NO NEW POSTS IN FOREVER

Been slaving away on completing the Wednesday graphic novel. No new sketches on Neindog and no new posts here, but you can head over to Epic Wednesday to see a few new drawings.

The Wednesday graphic novel will be out this year.

BEAT TO A PULP 2

Here's the cover for Beat To A Pulp, Round 2. Artwork by James O'Barr and myself. Another great collection from BTAP. Read about the book & purchase a copy here.

TWO NEW BOOKS

NEINDOG VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2 ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

These books are a collection of artwork I've posted on my sketchblog over the past year. Each book also includes artwork that didn't appear on the blog -- unpublished artwork, album covers, posters, book illustrations, and concept art.

Purchase from Amazon at these links:
NEINDOG VOLUME 1
NEINDOG VOLUME 2

If you'd like to check out a preview, you'll find it here:
STOMPBOX13

Here's some pics of the books:

FROM INSIDE DVD

From Inside DVD on sale now.

You can also watch the film online, in streaming HD.

IO

IO comic is available here.

You can check out a preview and buy a digital download here.

The book is a restoration of the comic originally printed in Caliber Presents. "On the terraformed moon, IO, David Petrie and his fellow soldiers wage endless war against an intractable foe."

24 pages. Full Color. By John Bergin and James O'Barr.

Here's the cover and a couple sample pages (click to enlarge):

MEDICINE BOX

Here's a couple panels from a design I just completed for Robert Rich's new album Medicine Box. You can get the album here. It's a great album. One of my new favorites.

FROM INSIDE at ANCA

From Inside will be screening at this year's Fest Anča, International Animation Festival in Slovakia. That link is to the archive of last year's Fest Anca. Check it out. Awesome festival. Wish I could experience the Animation Karaoke Battle that would accompany From Inside... ie: a headless horse galloping back and forth with rider wearing a GaGa meat suit... scored with feedback. GO.

FAST ART

Most days I manage to find 15-30 minutes (sometimes not all at once) to sketch, scribble, or steal something for no particular reason.

Follow the randomness at There Is No Dog, my online sketchbook.

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If you are new:

This blog where I post new work - usually one or two posts per month.

My sketchbook is where you'll find something new every day.

My web site is an archive of published work - illustration, music, comics. For the most part it is older, out-of-print material (I am not always free to post new work and in deference to publishers or labels trying to sell a book or album, I usually hold off making new stuff available for free for some period of time... but everything ends up there... eventually).

FIGURE (b)

Recent figure drawing.

BEAT TO A PULP

Recent cover design for Beat To A Pulp -- an anthology of twenty-seven short stories.

James O'Barr did the cover illustration and I ruined it.

The folded and torn edges come from my hardcover copy of the limited edition Donald M Grant publication of Stephen King's Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. Which I received as a gift when I was about 15 years old. Yes, that's the edition that goes for 1/2 a new car today... if it's in mint condition... which mine isn't. Because I was 15 and I thought reading was better than collecting. I still do. The book's beat-to-a-pulp condition attests to the fact that it was a meaningful gift I enjoyed reading. And it's the only book of the series that I can tolerate. Except for the one with Philip Hale illustrations (because of the Philip Hale illustrations)*.

The other rips & tears come from a 1934 edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Which has one of the greatest opening lines ever. "They threw me off the hay truck about noon." (and the remake has one of the best Kitchen Table scenes ever).

Here's a few of the raw elements I used and the original art. The cardboard w/ duct tape is something I scanned about 15 years ago and have used in hundreds of illustrations and designs as a grain overlay.

LINKS

An early review of Beat To A Pulp

Beat To A Pulp will be available soon. Check here.

*Did you know Philip Hale was an official portraitist (that a word? is now) for Prime Minister Tony Blair? The guy who created Johnny Badhair also painted a portrait that will hang in Westminster forever.

Awesome **

** I thought that was a Philip Hale / Johnny Badhair / Tony Blair mash-up, but it's a Doctor Who / Johnny Badhair mash-up. Oh well. 4 point awesomeness deduction.

FIGURE (a)

Recent figure drawing.

ESCAPE VELOCITY... or not

Drawing for a band advert.