The Phantom

Batman vs Bane

Harley Quinn

Sketches from Pittsburgh Comicon 2012

Pittsburgh Comicon 2012. Over all, it went really well. Saturday was downright crazy busy. There were a few difficult times, mostly due to my recent surgery, but with a few pain pills and a little help from my friends, I managed to make it through. It was awesome to see so many familiar faces. Also, met some extremely pleasant and inspiring folks this year. Many thanks to everyone who stopped by!

Here are the sketches I did during the show. To see all my pictures from the event, check out my facebook and flickr pages.

Accepting Pre-Orders for Pittsburgh Comicon and Summit City

I am now accepting sketch pre-orders for Pittsburgh Comicon, April 20-22 and Summit City Comic Con, May 12th in Fort Wayne Indiana. If you're going to the con, you can email me with a pre-order. Due to my work schedule, I will be finishing most of these at the convention. So if you are only going to be there at a certain time, be sure to let me know so that I can schedule to have yours done when you show up. Space is very limited this year, so sign up early!


Pre-pay via PayPal to avoid carrying so much cash at the con. Just send me an email at dave@davedrawscomics.com

Thanks!

Night of 1000 Wolves cover 2

Here's the cover for issue 2 of Night of 1000 Wolves. It's in the current April edition of Previews for release in June. Don't forget to pre-order issue 2!

Also, I wrote an article for ComicMonsters.com, detailing my process for creating a page and cover for issue one. Check it out here!

Pages from Night of 1000 Wolves

Last week I showed you the cover art to issue one. Now I present the art from four random pages of Night of 1000 Wolves. Written by Bobby Curnow, art(pencils, inks, watercolors) and covers by me, alternate covers by Michael Manomivibul. The first issue is in this month's Previews catalog, available for pre-order(order #MAR120377). The new Previews hits comic book stores today, so check it out amongst all the other great titles from IDW!

And Happy Leap Day!

Night of 1000 Wolves cover

Here is the cover art for issue 1 of Night of 1000 Wolves, a new project from writer Bobby Curnow and myself, published by IDW. The solicit is in the upcoming March edition of Previews for a release in May. The order code is MAR120377, so please consider pre-ordering it from your favorite comic book retail outlet. This is a creator owned book, and we really appreciate those pre-orders!

Here are the sketches leading up to this cover. As you can see, on some very wise advice I received, the final art was flipped to allow for a better flow.

No man is an island

I did this pinup as my contribution to this year's Low Concept, the second 11 O'Clock Comics Anthology. Learn more about it here. You may remember I did a pinup for last years anthology of Dinosaur Soldiers vs. Giant Robots.

Illustration Ale

Last year, six artists were asked to create original label designs for Illustration Ale, a limited edition brew from East End Brewing Company here in Pittsburgh. Proceeds from the sale of each bottle go towards the Pittsburgh Toonseum. I guess it was a success last year, because they did it again, and this time I was asked to create one of the labels. Five other awesome local artists contributed as well: Mark Bender, Vince Dorse, Jasen Lex, Nathan Mazur, and Ed Piskor.

There's a Release Party event February 4th at the Toonseum, where us artists will be signing bottles and, it goes without saying, trying the new brew. You should come.

So here's a look at my label design. I wanted to try and put an actual multi-panel comic onto the bottle. Also, I wanted to harken back to something classic, so it's modeled after a Little Nemo page. And I like apes, so there ya go.

prelim sketch:

inks:

Rodan

Wolves

Two watercolor paintings of wolves done as Christmas gifts.