2014

The year went by and I barely looked up from my drawing table. Here's what I was doing:

The hardcover edition of Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem, written by Steve Niles and Matt Santoro, with art by me, was released in the spring by Dark Horse Comics.

Jim Clark, Thomas Mauer, and I finally finished and released The Guns of Shadow Valley collected hardcover that we had funded through Kickstarter. It was the end of a long road.

Dark Horse printed and distributed a retail edition of Guns.

I illustrated a short story in the anthology Chutz-Pow. Each story was a true life event of a Pittsburgh resident who survived the Holocaust of WWII.

I finally got to be the artist on a full Godzilla min-series for IDW, written by Cullen Bunn. All five issues of Godzilla: Cataclysm came out this year.

And I got a new roommate, Ollie. He's a great buddy, when he's not destroying everything I own. Even when he is.

So basically, in 2014, I worked and worked and then worked some more. Even now, I am finishing all the commissions I owe, which will finally finish the Kickstarter that began in Spring of 2013. Huge thanks to everyone I had the fortune to work with, and to everyone who supported my work. I'm really proud of all I accomplished this year. I hope to do more in 2015, but I also hope I can look up from it once in a while and enjoy a bit of life. Only time will tell.

Two Big Releases Today!

I've got two big releases today! The Guns of Shadow Valley hardcover collected edition by Jim Clark, Thomas Mauer, and me, from Dark Horse Comics! It's the oversized collected edition of the complete webcomic, 7 years in the making! If you missed it on Kickstarter, now's your chance. Also, the first issue of Godzilla: Cataclysm written by Cullen Bunn, art by me, from IDW Publishing. Hurry to your local comic shop today, and ask for them by name!

Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem, on sale today

 

Issue one of Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem hits stores today. It's written by Steve Niles and Matt Santoro, art by me. I'm really proud of this book and hope everyone gives it a try. Here's some preview pages:

Breath of Bones issue 3 cover

The cover to issue 3 of Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem, and my favorite of the bunch. Written by Steve Niles with art by me, issue 3 is due in August from Dark Horse Comics.

Breath of Bones issue 2 cover

Cover art for Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem, issue 2. Written by Steve Niles with art by me, #2 is due out in July from Dark Horse Comics.

Breath of Bones issue 1 cover

The cover for Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem, a new miniseries from Dark Horse Comics written by Steve Niles with art by yours truly. I've been working on this for the last 3 and half months or so. It's the main reason that I haven't been updating the blog so much. Issue 1 is scheduled to release on June 12. You'll be able to pre-order it in the upcoming issue of Previews. Read all about the book in an interview with Steve at MTV Geek.

Below is the process for creating the cover, beginning with a couple of rejected designs.