Category: Comics

  • ACT-I-VATE Primer Is Released!

    A while back, I posted about a short story I colored for the ACT-I-VATE Primer book (read about it here).  Well that book is finally available for sale.  Get it at your local comic book store (or failing that, there’s always the online bookstores.) And for those of you that live in New York, come…

  • Marvel Strange Tales #2

    I colored the introduction page to the Marvel Strange Tales #2 which is on the stands today.  Not only is The Watcher once again featured but also the full likeness of She-Hulk and Nick Fury (complete with an ear-stud)!  Look for this cover at your local comic book store:

  • Stuffed! Is Released!

    I spent a couple of months last year coloring Stuffed! a 120 page graphic novel written by Glenn Eichler and drawn by Nick Bertozzi.  I share co-coloring credit with Mr. Bertozzi, who showed me the ins and outs of selecting the best color palette for a specific scene. We based the coloring style on  Hergé’s…

  • My Marvel Debut: Strange Tales #1

    My last post touched on some uncredited work I did for Nick Bertozzi‘s story in the Marvel book Strange Tales.  Since that post, the editor asked Nick to do a last minute introduction page for the book for which I did the coloring (except for The Watcher’s underoos which are tighty-whities, naturally).  The book hit…

  • The Learning Process

    When I decided to make a career change a few years ago, there was a lot I didn’t know about the comics industry.  For one, the creation-to-print time can span several years.  Some of the projects I first worked on are finally coming out, and it has helped me realize just how much I’ve learned…

  • ACT-I-VATE Primer Cover

    You heard it here first, but ACT-I-VATE officially announced its upcoming “Primer” book last weekend at MoCCA.  They also released an image of its cover (shown above) drawn by Nick Bertozzi featuring Persimmon from the Persimmon Cup story I colored. IDW will put out the book in October.  Until then, head on over to ACT-I-VATE…

  • ACT-I-VATE Primer: Persimmon Cup

      Here’s a sneak peak at a 12 page Persimmon Cup story I just finished coloring for Nick Bertozzi.  It will appear in the upcoming ACT-I-VATE Primer, a 150 page anthology based on characters and stories that you can already read for free at ACT-I-VATE.com.   The book will be published by IDW sometime in…

  • Second Chance Vance – Week 7

      Continue to read Chapter 2.  (Or read from the beginning.)  Use this post to leave me feedback.

  • Second Chance Vance – Week 6

      Chapter 2 continues in which a fat man uses dirty language and appears in a towel.  (Or read from the beginning.)  Use this post to leave me feedback.

  • Second Chance Vance – Week 5

      Chapter 2 begins in which people make out and there are giant cats!  (Or, go back to read Chapter 1.) Use this post to leave me feedback.