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so, x-men first class comes out this week… had a great time working with our pal, uber-talented (and omni-present these days) writer jeff parker… with any luck we can find time to do more together in the future… but can’t imagine taking on any more work for the time being… yikes, i’m busy!

over on todd’s blog we’ll be posting about some of the promotional perhapa-onslaught we’re planning for the convention season (only 25 or so days until the nyc show?!)…

in the meantime, here’s another commission i finished recently… (unfortunately, this is one of those that fell through the cracks since last heroes… d’oh! sorry this one took so long…)

-c

okay, as you can guess, things’ve been just crazy busy… and there’s no sign of letting up for the foreseeable future (not that that’s a bad thing)…

besides all the work going into the extra long story in the ‘haps annual (now out), the x-men: first class 10 (out next month) getting the final, lettered issue 1 of the haps off to image last week, jumping onto issue 2, working on a special 5 page ‘haps story – and cover- for an image compilation/sampler (more on that later), t-shirt stuff and promo stuff for the upcoming convention season, and gearing up for a 5 issue series over at marvel (pencils and inks! more on that later, too)… i’ve managed to get to a few commissions…

so, here’s the shadow.

whew, i’m tired just thinking about it all. but i’ve got more work to do tonight…
-c

so, this one’s for nick, who was kind enough to snag me one of the hellboy prints mike mignola had for sale at wondercon last weekend..

other random bits –
-feedback has been pretty good on the ‘haps annual (now at image!) so far… and i think folks’ll dig the on-going as well…

-speaking of which, i’m working hard on wrapping up issue 1 and and jumping onto 2 (and a few other ‘haps things we’ll announce when the time is right)

-got a few fun discussions going about dream cover artists and possible drawing jam over at the ‘haps board

-starting to line up some great guest cover and/or back up story artists for upcoming issues (who may or may not be on that list)

-a few folks had asked… the harry potter/ron/hermoine canson pieces are up for sale (as a set) over at serendipity art sales (almost done listening to the deathly hallows – think voldemort is gonna have to be next in the series of sketches) … oh, and the x-men-first class art’ll be up there when the book is released next month!

-on a COMPLETELY unrelated note, i’m still appalled by a telemarker, who called (on a sunday afternoon, no less) to get me to renew a magazine subscription… when i politely interrupted and told her i still had over TWO YEARS on my current subscription, she snidely snapped “well, thanks for at least listening to what i had to say” … before hanging up… when did this become acceptable? no wonder i don’t answer out of area” calls any more… sheesh.

okay, back to work before i haveta pick up the boy at school!

finished up the inks on the x-men first class gig earlier today… and to celebrate, here’s a sneak…

lessee, besides that… oh, yeah…

the perhapanauts annual is out on stands! (and some stores might have even ordered enough copies to have an extra on the shelf…) still haven’t seen in in person yet (my local shop DID order 10 copies, but diamond figured they’d rather have 10 extra copies of rex mundi instead…d’oh!)

didn’t pick up much at the shop, just ed’s hulk book and the avengers classic with that SWEET art adams wonder man cover. (and be sure to check back here or todd’s blog on friday to see art’s AMAZING cover for ‘haps 1… still can’t believe how amazing it is… ) i was telling todd earlier today that avengers 9 was the first “expensive” back issue i ever bought growing up (and come to think out it, probably the only one). back in the day, my pal fred and i would have our excursions to ac bookworld in fall river, ma… and since we needed a ride to get there, it was a big deal… we’d save up to pick up books (he was the x-men/alpha flight guy, i was always leaning towards the avengers)… being a big beast/wonder man fan, i was dying to read his first appearance (having read the stuff where he came back), so i saved up the then outrageous amount of $20 to buy it…

well, back to the haps!

-c

well, should have issue 10 of x-men: first class all inked up by next week (woohoo! i’m pretty excited about this book… hope you folks dig it), and work on the ‘haps keeps chugging along as well (and i’m REALLY excited about this book, too… the annual hits stands in a few short weeks).

did manage to get a fun commission off the list … a redo of the cover to fantastic four 1…

over at the ‘haps message board, i started a post about favorite artists… instead of repeating myself here, head on over and chime in, if you’re inclined…

back to inks (but man o man, lost was good tonight, eh?)
-c

just to let folks know that our new and (most definitely) improved PERHAPANAUTS website is live.

check it out, will ya…

-c

crazy, i know…

so another quick one… todd and i are pretty darn excited about our ALL NEW fancy pants website, which goes live on monday, in anticipation of our image relaunch in february…!

our man kieran chapman put a lot of time into making it a great site with lots to see (and poke around and find)… so head over on monday and check it out.

and in honor of our new home at image, we’re doing new butt cards, so make sure to get one when you see us at a convention this year…

well, back to work…

-c

so, work is well underway on issue one of the ON-GOING ‘haps series… as well as the x-men first class fill-in (should be starting to ink it later this week!)…

a few freelance jobs have been taking up what little free time i’ve got left, so i’m gonna keep it brief… still hope to catch cloverfield, got a big kick out of this week’s simpsons, about 2//3 through harry potter and the order of the phoenix audio book, finishing up season 4 of the shield on dvd (really holds up well on repeat viewing with all the slowly developing sub-plots and character arcs… but it’s ultimately got to end badly for vic on his quest for redemption this final season… right?)… presidential campaigning is already ugly…

and then there’s a football game this weekend… should be good.

anywhoo, without much else to say, here’s the mock-up for the cover to ‘haps #2, out in may (should be in time for the emerald city show!)… one the perks of having your own comic? not only can you put yer name on the cover, but yourselves, too!)

-c

okay, another quick one… this is a commission that came down the pike a while ago and i forgot to post it here for your viewing pleasure, faithful readers…

when trying to figure out what to do with them gorillaz, all those early beatles publicity shots just popped into my head … and i figured what the heck. (oh, and the request asked for skulls, too… hence the patterned suits… which worked out well)… luckily, the buyer dug it, too.

lessee, what else is going on… made sure the haps annual is all turned in to the fine folks at image, hard at work on issue 1 (and the upcoming covers… so don’t be surprised if you get a sneak of #2 this week)… x-men first class is cruising along nicely as well…

besides that, working on some fun side stuff (toy design concepts and the like) and a batch of indiana jones sketch cards… whew.

well, i’m sure there’s more to write about, but the pats/chargers championship game starts in 5… catch you later.

-c

wow, that was quick… better start posting for the new year, eh?

okay, so as i’m sure y’all know, i’ve been hard at work on both the haps (launching in feb from image) as well as the x-men first class issue for marvel (looks like it’s gonna be #10, even though that’s not my name in the previews)…

get ready for another onlsaught of interviews and ads, etc for the haps at image… so i guess we can’t comlain that nobody’s gonna know about it! (and we’re getting more choopie buttcards made for shows, as well as looking into merchandise … and the new website’s well underway.. so it’s all haps in ’08!)

tv’s been mercifully slow (can’t get too distracted with all this work), but i have managed to watch a few movies on dvd (harry potter and the simpsons) getting caught up on my audiobooks (about a third of the way through “harry potter and the order of the phoenix”… then onto world war z, recommended by my pal. kelly)

haven’t had much time to do many commissions or whatnot with the holidays and workload… but i figure i gotta post somthing.. so here’s the colored version of the cover to haps #1 (out in april)…

alrighty!
-c