Took part in the second annual Free
Comic Book Day mini-tour from 11-2pm at Excellent
Adventures, Ballston Spa, NY and from 2:30-5pm at The Comic Depot, Wilton Mall, Saratoga Springs, NY. Thanks to John and Matt Belskis from Excellent Adventures and Darren and Kristi Carrara and rest of the Comic Depot crew for another great day.
Appeared at RocCon Hudson Valley, Mercury Grand Hotel and Conference Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Thanks to Alicia and the RocCon crew for putting on a wonderful show. Thanks to the folks from Alterniverse, Zombie Petz's Ryan Browne, Mark Mckenna, the Sinnott family, Ebro Helmy, our neighbors Emilio Velez and his family among others for being part of a fun day. As always, special thanks to all of the conventioneers who made this show memorable.
Appeared at The "Memories, Moments and Mayhem" Convention and Wrestling Event, Ballston Area Community Center (BACC), Ballston Spa, NY. Thanks to Drake Evans and Scott Scarsdale from In Your Face Wrestling for having me on board for their first convention outing. Hope many more conventions and much success follow for this dedicated team. If you love wrestling, or even if you're not a fan, check out an In Your Face Wrestling event. These guys don't mess around.
March 17, 2012-
Appeared at Annual
Baby Boomers Collectibles and Toy Show, Holiday Inn, Wolf Road,
Albany, NY. Thanks again to John and Matt Belskis along with fellow guests Patrick Pigott, Val Semeiks, John Hebert, Paul Harding, Todd Dezago, and the Mandalorian Mercs for another great day. Special thanks to Doug, Ray, Gerald, Brianna, Joeden, Heidi, Billy, and all of the great conventioneers that dropped by.
Appeared at Genericon
XXVI, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute campus, Troy, NY. Thanks to Rachel King and the Genericon staff for another fun event. Thanks to our neighbors Alayna 'AJ' Fuess, Meagan Sareaste, Zoe Williams, Jacob Gray, Lilly Hyndman, Melissa LaCasse for a fun and friendly artist alley room. As always, thanks to the generous and welcoming conventioneers who dropped by to talk or look at some artwork.
Appeared at Dreamation 2013,
Hyatt Morristown, Morristown, NJ. Thanks to Vinny, Avie, Tiny, Darren, and the Double Exposure crew for running a top-notch convention. Special thanks to Jack Parra for an excellent job in running artist alley and for the good company throughout the weekend. Last, but most importantly, thanks to all of the conventioneers and artist alley neighbors. You're always an essential part of a great Double Exposure event.
Completed a set of 12 interior, pencil illustrations for Atlas Games' Ars Magica supplement Antagonists. Antagonists is slated for a February 2013 release and I will post previews then, so stay tuned. In the meantime enjoy the Antagonists cover illustration.
Appeared at Alterniverse,
Salt Point, NY for their annual Toys For Tots event.
Thanks to Anthony, Crystal, Cliff, Jim, and the rest of the Alterniverse crew; the Toys For Tots team including local Marine Zack; and fellow guests Richard Clark, Ryan Browne, Eric Deschamps, David Rodriguez, and Jeff Bellio for a terrific day.
Alterniverse will continue to collect toys until December 20th. All toys donated will be given to needy children in Dutchess County, NY so please donate.
November 29, 2012-
Completed the first round of artwork for Evil Hat Productions' Zeppelin Armada. There is still some clean up and amendments to be dealt with, but the bulk of the Zeppelin Armada art is in the can. Stay tuned for more news and previews as the project progresses.
Thanks to Vinny Salzillo, Darren Watts, and the Metatopia staff for putting on a wonderful event.
Took part in the "Evil Hat: How It Works" panel which delved into the inner workings of the Evil Hat Productions team of Fred Hicks and Rob Donoghue and introduced the cast of freelancers and their contributions. Thanks to Amanda Valentine, Fred, and Rob for the invitation to take part. Special thanks to Rob and Fred for their kind words and compliments.
All of the Double Exposure events, but especially Metatopia, provide an intense nuts and bolts approach to the business, and fun, of game creation and publishing. Hats off to Vinny and crew for a noble and commendable effort.
Completed a set of pencil drawing interior illustrations for Transylvanian Tribunal, an Ars Magica supplement from Atlas Games. Stay tuned for more news and previews.
Appeared at Comic Depot Day, The Comic Depot, Wilton Mall, Saratoga Springs, NY. Thanks to Darren, Kristi, and the whole Comic Depot crew for a fun day.
Appeared at Heroes
Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC. Thanks to Matt Yocum, Greg Adams, Trimekka's Jan-Michael Franklin, Ritch Hall and the Hallboy Comics family, and Herc, Mike, and the 803 Studios crew for great conversation and inspiration.
And, as always, thanks to Wayne B, Keith, and Mel for all their support.
June
20, 2012-
Completed a one-sheet poster for The Perhapanauts. In this poster Big, Arisa, and Choopie encounter the elusive Naree Pons against the backdrop of jungle-choked temple ruins.
Thanks to The Perhapanauts creators Todd Dezago and Craig Rousseau for asking me to contribute to the 'Haps lore.
The Perhapanauts Naree Pons one-sheet poster will be available starting this weekend at Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC from June 22-24. Check in with The Perhapanauts team at tables AA-401 and AA-402 for more details.
The framed digital print of the Air Vader drawing is on view and for sale at the 47th Annual Fence Show at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Main Gallery, Troy, NY. The Fence Show will be up until July 15, 2012.
Thanks to John Belskis and the ACC team for another excellent show.
Thanks also to Blackjack creator Alex Simmons for bringing the Kids' Comic Con to the Albany Comic Con for the day and for asking me to take part in one of the workshops. It was a real pleasure and a great time sharing some of my experiences with the kids.
Took part in aFree
Comic Book Day mini-tour from 12-2pm at Excellent
Adventures, Ballston Spa, NY and from 2:30-6pm at The Comic Depot, Wilton Mall, Saratoga Springs, NY. Thanks to John and Matt Belskis and Darren and Kristi Carrara for a great day.
Appeared at the Annual
Baby Boomer Collectibles and Toy Show, Holiday Inn, Wolf Road,
Albany, NY. Thanks to John Belskis for putting on another great show. Like John's Albany
Comic Con, the Collectible and Toy Show is growing rapidly. Thanks also to fellow exhibitors sculptor Paul Harding and In Your Face Wrestling.
Appeared
at Genericon
XXV, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus, Troy, New York.
February
8, 2012-
Work
begins on the cover for Dinocalypse
Now, Evil
Hat Productions' first foray into fiction. Evil Hat's Fred
Hicks describes Dinocalypse Now as "a novel - possibly
the start of a trilogy if it is well-received - set in the Spirit
of the Century universe, as psychic dinosaurs from the distant
past try to take over the present and rule the future. Chuck Wendig
will be writing this one, with the pulp action and strange science
dials cranked to eleven. Expect to see the heroes from Race to Adventure! put in an appearance, including our game’s
classic love triangle, Jet, Sally, and Mack."
Illustration
work officially begins on Evil
Hat Productions' first
card game product Zeppelin Armada.
So
what is Zeppelin Armada? Stay tuned for news and previews
of this Spirit of the Century RPG tie-in.
Appeared
at Albany
Comic Con 8, Holiday Inn, Wolf Road, Albany, NY. Thanks to
John Belskis and the Albany Comic Con crew for another wonderful
show.
Special thanks to
the conventioneers, vendors, and guests who braved the weather
to attend one of the best conventions around.
As always, thanks
to the conventioneers for your generosity, compliments, and support,
especially Chip, Doug, Dan, Jeff, Brad, and Don Wilcock.
Once again, I would
also like to extend personal thanks to the VIPs, especially Robert
and Shelly, for their support of this great convention. I hope
to see you all in the Spring.
Also, thanks to those
who took part in the Albany Comic Con charity auction either by
donating or bidding on items. The proceeds from the auction benefit
local families affected by tropical storms Irene and Lee. See
my contribution to the auction: an original Vampirella drawing.
"Disciplined.
Gifted. Unique. Prized. These are the monks of the Shingai Order.
Dedicating their lives to creating harmony from chaos, the Shingai
have a never-ending job in a broken Empire... The
Calling takes you around the galaxy and into the
heart of belief as one young Shingai searches for meaning and
purpose in his life and the lives of his people."
Thanks also to fellow
artist alley guests Nate Osborne, Todd Dezago, Paul Harding, and
Patrick Pigott.
June
18-July 17, 2011-
The
framed digital print of the Hitterman!
drawing is on view and for sale at the 46th Annual Fence Show
at The
Arts Center of the Capital Region, Main Gallery, Troy, NY.
The Fence Show will be up until July 17, 2011.
Appeared
at Heroes
Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC. Thanks
to Trimekka's Stacey Robinson and Jan-Michael Franklin, Uraeus,
Mshindo Kuumba, Adarryl "Quan" Grant, Ritch Hall and
the Hallboy Comics family for great conversation and inspiration.
And, as always, thanks
to Wayne B (and Mel) for all of their support.
Thanks to Father of
the Black Age Turtel Onli, Alex Simmons, Power Comix's Derrick
and Mike Rivers, Jerry Craft, Kamau Mshale, Eric Battle, Glyph
Awards' Rich Watson, Xion's Shawn and Monique Alleyne, John Jennings,
Uraeus, Mshindo Kuumba, Prof. William H. Foster III, Steven Van
Patten, Soyinka Ogunbusola, N. Steven Harris, Andre Batts, Tony
Isabella, Joseph Illedge, and many other talented people for making
ECBACC's 10th Anniversary so special.
May
20, 2011-
So
what is Zeppelin Armada? Artwork for Evil
Hat Productions' first card game product will soon be in development.
Stay tuned for news and previews of this Spirit of the Century
RPG tie-in.
Appeared
at Free
Comic Book Day at Excellent
Adventures, 110 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa, NY. Many thanks
to proprietors John and Matt Belskis for inviting me to join them
for the day.
Thanks also to fellow
guests: toy sculptor Paul Harding, Witchblade scribe Ron Marz,
and the creative folks at UNY Cosplay.
Special thanks
to store patrons Brian, Myra, Robin and Raz, David, Nate, Cameron
and Chase, Christian, and many others for supporting Excellent
Adventures, the guests, and Free
Comic Book Day.
April
30, 2011-
Completed
10 black and white illustrations for Hero
Games'upcoming Champions Beyond. With this
supplement you can expand your Champions RPG campaigns
beyond Earth to the stars. I will post the artwork and more information
in the future.
April
17, 2011-
Appeared
at Albany
Comic Con 7, Holiday Inn, Wolf Road, Albany, NY. Thanks to
John Belskis and the Albany Comic Con crew for another great show.
It keeps getting better all the time.
Special thanks to the conventioneers. It was great to see so
many familiar faces and a lot of new ones as well. As always,
thank you for your generosity, compliments, and support.
I would also like to extend personal thanks to the VIPs for their
support of this great convention. Hope to see you all next time.
April
2-3, 2011-
Appeared
at BadCon,
SUNY Albany Campus, Washington Avenue, Albany, NY. Thanks to David
Allbright and the BadCon crew for a fun convention.
Thanks also to artist
alley neighbors Daniel Gremmler of Ancient Earth Entertainments,
Ebro Helmy, Maggie Lovell, Rion Marmulstein, Lauren Parker, Laura
Young, and Joanna Wanfried.
Special thanks to
conventioneers Brooke, Chet, Harley and Heather, Katie, and Phil
for their interest and support.