something I got inspired by from the DW message boards sketch challenge-- my warm up sketch that started to evolve before i hit some boards.

It's FALCON...my version.

Well- technically it's not my "version"- i once worked with a fellow who was BIG into Exiles (the comicbook) and i knew basically nothing about the comic at the time- But he had some crazy ideals about it that would be awesome to bring to life...

I digress-

But this is unfinished as of yet- BUT i will finish before friday because that's the sketch deadline and all that beat the clock stuff.

Here it tis'

Alt-world-ish Falcon...

Feast.

mmmm...MARKERS

2008-03-25T16:32:00.000-07:00

A re-doodle (meaning I inked it from a copy of the original) I did while i sat @ Joe's Coffee shop.

Been feeling like dogshit today. It's time to make some changes in my diet fo' shizzle.We ("WE" being myself and my other half, Skute-a-licious) are doing a hardcore cleansing diet thingie that she's getting me into. It's suppose to clean you out,up and down and make you right again.

I don't know that I feel like i'm "looking forward" to that...But i am looking forward to cleaning out the pipes and getting back into some sort of shape- because the bad number ( 36) is looming and I want to be more healthy and all that shit.

We are also getting rid of the internet. Which is becoming somewhat of a time waster.At least for a month. So it will be interesting to see how much output i can get "out" without getting "sucked in" if you know what i mean?

BUT- have no fear- I will try to take good old CLAIREBENNET ( my MACbook) to the coffee shop to update you on all the latest fits of ALIEN TECHNOLOGY.

Thanks for stopping and...

FEAST.

SUPER POWER SKETCH HOUR

2008-03-20T11:41:00.001-07:00

Hey Now.

This is a commissioned piece I picked up from a very nice couple during Wondercon08.

I'm starting to realize where some of my major weaknesses are...

I'm a BIG re-doer. Never satisfied. Always thinking..."Nope...Not right" as I'm reaching for the eraser. I realized this @ WWLA. I also realize I can overwork some drawings. I am working on that as well.

This is a "simplified version" of a drawing.The original idea was wayyy more involved. So i channeled the little detail freak in me into smaller things that deserved such attention...Like Spidey's webs for example.

I really like doing the webs.

Anywayz- As always I did some pretty sweet pieces ( IMO) for some peeps @ WWLA...Let's see if I can remember the list without cheating and looking at my list book...

Storm Shadow and Wolverine- actually this piece was for another nice couple who I met @ Wondercon (Ginger and Justin,I do believe)...These two kinda sorta go together like peanut butta and jam if you know what i mean. I really liked that one came out pretty good. That was a re-do too.

I did two sweet Spideys.One had pumpkin bombs being hurled at him.

Deadpool.

Green Latern (Hal Jordan).

Batman vs Supes (Frank Miller Dark Knight style) which I spent alonggggg time on. Long. Came out pretty ok. Batman is basically dislocating Supes jaw. As it should be right?

And finally I did a Ghostrider piece for a guy named Erin. Erin was digging my GR piece in my portfolio and was around and about when the guys from Marvel told me that I was going to be getting that assignment.

Cool beans.

Erin immediately said he wanted the rider.

'RAW as Hell" i do belive was what he said.

Indeed.

Feast.

M.

DO U BELIEVE IN MAGIC?

2008-03-10T00:36:00.000-07:00

"Do you Believe in Magic Magic"

"...Magic Magic..."

Sigh...

Anyone esle remember that scene in Ghostbusters when the Ghostbusters HQ containment thingie gets shut down and all the ghosts and whatever get out?

That crazy Magic song is playing in the background?

Yeah...

So i just got this sketch back from Mikk. A nice fellow who asked me to do a Nico sketch for him @ Wondercon.

He tells me he'd like to see me on Runaways...hmmmm.

Interesting.

Thought I'd share the pic. Excited for next weekend in LA to do some more sketches man!! Bring the pain!

Feast.

M.

ASS WHUPPIN' ALREADY IN PROGRESS

2008-03-08T19:06:00.000-08:00

Wow.

Big week...Trying to get things finished before WWLA next week. Blasting off on Weds to head to Silverlake and hang out with my good buddy Capt. Awesome who is an amazing sculptor over @ Gentle Giant Studios...You can see more of his and his co-workers badassness here...

https://www.gentlegiantltd.com/blog

I'm working alot to catch up with some Commissions I took on before I get to WWLA to hopefully...You guessed it "take on more".

This is one of them. It came out pretty good. I worked on it here and there during my warm-ups for Spidey. I like drawing the HULK. I like drawing angry stuff...ha. Get's the lead out.

I just got word that I got another BIG project on the horizon from the House of Ideas...This is a project I have been JonesN' to do for alooooooooong time.

Hopefully I can announce it "officially" soon. Watch this space...

Enjoy!

M.

...LIKE A WEB-HEADED STEPCHILD

2008-03-06T14:00:00.000-08:00

The Battle continues.

Busy busy busy. Getting very close to the finishing point on this ( Thank God).

It's classic Spidey in webheaded fashion. The thing i enjoy the most about it looking back in hindsight is the webs.

I love drawing them. I could go for hours on them. ( and i guess i do).

Working on a couple of commission pieces as well that's i'll post in the next couple of days before I bounce to LA for more con madness @ WWLA.

Hopefully true believers I will see you there!

M.

PEEK-A-BOO

2008-03-01T14:42:00.000-08:00

Decided to re-do this piece from before.

Changed Ms.Marvel all around up and down and all over the place.Headed towards the final batch of pages...Hoping to knock it all out before WWLA.

It's a beat the clock deadline kinda love thang.

Fingerz crossed there.

Feast.

M.

UNCANNY

2008-02-28T12:34:00.001-08:00

It was late.

Skute was eating peanut M&M's and watching some movie with Cate Blanchate yelling and screaming alot riding around on a horse.

I was listening to Metallica's version of TURN THE PAGE- this sketch ended a long day/night. It seemed appropriate to do these guys to that tune. They are the road crew. Road warriors. Three musketeers...

Sigh...

Remember the good ole' dayz.

On a long and lonesome highway, east of omaha.
You can listen to the engine moaning out its one lone song
You can think about woman, or the girl you knew the night before,
But your thoughts will soon be wandering, the way they always do.
When your riding sixteen hours and theres nothing much to do
And you dont feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through.
Say, here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.
Well you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road,
You can feel the eyes upon you as your shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesnt bother you, but you just want to explode.
Most times you cant hear em talk, other times you can.
Oh the same old cliche, as that woman on her a man
You always see my number, you dont dare make a stand.
Here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.
Out there in the spotlight your a million miles away,
Every ounce of energy, you try and give away,
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed,
With the echo from the amplifiers ringing in your head,
You smoke the days last cigarette, remembering what she said.
Now here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.
Here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Ah here I go, playing star again.
There I go, there I

WITHOUT DARKNESS THERE CAN BE NO LIGHT

2008-02-27T22:59:00.000-08:00

Screwing around with inks again.

Warm up sketch before I destroy some SpiderMan pages.

After i was done this piece I realized I absolutely hate Dagger's face. She looks too hard.

I'm thinking of re-doing this one again and approach it from another way. I have an idea how i want to do it...But it doesn't involve Dagger's face at all.It'll be more artsy fartsy.

Anywayz...

Feast.