The Lost World…

Since I’m working on a graphic novel based on Dick Briefer’s version of Frankenstein from the 1950s, I’ve been researching Briefer’s Frankenstein comics.   I came upon an entertaining tale called “World of Monsters” from Frankenstein #21, 1952.  In this story, Frankie stumbles across a “lost world” atop a plateau in “arid” Arizona, complete with [...]

Portrait of a Monster

A portrait featuring a rather distinguished Monster of Frankenstein.  Digital pencils and inkwash.  Writer Martin Powell and I are bringing Dick Briefer’s THE MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN back to life in our new graphic novel, inspired by the classic non-code horror series of the 1950s.  Published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics in 2012.

Creating A Picture…

I’m often asked about my process in creating pictures, so I figured I would do a step-by-step on my latest illustration. Step 1. I start all my work in Photoshop. I have pre-created page templates at various sizes to work on. The one pictured here is a virtual 10″x15″ at 400 dpi. I create my [...]

Last Survivor Preview

I’ve been working on a fun little project with writer Michael Leal called The Last Survivor.  We’ve been doing the story old school “Marvel-style” where Michael provided me with a page by page outline that I would interpret and draw accordingly.  Michael will be doing the captions and dialogue based on the final art. Here’s [...]

A Side of Horror Please…

Back in 2010 I met a screenwriter through Facebook called Jerod Brennen.  Jerod was looking for artists to illustrate some of his short horror screenplays for an anthology comic; this was all for entry into a contest where 1st prize was the printing of the book! I took a look at some of the available [...]