Comic Art http://art.ebabble.net One man's trash is another's treasure Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:01:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Patrick Gleason Green Lantern Corps page http://art.ebabble.net/patrick-gleason-green-lantern-corps-page.htm http://art.ebabble.net/patrick-gleason-green-lantern-corps-page.htm#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:00:26 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=161 Another find from the Fan Expo: picked this up from the inker Drew Geraci.  As always I’m drawn to the black heavily inked pages.

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/patrick-gleason-green-lantern-corps-page.htm/feed Darwyn Cooke Wonder Woman sketch http://art.ebabble.net/darwyn-cooke-wonder-woman-sketch.htm http://art.ebabble.net/darwyn-cooke-wonder-woman-sketch.htm#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:14:02 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=159 My highlight piece from Fan Expo 2008: a glorious Wonder Woman sketch from Darwyn Cooke.  I had spotted him around the show on Friday and I found out he would be selling some of his sketch books from artist’s alley on Saturday morning.  Saturday I paced until I spotted him and was the first in line: he had done headshots of 50’s style women in each so I picked out my favourite.  Then he pulled out a portfolio of stuff for sale: I was blown away by the material but managed to pick out the item below.

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/darwyn-cooke-wonder-woman-sketch.htm/feed Tim Sale Doctor Strange and Hulk sketches http://art.ebabble.net/tim-sale-doctor-strange-and-hulk-sketches.htm http://art.ebabble.net/tim-sale-doctor-strange-and-hulk-sketches.htm#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:17:42 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=155 First pieces online from the recent Toronto Fan Expo.  Tim Sale was one of the big names I wanted to get a piece from and he employs a unique system, or rather the two or three associates he had with him employed.  Tim does about ten sketches a day and hands out cards to the first people in his line giving a time that day when he’ll draw your sketch.  This is a great system: you don’t need to waste hours in line waiting for no real reason.  The one caveat is that he only spends 10-15 minutes on each piece, but his style fits the limited time frame.  I was in line the second day and brought a friend to wait with me since he didn’t want a Sale piece and I really wanted two.

For the Doctor Strange I provided reference material.  I really wanted a Dr. Fate but Tim didn’t want to do one: I asked for Hawkman but didn’t have reference material so I went with the Hulk.

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/tim-sale-doctor-strange-and-hulk-sketches.htm/feed Ramon Perez Green Lantern sketch and JSA Classified page http://art.ebabble.net/ramon-perez-green-lantern-sketch-and-jsa-classified-page.htm http://art.ebabble.net/ramon-perez-green-lantern-sketch-and-jsa-classified-page.htm#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:50:05 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=132 Two items from the Art Symposium.  Ramon had pages from his JSA Classified run with him: I couldn’t afford the flashback splash pages that I really wanted but did get this beautiful page with Wildcat and Catwoman.  I didn’t want to squander an opportunity so I requested an Alan Scott Green Lantern sketch.

2008 Sketch Ramon Perez Green Lantern Ramon Perez - JSA Classified Issue 36 Page 22

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/ramon-perez-green-lantern-sketch-and-jsa-classified-page.htm/feed Michael Cho Dr. Fate and Dr. Strange commission http://art.ebabble.net/michael-cho-dr-fate-and-dr-strange-commission.htm http://art.ebabble.net/michael-cho-dr-fate-and-dr-strange-commission.htm#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:55:58 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=131 At the Toronto Symposium I picked up a commission piece from Michael Cho.  I had emailed him last spring about it and he told me it would take awhile but I didn’t mind.  He’s a great artist and love his single colour work; in fact he was finishing up one at the show of Superman and Lois Lane that was stunning.

To the left is the finished piece: to the right are his pencils from the back of the piece: he lightboxes the pencils to do the ink and marker work.

2008 Sketch Michael Cho Dr. Fate & Dr. Strange 2008 Sketch Michael Cho Dr Fate & Dr Strange Pencils

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/michael-cho-dr-fate-and-dr-strange-commission.htm/feed Sequential Art Symposium 2008 http://art.ebabble.net/sequential-art-symposium-2008.htm http://art.ebabble.net/sequential-art-symposium-2008.htm#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:30 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=130 I attended the Sequential Art Symposium in Toronto this past Saturday. It was held prior to the 2008 Joe Shuster Awards in Toronto. It sounded like an exciting event that would have a large community of Canadian creators, in theory at least. I was there for three hours and there were eight local artists and one from elsewhere in Canada; during my time there I saw about twenty attendees. It was poorly advertised and while they had a nice poster I only heard about it through some artist contacts: Michael Cho and Ramon Perez.

One happy note from the Shuster Awards: my local comic shop Big B Comics won retailer of the year. Congratulations guys!

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/sequential-art-symposium-2008.htm/feed Alex Maleev Dr. Strange sketch http://art.ebabble.net/alex-maleev-dr-strange-sketch.htm http://art.ebabble.net/alex-maleev-dr-strange-sketch.htm#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 18:46:55 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=129 Final item from the April Toronto show.  Maleev had a short list so I was able to get a commission from him the same day.  He works quickly so that helps, but the price didn’t.  The piece was done but I asked that the amulet be added, and neither of us could remember the symbol on his chest so he added it last minute and to my eye it looks like an addition.

2008 Sketch Alex Maleev Dr Strange

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/alex-maleev-dr-strange-sketch.htm/feed Karl Kerschl Dr. Strange sketch http://art.ebabble.net/karl-kerschl-dr-strange-sketch.htm http://art.ebabble.net/karl-kerschl-dr-strange-sketch.htm#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 19:42:37 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=128 One of three Dr. Strange sketches from the Toronto show.  I really enjoy the perspective of this piece.  I’ll be sure to get something from Karl every show since he’s from Ontario.

2008 Sketch Karl Kerschl Dr Strange

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/karl-kerschl-dr-strange-sketch.htm/feed Paul Rivoche Wind Elf sketch http://art.ebabble.net/paul-rivoche-wind-elf-sketch.htm http://art.ebabble.net/paul-rivoche-wind-elf-sketch.htm#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 12:29:52 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=127 Saw Paul at the April Toronto show and requested a sketch: he’s doing wind elves for a new project and was kind enough to do this sketch for me.  Paul does a lot of work on animation backgrounds and he really shows off his skill in this piece: a few lines in the back, the severed tree trunk and he gives amazing depth.

2008 Sketch Paul Rivoche Wind Elf

]]> http://art.ebabble.net/paul-rivoche-wind-elf-sketch.htm/feed Francis Manupal Hellboy sketch http://art.ebabble.net/francis-manupal-hellboy-sketch.htm http://art.ebabble.net/francis-manupal-hellboy-sketch.htm#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 15:55:20 +0000 Scott http://art.ebabble.net/?p=125 Another item from the April Toronto show. Francis is at every Toronto show diligently producing sketches for free. He asked what I wanted and I left it up to him: received this very nice Hellboy sketch.

2008 Sketch Fancis Manupal Hellboy

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