Here’s an image to be included in the Maryhill Museum exhibition of original comic art coming this September. I’ll be coloring this soon, but I promised my dad I would upload the inks. Here you are, Dad! 🙂
I’m not making this up
This is a scene from Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness, the 2nd of 3 Anne Steelyard volumes published by Penny Farthing Press. I did assistant work in Vol. 2 for the penciller Ron Randall, and I’m currently helping him with the final installment. The writer Barbara Hambly receives the credit for this inspired scene of Anne being attacked by the Demon Mouth of her father! And you thought they didn’t make comics like this anymore;) This is seduction of the innocent at its finest. Pick up this book to find out the bizarre circumstances surrounding this alarming image.
And I couldn’t resist adding some color …
Jonah Hex
Here’s a little fan art for the Jonah Hex comic. I’m telling myself it’s OK to draw established comic book characters these days. If R. Crumb can draw God, I think I can draw a superhero or two;) BTW, I saw the Genesis show at the Portland Art Museum this weekend. Made me want to start crosshatching in the sketchbook, until I was actually doing it, then I thought, “Crumb really is nuts!” Evidence:
Lincoln in White Marble
Attempts to capture the iconic quality of the Lincoln Memorial statue while preserving the appearance of stone. (Not the final attempts.) Fun fact!… Statue’s head: Height—3 feet 7 inches; Width—2 feet 7 inches.
General Pickett
Pickett charging. Not sure if he led the charge or simply ordered the charge, but he may not have been riding a mustang either. Feel free to correct the illustrator’s inaccuracies in the comment thread.
General George Custer
“Come on, you Wolverines!” -Custer on July 3rd leading the 1st Michigan into a collision with Confederate horsemen under J.E.B. Stuart.
Cabinet Members
Hettie Shriver and Daughters
Tillie Pierce Sketch
Aaron McConnell 