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(Sketchbook nonsense-- but. When you're doodling, it's always a good idea to leave some room for copy. You think you're trying out a pen, but now this Bill guy exists, and the other guy, and things are happening.)

wednesday:

grumpy hellboy

A grumpy Hellboy from one of the previous sketchbooks; last drawing of 2012. If I remember right, it was just doodling straight in pen, trying it out, and I liked how it turned out, so I colored it -- without realizing I'd used the exact palette of the Strange Places collection (an obviously great palette by Dave Stewart). So, here's a purple one instead.

orphans

A variant cover that I did a little while ago -- for Orphans #1, out this Wednesday. 

spoilers in every panel

... except these two.

i'll tell you my story but you won't believe it

a page from the issue #2, out next week

outside

Just quickly jotting down some of the interesting shapes and colors outside. The sun set too fast to get most of it, but it was still good fun - it's been a long while since I did any speed painting... learned lots of things in the meantime, forgot some of the others.

from the sketchbook

a peek at issue two

prints!

inprnt is having a holiday sale this weekend, with 15% off all prints -- perfect time to get yourself (friends, family, secret crushes) one (or both) of these prints i've so far completely failed to promote. they did a great job printing them-  they look about a million times better than on a screen!

out today

Where is Jake Ellis #1! Read the first six pages here

original art

More original art is now available over at Splashpageart, including pages from the recent Lobster Johnson one-shot "Caput Mortuum"

where? cover #3

the closest these get to blue note covers--

sketchbook* studies

* sketchbook = loose sheets of paper lying around or under things, or falling into cracks between furniture to be found weeks or months later, sometimes with little clue to their origin or purpose

hellboy

a gift for a collector, this one.