I need a hero...in a halfshell.

Guess who's going to take the road trip with me to Wizard World (why does that sound soooooo flipping geeky? From now on, I'm just going to call it CCC - Chicago Comic Con.)? So guess who's making the trip to CCC? They rhyme with Shminja Shmurtles. That's right! TMNT! Check em out.

Let the Wookie Win!!

Sorry I've been MIA lately. I've been tying up loose ends with the book. It's finally finished and off to the printers. I'm just waiting for the proofs to arrive any day now. That's the biggest project off the list for the Chicago Comic Con in August. I'm tackling the projects with the biggest lead times first then saving all of the printing stuff for the end. Plush is something I'm wanting to bring. Check out one of the first designs. I was going to post another one but I saved the wrong file to my flash drive, so you'll just have to check back. (If you can't wait, just check one of my tweets from Saturday - @Muddybeats)

Y'all come back now, ya hear?

Wolverine on Super Punch!

Hey folks! A little while back, I posted a Wolverine piece I did for the upcoming Chicago Comic Con. My buddy at work let me know that Super Punch posted a link for it! Pretty dang cool since that's one of the sites I check out almost daily. Check it out here along with a couple of other great pieces. Here it is just in case you're too lazy (like me) to scroll down like 2 images.


Enjoy!

Spidey done got posted!

So my Spiderman cover of the first appearance of Carnage finally got posted on Covered! Keep an eye on that blog. There's some really great stuff being constantly posted.

Peep it:

SNIKT!

It's 10:30 and I couldn't think of a funny Wolverine pun for the title of this posting. I know, shame on me. Well, here's a piece that I'm going to have at Comic Con, but I haven't decided on the option that has more or less splatter. What thinks ye?

Carnage Asada

So there's this really cool blog, by a talented artist, Robert Goodin, called Covered, that my buddy, the super-talented Chad Albers (check out his blog here: http://weirdo-boy.blogspot.com/) told me about.

The premise is artists recreate a comic book cover in their own style. Super awesome concept! So I had two possibilities - something with Venom or something with Carnage. I went the Carnage route. Below is my process from sketch to completion as well as the original cover. I'm about to submit my piece so I hope he accepts my offering. Enjoy peeps!

Sketch

blocked in shapes in Illustrator

making a little progress

Final

There she is in all of her glory. Amazing Spider-Man #361. I remember going to pick it up when it first came out. I only had enough for one comic book. The money-hungry folks that owned the place knew it was a big deal and were selling it for $7 instead of $1.25 (I was like 12 and had like $2). It pains me just thinking about it. I'll just leave you with the original cover. Sniff, sniff.

Original Cover

Book Bliz-og

So my big project is 99% wrapped up! I just need to choose the cover. Wait, what if I allowed you to choose it for me? If somebody doesn't like it, it's off of my plate. Boom! Done! Go check out the site and vote on your favorite design. Thaaaaaaanks!

http://needyoublue.blogspot.com/

Mike Returns

When I was working on the art piece for Pixar Times, I created this face and it felt like he was singing rather than telling his jokes. But since I really liked the face I didn't want it to go to waste so I quickly worked this up. I loved this scene at the end where he makes it on the cover of a magazine and the UPC code covers his entire face - and he's ecstatic!

Enjoy!

Pixar Times Baby!!!

So I happened upon a blog not too long ago called The Pixar Times (http://pixartimes.com/ follow at @ThePixarTimes). It's run by a fan of all things Pixar (who isn't?). He created a section called Pixart where illustrators/fans submit fan art basically. Well, that portion is run by a super talented dude, Jarrod Maruyama (check him out here http://www.jmaruyama.com/ and follow him via Twitter at @jmaruyama).

Long story short, they allowed me to create a piece for their site. Check it yo! There's a mini interview here: http://pixartimes.com/2011/02/23/pixart-february-2011-feature-mike-wazowski-live/



Thanks again guys for the opportunity!

Let the Countdown Begin!!

I love nerds, especially talented nerds. So I'm super stoked about getting my first table at any sort of convention. My wife and I will be sharing a table at the Chicago Comic Con (Wizard World) in August. If it goes well, we'll probably look into getting a table at the San Diego show.

Even though there's a lot of time still, there's a lot I want to do. I want to show up with some stuff other than just prints. What else? It's a secret!! You'll just have to keep tuning in from time to time. If there's any pieces here you'd like to see as prints for sale in the future, let me know. I'll definitely have them at Comic Con.

I'll also have my latest large project for sale which is a book I'm doing for a charitable cause. Check out that blog here: http://needyoublue.blogspot.com/. I'm about a week or two away from completion!


So keep checking back from time to time and I'll have more info about the show and stuff I'm planning to sell. If you're in the area be sure to stop by!