Proud Members of the Armed Left, Unite!



Conservatives aren't the only ones who value their Second Amendment rights. Let everyone know you're a card-carrying liberal who also enjoys a good firearm!

check out this design on all kinds of merchandise at CafePress.com/ArmedLeft!

you can also get it as an iPhone Wallpaper here!

Well, it's the end of the year, kiddies, and this is likely my last update of 2009.

So, i figure what better way to drive the last nail in the coffin of another year than with your pal and mine, the Crypt Keeper?


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thanks for a great year of support. I'm very fortunate to have gotten to play with my friends and bring you stuff like Ghost Rider, Fear Agent, and Punisher, and i know none of it would be possible without the readers. I'm thankful you guys enjoy the kinda fun i'm trying to sling here. Here's to you and yours, and to an equally bombastic 2010!

Also, many thanks to my lovely wife, for yet another year of supporting the madness of a fully-gown man who sits in his pajamas all day drawing cowboys punching robots, and for going so far as to even see fit to bear my child. We've come a long way, but we've still got a lot of really fun looking road ahead of us. Me, you, and Emmylou.

...Mold Lang Syne? i dunno... couldn't settle on a crypt-worthy pun. Cheers, gang!

Marvel.com's put up an interview with Rick about Franken-Castle and his involvement with the Legion of Monsters, which coincidentally has some preview art from Punisher #12!



Click here to read more!

Anyone who's been wondering what the hell I've been doing and why I haven't updated this site in a dog's age now has their answer. It's with great joy I give you the first few pages of my first issue of Punisher #11: Franken-Castle!

Courtesy of Marvel.com










it's due on shelves Wednesday, Nov 18th!
if you're a skeptic, all i can say is, if you ever enjoyed what Rick and I do together, you'll surely dig what we've been laying down here.

go to the GALLERY for a larger view.

Been clearing off odds and ends, starting with my old commission list that has gone undone for far too long.

Fan Mike Skaggs requested this drawing of Red: Zombie Hunter, which was a character i doodled up in my sketchbook back in 2002. Not sure what i'll ever do with him, but i think he's fun to draw, so he's bound to develop a life before you know it.

versus... a duck!



Many thanks to Logan Bennett for his patience and support. this was a fun one!

for more Con Sketches, check out the GALLERY!

here's a little Wolverine sketch i did recently while listening to a podcast interview with Jason Aaron. Also, i totally stole that subject line from Jason. Hope you dig the drawing.

this hot leathery Japanese nightmare is a malicious new villain whom Jason Aaron and i introduce in Ghost Rider #35, and her name is The SkinBender. If you like the shenanigans we've been up to in the book so far, i think you'll really enjoy this one. it wraps up my run on Ghost Rider, and I couldn't be prouder of what we've done in these scant 3 issues.


for a larger view, visit the SKETCHBOOK GALLERY

also, you can already PRE-ORDER the upcoming paperback collection of Ghost Rider: Trials and Tribulations from Amazon.com!

Following suit with Jason Aaron's blog, i decided to share some of the stuff i've consumed to get in the right headspace for drawing Ghost Rider #35.

not even remotely safe for work:

to view the rest of Mermaid In A Manhole, click here.


Jocelyn Wildenstein


Amanda Lepore

that's research.
man, i love my job!

Here's my redesign of the US-1 villain, The Highwayman, who will be making a glorious return in Ghost Rider #34 this April.



i'm pretty thrilled with the issue, and i think you guys will get a kick out of it, too!

Walking Dead fan, Joe Pedoto has 3D-ized the first splash from my work on issue #1.
Break out the anaglyph glasses, kids! This one's pretty cool!



Thanks, Joe!

here's a little number i cracked out for Ivan Brandon's most recent sketch cavalcade over on the Image Forums.



hope ya dig.

Whilst banging my head against the wall earlier, trying to figure out something, i was possessed to doodle a little pic of my buddy B. Clay Moore's swamp-man, THE MUCK.



for more info on The Muck, click here!

i haven't updated my sketch gallery in a damn dog's age, so here are a few that i've dug out of the ol' sketchbook.

Jonah Hex (...again)


Heath Huston Mike Blueberry


and Early Cuyler, wild as Hell.

After years of me drawing others as zombies, Lexi Moore, progeny of my esteemed colleague, B Clay Moore, has stepped up to return the favor. Clearly, the kid has good taste, an eye for detail, and a bright future.

so 10 of the 15 sketches i did at NYCC have been sent in, and here they are! i'd like to thank everyone who came out, and i'd especially like to thank everyone who sent back pics!





















larger views are available in the Convention Sketches Gallery.

Everyone else who hasn't sent theirs back to me, i'd love to get them, and rememeber the cleaner more high-res scan you can get me, the more likely i am to include it in my art book!

here are a few of the ones i did this past weekend.

Mr. Fixit for Corey


Dr. Doom for Pat


Saint of Killers for Simon


and Ape-X for Jason


thanks to everyone for giving me such fun stuff to draw, and for the scans! if you're out there with a sketch from Planet, or any other show, please send me a scan!

Getting geared up for this year's convention season, and found this old unshared gem, which i did for my fellow Atomic Revolver, Seth Peck.



eating my Wheaties and doing my calisthenics. it's gonna be a long run.

the biggest question i always get is "when are you returning to the Walking Dead?" and since i've never had any plans to return, i've always said, "Never."

but like my mom always said, never say never, and here i am, returning to FULL art duty on The Walking Dead for a 6-issue fill-in arc, starting with #60, following my upcoming Fear Agent story.

Here's a recent convention sketch!



And if you're interested, you can win this sketch in the HERO Initiative auction at Planet ComiCon April 5th & 6th!

here's a commission from an eBay auction quite some time ago. He finally figured out what he wanted, so i went to town on it for him. Here it is, in ink and charcoal.



Thanks, Brandon and Christinna!

here's a sketch of The Man Without Fear, from Chicago this past summer. really had fun with the fat brush inking this one. Thanks to Hank for the scan!

So, Dr Sketchy's tonight featured Gravity Plays Favorites, a pole-dancing acrobatic duo from St Louis. Really great models and performers. I'm glad i didn't miss it, and got some good life drawing out of it. here are a couple of the longer poses, and i'll try to get some of their really wild gesture poses from my sketchbook before too long.





if you see that they're performing near you sometime soon, do yourself a favor and go support 'em.

Here's a couple of good ones from the last Dr Sketchy's, featuring Lucky Lee.
Not completely sure, but i think the first was a 10 minute pose and the second was 20...





hope you guys dig 'em.

Hallowe'en pics

Kara went as Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and i went as Lobo.
good times.

the wife and me.


Kara.


yours fraggin' truly.


me and the ever-lovin' Laurenn McCubbin: