"Incorruptible" #11

"Incorruptible" #11 was a fun to color. The scenario gave me a chance to let the night get deeper and darker as Max and Alana argued and fought and in the end, when the sun rose... well you'll have to read it. It comes out tomorrow on the 27th. Get you one!

Scorpius #6

There's only one more issue left of "Farscape: Scorpius" after this. Scorpey has finally discovered not just someone but an entire species his superior. If you know the character that's almost as good as killing him. This series has been a great ride and can't wait to see it completed! Volume 1 collecting issues 0-3 is also out now. Here's a preview of #6. Get you one!

Mark Waid's "Incorruptible" #10

My editor on BOOM! Studios' "Farscape: Scorpius", Ian Brill, has been really good to me. When another editor came asking for a colorist on Mark Waid's "Incorruptible" he passed my name on and I received a color test. I passed and was honored to color issue 10 of the series! This may be my favorite comic I've colored yet. Something just really clicked. BOOM! must have thought so too because now I am the official colorist on "Incorruptible"! At the moment I'm coloring #11 and working on two more titles for BOOM! and can't wait to share them all. There's a preview at CBR with these pages lettered here. "Incorruptible" #10 comes out 10/3. Get you one!

Scorpius #5

"Farscape: Scorpius" is a must for any Farscape fan. Not saying that because I'm coloring it. I'm saying it as a fan myself. Scorpius is my favorite character from the story and his mini-series is starting to wrap up. Working on coloring the next issue right now so I'm excited to see what happens! Only two issue left and #5 comes out tomorrow. Get you one!

Star Wars: Rise of the Bounty Hunters

TOPPS has a new "Clone Wars" trading card series coming out in October. I had thought I'd be too busy to do these again but got lucky with a slow week of just doing some flats in prep for the next issue of "Farscape: Scorpius". Had some fun doing 50 (+3 returns) sketch cards for "Star Wars: Clone Wars: Rise of the Bounty Hunters". These should be out in October and I'll be selling my returns from the last three series in December at Wizard Atlanta.

June Brigman's Wonder Woman

I'm lucky enough to work with some amazing artists. June Brigman is a fellow professor at SCAD-Atlanta in the SEQA department. When she posted this sketch I knew I wanted to color it. She was kind enough to send me a high res scan of it so I could do just that.

Pencils by June Brigman. Color by me.

Captain America

Been sitting on this one for awhile. I designed this Captain America uniform almost a year ago basing it off of Marine Corp BDUs they currently employ. I figured if it was good enough for our boys Cap would figure it good enough for him! He is after all a symbol and morale booster, not just a super-soldier. Anyway, coincidentally the scale mail signature armor of Cap's is actually almost exactly like the real-life armor called Dragon Skin so I happily kept it. Then I pulled other design elements: modular straps and belt, (modified) Enhanced Combat Helmet, and desert color the US military has become known for. It still feels very "superhero" but more updated and practical. I had hoped they'd think in the same direction for the movie design (if for nothing else but to respectfully nod to our hard working troops) but sadly they went the clichéd, cheap, made-in-China plastic look you see in every superhero movie now (including Thor). Anyway, finally colored it and played around with some other techniques. Pretty happy.



And here's Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey checking out how it's made then shooting more than twenty AK-47 rounds and over 150 9mm MP5 Navy rounds into the above mentioned Dragon Skin armor. It can take a serious pounding and who doesn't like watching Ermey in his element. OOHRAH!



PS - It doesn't need to be a holiday for you to thank a serviceman. They bleed so you won't have to. Looking in your direction pacifists.

Cyborg Maul Color

Somewhere along the line I starting rendering in my color to a high degree. When it works really well, like on "Farscape: Scorpius", it's great but other times not so much. Coloring cyborg Darth Maul was an opportunity to exercise simple back into habit. This is primarily just gradients and soft cuts on the focus. The only brushwork is in the clouds and dust. Any SFX you see are done as a general application to keep myself from getting too specific. Frankly, I don't think it's lost anything due to the simple rendering. In fact, it may read even better.

Darth Maul cyborg

Ever since the Star Wars Visionaries one-shot came out featuring a very much alive but cyborg Darth Maul hunting down Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine I've wanted to draw this version of him. If you've not read it it also contains General Grievous' back story. Very cool comic. Pretty happy with it and feel like there's something new in my inks for some reason. Now can't wait to color it.

Outlaw Territory Vol 2 Pre-order

So about two years ago my friend Val Mayerik and his buddy Mike Baron were brought in to work on "Outlaw Territory" Vol 2. They needed a colorist and I got the call. It was my first coloring job but it never occurred to me to follow coloring as a career until about nine months ago. Dunno why. It's so freakin' fun. But this volume has been waiting patiently and is finally available in Previews for an October release! I had posted up a preview awhile back when I discovered the Outlaw Territory blog had posted it up. I'm honored Val asked me to color his work and honored again to be published in this volume along with some very talented artists I respect. Check out the credits and get you one!

Adam Freeman, Andy Kuhn, Dan Duncan, Daniel Lafrance, David Marquez, Dean Motter, Dustin Weaver, Francesco Francavilla, Greg Pak, James Patrick, Jeremy Barlow, John Whalen, Jorge Coelho, Josh Wagner, Joshua Ortega, Kathryne Immonen, Marc Bernardin, Michael Woods, Pete Doree, Rafael Albuquerque, Rich Johnston, Robert Kirkman, Saskia Gutekunst, Sean Chen, Sean Phillips, Shannon Denton, Stuart Immonen, Tom Fowler, and Werther Dell'Edera.