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Catchin’ up on Stuff…

Here’s a pencil drawing I did for Mike:believe Here’s a couple of the shots Dean sent me of his awesome office featuring an impressive array of Cerebus art including the originals of the Regency, Church & State, Jaka scene and Melmoth street that I did for him:

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This is the cover of an upcoming Penguin Random House book by Mary Gaitskill

that uses the image from Church & State vol II:

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And finally, just a cool shot looking straight up in the lobby of the hotel in Pittsburgh:

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To all our American friends, Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Cats and Dogs

I got me a copy of Heavy Metal #283

from my local comic shop: Retro Rocket Comics (thanks again, Chris!).

Not sure when—or even if—I’ll get my contributor copies and I was very curious to see how it printed.

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You know… if someone had told my teen-aged self that I’d be published in Heavy Metal someday, I’d have freaked out. If they then told me it wouldn’t be until I was 57, I’d have been dubious. And if they then said that it’ll be a story about anthropomorphic cats, I’d have had a good laugh and gone back to drawing my dragons and spaceships; the stuff that’s SUPPOSED to be in Heavy Metal.

This story, ‘The Smile of the Absent Cat’, is Grant Morrison’s  25-years-in-the-making heart-felt tribute to mad cat artist Louis Wain.

The complete story will be released as a 48-page hard-back volume some time after I get the rest of the script.

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From cats to dogs…

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…Sun Dogs, that is.

As seen the other day from the field next to our tree-house.

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Dining at Dino’s

I received a commission request to have a family pictured on the patio at Dino’s Cafe from the Melmoth Street Scene.

He even sent me a sketch he had done to help illustrate his idea:

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That sketch, along with his rather detailed instructions, helped me to produce this layout:

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Which led to this finished inked drawing:

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We’re off to Wizard World Pittsburgh on Friday and will be at table B-18:

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Our last show of the year!

Come on down!

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Colours, Covers and Absent Cats

The colours out back of Pride Stables during our fall session:

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The colourful sprinkles on Shelley’s birthday doughnut:

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The sketch covers I did for Charles:

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The issue of Heavy Metal magazine with my art for ‘The Smile of the Absent Cat’ story should be on the shelves.

Now I just have to find me one of those shelves.

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It’s official…

My first eight pages of Grant Morrison’s ‘Smile of the Absent Cat’ will be in issue 283 of Heavy Metal Magazine.

On the stands October 26 or for pre-order here.

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Here’s a look at the pencils/computer mock-up/inks/colour

for one of the pages:

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I hope people like it.

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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.