Happy Hallowe'en!

emerging artists---

Here are sketches of Coney Island my granddaughters Kayla & Ashley made after visiting the amusement area last July. I've also included Kay's letter from the back of her drawing. Ashley chose to let her work speak for itself. I always love the freedom and simplicity of their drawings and try to bring that energy to my work.

"Long Beach Comic Con" photos...

Here are some photo's that I managed to take during our appearance at the show.







For more info on SILVER Comics' appearance at Long Beach use the Silver Comics link, and get news and announcements directly from our publisher, Johnny Ortiz. A big thanks again to all of our friends who showed up to support us! Excelsior!

"SILVER Special" Promo Art... in COLOR!

As Stan Lee used to say:
"'Nuff said!"

Promotional Art-- Inked!

Here's the Promo Poster in all of it's black and white, inked glory! I wanted it to have a sketchy,down and dirty feel to it.

I hope to see you at The Long Beach Comic Con next weekend!!

"SILVER Comics" is coming your way!

The Silver Comics crew will be at The very first Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center, from October 2-4 at Booth #252 in the Exhibitor's Section.

'Nuff said!

"Stir It Up"--

Another video shot by singer, Dan Beltran of the Grand Central Sessions.

Summer's gone...

Here's a farewell sketch to the season. This is the last time I ever did a finished inking of The Honeymooners characters. It was made for the Summer '91 Swimsuit Issue of Fantagraphics' "Amazing Heroes" magazine. At the time The Honeymooners comic had just ceased publication after a four year run.

Bad Moon Rising

Tonight's Moon over LA... served in a barbecue sauce sky.

the Grand Central Sessions @ Disney...

Here's a little ditty from one of our jam sessions at Disney. Paul Spiegel/guitar & vocals, Joe Arena/bass, John T Quinn/ slide guitar and I'm on drums.

Film by Dan Beltran.

digital sketch...

old souls...

for Brian...

This one's for my good friend, Brian Postman.

I met Brian during the GEM Studio days and liked him instantly. Happily, Brian and I have stayed friends, despite the years and distances that have presented themselves. Long-time friendships take work. And collaboration. Some of the happiest days of my life were when Brian and I feverishly knocked out a few pages of the "Honeymooners Christmas Special" comic book in my Brooklyn studio, along with the help of Win Mortimer's layout pencils, and Susan Sykes and Ted Camut's rendering. We were filling the holes on a 48 page issue, penciling, inking and coloring a carload of pages before sending them out the door.
We made the deadline. Weeks ahead, if I remember correctly.

And it's funny because the first time I became aware of Brian and his artwork was a few years earlier, during his run on "Spider-Woman." Especially the "Daddy Longlegs" issue.
I thought he was British.

Imagine my surprise when he showed up at GEM with a New York accent?

More importantly, I thought that he was a good storyteller.
Plenty of others have agreed, he's been an in-demand story board artist for two decades.

rfk---

(A few days after this post Ted Kennedy passed away. After seeing footage of Robert Kennedy I noticed that I parted his hair on the wrong side. But he did push his hair out of his eyes with his right hand.}

marginal sketching--

Even though I don't consider myself a caricaturist, I have done enough of them to become somewhat familiar with the form. So I tried my hand at a few of Judd Apatow's most recent cast members. Hit and miss, I know. But it sure beats just 'reading' the latest issue of TIME magazine.





(BIC ballpoint)

saturday night 'strip' club--

The Blues in red and black--

I know I said that I was going to take a break from blogging, but I lied. I worked on my comic book project last night- but got home late tonight and decided to do a few exploratory inks.
It's all relative, right? I hope so. Anyway, the thought of imaginary blues men came into to my dome, so here are the sketches it inspired.

(Philly "Fatback" LoPrete, Paris, France, 1965)

("Jazzy Jackie" Geritano, Monterey,Ca., 1963)

("Blind Willie" Henderson, New Orleans, 1956)

(Rollo King & The King's Men, Alabama, 1951)
brush, pen, ink & prismacolor pencil

even more scat sketches--

Some more rapid sketching,
inked with a shaved chopstick...
(carved to a point by X-Acto blade)


And for some strange reason
I chose the theme of
"Street People"....