Oh, and I got a bit of drawing done, too:
Author: Gerhard
Gerhard was the background artist for the graphic novel "Cerebus" which ran for over 20 years reaching 300 issues. It is an icon of self-publishing throughout the genre.
Going to ‘Frisco…
I’ve been invited to the San Fransisco Con, coming up real soon!
Anyone in The Bay area, come on down to the show!!!
More Catchin’ Up On Sketchin’…
I decided to do some of the smaller commissions before moving on to some larger projects.
Here are two with a similar theme, they’re both Buddhist statues…
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…and Steven had Don Rosa do a Scrooge McDuck…
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… to which I added this background…
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…okay… what’s next?
(Besides weddings and funerals and an ailing parent with doctor appointments…
…don’t these people know how short boating season is around here?
I respectfully request that no one I know die, get married or get sick until until the end of September, thank you.)
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July already?!!?
I managed to get a few drawings done, here are the ones I’ve got scanned in so far…
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…but mostly it’s been hanging out at the boat enjoying the arrival of summer. Shel dislocated her thumb after an unfortunate encounter with gravity and I lost all feeling in my nether regions going for a swim in Georgian Bay:
Not so bad once you put a wet-suit on.
Waiting for that day in August when the water temp briefly rises above 20 C (68 F).
Ash’s Regency
I was commissioned draw the Regency… again.
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I didn’t want to just redraw it so I thought I could depict the BACK of the Regency and the gardens.
I flipped the image of my last rendering horizontally and did a quick mock-up of how it might look complete with Cerebus and the Regency Elf heading out to play wickets:
This seemed like it could work.
So I penciled a layout for the back of the building:
…then tight penciled the whole thing…
…filled in the solid blacks…
…and started crosshatching…
…and crosshatching…
…and crosshatching…
…and then filled in all the window frames and the foreground…
…ta da!
I’ll be making prints of this one soon, if anyone’s interested.
Back from Sacramento
Sacramento ComiCon
Seems like we only just got back from Philly and now it’s time for…
…we’re at table A-15…
…providing they let us into the country, that is.
Philly Photos…
Thanks to everyone for a great show. Special thanks to Jim Lawson for being a such a fun neighbour.
And my apologies to anyone who came to see me on Thursday when I wasn’t there
due to being delayed at the border (long story).
Helping Heroes…
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterdays’ creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.
Last month in Minneapolis I did a little Gerebus sketch and gave it to the folks at Hero Initiative.
It’s just a silly little sketch but it’s for a very worthwhile cause that needs your generous support.
They have it up on eBay (click on image):
Please bid lavishly.
Wizard World Philadelphia
We’re packin’ up the car and hittin’ the road for Philly…
…we’re at table A36…
…right in the center of the action!
Come on out to the show if you can.
It’s supposed to be a rainy weekend anyway… what else have you got to do?