BATMAN COPPER NIGHTS

Marker, India and Copper inks.

BATMAN THREE

4" by 17" Ink on Bristol
I did three versions of this pose.
One was for the LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT comic.
The second was a small rough color marker study.
Both have sold.
This is a much larger grey toned piece.

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CAPE TWO

Just another concept piece focusing on the cape as a weapon. Heavily referencing the original first appearance of the character in DETECTIVE 27.

CAPE

Gold ink, marker and india ink.

I always wanted to depict the cape as something that had some flexible structure, like an umbrella.
So when Batman moves it around, it is actually a terrifying and chaotic sight.
Imagine an umbrella suddenly reversing itself under harsh wind conditions.
It isn't soft, but edgy with small joints.
Like ... a bat!

DARK KNIGHT

A prelim for a Batman issue I drew way back that I added marker color to.
Marker, ink and prisma on drawing paper.

HAWKMAN

Marker and Ink

GREEN LANTERN

Saw this up online and decided to tweak the colors a bit to match more of the comics rendition.
Mask shape ala Neal Adams version and added the gloves and black accents.

Did this pretty fast so its a bit rough around the edges.

FIRESTORM

FIRESTORM FAN is a website dedicated to the first comic character I worked on back in 1983.
Working with writer/Firestorm creator Gerry Conway was so much fun. Gerry is known to have written one of the best known storylines in comics: The death of Gwen Stacy in SPIDER-MAN and created the PUNISHER character in that run as well. Another milestone was writing the very first ever meeting between Spider-Man and Superman.

Firestorm was certainly a book where I learned a lot about the creation of comics. The monthly deadlines weren't even a concern. I was having so much fun pencilling the book and couldn't believe I was working in the industry that I could pencil several pages a day. I also learned to start focusing on figure gestures better and on strengthening my storytelling. I can see how my style evolved month by month. A great on the job training ground. The inks tended to be heavy but the covers inks by the great Dick Girodano, along with a few guest inks by Romeo Tanghal were probably closest to the actual pencils I turned in. Gerry's scripts were in the old Marvel plot format and since he was also editor, he gave me a lot of leeway to mess around with the costumes.

We even did an experiment where prose was accompanied by single panel illustrations in the second Annual. Something which was quite rare in those days.

The pinup above features what could arguably be one of the first cyberpunk influenced comic characters created. Her name was Byte and her younger brother was called... Bug!

Always thought these two characters had potential to be explored further, especially these days when the general public knows way more about computers than the ancient days of 1984.

Gerry also has a great audio interview featured on here. He eventually returned to comics after a very successful run in TV shows such as Law & Order working both as writer and co-executive producer.

BATMAN

RESIDENT EVIL

A story titled 'Night Stalkers' written by Kris Oprisko that I pencilled for WILDSTORM's RESIDENT EVIL comic has been reprinted in a hefty 254 page TPB titled FIRE AND ICE.

The cover you see here is by artist Lee Bermejo.

BATGIRL