COME WATCH ME DRAW!

Come check out this show, THIS SUNDAY, April 15th @ 8pm! I will be drawing cartoons, that get immediately uploaded and animated to improvisors, cool, huh?!

YOU CAN ALSO BE A GUEST ARTIST!!! It could be a fun way to promote yourself, your work or whatever you are trying to sell.

Contact me or them for more info--come check out Sunday's show!!!

MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE: The Return to Atlantis!

...okay, so I'm on my 2nd playthrough (this time on 'normal' difficulty) using 3 out of 4 of my same characters--hey, I like what I like; when I cought myself imagining LUKE CAGE and SPIDER-WOMAN having a "thing":

Luke Cage: "Damn, woman--can I get fries wit' dat shake?!"

Spider-Woman: (Sigh)

Newest Painting...

...this is for an upcoming CD (cover) for my buddy Shaun: www.shauncromwell.com

MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE: Update!

--just wanted everyone to know Luke Cage, Doc Strange, Spider-Woman and Thor successfully beat Dr. Doom; thus bringing down the Masters of Evil and consequently saving the world!!

Sigh.

On the "EASY" level.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you the official roster for BAM! INC.:

Okay; I'm not sure exactly HOW sad it is that not only did I do a drawing of my MARVEL ULTUMATE ALLIANCE team for PS2, but I'm actually posting it up. About as bad as doing drawings of action figures I posed out. And took pictures of. Sigh. I need to find a job.

That being said, I am totally addicted to this game. It. Is. Awesome.

Where else can you HEAR LUKE CAGE SAY: "You lose, small-fry!" or "Anybody else wanna come get some?!" and who could forget (in his simulator mission): "School's in session and I'm the teacher!"

Like I said, awesome.

Another bit of banter I enjoy is Doctor Strange's because he comes off as such a pompous asshole: "Only a fool would dare challenge a master of the mystic arts."

So my official team name is: BAM! Inc. Which was originally apprised of: (Ultimate) Thor, (Classic) Luke Cage, (Modern) Thing and the ultra hot (Classic) Spider-Woman. I then swapped The Thing out for the classic Iron Man...which I later switched to Doctor Strange and Daredevil once they were unlocked!

An update: I am currently in the icy Niffleheim region of Asgard, seeking Odin and battling trolls. Daredevil's taking a breather and I have Doc Strange back in the lineup--mostly because I earned a costume change and have him in the "Blue Mage" outfit which is MY FAVORITE!

That, and he can turn bad guys into boxes!!!

"I declare this victory for Asgard!!" --and I'm off!

It's been awhile...AND: "An Affair With a Cintiq"!

Sigh.

I guess I could blame rejoining the 9-5 workforce the past 3 months.

It's hard to believe, but I've stretched and piece-mealed together 3 years of Developement work into some semblance of "living". It's rough not getting a weekly paycheck. I think my comic book purchacing habits were affected the hardest.

...no it wasn't--I just didn't buy my girlfriend nice things.

hehehe Just kidding, Carlyn!

Needless to say, upon the behest of Mr. Stephen DeStefano and also NOT working on The Mighty B @ Nickelodeon any longer, ANDY UPDATES is back up and running!!! The free world will remain...er, free!

I WILL learn how to create links and add sidebars! I WILL once again have the time to check out everyone elses sites! I WILL...well, I don't want to overdoit. I've recently plugged back in my PS2, bought MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE and grown blisters on my thumbs from endless hours battling Doom Bots, seeing which outfits Spider Woman looked sluttiest. I will HAVE to post some drawings of my TEAM ROSTER! This. Is. The. Best. Game. Ever.

On another note, My first week on that abovementioned production, was spent using a CINTIQ. Hopefully from the previously posted posts below, you've gathered (what did you call it, Justin?) I like to kick it "old school" with the markers and the like--but I really dug getting into and exploring with this thing...until they told us NOT to use them by week 2.

Here's some of my Centiq doodles I mangaed to pull off during that glorious week:

WWW.COPERNICUS.CA

Man, these folks are amazingly talented. They most definately got skills and they are using them on (my) Disney Short: "The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare". Look at them hard at work!

...but will someone PLEASE buy them proper sidetables?!

hehehe

'Nuff Said

Mighty Marvel Team Up!!! PART 2

Well, since no one sent me any drawings, I did one myself. C'mon! Email me, let's get this gallery rolling!

*It sould be noted that I did this piece in my BRAND NEW place!!! I've got a seperate studio and this was actually the first drawing I did in the new space! I also am sick and did it with a fever...

GUESS THE PITCH!

WHERE ARE ALL THE TEAM-UP drawings, folks?!? DeStefano, it would be MY DREAM to see your take on Luke, Doc and Cap Brit--

A quick note: Steve Lambe makes NO SOUNDS when he eats. I did very much enjoy lunch with both he and Chris Battle last week @ Ribs USA...MAN'S food. Jorge Guitierez knows what I'm talking 'bout! If I knew how to do links, their blogs would be here:

...but I don't and I'm sleepy. Perhaps with more energy--

Anyhow; here are a few more pitch pieces...not saying they'll BE anything--nor are they all related...but...I actually went to WB last Sunday and created 6 new show ideas and 16 new marker comps...what did YOU do?! Oh, you mean actually SOLD a show? ummm...

Have fun guessing the show ideas! I love to hear 'em...

THE MARVEL TEAM-UP YOU DEMANDED!!!

--How cool would it be to have CAPTAIN BRITAIN, DR.STRANGE and LUKE CAGE battling a giant gold cherub?...we'll call it Galactus' baby!!! ...okay maybe not that cool--but I would LOVE to see all of you DRAW THIS SCENE and monumental team-up!!!

*OH YEAH! Send me your sure-to-be-awsome jpegs @ astrobug@hotmail.com so I can post them here! (yes, yes, along with links! Arrghh! I'm sorry I suck @ computer-speak. Unlike Chris Battle and Steve Lambe!)

Place of business...

--complete with 1979 Lincoln Towncar.

GUESS THE PITCH: PART 4 (Revision)

--one little "poot" makes all the difference, eh?

GUESS THE PITCH: PART 3!!!

Some more clues...

GUESS THE PITCH: PART 2!!!

I can't say what this is...but there will be more--

...and I PROMISE to have LINKS up by this weekend! Lambe and Battle: lunch next week? Friday?

Luke Cage's, er, Dynamite's wife, kids and sidekick...Iron Fist who?!?

MY ART SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT!!

HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT THIS FRIDAY, THE 27TH OF OCTOBER, 7-11PM @ GHETTOGLOSS (next to The Red Lion):
2380 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA. 90039
(323)912-0008

TO**Y ATO*ICA

I can't really say what these are; since someone's using to pitch Adult Swim next week. But I liked 'em and thought I'd share...pretty funny concept, and I got to work with Alan Burnett (old Batman animated guy).

P.S. can someone/Chris Battle tell me AGAIN--HOW TO ADD LINKS, urls, etc...?! I would love to put connections to all of your blogs and sites--but, I'm afraid I'm an imbecile. I ask Phil Rynda ("America's Favorite Uncle") or my buddy Ben Kalina (PM over @ WB) how to "restart" my computer...you know, headscratchers like that, on a weekly basis.

My favorite marker comps for Charlatan Ball#1

Pages 3 and 15...


--this is taking me FOREVER to finish. Mostly because all of my markers are in my office @ WB. I haven't been there too often these days, preparing for my painting show on the 27th. There's no deadline for the comic, per say--but since this will be a monthly series, me and Joe Casey (the writer) and IMAGE COMICS (the publisher) agreed to wait and solicite until we have three books in the can (buying us time in the future). Sometimes I think (I) need a deadline, though, so I have a definative goal--when to cram for. YOU know what I'm talking about! How often do we wait until the last week of 4 to do our storyboard, or model pack?! How many days spent exchanging dirty drawings of production coordinators, or meandering around cubes until lunch? Anyone else used to crawl under their desks and sleep on the pile of gym clothes they had accumilated down there?? Just me? Ahh...I remember on Samurai Jack, when they had the Xbox set up w/ the huge TV. I never knew how to play--but I was good at watching! Chris Battle had skills, I recall! Charlie Bean got really into it as well.

I also think I'm crazy for trying to pencil, ink and color. Anyone want to help me? I always wanted to do a book with Justin Thompson doing amazingly surreal landscapes and cities. He's genius. Also Dan Krall. Both BG layout Gods to me.

Anyway, like any art director, my concept for this book would have a definative color style--since the main character "Chuck", gets transported from bizaar world to bizaar world (like SLIDERS), in a transdimensional deathmatch with dueling, real magicians (Chuck being only a slight of hand Earthman)--I want each destination to have a distinctive, unique feel.

Here's a couple of other pages I did that I'm happy with. These will actually go to a digital colorist, btw--who will hopefully interpret correctly if he's got any color sense at all.

I want this toy!!!

Why wasn't there one of these when I was growing up?? I know, some folks think these Marvel Legends figures are sick and overarticulated. They're right. But where else are you gonna find Captain Britain AND Luke Cage action figures?!?

October 4th, 1PM

Some color comps for Charlatan Ball #1

Feel free to squirm and feel uncomfortable about these color choices...

The Best Car. Ever.

Wow. So I was coming home from a meeting at Disney today; driving on Zoo Drive, turning onto Forest Lawn--when I thought I saw THIS.

My double take confirmed, there was, in fact, R2D2 lodged in the back of this Honda, er, "H-Wing". You go, Mr. Shawn Crosby--the force is indeed strong with you.