went to post this last night but realized i didn’t want to be the one who broke the news…
i just got a call from todd.
he told me that mike passed away of a cardiac arrest.
he was only 44.
and easily one of the nicest and most talented, creative people i’ve had the honor of calling a good friend. he will be sorely missed.
so, after all these months, another of the big projects i did for dc creative services is finally out… happy meal stuff!
yup, if you head over to your local mcdonald’s and get a boy’s happy meal (since girls clearly don’t like comic book stuff… ) you’ll get one of 8 legion pvc figures (no girls, remember… ’cause boys probably think saturn girl’s yucky) – packed in a wrap-around clamshell case with a trading card… with art by yours truly.
not much more to say except it was a fun gig (although, ironically, i ended up doing most of the job with supersize me running repeatedly on msnbc)… and its probably gonna be the most exposure my work’s ever gotten (even if i didn’t sign’m)…
here’s the art for the 2 i managed to get the other day …
and the baltimore show is creeping up pretty quickly, eh? should have the new ‘haps convention special done soon… as well as my new sketchbookS! (that’s right, BOOKS… not one, but TWO more canson volumes are gonna debut in baltimore… and quite possibly a new b/w volume)…
i’m sure there’s more (like the sox, tv, etc) but i’ve got stuff to do…
well, back to work!
-c
so, while quite a few folks were out at the biggest comic convention (in the u.s.) of the year, trish and i went with the kids down to cape cod… after a fun day at the beach and dinner with the family, we were able to get the kids to bed at the in-law’s and head out to see they might be giants!
of all the tmbg shows i’ve been to (and believe me, i’ve been to a few), i’d rank this one as one of the most fun… great mix of new and old stuff, fun place and crowd (we’ve been lucky enough to see bob mould and frank black down at the beachcomber as well)…
besides that, commissions have been keeping me pretty busy (as well as work on some new haps stuff!)… here’s another hellboy (this time with wolverine)…
tv’s been slow (but luckily, hbo is keeping me entertained with john from cincinnati, entourage, flight of the conchords!… and even big love … and rescue me is still great)
and since i know you read the blog, sir… congrats to bobby and janna on the new digs! (with any luck we can check it out soon) i’ll try and get that housewarming piece done soon…
-c
okay, so i got a call a few weeks ago from an editor i worked with years ago offering me a weekly strip in the paper he was now working for… sounds like fun, a crazy premise, why not? over the weekend i finally get to a point where i’m comfortable with the ideas i’ve got for the first strip and i figure i’ll start working on it monday after i email him about the dimensions for the strip… and then he tells me.
the weekly world news is ceasing publication. d’oh. so, sadly no “alien baby” strips from me in “the paper”. coulda been fun… oh well.
anywhoo, hope everybody has a great time out in san diego (sadly, i’m not heading out this year)… here’s another commission…
-c
so, seems like we’ve become accustomed these last few years to bottom of the ninth wins and walk off home runs…
not last night…or many times this season, so far. funny how as fans we can complain about a team that’s still seven games ahead of the second place team, but clearly they’re not playing like a first place team right now…
plenty of time to turn things around… or crash and burn completely. we’ll see.
so, anyway, enough baseball ramblings… here’s hellboy and a little pig dude. (man, that book looks so amazing… i can’t get enough of duncan’s stuff)
-c
so, i got out to see the transformers with my brother friday night… and i gotta tell ya, it was exactly what i expected… big, dumb, explosive… and fun. (but man, was i tired after watching that movie… like every other michael bay movie, the camera didn’t stay still for more than five seconds…cut after cut after cut after cut, it became work to watch and actually figure out what was happening…)
got a slew of commissions going right now, keeping myself busy (along with the stuff todd and i are cooking up for the baltimore exclusive… and a gig for a former editor i’ll tell ya about later)…
here’s yet another canson paper piece… man, i dig the retro look of this armor so much more than today’s suit ( and i can’t wait to see eric canete’s iron man book… wow!) civil war… bah.
heading up to fenway tomorrow (whoot!)… catch ya later,
-c
(my head hurts after the last john from cincinnati… but in a good way… and i can’t get enough of flight of the conchords!)
so, i was lucky enough to get to know david petersen before he became a superstar with his gorgeous book, mouse guard (available in a beautiful hardcover collection at finer comic shops, books stores, and on-line retailers everywhere)… david and i agreed to swap pin-ups (his gorgeous pin-up below appeared in the second chances trade) and i was gung-ho to start and had the inks done in a few days… colors, however, took a bit longer…. but i finally go it finished. i took a few liberties, drawing what i thought some weasels might look like in david’s complex world (i could be WAY off, but being the nice guy he is, david hasn’t told me so…)
anyway, here’s david’s haps piece again…
so, back on commissions (with a few more harry potter pieces in the queue for friends in anticipation of the last book… and the new movie, which i hope to see soon) and other stuff…
…and i finally made plans to see transformers tonight.
have a good weekend!
-c
so, every know and then i actually manage to draw something that i really dig (practically every drawing has at least a little “oh, i shoulda fixed that” in it… and more than a few end up in the trash… sorry, todd!)…
this is one of’m… of all the canson pieces i’ve done, i’d say this is my favorite… at least for now)…
and here’s the revised color piece from the heroes con drawing…
oh, and with all the hubbub about bart allen this week, i will say i sure do miss the little guy … but the bart from impulse, not kid flash or even the flash…
-c
not much going on here, been a relatively quiet week recovering from heroes… so here’s a coupla commissions.
as for tv, summer seasons are kicking in… after three episodes, i’ll say i’m on board for “john from cincinnati”… “flight of the conchords” is a lot of bizarre fun… and “rescue me” is as good as ever.
oh, and the sox are back to double digits ahead of the yankees…
-c
