What’s happened?
May 4th, 2010

What’s happened?

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Simon Whitelaw's fantastic fanart of GZ!

Well, I’m back.  Again.

Yeah, I know…I left Eddie (and many of you) hanging, didn’t I?  Well, I’m sorry about that…the truth is that I was suddenly deluged by other people asking me to do other work for them….and for one reason or another, I couldn’t pass it up.

First, I did some artwork for Moonstone books for some of their SPIDER character.  Now, I’m sure many of you don’t know who the SPIDER is, or why the heck I keep writing his name in capital letters.  Trust me, he deserves nothing less. 

The SPIDER is a 1936 masked vigilante from the age of pulp magazines.  He wasn’t just ‘one of the crowd’, either.  The SPIDER stories were the most dramatic, action-packed, town-destroying stories around.  Today’s movies have nothing on them.  So, when I was asked to do a few interior illustrations, I couldn’t pass it up.  Here’s a peek at one:

spider3_webAin’t he cool?  Click on him for a bigger image.  Speaking of bigger, did you see Simon Whitelaw’s (aka. Simon Pimpernel) great pic of Ghost Zero up on the left?  Simon’s got an absolute talent for those kinds of things, and I’m fortunate enough that he likes my work.  Check out his rendition of Doc Monster below:simonwhitelaw_doc

Back to what I’ve been doing. 

Shortly after the Moonstone project, I was approached by creators extra-ordinarre Brian Clevenger and Scott Wegener, the radioactive force behind Atomic Robo, who asked me to lend my pen to a Robo short.  Interestingly, the short did have Robo in it.  Instead, it had James Forestall and Harry Truman…which apparently, they thought I’d have fun drawing.

Turns out, they were right.  Check it out.

page3inks_webIt will appear on the web first, and then be collected into print later.  I was glad to have a part in the legacy that is Atomic Robo….and I still owe those guys a pin-up!

After that, Anthony (the Action Man) Schiavino asked me to do pencils for a short story for his Sgt. Zero character, with inks by Matt Bennett, one of the fabulous talents behind Mysterious Adventure Magazine!  I like how the results turned out.  Here’s a peek of my pencils: tih_pencils_pg3_web

It was the first time I’d ever done pencils that someone else inked, and it was a good experience for me.  You can check out the whole thing in living color over at Pulp Tone!

Did I mention that Anthony has a Sgt. Zero book for sale that has my art on it’s “Bad-Ass Variant Edition”?  Oh yes, my friends, he does.

He’s even got a freaking cool trailer!  Wow.

Anyway, after that, Matt Bennett (remember him from above?) asked me to do a last-minute pin-up for the back cover of the newest Mysterious Adventure Magazine.  I had just a day to pull it off, but it went ok.

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Oh yeah, I turned 42 last month as well. :)

So, yeah..it’s been busy!  But I’m glad to be back in the saddle, and I’m excited to show you guys what happens next!  I’ll be away next week at a conference, but look for something soon…

-Dave


The Doc Monster Blog is ALIVE!

Hey folks!  I thought that Doc Monster had grown enough that he deserved his own blog…so he has one!  Swing by and check out he 1950’s style of the site: www.docmonstercomic.com !

=Dave

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Doc Monster, page 2 peek!

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First off, I hope that everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend, and took some time to be grateful for our servicemen and women.  I’ve been privilaged to serve in the Naval Reserves with some of our people that got put in harms way, and they were outstanding folks who felt very privilaged to be able to serve our country.

Next, enjoy the sneak peek of page 2 of the Doc Monster short, “Shadow of the Skies!”  I’ve only given myself 2 pages of setup before I plunge our characters into action…so the next page should be really, really cool!)

I don’t want to say too much about our main characters here, but I will say that the gent in glasses is (obviously) Doc Monster, and the gent in the hat is Special Agent Carson Clay.

True to classic pulp form, these two guys are about to get it in the neck.)  I might show a peek of this once it’s colored, or I may just move onto the next page.  Stay tuned!


Doc Monster update!

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Sorry things have been so quiet for Eddie lately, but I’ve been hard at work on getting the 8 pages of my ‘Doc Monster’ Zuda submission under way!  Here’s a look at the first page art….in color!  I’m pretty unsteady on my feet with color, but I’m determined to get better with it, so no time like the present to practice.  I’ll be doing the lettering too…..so wish me luck!

I plan on submitting this in time for the July competition, so I want to get as much done as quickly as possible.  I’ll keep posting updates here and I’ll get pages up for GZ as I can fit them in.  Lots to do!)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the peek.  More later!

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Comic Related reviews GHOST ZERO!

Ron “the man” Fortier at Comic Related wrote a really great review of Ghost Zero, which you can read here.  Ron runs Airship 27, a company that creates and publishes great new pulp stories with titles like: “Jim Anthony- Super Detective”, “Weird Horror Tales”, “Secret Agent X”, “Ghost Squad” and more!  Check out his titles!