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.
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Seems like we just got home…

…and we’re off to Hamilton for the con.

At least this one is just a short drive away.

And! It’s being held at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

which is just off-the-scale cool.

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Here’s me desperately trying to finish the first eight pages of

Grant Morrison’s ‘Smile of the Absent Cat’ before the deadline

under Elsa’s strict supervision.

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Too Busy To Blog

Geez, it’s been awhile…

Been trying to get the pages done for Grant Morrison’s “Smile of the Absent Cat” installment to appear in the October issue of Heavy Metal magazine.

And pack for Edmonton this weekend.

So… until I get the okay to post some the art on this here blog

I’ll leave you with a couple of photos of some happy customers:

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Star Wars #1 cover re-creation

Charles somehow convinced Howard Chaykin and Tom Palmer to re-create their cover for Star Wars #1 published in 1977. Here is an image of that cover:

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and here is the original inked version before all the other stuff was added:

original ink copy

Here is Howard Chaykin’s new penciled version:

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and Tom Palmer’s inked version:

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and here’s my bit (click to enlarge):

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This should be a link to a little video of the process:

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I’ve been working on concepts and layouts for a few commissions simultaneously leaving me with very little to show here as far as finished drawings go. I can, however, tell you about my progress or lack thereof. The process usually starts with going through Google images, collecting relevant pictures for reference and doing a layout.

So…

Commission #1: 6 reference pics, 1 layout completed, started rough penciling, on hold until further notice.

Commission #2: 18 reference pics, waiting for response on size and pricing.

Commission #3: 121 reference pics, 1 layout submitted, 2 additional rough layouts that I’m not sure work.

Commission #4: 93 reference pics, 7 layouts submitted, waiting for final approval.

Commission #5: 2 reference pics, 2 layouts for sketch covers to be done in ‘Frisco.

Commission #6: 7 reference pics, 1 layout to be finished and submitted.

Commission #7: 11 reference pics, 2 very rough layouts.

Commission #8: 266 reference pics (so far), 3 sample pages submitted. This is for a Grant Morrison story to be printed in Heavy Metal magazine in October. Still a little unclear as to how many pages will be in that issue. I will have to delay some, if not all, of the above commissions to complete this one on time. Stay tuned.

After I finish all of these, I still have 10 other commissions on the list.  That should take me up to Christmas. (AAARRGH!!! I said the ‘C’ word!)

In the meantime, here’s a little thing I did a while ago: I stitched together the tracking shot from Cerebus 249. The images appeared as individual panels over the course of several pages:

Cerebus 249

This should open in a new window and you can scroll across:

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After a transition, the tracking shot continues:

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Okay, back to the old drawing board.