First off, I wanted to thank everyone who's been checking out my posts.
I didn't know it's already been solicited, but yeah--I did issue #1 of the
BATMAN: BRAVE AND THE BOLD comic, based on the upcoming
ANIMATED show. Hopefully I'll do more, if my schedule permits. I'll post some stuff as it gets closer down the line. My favorite part of it was that I made it all look like an old
Hostess Fruit Pie ad!!!So thanks for all the kind, generous comments, especially coming from such a diverse, talented group. I've been backed up with deadlines, but I can't wait to see what's new on your respective blog(s)!
Onto today's post...It's been awhile since I've posted anything
GYM PARTNER related. In the past few months, I've had an opportunity to do five more
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY comics (beyond the previous two already posted). They've been a
BLAST to work on, especially working with writers like
TOM SHEPPARD and the shows creators,
TIM AND JULIE CAHILL themselves. I also wanted to give a shout out to the illustrious
DAN DAVIS, who's been inking the pages. More of Dan's work can be seen on his site
HERE.
Here are some
PENCILS TO PRINTED PAGE...
From CN BLOCK PARTY #46:
Page 1 "raw".
..and as printed.
Page 5. I had fun trying to work with spotting blacks as well as creating cool "Predator's R Us" icons.
From CN BLOCK PARTY #47:
Page 1
Page 4
Page 6 and 7
And #48:
Pages 1-3
I've recently received almost all of my original comic pages back from DC Comics' BATMAN BRAVE & THE BOLD, MY GYM PARTNER IS A MONKEY--as well as CHARLATAN BALL from Image. CLICK ON THIS LINK, or the one at the bottom of the "SHOP ANDY" column to the left. I'm still uploading and organizing, so please bare with me and check back often. Of course, any questions and inquiries, don't hesitate to contact me at:
Page one.
Page four above was a "mad scientist" montage.
I was really happy with how much I pushed the squash-n-stretch with the characters in page six (above). Sometimes, when given model sheets for these things, the tendency is to remain so faithful the character's stay somewhat stiff and immovable. So I was happy I pushed it a bit.
Page seven: KIRBY crackle!
And the final panel of the final Gym Partner story, page eight..."Goodbye CDMS".
MY COMMISSION RATES are as follows:
This has been a big week for me, comic book-release-wise; bigger couple of weeks, if you include CHARLATAN BALL #6, two weeks ago! Along with CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #55 (cover image above), BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD #3 (cover also depicted above--it should be noted I did neither), came out this past Wednesday. Pretty neat!
In this story, Batman assumes the identity (by way of hologram) of the President of the United States. In the current comics climate of slapping Barrack Obama's mug on every funny book out there, DC decidedly didn't want to follow the current trend...and while my first take wasn't exactly our new Prez, he definitely wasn't different enough. So revisions were made and this is what ends up in the final printing.
No, do not attempt to adjust you monitors, this is my cover for CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #56 (I believe). Yes, obviously an homage (or blatant rip off) of ANDY WARHOL's (self-)portrait(s). This one was inked by Mike DeCarlo; the colorist's name escapes me, wish I could remember who Liz said, because they did a great job.
This was the color comp I sent with my penciled page. 
The final penciled page.
Page 1 "raw"...and as printed.
Page 5. I had fun trying to work with spotting blacks as well as creating cool "Predator's R Us" icons.
Page 4
Page 6 and 7
