Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Those photos
Here are the photos that accompanied the Oregonian article. They're © Motoya Nakumura. Click on a thumbnail and the picture will open in a new window.
In other news, Pete Woods was interviewed by Chris Arrant at Newsarama:
"With Robin the book has (or rather had) an optimistic and youthful lead character, so I worked in a very bouncy, cartoony style. With Detective Comics I moved on to a much more dark, shadowy, and realistic style more befitting the mood of Batman. Catwoman was more challenging to come up with a style."
Read more.
In other news, Pete Woods was interviewed by Chris Arrant at Newsarama:
"With Robin the book has (or rather had) an optimistic and youthful lead character, so I worked in a very bouncy, cartoony style. With Detective Comics I moved on to a much more dark, shadowy, and realistic style more befitting the mood of Batman. Catwoman was more challenging to come up with a style."
Read more.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
We're in the paper
"On any given day, you will find a majority of the 11 artist members bent over their drawing boards, conjuring the worlds of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman and the Fantastic Four, among others.
It's a colorful, riotous place that seems a bit like a comic book universe itself, where shelves groan beneath art reference books and model cars and stuffed piranhas, the stereo blares "Eaten by the Monster of Love," and on a recent afternoon, one member was scanning photographs of his own face being ground into a carpet, so that he would have a photo reference for the latest fight scene he needed to draw."
Inara Verzemnieks, writing about us in a big article this week in The Oregonian
There were a bunch of great photos too, which aren't on line. I'll get them scanned in a bit.
It's a colorful, riotous place that seems a bit like a comic book universe itself, where shelves groan beneath art reference books and model cars and stuffed piranhas, the stereo blares "Eaten by the Monster of Love," and on a recent afternoon, one member was scanning photographs of his own face being ground into a carpet, so that he would have a photo reference for the latest fight scene he needed to draw."
Inara Verzemnieks, writing about us in a big article this week in The Oregonian
There were a bunch of great photos too, which aren't on line. I'll get them scanned in a bit.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Mercury live and on the wall.
Several Mercury members will be exhibiting pieces in the Comics in the Digtal Age exhibit, held this month, February 3-25 at the Pushdot Gallery. 830 NW 14th Ave., 503-224-5925. At the opening on First Thursday, the place will full of talented cartoonists. Stop by and socialize.
And then, this weekend, just about the whole studio will be guests at The Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. This is a damn fine show, with a spectacular guest list. Follow the link and take a look.
And then, this weekend, just about the whole studio will be guests at The Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. This is a damn fine show, with a spectacular guest list. Follow the link and take a look.
The Mercury Studios auction for Bill continues:
New items
Original art for Road to Perdition 2 by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Original art for Road to Perdition 2 by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Original Batman art by David Hahn from The Batman handbook
Adventures of Superman tpb, with an original sketch by Matthew Clark
-and here are direct links to the previous auctions:
Splash page from Bill's and my run on Hawkman
Hawkman model sheet- original art in pencil
Wonder Woman original art by Drew Johnson
Original art from Greg Rucka's and my run on Detective. Great shots of Batman
Jeff Parker's acclaimed graphic novel The Interman, with an original sketch.
