Mega Xmas

Merry Xmas, citizens. Here's a link to a larger version for those who want to work out what the building are: Mega-city One snowglobe

Giant creature from the centre of the Earth doodled

Fiends of the Eastern Front

A classic 2000AD comic strip created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. 

#dayofdredd

18 September 2013 is the Day Of Dredd. If you’d like to see a sequel to the critically acclaimed Judge Dredd movie starring Karl Urban head over to 2000AD's Facebook page where you can sign the petition, retweet #dayofdredd on Twitter or find out more on T2000AD's Tumblr  page. And purchase the DVD and Blu-Ray! UK US.

Carrie

Ok, it's a bit gruesome but it's about time I showed the Weekly Themed Art Blog some attention. The latest brief is: Stephen King

Sketchbook Slaine

As 2000AD is celebrating 30 years of Slaine, here is a doodle from a while ago.

Abelard Snazz

Abelard Snazz, the guy with the multi-storey brain, the man with the high rise head (with Edwin). One of the lesser known Alan Moore creations for 2000AD (first illustrated by Steve Dillon). 

Marv

Been a while. Here's a sketchbook Marv from Frank Miller's Sin City. 

Lenny Zero

Been quite a while since I updated this blog so going to make a concerted effort to do more drawing. Just clearing a backlog. This is from a while ago, drawn with a brush pen. I find it very rewarding and quite testing sticking to old world pen and paper and working in a tight space, in this case an A6 sketchpad.

Sketchbook Fink Angel

… and Ratty. Eldest of the Angel Gang and father of Ratfink (whose adventures you can read in the current issue of the very fine Judge Dredd Megazine).

Judge Dredd: Judgement Day

My entry for the 2000AD forum September art competition. The brief was 'Final days'. Script, art and letters by me.

Snikt! Sketchbook Wolverine

This is from when I was still managing a drawing a day. The newsprint type paper is not very brush-pen or white out friendly though I like the look and feel of the sketchbook.

Sketchbook Hulk

I always preferred the early versions of Hulk – before they made him handsome. As usual, a more rough and ready version on my Twitter account.

Sketchbook Electra

Sketchbook Batman and Robin

Sketchbook The Spirit

The Spirit – one of my favourite comic strips. I was fortunate enough to see the 'Will Eisner's New York' exhibition in NYC last year at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Amongst the artwork on display was an entire comic strip shown with original artwork – stunning! I'm currently reading The Spirit 'Femmes Fatales' collection which I bought for the criminally cheap price of £3 from a local bookshop. 

Slightly tidied up version shown here. I am putting the rough and ready versions on my Twitter feed.  

Sketchbook Dredd

I recently bought a brush pen and a cheapo sketchbook as I felt I was neglecting drawing on paper – and when I did draw on paper it tended to be on scraps. I will make a concerted effort to knock these out regularly. The idea of the cheap sketchbook is so that I don't get precious, though the rough paper is a bit of a hindrance. First drawing was Dredd of course. And don't forget, its DREDD movie time soon. 

El Bigote

I recently received a preview issue of El Bigote: A tequila-drenched reckoning by Matthew McLaughlin and El Chivo. El Bigote is a legendary mustachioed quillslinger who adventures through undead Mexico offing living-dead banditos and skeletal gunslingers. Well I liked it so much I thought I would big it up hear by doodling a bit of reader art. Go see elbigotequillpower.blogspot.co.uk and facebook.com/elbigotecomic and make sure you get yourself a copy of issue 1 when it becomes available.

15 minute Dredd #2

Another quickie from the memory banks. 

Set the controls…

Can't believe this is four years old. One of my first entries for the 2000AD message board comps – which I finished at 3am after a evening out drinking. I used the halftone effect to simulate a pulpy comic feel. Kind of liked it and have used it from time to time since.