Comicbook Artist Checklist

Issue #26 of DC's "Superman/Batman" will be a tribute to Jeph Loeb's son, Sam Loeb, who passed away June 17th at the age of 17 after a three year battle with cancer. The story is one Sam Loeb wrote himself. The issue itself will be a jam issue, with many artists illustrating the story.

The complete list of artists contributing to this special issue is as followed: Arthur Adams, Joe Casey, John Cassaday, Joyce Chin, Ian Churchill, Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, Joe Kelly, Mike Kunkel, Jim Lee, Pat Lee, Rob Liefeld, Paul Levitz, Jeph Loeb, Joe Madureira, Jeff Matsuda, Ed McGuinness, Brad Meltzer, Carlos Pacheco, Duncan Rouleau, Tim Sale, Richard Starkings, Mike Turner, Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Verheiden and Joss Whedon

Tim Sale's contribution will be a six-page story written by Jeph Loeb called "Sam's Story".

For "Sam's Story" and more information please check out the Newsamara article here

Source: Newsarama

02/19/06 - Bachalo's X-Men Shuffle

This summer X-Men and the once-flagship Uncanny X-Men titles will once again be 'mutating'. Chris Bachalo - who is now the artist on Uncanny X-Men - will move to "Adjectiveless" X-Men and team up with writer Mike Carey and Ed Brubaker and Billy Tan will be the new creative team on Uncanny X-Men.

Source: Newsarama

02/19/06 - WonderCon Tidbits

Planetary, by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday, is building towards its conclusion in #27. In #25, Elijah Snow assembles elements from years of investigation to lay a trap for the two remaining members of the Four. Dunbier said that the Absolute editions have sold well and expects that treatment for Planetary.
Writer Kurt Busiek, artist Brent Anderson and cover artist Alex Ross all return for Astro City: The Dark Age Special this summer. The Special features the cityąs most famous defender, Samaritan as he faces off against his long-time nemesis, Infidel, in a manner no one could have expected.
Bill Willingham’s original hardcover graphic novel Fables: 1,001 Nights of Snowfall is due an October, with painted art by the likes of James Jean, Charles Vess, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Mark Buckingham, Mike Kaluta, Mark Wheatley, and others. Set in the early days of Fabletown, Snow White is sent to the lands of the Arabian Fables and is captured by the sultan, where she finds herself playing Scheherezade, forced to entertain him with her own stories in return for her life.
Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit is an April five-issue follow-up to the original Bite Club series with art by David Hahn and covers by Frank Quitely and Howard Chaykin and features over-the-top sex, drugs and violence.
Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan, and cover artist Frank Quitely's new March-debuting monthly series American Virgin looks at sex, religion, and morality. The series stars Adam Chamberlain, the charismatic spokesman for the National Virginity Movement, whose religious beliefs have led him to remain a virgin until he's married... until his fiancé becomes part of a terrorist's agenda, throwing his every social, political and religious belief into question.

Source: Comics Continuum

02/19/06 - Spotlight on Chris Bachalo

During the recent San Fransico WonderCon there was an interview session with Chris Bachalo about his work and career.

For highlights of the interview session click here.

Source: Comic Book Resources

02/19/06 - Cassaday Covers Highlander & Lone Ranger

Dynamic Entertainment has acquired the Highlander licence and will launch an ongoing Highlander series in 2006. The series will reportedly tell stories set both in the movie and television series continuities, with the opening arc set following the events of the first movie.

The first book will have a painted cover by Gabriel Dell’Otto and future covers will feature the talents of John Cassaday, Billy Tan, Mel Rubi, Lee Moder, Will Conrad, Guiseppe Camuncoli and more covers by Gabriel Dell’Otto.

Dynamic Entertainment also recently announced a forthcoming Lone Ranger comic series. The new Lone Ranger series will be written by Brett (Serenity) Matthews, and art directed by John Cassaday. He will also be the only cover artist for the series.

Source: Newsarama

02/19/06 - Risso Working on Wolverine Project

In a recent interview with Eduardo Risso he mentioned that he is working on a Wolverine project with Brian K. Vaughan. Despite online speculation, Vaughan mentioned that the project in question was not Wolverine’s solo book.

Source: Silver Bullet Comicbooks

02/19/06 - Dark Horse announces Duncan Fegredo as the artist on 2006 Hellboy series, Darkness Calls

Dark Horse recently announced that Duncan Fegredo will be the artist on the new 2006 Hellboy miniseries, Darkness Calls. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola will provide story and covers. Darkness Calls is the direct follow-up to 2005’s The Island and will take Hellboy on to the next big chapter in his life.

"Like Guy Davis, and unlike me, Duncan can draw anything," commented Mike Mignola. "He can draw the real world, he can capture the mystery and the atmosphere that the book needs—but he’s also a fantastic cartoonist, so he can keep the life and the humor that I try to get in my stuff. I’ve always loved his stuff. He’s a f*****g genius."

Hellboy: Darkness Calls is a six-issue miniseries beginning September 6, 2006.

Source: Dark Horse Comics

02/19/06 - Quesada Paints Murial

One of New York’s landmark restaurants, The Palm, has recently been 'marked' by one of comics' own. In celebration of its 80th anniversary, The Palm requested Marvel Comics Editor in Chief Joe Quesada to paint a mural of the best known denizens of the Marvel Universe, adding the characters to the establishment’s walls which already display original art by the likes of Hal Foster, Mort Walker, LeRoy Neimna, Matt Groening, Carmine Infantino, Dr. Suess, and Milton Caniff.

Click here for more information and a picture of the murial.

Source: Newsarama

02/19/06 - Bachalo Interview

The people over at comicfoundry.com recently posted an interview with Chris Bachalo about his work on Uncanny X-Men.

Here's a small excerpt of the interview:

comicfoundry.com: How do you approach creating a cover?

Chris Bachalo: [...] On Uncanny, my objective is grab the reader with a simple, striking image, with as few characters as possible, using a narrow range of color—the more colors on the cover the more it will blend with the other riff raff on the stands—and sell the buyer that this is a dangerous, over the top, super powered, sci-fi adventure book worth their three bucks.

For the complete interview, click here.

Source: comicfoundry.com

09/13/05 - San Diego Comic Con Loot - PART SEVEN - Naifeh Art

Here are two new pieces from last year's San Diego Comicon that I like to share with you. Both of them are by Ted Naifeh, who's best known for his work on How Loathsome, Gloomcookie and his creator owned series Courtney Crumrin (Oni Press).

Courtney Crumrin
Ted Naifeh
July, 2004 3 Witches
Ted Naifeh
July, 2004

Peter Franken

09/13/05 - Romita Jr. talks Sentry

Newsarama recently posted an interview with John Romita Jr. about his upcoming work on the eight issue Sentry mini-series.

Here's a small excerpt of the interview:

Newsarama: First off, what led you to The Sentry? Since you’ve left Amazing Spider-Man, you’ve become something of a journeyman, with Wolverine, Black Panther, and now this. What leads you, in regards to your career, from project to project?

John Romita Jr.: I was actually asked to do this by Joe Quesada, and when I heard that Paul was writing, I instantly agreed, because I really enjoyed working with him on the Hulk. It was a strategy thing between me and Quesada – I told him that I would entrust my career path at Marvel to him for a couple of years, and we’d see how it went. First, he pushed me towards Wolverine after leaving Spider-Man, which I didn’t initially want to do.

For the complete interview, with b&w preview art, click here.

Source: Newsarama

09/13/05 - J.G. Jones covers 52*

J.G. Jones will provide all 52 covers to the upcoming weekly series 52* (working title) spilling from the last issue of Infinite Crisis and filling the gap between the miniseries and the ongoing DCU series which will be set "One Year Later...".

Source: Newsarama

09/13/05 - Valkenswaard Con Sketches

Here are two new sketches I like to share with you. Both sketches were done for me at the Valkenswaard 2005 Convention in the Netherlands.

Deadman
Teddy Kristiansen
August 28, 2005 Zatanna
Peter Snejbjerg
August 28, 2005

Peter Franken

08/08/05 - Wizard World: Chicago Con Tidbits

On the subject of Planetary and its future, Hank Kanalz (VP and General Manager of Wildstorm) said they are planning on wrapping up the series starting in January ’06 and running 3 consecutive issues to its conclusion in March or April, with an epilogue issue coming later in the year depending on Ellis and Cassaday’s schedules.
Chris Bachalo will contribute several pages of art to Top Cow's Witchblade #92, the title's 10th anniversary issue. In the 48-page issue, due in November, Ron Marz will tell the definitive origin of the Witchblade.
Hunter-Killer will feature special guest cover artists, with Jim Lee on #7 and John Cassaday on #8.
Wolverine #36 will have a cover by Joe Quesada. The cover is a homage to his cover for Origin #1.

Source: Comics Continuum

08/08/05 - Quesada talks Daredevil: Father

Last year, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada gave readers the first chapter of Daredevil: Father, a five issue mini-series which he wrote and drew that had the champion of Hell's Kitchen battling a serial killer, a record heat wave and wrestling with family secrets. That was the last readers saw of the series. After a number of delays, the series is now back on track and issue 2 of Daredevil: Father finally hits stores this August with the rest of the series guaranteed to ship the following months. Comic Book Resources spoke to Quesada about the project, who promised that the long delay has not changed one word of Daredevil: Father.

For the complete interview, click here.

Source: Comic Book Resources

08/08/05 - Ross talks Justice

Newsarama sat down with Alex Ross to talk about Justice, the new 12-issue, bi-monthly series coming from Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Doug Braithwaite, for DC Comics in a two-part interview.

Ross co-plots the series with Krueger, provides covers, and paints over Braithwaite’s pencils.

For part one of the interview, click here.

For part two of the interview, click here.

For a gallery with sketches by Alex Ross of the villains who will be appearing in the Justice maxi-series, click here.

Source: Newsarama

08/08/05 - San Diego Comicon Tidbits

In spring of 2006, writers Howard Chaykin and David Tischman take readers back to the glitzy, decadent, blood-stained Miami they created in "Bite Club" in the follow-up mini-series "Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit." David Hahn returns to illustrate the five-issue mini-series and Frank Quitely will once again supply the covers.
Duncan Fegredo will be drawing one of Marvel's four monster-based one-shots in October. The one-shot, Monsters on the Prowl will be written by Steve Niles and have a cover by Eric Powell.
DC/Vertigo will be publishing an original graphic novel - Fables: 1,001 Nights of Snowfall - due next year with a framing sequence by Charles Vess and art by Mark Buckingham, James Jean, Mark Wheatley, and John Bolton. The story is set in the early days of Fabletown, when Snow White was sent to the lands of "Arabian Nights".

Source: Comic Book Resources

08/08/05 - Cassaday's I am Legion gets upgraded

Under the distribution deal between DC and Humanoids, John Cassaday and Fabian Nury’s first volume of I Am Legion was not printed in the oversized format the project was intended and drawn for. There are rumours however, that Humanoids (either by themselves or in partnership with another company) will reprint the first I Am Legion in the US using the same size and format in which it was originally publishing in Europe. Furthermore, the eventual second and third volumes will also be released in the US in that format.

Source: Silver Bullet Comics

08/08/05 - Justice #1 Preview

Alex Ross has released the first twelve pages of August’s Justice #1, showcasing the result of his and Doug Braithwaite’s artist collaboration and Jim Krueger’s co-writing.

The first issue ships with two covers by Alex Ross, one featuring heroes and the other featuring villains.

Check it out by clicking here. Pages 1-5 appear exlcusively in Wizard #165.

Source: Newsarama

08/08/05 - Risso Across the Border

Dynamic Entertainment will be releasing Eduardo Risso's Borderline as part of a comprehensive licensing deal.

Borderline, which was originally published in Italy, is a 600-page epic created by Eduardo Risso and Carlos Trillo, with whom the artist has previously worked on a slate of other projects. This powerful piece of graphic fiction has never before been available in the United States in English.

The first 160 pages collection will retail for $19.99 and is the first in a series of four volumes that will collect the entire series - featuring the work of Eduardo Risso PLUS the work of writer Carlos Trillo - for the first time even in English.

Dynamite has plans to produce hardcover collections at a later date.

For more information, with some preview art, click here and here.

Source: Newsarama

08/08/05 - Romita Jr. Leaving Black Panther

Quesada confirmed that John Romita Jr. will be leaving Black Panther, noting that his final issue of Panther comes before his final issue of Wolverine, i.e. that issue #6 will be his final issue. From there, Romita Jr. moves to the September-debuting Sentry miniseries, written by Paul Jenkins.

Source: Silver Bullet Comics

08/08/05 - Witchblade #87 Preview

In his All the Rage column, over at the Silver Bullet Comics website, Blair Marnell posted a 6-page preview of the upcoming Witchblade issue with art by Chris Bachalo.

Check it out by clicking here.

Source: Silver Bullet Comics

08/08/05 - Wizard World: Philladelphia Con Tidbits

Chris Bachalo is returning to take over the art duties on "Uncanny X-Men," with Chris Claremont again on board as the writer, starting with issue #464.
John Romita Jr. will be penciling a Sentry miniseries written by Paul Jenkins.
Chris Bachalo will be providing covers to the upcoming Colossus: Bloodline mini-series for Marvel.
Quesada confirmed that the "Astonishing X-Men" team of Joss Whedon and John Casaday would return to the title next for another 12-issue run.

Source: Comic Book Resources

08/08/05 - J.G. Jones going for seconds

After selling out Villains United #2, DC Comics will publish a second printing (arriving in stores on July 7) with a black-and-white version of the original cover by J.G. Jones.

Source: Comics Continuum

05/24/05 - Romita Jr. going to DC?

In his All the Rage column, over at the Silver Bullet Comics website, Blair Marnell posted an interesting RUMOUR about John Romita Jr.'s future:

Word among industry insiders is that DC is once again spending a MASSIVE amount of money to land their latest "star acquisitions." And John Romita Jr. is one of the artists that DC will be making a major push for, when Romita Jr’s Marvel exclusive contract is up later this year. Apparently, DC made a similar offer to Romita Jr. the last time his contract was up, but the pending offer is said to be "substantially bigger," though no official contact is expected until the end of his current deal. Make no mistake, Romita Jr. is highly coveted for his star power, not to mention his consistently high output. Given that the Romita family name is almost synonymous with Marvel and that Romita Jr. has spent the bulk of his career at the company, it would be shocking if he jumped ship. But it would be a huge coup for DC...

Source: Silver Bullet Comics

05/24/05 - Daredevil: Father's Publishing Schedule

Marvel has announced the schedule for the remaining Daredevil: Father issues written and drawn by Joe Quesada.

Additionally, in August, Marvel will release a "Director's Cut" version of issue #1. Featuring no ads and some of the same extras in other "Director's Cut" editions, Daredevil: Father #1 Director's Cut will go on sale 8/3.

The schedule for the remaining issues looks like this:

Daredevil: Father #2 August 2005

Daredevil: Father #3 September 2005

Daredevil: Father #4 October 2005

Daredevil: Father #5 November 2005

Source: Newsarama

05/24/05 - J.G. Jones Exclusive

He hinted at it to Newsarama at the recent Pittsburgh Comicon, and now, J.G. Jones has confirmed that he has signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics.

"Somebody finally wants me, I guess," Jones joked when asked about the deal. "But really, I wanted to sign for a couple of reasons. I wanted to roll into the deal a creator-owned project, and Wildstorm liked my pitch, so I got DC to work out a deal where I’ll get to do my own book for part of the time I’m with them. That was pretty cool for one, and also, DC showed the most interest...

For the complete article, click here

Source: Newsarama

05/08/05 - Super Sketches

Here are two new sketches I like to share with you. The Superman sketches were done for me at the Bristol 2002 Convention.

Superman
Peter Doherty
June, 2002 Superman
Rodney Ramos
June, 2002

Peter Franken

05/08/05 - J.G. Jones Vs. Army of Darkness Vs. Re-Animator

Dynamite Entertainment is launching its Army of Darkness license into a monthly series. Army of Darkness Vs. Re-Animator #1 will feature four different covers shipping in approximately equal increments, by Greene, Nick Bradshaw, J.G. Jones, and Gabrielle Dell'Otto, as well as a "Super-Rare" 1-25 cover by Bradshaw featuring an "homage" to classic slasher monster films!

Dynamite promises future covers by Esad Ribic, Adam Hughes, Billy Tan, John Romita Jr., John Romita Sr., and more.

For every 25 copies of AOD/Re-Animator #1 ordered, retailers will receive free Re-Animator #0's at no cost. Retailers will get the opportunity to receive even MORE Re-Animator #0's, depending on their initial orders, AND qualifying retailers will also receive a rare RRP Edition of AOD/Re-Animator #1 featuring the J.G. Jones cover with spot colors on it -- in black, white, and grays.

Source: Newsarama

05/08/05 - 5 Minutes with John Cassaday

Dynamic Forces recently posted a very short interview with John Cassaday in which he talks about his cover for Red Sonja #1

Here's a small excerpt of the interview:

Dynamic Forces: Does the character of Red Sonja conjure up any particular images or convey any particular emotions to you as an artist?

John Cassaday: A book judged by the cover. Literally and figuratively.

For the complete five minutes, click here

Source: Dynamic Forces

05/08/05 - Quesada, Cassaday & Jones cover Serenity

Dark Horse Comics announced recently that future covers of its Serenity comic book will come from such artists as Joe Quesada, Josh Middleton and Jo Chen.

Each issue of the three-issue minisieres will feature three covers spotlighting one character each. Issue #1 features Mal by John Cassaday, Inara by J. G. Jones and Jayne by Bryan Hitch.

The mini-series takes place between the end of the Firefly television series and the Serenity movie, which is scheduled for release on Sept. 30.

Source: Comics Continuum

05/08/05 - Hip Flask: Ladronn Back for More

The Hip Flask story that creators Richard Starkings and Jose Ladronn have been wanting to tell from the very beginning gets told in July’s Hip Flask: Mystery City – The Big Here & The Long Now.

According to the official solicitation text, "The broken and bloody body of an unidentifiable man sets Hip Flask and Vanity Case on a trail that leads them to Casbah Joe and The Eye of the Needle; the creator of the Elephantmen, Kazushi Nikken, suspects that there are plans afoot to release him from imprisonment and gang war erupts between the forces of Obadiah Horn and Baron Serengheti. Where will Flask's investigation lead him? What dark secrets lie in Sahara's past, and what is the deadly mission of the man called The Silencer? Los Angeles 2162 is Mystery City!"

For the complete article and preview art, click here.

Source: Newsarama

05/08/05 - Harvey Nominees Announced

John Cassaday has been nominated for a Harvey award in the category Best Artist for his work on DC/Wildstorm's Planetary series. The Harvey Awards recognize outstanding achievements in 20 categories, ranging from Best Letterer to Best New Talent to the Special Award for Excellence in Presentation. They are the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comics creating professionals.

For a complete list of nominees, click here.

Winners will be announced at the Harvey Awards ceremony held on Saturday, June 11, 2005

Source: MoCCA

05/08/05 - Pittsburgh Floor Buzz

During the recent Pittsburgh Comicon at the Monroeville ExpoMart, J.G. Jones provided the people at Newsarama with an interesting tidbit:

J.G. Jones said he's getting ready to sign a two-year exclusive, but isn't ready to announce with what company. "We'll get to announce it soon," he said.

"And I have a creator-owned project in the works as well -- writing and drawing."

Source: Newsarama

04/24/05 - (The Incomplete) Comicbook Artist Checklist Sports New Look and Joe Quesada Checklist

After having the same look for more than 5 years, I finally found the time to redesign this website a little. I hope you like it. However, the new look of the website hasn't seeped through to all of the checklists yet. At the moment I'm updating the checklists one by one. The first checklist to sport the new look, is the Chris Bachalo checklist.

I've also uploaded a new checklist:

Joe Quesada:
Joe Quesada (1962) has been penciler, writer, creator, publisher, editor and is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics. He was the artist on such titles as: Daredevil with writers Kevin Smith and David Mack, X-Factor with Peter David, Batman: Sword of Azrael which he co-created with Denny O'Neil, The Ray, Ninjak and Ash, which he co-created with Jimmy Palmiotti.

Peter Franken

04/24/05 - San Diego Comic Con Loot - PART SIX

Here are two new pieces from last year's San Diego Comicon that I like to share with you. The first piece is a George Perez Scarlet Witch sketch.

The second piece is a quick sketch by Peter Gross, who's best known for his work on DC/Vertigo's Books of Magic and Lucifer series.

Scarlet Witch
George Perez
July, 2004 Molly (Books of Magic)
Peter Gross
July, 2004

Peter Franken

04/24/05 - Kaluta to provide variant cover for Strange Girl #1

Image Comics has announces that Strange Girl #1 in June will sport a variant cover painted by Michael William Kaluta.

Kaluta's cover serves as an incentive piece in conjunction with the cover by series artists Eric Nguyen and colorist Joelle Comtois. Retailers will receive the two covers in a 4:1 split.

Source: Comics Continuum

04/24/05 - Quesada, Cassaday and Bachalo to provide variant covers for House of M

Marvel has announced that the cover artist of the upcoming eight-issue House of M mini-series will be Essad Ribic, with variant covers by:

House of M #1 Joe Quesada
House of M #2 Terry Dodson
House of M #3 John Cassaday
House of M #4 Brandon Peterson
House of M #5 Alex Maleev
House of M #6 Greg Land
House of M #7 TBA
House of M #8 Chris Bachalo

Retailers will receive the variant cover in a 21 to 1 ratio.

Source: Newsarama

04/24/05 - Eisner Award Nominations Announced

The industry's most prestigious award, the Eisner Awards, have announced their nominations for 2005. Check out some of the nominees below:

BEST SERIALIZED STORY

Astonishing X-Men #1-6: "Gifted," by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)
Fables #19-27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers," by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)
Planetary #19-20: "Mystery in Space/Rendezvous," by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday (WildStorm/DC)

BEST CONTINUING SERIES

Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)

BEST LIMITED SERIES

WE3, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC)
Wanted, by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones (Top Cow/Image)

BEST NEW SERIES

Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)

BEST PENCILLER/INKER OF PENCILLER/INKER TEAM

John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC); I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids/DC)
Frank Quitely, WE3 (Vertigo/DC)

BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART)

Teddy Kristiansen, It's a Bird . . . (Vertigo/DC)

BEST COVER ARTIST

Frank Quitely, Bite Club; WE3 (Vertigo/DC)

For the complete list, click here.

Source: Comic-Con International

04/24/05 - Alex Ross Covers Green Lantern #1

With the new Green Lantern #1 just over a month away, DC Comics announces that this hotly anticipated debut issue will sport a variant cover painted by artist Alex Ross.

Ross's cover serves as a companion piece to the cover by series artists Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino. Retailers will receive the two covers in a 50% split.

Source: Comic Book Resources

04/24/05 - Ross, Cassaday, Jones and Kaluta to provide covers for new Red Sonja series

Dynamite Entertainment, through their own imprint, will bring Red Sonja back in to print with a new series co-written by Michael Avon Oeming and Mike Carey and illustrated by Mel Rubi.

Currently, Dynamite is set to release a $.25 cent #0 issue in April. The creative team of Oeming, Carey and Rubi are joined by Richard Isanove and Ceasar Rodriguez on colors featuring a Greg Land cover. The #0 issue will include a retailer incentive sneak peak at the Alex Ross cover set for the first issue. Issue #1 of Red Sonja will see its release likely in June with covers by Alex Ross, J.G. Jones, Michael Turner, Michael Kaluta, Art Adams, Joseph Michael Linsnser, John Cassaday, Adam Hughes and more planned for the first several issues. Red Sonja will be an ongoing series with the first story lasting five issues.

Source: Comic Book Resources

03/20/05 - San Diego Comic Con Loot - PART FIVE

Here are two new pieces from last year's San Diego Comicon that I like to share with you. The first piece is a Alex Horley commission depicting Poison Ivy. Horley based the piece on a prelim for a painting he did for another fan.

The second piece is an unpublished Promethea pin-up by J.H. Williams III, who's best known for his work on DC/ABC's Promethea series, written by Alan Moore.

Poison Ivy
Alex Horley
July, 2004 Promethea
J.H. Williams III
July, 2004

Peter Franken

03/20/05 - Bachalo News

Chris Bachalo recently posted a message on his yahoo message group to let his fans in some interesting news:

Bachalo will provide the artwork (including colors) to Witchblade #87. In his own words: "It'll be grand". He's also on board to supply a couple of pages for a Witchblade Special (Tenth Anniversary Special).

He's taken on six entries for the Upper Deck JLA card game, not to mention he's got several covers in the works and looks to complete Hipflask: Stoneheart in the coming months.

He also has a project or two in development for the next big offering but remains uncommitted at this time.

Source: Chris Bachalo's Yahoo Group

03/20/05 - DC News from Wizard World: Los Angeles

Here's a quick rundown of DC related news tidbits from this weekend's Wizard World: Lost Angeles:

There's a new Jonah Hex series coming from DC. Frank Quitely has done the cover for the first issue. Each issue will have a different cover artist.
Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton are teaming on Shazam/Superman: First Thunder, a four-issue mini-series starting in September.
Justice, the upcoming series co-written by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger, penciled by Doug Braithwaite, and painted by Ross, will debut in December as a bi-monthly series.
World’s Greatest Super-Heroes is a July-shipping, oversized, slipcased hardcover that collects Paul Dini and Alex Ross' Batman: War On Crime, Superman: Peace On Earth, Shazam: Power of Hope, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, their two JLA volumes, plus promotional art, sketches, commentary and more.
Grant Morrison reaffirmed "All Star Superman" as a 12 issue limited series, saying Frank Quitely would explode if the story was longer than that. But he would like to do more, maybe another 8 issues, or for the rest of his life if possible. Either way was fine with him.

Source: Newsarama & Comics Continuum

03/20/05 - Marvel News from Wizard World: Los Angeles

Here's a quick rundown of Marvel related news tidbits from this weekend's Wizard World: Lost Angeles:

Paul Jenkins will team with artist John Romita Jr. on a Sentry series that is targeted for eight issues.
Jenkins also reteams with Mark Buckingham on Spectacular Spider-Man #27, the final issue.
"Astonishing X-Men" will take a break (about four months or so) after issue #12 ships, allowing both Joss Whedon and John Cassaday to catch up on other commitments, then they will return with #13 to finish up their story.
Joe Quesada said Daredevil: Father will be out this year.

Source: Newsarama & Comics Continuum

03/01/05 - San Diego Comic Con Loot - PART FOUR

Here are two new sketches that I like to share with you. The first sketch is a John Contantine sketch by Tim Bradstreet, who's best known for his realistic covers on Hellblazer for DC Comics and Punisher for Marvel Comics.

The second sketch is a Aisha sketch by Jock, who's best known for his work on DC/Vertigo's The Losers series.

John Constantine
Tim Bradstreet
July 25, 2004 Aisha
Jock
July, 2004

Peter Franken

03/01/05 - Tim Sale Interview

The Legions Of Gotham recently posted an interview with Tim Sale on their website. In the interview he talks about his Batman related work and upcoming projects.

Here's a small excerpt of the interview:

Legions of Gotham: What projects lay on the horizon for you...DC/Batman and otherwise?

Tim Sale: I still am under exclusive contract with DC for another project or two. What's been discussed are a SPIRIT graphic novel called THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, inspired by Eisner's own stories of the Spirit at Christmastime. The concept would be that the stories have recently been uncovered in a warehouse somewhere, done by the Eisner studio in the 40's when he was in the army. Short stories, 48 pages, Jeph writing, me drawing and the fabulous Mark Chiarello coloring. The other project is a coffee-table book of stories starring Batman and Superman, not together, but each in his own tale. The stories are pairs, and linked by a theme -- Sleep, Food, Home, like that. Big, like 220 pages, and oversized, a book anyone might want to own, not just those into comics. That's my dream, anyway.

For the complete interview, click here

Source: Comics Continuum

03/01/05 - Alex Ross covers Gatchaman

ADV Films has announced that Alex Ross is providing new original box artwork its collection of Gatchaman, the series that spawned Battle of the Planets and G-Force.

The first volume of the collection will be released on June 14.

For the complete article, click here

Source: Comics Continuum

03/01/05 - News from WonderCon

The recent WonderCon convention yielded some interesting news tidbits:

After a delay from its original December 2004 start, Kurt Busiek’s Astro City: The Dark Age begins in June. The story, of the ‘70s in Astro City, has its roots in what Busiek originally envisioned as Marvels II. Brent Anderson pencils, with covers by Alex Ross. The Dark Age will run for 12 issues, and will tell of the Silver Agent’s final fate.
Planetary is scheduled to run through to issue #26
The next Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror comic will reunite Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson to do a Swamp Thing story, which is known as 'Squish Thing,' where Homer gets engulfed in a squishy accident and becomes a Squish Thing."
The OMAC Project, a six-issue mini-series from DC Comics by Rucka and Saiz, will have covers by Jose Ladronn.
Each issue of Justice, the bi-monthly series (DC Comics) by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Doug Braithwaite, will be 40 pages.
Alex Ross is also now the regular cover artist for JSA.
Dan DiDio said All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely and All Star Batman and Robin by Frank Miller and Jim Lee are the only All Star titles currently planned.

Source: Newsarama & Comics Continuum

03/01/05 - Cassaday extends run on Astonishing X-Men

During WonderCon last month, Joss Whedon announced that he and artist John Cassaday would be continuing their run on Marvel's premiere mutant title for an additional 12 issues, making it 24 issues total for the duo. The duo will finish up their current run on the title, followed by a short break, and then get back to the title with an additional twelve issues.

No word on whether the title would simply take a break or if fill-in creative teams would participate. Once they've finished that, the duo will embark on a "Giant Sized Astonishing X-Men" one-shot.

Source: Comic Book Resources

02/13/05 - San Diego Comic Con Loot - PART THREE

Here are two new pieces of art that I like to share with you. The first piece is a commission I got from Eric Powell of his salty peg-legged character named Fishy Pete, during last year's San Diego Con. Eric Powell is probably best known for his work on his creator owned series The Goon, which is currently published by Dark Horse Comics. Fishy Pete is one of the characters in The Goon.

The second piece is also by Eric Powell. This piece was recently acquired by a friend of mine, who has let me share it with you (thanks Fons!). The Goon. The Zombie Priest. A couple of Zombies. This piece has it all!

Fishy Pete
Eric Powell
July 25, 2004 The Goon
Eric Powell
July, 2004

Peter Franken

02/13/05 - Age of Apocalyse Previews

Newsarama has posted several news items previewing Bachalo's art for X-Men: Age of Apocalyse #1, the first part of a six-issue mini-series celebrating the 10th anniversary of the event.

For first item with preview art by Bachalo, click here

For the second preview, click here

Source: Newsarama

02/13/05 - Romita Jr. Sells Out

Marvel has announced to retailers that Black Panther #1 by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr. has sold out, and a second printing of the first issue is planned, featuring a cover by Esad Ribic.

Source: Newsarama

02/13/05 - Dynamic Forces to Publish Risso Work

Recently Dynamic Forces announced a deal with Eduardo Risso concerning his Borderline property with writer Carlos Trillo. The deal is the first in a series of licensing agreements forthcoming from the company, concerning individual creators and their properties.

"Eduardo is such an incredible talent, and we're very proud to make this announcement first," explained DF President Nick Barrucci. "Eduardo is truly an artist's artist. We've been friends for years, and putting this deal together for Borderline is personally very gratifying. Readers will be amazed by this cinematic epic which spans 600 pages. For those fans who like gritty crime noir such as Sin City and 100 Bullets, this is perfect for them!"

For the press release, click here

Source: Dynamic Forces

02/13/05 - Romita Jr. Wolverine B&W Preview art

Late last year, Marvel provided Newsarama with a fairly rare opportunity, that is, to see the early production on two (then) upcoming issues of Wolverine, #24 and #25. The pages give something of an insight into the process of series artist John Romita Jr. in terms of detail.

For the B&W preview Wolverine #24 & #25, click here

Source: Newsarama

02/13/05 - Quitely extends his exclusive with DC

Late last year, Frank Quitely extended and enhanced his relationship with DC by signing a two-year exclusive contract, which will allow him to call the various imprints of DC home for his upcoming work.

Following his work with writer Grant Morrison on the current Vertigo mini-series WE3, Quitely will team up with Morrison again in 2005 for the 12-issue maxi-series All Star: Superman.

Source: Newsarama & Comics Continuum

02/13/05 - Five Minutes With J.G. Jones

Dynamic Forces recently posted a short interview with J.G. Jones in which he talks about his work on the Wanted mini-series with writer Mark Millar.

Here's a small excerpt of the interview:

DF: How has the Wanted experience and working with Mark Millar changed you?

JG JONES: I'm too old to let some little upstart scamp like Millar change me. I tried to work with the same approach on Wanted that I always use. Storytelling comes first. This was pretty easy with Mark. I didn't have to change much from his script when I was drawing, because he gives the artist pretty much every thing he needs to work with. He has clear, concise storytelling, which is something I like.

For the complete five minutes, click here

Source: Dynamic Forces

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