Yeah I drew it!

Princess from Gatchaman.

2011-10-31T21:16:00.000-04:00

Here's the finished sketch.

WIP for auction

2011-10-22T08:50:00.000-04:00

Amy and I are involved in an auction to raise money for Epilepsy awareness. Here's the link to the auction. This is the work in progress.

new work in progress

2011-10-10T07:06:00.000-04:00

I have a little Name this character contest going on over at Facebook. So far no one has guessed it.

sketches from the Rockport Art Association 10/3/2011

2011-10-10T07:04:00.000-04:00

Sketch from the Scranton Comic con

2011-09-28T05:28:00.000-04:00

Here's a Sketch of Robin that I did last Sunday at the Scranton Comic Con.

Valkyrie

2011-09-12T06:49:00.000-04:00

Teri Thirteen finish

2011-09-11T00:15:00.000-04:00

finished Elektra sketch and new works in progress

2011-09-10T23:39:00.000-04:00

New Marker sketches

2011-09-04T21:28:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple of sketches I've started using some new Copic markers I've picked up.

Inked sketch of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl

2011-07-30T23:27:00.000-04:00

They're so Evil!!!!!

2011-07-29T05:34:00.000-04:00

Finished Sketch of the Legion of super-villains

Works in progress

2011-07-25T22:45:00.000-04:00

some new sketches I started this weekend.

cover for Spine handout

2011-07-23T10:13:00.000-04:00

Here's the cover I waved the photoshop wand over to make a handout for the Great Allentown Convention.

Spine Pencils Page 3

2011-07-23T07:26:00.000-04:00

Batgirl

2011-07-18T07:08:00.001-04:00

here's a Batgirl Sketch that I started on Sunday. Finished inking on Wednesday.

Next convention appearance.

2011-07-04T08:28:00.000-04:00

Amy and I will have a table at the Great Allentown Convention on July 16th. You'll be able to pick up a two page preview of my next comic Spine at the show. Here's an in progress shot of the cover.

New Updates

2011-06-27T22:25:00.000-04:00

Here are some new pics I've completed recently

Colored Sketches

2011-03-07T13:00:00.000-05:00

I decided to color these because i felt they were getting overlooked on the table at conventions. I have to compete with Amy's stuff.

Super Secret Project revealed!!!

2011-03-07T10:05:00.000-05:00

Well it's been a few months since my last post but that doesn't mean I've been idle. I've been contributing artwork to ADVENTURES WITH PUZZLEART ALLI in 3D. A perceptual learning and oculomotor skills workbook using concepts developed by Alli Berman.

poster for Kingcon II Nov 6 and 7th

2010-10-21T22:23:00.000-04:00

Buy issue #1 at my Etsy site

2010-10-02T00:16:00.001-04:00

Transient Tales #1 available on my Etsy site along with Sketches and Sketch cards

Completed cover

2010-09-09T20:53:00.000-04:00

So Transient Tales #1 is at the printer as we speak.
I expect to have it ready for King Con II in November

finished cover drawing

2010-08-11T05:20:00.000-04:00

Cover to Transient Tales #1

2010-07-28T06:06:00.000-04:00

Work in progress kids.

new sketches from Rockport

2010-07-06T13:07:00.000-04:00

Hey guys back from vacation. Here's some sketches started while I was in Rockport, Mass.

inked sketch

2010-06-26T20:49:00.000-04:00

Here 's a new inked sketch that I finished today. I've been looking at a lot of Stan Drake and Alex Raymond's work lately. Trying to get some of the magic to rub off...should rub harder.

Finished Sketches

2010-06-25T06:28:00.000-04:00

Worked on these sketches last night.

2010-06-21T15:26:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys I managed to get these two drawings started during this crazy weekend.

New ink sketch

2010-06-18T06:03:00.000-04:00

Here's a new sketch I did before work yesterday and then inked last night. Enjoy.

Now with Color!!

2010-06-13T07:14:00.003-04:00

Here's two more sketch-cards.

The first is Deena Pilgrim

from Powers. I brush inked and

watercolored this one.

In the second my unhealthy fascination with Hawkman continues.

sketch-cards a go go

2010-06-12T07:19:00.003-04:00

Back again with more sketch-cards

Fly-Guy, Killer Rooster and a

marker -colored Angel that I hate

next time I'll use watercolor.

New Sketch-cards

2010-06-11T05:35:00.003-04:00

Today's new sketch-cards include Firestar and old Marvel Cartoon character.

Logo design for Spit-Faced Comics

2010-06-11T05:25:00.003-04:00

Here's the logo design for Spit-Faced Comics. As always the design was a collaboration between Amy and myself.

more sketch-cards part duex

2010-06-10T05:25:00.002-04:00

More Sketch-cards for the upcoming King Con II.

more sketch-cards Dinosaur, zombie and some bony thing

2010-06-09T06:24:00.002-04:00

Back again with some more sketch-cards Two are pretty self-explanatory the last one, well who knows where the idea for that one came from. It might have been that freaky invisible horse thing from Harry Potter.

Sketchcards for King Con II

2010-06-08T05:54:00.003-04:00

Hey all,

Amy and I are going to attend King Con II in Brooklyn (Nov 4-7). Here are some of the sketchcards I've been working on.

Finishing touches on new book

2010-05-14T21:28:00.003-04:00

Hi so I'm putting the finishing touches on what will be called Transient Tales #1. I know I published a mini of that name last year but this will be a full sized 28 page comic that should contain old and new material. It'll debut at King CON II in Brooklyn in November of this year. Here are a few sample pages.

Wonder Woman

2010-03-28T05:45:00.003-04:00

daily sketch

2010-03-19T06:08:00.001-04:00

new sketches

2010-03-19T05:55:00.004-04:00

new ones in order

Phoenix

Grendel-Christine Spar

Ghost

Dejah Thoris

Red says Dead...

2010-03-06T22:45:00.002-05:00

Today's sketch Red Sonja,

Indigo Tribe

2010-03-05T21:37:00.002-05:00

she's got cornrolls and a big stick thing and speaks a funky language. she's indigo the indigo lantern.

White tiger

2010-03-03T23:59:00.000-05:00

Started this while Lost was on.

Obama's favorite lantern.

2010-03-02T06:11:00.003-05:00

New sketch of Saint Walker the lantern of hope.

It's all the rage!

2010-02-28T19:11:00.003-05:00

Hey There,

Building on some suggestions for Blackest Night sketches here's my Atrocitus.

Mine!!!

2010-02-28T06:56:00.002-05:00

Hey here's a sketch of Larfleeze that I did for my friend Grey you can check out his Band Red Lanterns here. He may not get this one though Larfleeze is a bit tough and I may want another go at it.

Star Shappire

2010-02-27T17:41:00.002-05:00

Today's sketch

more daily sketches

2010-02-27T06:52:00.004-05:00

ok been working on more daily sketches over at my face book page. check em out by clicking the link.

Sketch a day

2010-02-20T10:25:00.003-05:00

Ok so because Facebook's picture loader is a piece of shit I'm posting larger scan's of my sketch a day project to my blog. here are a few.

Finished inks

2010-01-10T22:32:00.002-05:00

Okay Finished this one today. Hope you like it.

2010-01-03T22:15:00.001-05:00

hey here's the latest thing I'm working on. I'm really pleased with her. going to flesh him out more.

Last Drawing of 2009

2009-12-31T23:17:00.005-05:00

So on Monday I drew this pic and came up with a little backstory that she's an ex-Soviet spy. Amy got a kick out of it and Emily understandably didn't get the reference. Here's the original drawing, plus the refined pencil sketch and the finished inks. I tried to ink it with more detail than I usually do I was looking at Rafael Grampa's blog. Really digging his work.

New Year's Eve Bloggin!

2009-12-31T23:11:00.002-05:00

Hey all....been forever since I updated. There's lots of different stuff to post, here's something that I did at lunch on Monday while on Vacation in Rockport, Mass.

My daughter drew something that I wasn't quite sure what it was but I came up with this pic that I call Rotten Potato.

Awesome Marcus Ninja strip is up.

2009-09-02T06:57:00.000-04:00

Hey folks Head over to

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/marcusninja/

and check out my guest strip .

2009-08-09T22:50:00.003-04:00

almost done

new update

2009-08-04T21:36:00.001-04:00

Here's the update on this painting which I worked on today.

2009-08-04T09:18:00.002-04:00

inked pages. Back in December I previewed 2 pages from my story "5 minutes more" available in Transient Tales #1. Here are the inked versions.

Carl Jung Frankenstien

2009-08-04T09:13:00.002-04:00

Yes yes I know it's a bad pun.

2009-08-04T09:00:00.002-04:00

Here's a page I did as a fill in strip for the Awesome Marcus Ninja webcomic. It hasn't aired yet but you can check out what Joel Buxton and Shane Heron do over at http://www.webcomicsnation.com/marcusninja/

2009-08-04T08:40:00.001-04:00

Here's an update to the painting I was working on. I took a few weeks off of it to focus on other projects but I think it's time to put this one to bed.

2009-08-04T08:30:00.003-04:00

Two pages from the upcoming Transient Tales #2

work in progress

2009-06-07T07:28:00.003-04:00

new pic in in the process of water-coloring.

New tattoo designs

2009-05-18T05:52:00.004-04:00

Here are some recent tattoo designs.

New service I draw you as a Superhero!

2009-05-18T05:47:00.005-04:00

Hey folks

I'm offering a new service you throw money at me and I create an image of you as a superhero. Contact me for more details.

New comic and I'm on the Etsy!

2009-03-24T22:32:00.005-04:00

Wow lots of stuff has been happening in the last few weeks as I was hard at work bringing Transient Tales #1 to life in time for the Welcome to our Nightmare Festival held at Don Pedro's last Saturday night.

I produced a 22 page comic set up a table and played with my band surrounded by the best artists and musician's in NYC.

I also set up an Etsy shop where you can oder a copy of my book for 2.00 plus S+H or download a PDF for a flat rate of $2.00.

Crappy Spirit(s)

2009-01-08T16:53:00.002-05:00

Hey all...I just had to blog about this. I went and saw The Spirit today. Now I've been a fan of Will Esiner's pulp inspired sometimes campy and slapstick strip since I was 13 but this is the flashy Hollywood bling bling smash em' up have Samuel (Mutha Fucka) Jackson in it Modern version. The other selling point is that it was directed and written by Frank Miller which should not only give it instant Geek-cred it should also appeal to purists because of his respect for and personal friendship with Will Esiner.

Ah..no.

I'll start by saying what an incredible piece of dog shit this movie is. Don't get me wrong I knew that going in but I was at least willing to look past the casting of Sam Jackson as the Octopus...a character never seen in the comic strip save for a gloved hand once in a while. It should in principle have done well as it has a good looking square jawed leading man... several hot babes such as Eva Mendez for eye candy and all the digital backgrounds,limited color pallet and cut scenes that made people go gaga for films like 300 and Sin City.

Honestly I wanted to walk out before the title credits as the scenes of The Spirit running across power lines and telephone cables looked terrible and the addition of sneakers to the traditional suit and hat looked retarded. The first fight scene between the spirit and the octopus was so asinine and slap stick I realized that we had hit rock bottom and that Eva Mendez's naked ass shot was probably the movie's high point. OK I'm too harsh...the costumes were really well designed and very good visually. I'm not going to say the film was shot well but it was shot typical of Miller's film with lots of dramatic lighting. There were also many homages to past comic creators as well as some of Esiner's other work sprinkled throughout the film. I appreciate Miller's attempt to include these little Easter eggs even if it's for comic fans but in my eyes he squandered much of the good will and clout he created with Sin City.

It's a shame really when I think that the late 80's TV movie with Sam (Flash Gordon) Jones is the best representation of this character on film. I'd rate this film on par with Daredevil. It's not the way you want to follow up last years Iron Man and Dark Knight....hell it's not even as good as the Hulk.

Let's hope Watchmen is better....but I'm not hoping too hard.

New Flier!

2009-01-07T07:08:00.006-05:00

Here's a flier that I did for an upcoming Trauma Team666 Show. I wanted to depict Obama as Black Bart from Blazzin' Saddles. I love the character, even though he gets little respect he's the smartest guy in the movie. I resisted the urge to add Joe Liberman as the Gene Wilder character although he fits perfectly...maybe next time.

Here's to hoping that Obama smarter than the last guy....it'll be hard not to shine!

Page Two

2008-12-27T12:21:00.000-05:00

Back again...

2008-12-26T22:13:00.005-05:00

Wow it's been forever since I posted o.k. here's what I've been up to. This is page one and two of the pencils of my new 8 page strip called "5 minutes more". It's an homage to all those Mystery in Space/Strange Adventures comics of the 1950's and 60's

Tim truman's Grimjack

2008-10-15T06:59:00.003-04:00

Hey

Did a sketch of Tim Truman's Grimjack...There's a free online comic of him as well as Mike Grell's John Sable Freelance over at www.comicmix.com

This will be the last headshot that I do for a while I'm going to concentrate on full figure sketches hopefully we'll all like the results.

Tuesday

2008-10-14T21:05:00.003-04:00

Hey here's a drawing I did at lunch enjoy!

Sunday clean up

2008-10-13T03:43:00.002-04:00

Hey all,

I spent the rest of the weekend doing laundry and cleaning up the apartment. had a great saturday afternoon back issue comic dumpster dive at a local used bookstore. I also picked up the first Star Wars movie on DVD. Emily's 6 and a half and it's about time she saw it. I think we'll watch it on Halloween along with 'Mad Monster Party".

Trauma Team666 rehearsed on Friday night and reconnected with an old friend Moxie who came back up from Florida. we're a little rusty but we'll get it together. We might get booked to play on Monday November 3rd in Brooklyn. So we've got 10/26 (possibly) 11/03 and 12/05.

Superman of color

2008-10-12T05:44:00.003-04:00

Well not really but actually that's not a bad idea. This is something I penciled inked and colored yesterday for my friend Bill's Birthday.

I did a Superman?

2008-10-07T23:14:00.002-04:00

Wow I never draw Superman. He looks like the 1950's Wayne Boring style.

The Box

2008-10-04T07:21:00.001-04:00

Hey Here's my ode to the horror anthology comics of the 60's and 70's It's called The Box.

2008-10-04T07:20:00.001-04:00

2008-10-03T22:40:00.000-04:00

2008-10-03T22:28:00.004-04:00

2008-10-03T22:17:00.001-04:00

one more

2008-09-30T23:22:00.006-04:00

Kid Flash

I'm back!!!

2008-09-30T21:04:00.003-04:00

Wow. it's been the better part of a month since I last posted. lots of new stuff to tell.

I passed my Level 2 Krav Maga test last Sunday. So I'm a full fledged instructor now. The class I'm teaching on Sunday mornings is doing really well. It was a hard and fun six months getting ready for this test so I'm in celebration mode until tomorrow.

I went to the Baltimore Comic con on Saturday we made great time getting down there with the exception of getting lost in Jersey( I hate Jersey!). Got some great books and sketches but man what a crowded show. Did some cool work today and finished inking the story I've been working on.

Here are some drawings from today, Wonder Woman Saturn Girl and Stargirl. I'm inspired by what I saw at the convention and trying to do random sketches. just pulling characters out of the air I did some male characters today but they kind of sucked really think I nailed the Satrgirl.

Works in Progress

2008-09-10T07:03:00.004-04:00

Hey all,

Last night was a good night for catching up on some inking. I put Emily to bed around 8 and worked on these two pages. I'm trying to use a brush as much as possible.

Monday Monday

2008-09-08T17:58:00.003-04:00

Hey all,

So I started a new graphite drawing and worked on Inking a page from a story I drew early in the year. I want to clean out all this old stuff before the end of the year enjoy.

Flashback Fridays

2008-09-05T07:05:00.002-04:00

Hi all,

Wanted to post something older today for a few reasons a) I left my sketchbook home yesterday and didn't draw anything and b) I haven't cleaned up the drawings I did on Wednesday. Hope you all enjoy this pic from early in the year. Check out the Illustration Friday website for my upload of the "Memories" illustration.

Ascap...no..Kickback

2008-09-03T22:44:00.003-04:00

There's a possibility that our next Trauma Team show in October will be shown on cable TV. In anticipation of this we're getting our legal mumbo-jumbo in order. Monday I registered as a writer with ASCAP...this way I can get royalties and shit when my genius is discovered and Trauma Team666 plays "I fucked your Boyfriend " on Conan. Wow all that for only a 25.00 registration fee.

Anyway here's a sketch of a possible book cover sample that I'm going to do. It's a throwback to some of the old school "Men's adventure Books" from the 60's and 70's.

Color!

2008-08-31T19:11:00.005-04:00

Hey,

Amy loved my Illustration that I did last night and asked if she could color it. I said sure I had an Idea for minimal color which I'm posting below as well as her version.

Sunday Sunday Sunday!

2008-08-31T19:06:00.003-04:00

Got up real early cause Amy and I were taking advantage of there being no Krav Maga today to go into the city. We decide to take in a drawing class over at The Spring Street Studio. While I wasn't really happy with my work I did manage to put together this piece.

Illustration Friday.

2008-08-31T17:38:00.004-04:00

Hey all,

So yesterday I was asked to help warm up the Level Two class at Krav Maga. I did about 25 minutes and got some good feedback about the drills I ran. Did a bunch of errands like the bank, post office, art store and supermarket. Took a nice nap and worked on this piece. It's for the Illustration Friday website. Every Friday they post a theme that you can do an Illustration based on. This weeks theme was "Memories".

Friday night Bloggin'

2008-08-29T18:50:00.004-04:00

Hey just updating the ole' blog before I head out to a Party at The Delancey.

2008-08-26T22:41:00.003-04:00

Today was pretty good found some new websites for some great artists that I'll post soon. went rollerblading for the first time in years. had a good Krav Maga class and drew this little pic while waiting to start work.

Simone Bianchi

2008-08-26T06:54:00.006-04:00

Totally loving Italian artist Simone Bianchi right now. He's working on Astonishing X-men with Warren Ellis. Here's some pics I doodled yesterday at lunch.

New Post!

2008-08-25T06:54:00.003-04:00

Hey where have I been all weekend? Fell off the wagon and didn't get to draw anything on Saturday. Ran around with Emily and saw The Clone Wars, not bad. Still Star Wars has lost some of it's magic for me in their attempt to be all things to all people. Here are some pics from Sunday, had a great day with Emily and Amy went to my Niece's Birthday party and took an early morning Level 2 class.

My First Time!

2008-08-22T19:57:00.004-04:00

I was asked to teach my first Krav Maga Level One class yesterday. I had about 15 minutes to prepare and was very nervous. Chief Instructor Michael Blitz gave me some great feedback and was really pleased. It's so different going from student to instructor I think it's like when they say Pro football is so much faster of a game that college football.

I'm glad it went well and that I was able to come thru. My only motivation for becoming an instructor was to help the school. Can't wait to do it again.

Marionette Sketch

2008-08-22T19:53:00.002-04:00

I did this one Wednesday. It kind of reminds me of a character called Marionette from The Micronauts series.

Sketchbook

2008-08-22T19:49:00.004-04:00

so I picked up a new sketchbook on wednesday The idea is to draw something every day even if it's doodles at lunchtime in the car. So here are the first few days samples of crap. enjoy.

New TraumaTeam666 Logo!

2008-08-22T06:59:00.002-04:00

Hey here's the New TraumaTeam666 logo. that I came up with. Thanks to Josh Lowy for tech support on this one. I can barely spell it as it is.

Sick Day

2008-08-20T11:16:00.002-04:00

Hey all (three of you),

Felling a bit under the weather today so I stayed home from work. Finished inking the Powergirl sketch. take a look

YES!

2008-08-19T05:11:00.002-04:00

Ok so yesterday I got an email saying I had passed my Phase A Krav Maga training. This means that I can start teaching Level one classes after I pass my Orange belt test next month. I'm super happy about this and celebrated by going to dinner with Emily and then over to class. Took what I believe to be an overhand right to my left eye which didn't hurt but gave me a bruise. No biggie except now all day the fat filp-flopped masses will be asking "what happened to your eye?"

Got a Birthday party tonight so no training...off to the gym now.

Back to work.

2008-08-17T14:20:00.005-04:00

Alright..went back to Krav Maga for a level 2 class this morning. Did a bunch of stuff this morning like stopping at the comic store and grabbing a few books that I missed. Great new Nocturnals book by Dan Brereton, Glamourpuss by Dave Sim and The Goon by Eric Powell.

Grabbed a copy of JSA Annual #1 by Jerry Ordway. He's got a great Bronze age drawing style that I've enjoyed since All-Star Squadron. Here's my take on PowerGirl.

Looking forward to the Baltimore Comic Con in Sept. It's the day before my Krav level 2 test.

Not looking forward to work tomorrow.

Tropic Thunder!

2008-08-16T15:54:00.000-04:00

It's my recovery day after my Krav Maga Phase A training this past week. A bit sore so I skipped the gym and went to see Tropic Thunder. Wow what a fun movie. Tons of people will be offended it was like Blazzing Saddles set in Vietnam. Robert Downey Jr. was great and Ben Stiller's writing was way beyond his last few films. Stopped at Pearl for some supplies which prompted creating this blog. Will post a drawing tonight.