On The Verge of Almost

VAMPIRE!

2011-08-21T07:32:00.000-07:00

11 X 17 Pen and ink on bristol board.

ZOMBIES ATE MY HOMEWORK!!

2010-08-24T05:45:00.000-07:00

ZOMBIES ATE MY HOMEWORK (A JASPER TROUT ADVENTURE) is the first book in this children's book series that I'm illustrating. Author Chris Conduit of the horror podcast, The Conduit Cast, has set up a facebook page to follow the process as we put this series together. For more updates, info, and a behind the scenes look click on the title!

THE CONDUIT CAST: EPISODE 14

2010-07-28T05:06:00.000-07:00

If you don't know by now, The Conduit Cast is a weekly podcast spotlighting different aspects of the horror genre from movies, books, comics, to even clothing lines. Michelle and Chris wrangled Jay Heptner and myself to discuss among other things SIX IN THE MOURNING and a NEW project. Listeners to our weekly Wednesday morning segment (1490 AM and 990 AM at 7:13ish on your local radio dial..) will get more of our ramblings but UNCENSORED!

STEEL CITY CON!!

2010-07-14T04:46:00.000-07:00

August 6th, 7th, and 8th is the STEEL CITY CON and I'll be one of the featured artists there! I'll be selling prints, sketches, and some funny books I've worked on. For more info go to http://www.steelcitycon.com/ and make plans to go to this very cool show!

WEREWOLF!!!

2010-06-22T04:37:00.000-07:00

"The artist's life is one of singular instability. It overreaches itself, bursts its own bonds, fails him at every turn. He turns artist for a while, like a werewolf, and for the rest of the time only carries the marks by which the instructed may recognise him"

-R. G. Collingwood

I SHOULD PROBABLY UPDATE THIS MORE OFTEN...

2010-04-20T04:22:00.000-07:00

Here's an artcle that ran a couple months ago in Somerset County's paper the Daily American.
http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2010/02/01/news/local/news045.txt

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...

2009-11-22T07:32:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted on here in a long while, but it's because I've been working dutifully on Six in the Mourning. Here's page 6 of issue 3.

WHEN DRIVE INS ATTACK #3

2009-06-03T05:20:00.000-07:00

The grind house anthology WHEN DRIVE-INS ATTACK is now available for order! Issue #3 features the short story "STRANGER IN TOWN" written by Kenneth Whitfield with pencils and inks by yours truly. You can order it and the rest of the series at Indyplanet.com by clicking on the title or through your favorite funny book shop.

SIX IN THE MOURNING

2009-01-10T05:12:00.001-08:00

I've recently had a chance to get back to work on the Six In The Mourning series. Here's a teaser image.

JOHNSTOWN MAGAZINE COVER

2008-12-26T06:19:00.000-08:00

From preliminary sketch to finished cover, here's how the Johnstown Magazine cover came to be. After picking from a couple sketches of my character, The Johnstowner, I went with this design.

After the initial loose pencil image was approved, I went into the inking stage....

After that, I did the coloring using more of an old school flat coloring style.

Then, I sent it off to the talented Kim Williams who used her graphic design skills to set the logo and lettering. And there you have it...

JOHNSTOWN MAGAZINE

2008-12-26T05:30:00.000-08:00

The January issue of the JOHNSTOWN MAGAZINE has an article on local comic book artists and cartoonists. (If you're a subscriber you should already have it) If not, it will be hitting stands on about December 31. Until then, you can check out www.johnstownmag.com/current for a snippet.

Once the issue is released I'll be posting the step by step pencils to color version of the cover I did.

THE JOHNSTOWNER

2008-11-24T10:56:00.000-08:00

....coming in January.

2008-10-29T19:42:00.000-07:00

.....and the kitchen is CLOSED! Freefoodpress.com is now apparently shut down. I blame the sacrilegious and highly offensive comic strips. ( or most likely lack of marketing)

2008-10-05T07:17:00.000-07:00

I have a new apparently "controversial" strip up at http://www.freefoodpress.com/current/comicstrip/comicstripchrist.jpg . Which was offending people even before it was posted. But if you are offended, feel free to e-mail me. If I have enough complaints.....I'll put the image on t-shirts.

2008-09-26T07:29:00.000-07:00

Babies screaming? Ears Bleeding? That's RIGHT! That's my voice you'll be hearing Monday (Sept 29...i think) around 7:15 on the NTJ MORNING MAGAZINE simulcast on 1490 am and 990 am! I'll be talking funny books and movie adaptations, pimping my own art, and not mentioning the store BENT WOOKEE COMIX (located at 127 Fairfield Ave. Johnstown PA. (814)539-0085)

Thanks Dave Charles! Sorry for the profanity...

2008-08-20T05:52:00.000-07:00

Looks like all the kinks have been worked out of the Free Food comic strip. You can actually see it now! Here's a link to it:
http://www.freefoodpress.com/current/comicstrip/bigcomic.jpg
There'll be a new one next issue.

2008-08-07T18:46:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the recommendation from Kenneth Whitfield over on the Steve Niles forum. The call was for horror artists....and it seems my work is getting some people's attention.

The June Archive has sequential pencil samples.

And one good turn deserves another! You can check out his latest short story at: http://www.necrologyshorts.com/2008/07/05/sandras-smile-kenneth-whitfield/

2008-07-20T04:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.freefoodpress.com/ is the Tribune Democrat's new online alternative city paper for the Johnstown area. If you've been getting the paper you may have seen ads showcasing surly elderly people with the tag-line "Offending 10% of our readers". Now ya know what they're talkin' about.

Why am I posting about this? Although surly, I'm not elderly.

But I have been saddled with?....drafted?....recruited?...honored by Ms. Perkosky to do a monthly comic strip. Something "hip, irreverent, sarcastic, scathing, just plain weird.."

Check it out, maybe you'll laugh. If not, there's probably something really wrong with you. Either way, the site is full of some really cool stuff. And hopefully they will fix it soon so you can see it at a reasonable size....

2008-07-03T21:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/ episode # 465 podcast gives a shout out to the "Stranger in Town " story at the end. Almost gets my name right, too.

2008-02-25T07:24:00.000-08:00

I got to see some of the pages I penciled and inked, colored for this project....and they look great! Check out more info on http://www.comicmonsters.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=871

2008-01-16T05:59:00.000-08:00

Page from the short story "Stranger in Town" by Kenneth Whitfield for Richard Stahnke's "WHEN DRIVE-INS ATTACK"

2008-01-11T05:48:00.000-08:00

2007-10-21T07:36:00.000-07:00

Just in time for Halloween!

TRAILER PARK OF TERROR #7 is out. Don't forget to pick up a copy, it features the short story DEAD COUNTRY.

2007-06-19T07:09:00.000-07:00

Pre-order your copies of TRAILER PARK OF TERROR #7. It should contain a short story written by Kenneth Whitfield entitled Dead Country that I did pencils and inks for.

2007-06-19T07:06:00.000-07:00

Make sure to check out: http://www.marvelknightsgroup.org

Writer David Golightly was gratious enough to post some of my images on there! Very cool fan fic from the darker side of the Marvel Universe.

2007-04-12T05:57:00.000-07:00

Make sure to check out the Pittsburgh Comicon April 27, 28, and 29. The web-site is: www.pittsburghcomicon.com.

2007-02-04T06:59:00.000-08:00

The STEEL CITY CON is MARCH 24th AND 25th! I'll be a guest there with original art to sell. E-mail me ahead of time for commission pieces. Check out the cool new site: www.steelcitycon.com

2006-10-29T06:50:00.000-08:00

Power Girl

pen and ink on 11 x 17

2006-10-22T17:26:00.000-07:00

White Queen

2006-10-22T07:44:00.000-07:00

GHOST RIDER

2006-08-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

Ghost Rider pen and ink on sale at www.catskillcomics.com

2006-08-22T07:07:00.000-07:00

View from my table at the toy show.

2006-07-23T18:35:00.000-07:00

I'll be makin' a guest appearance at the PITTSBURGH TOY SHOW JULY 29th and 30th. It'll be a good show. Lando is gonna be there.

www.pittsburghtoyshow.com

2006-06-23T06:35:00.000-07:00

MONSTERS!!

2006-05-24T18:36:00.000-07:00

2006-05-05T06:57:00.000-07:00

And for no good reason....
Zombie Wonder Woman.

2006-04-07T06:48:00.000-07:00

ASH vs. Hack/Slash vs. Evil Ernie
#1 thru #5 sample pages.

2006-04-07T06:46:00.000-07:00

Hulk vs. Wolverine

2006-03-21T05:25:00.000-08:00

no exit

2006-03-16T05:26:00.000-08:00

2006-03-16T05:23:00.000-08:00

Pin-up for the back cover of An Open Place #2.

2006-02-27T19:41:00.000-08:00

2006-02-27T19:35:00.000-08:00

THE SILENT

From Six In The Mourning.

2006-02-27T06:20:00.000-08:00

...THIS IS A TEST....THIS IS ONLY A TEST...