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:

Ain’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:

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.

It 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:

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.

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