Texas backing board art...

Well, Chicago is less than a week away, and the limited release of Texas Tenaka. I thought I would share something I also did for the release of Silencer, for a few bucks more I included art on the backing board that comes with your comic. I'm doing this promotion once again for the release of Texas. Here are some of the finished sketches you can get with your book. Most of them are Texas Tenaka, but I include every major character in the book on at least one of the these backing boards.
All of these will be signed and numbered, with the Character name displayed on each piece

More behind the scenes...

Here are some more concept pieces from Texas Tenaka. This is the main bad hombre, Six-Bullets Brimstone.

Are you ready for Texas Tenaka?

Texas is almost here! The cover and all lettering interior design is now compleate. It will be at the printer soon, and in print in a few weeks!

Here is what the cover looks like with the awesome logo byJason Embury and assist by Ed Lavallee. Also I added one of the flashback pages from the book that shows young Texas and his training to become the deadliest sharpshooter to ever carry a katana!

Enjoy

Finished....

Well, i finished my latest contract artwork for West End Games. Back to work full time on Texas Tenaka. I'm on page 6 of issue 2. It's a hoot thus far, but this book always will be.

Thought i would share some photos from behind the scenes at cybershaw studios, damn this is fuckin' exciting!

Me, proud as shit after finishing a page from issue 2 of Texas T! Look at that face... the only thing missin' is a shotgun pointed at it with a toe attachment, yikes!

Some WIP pages on the board. These pages will be done sometime next month. Hardy, har ,har!!

This is what i like to call, the Wall of Fame. This is a wall that features art from kids ( mostly mine) Any kid that wants to draw me a picture just might find it up here, if it's good enough!

A me updating this very blog! How tha...what tha?

What I'm I listening to...

Cradle of Filth
A Perfect Circle and Tool
Korn ( no brainier)
Staind
Static X
All staples in my play list.

Every once in a while I'll cue up Coldplay, Mos Def ( best rapper in the game) or even some Annie Lennox. I don't believe that there is "cool" and "uncool" music. whatever floats your boat and gets your pumping is cool. Everyone has their guilty music pleasures, even me. I'll just keep them to myself at this point in time : )
I thought I would take some time and let people know what I listen to while I'm working. I listen to a lot of my XM satellite radio that I got for Christmas last year. It's awesome. I list to Sqizz, and O&A mainly on the old XM. I also enjoy this channel called cinamagic that plays scores from movies and movie clips. I listen to the Sox, if they are playing and talk radio and the comedy channel from time to time.




I don't even attempt to watch DVD's or TV, it's a little counter productive.

Let me also today was my Birthday, (31...Yes I'm an old man) My wife and kids went out of their way to make me feel special today. I really couldn't do what I do without the inspiration from my kids and the support of my wife. They cheer me on and really have a lot of respect for me and my art, it feels nice to know someone has your back.

Issue 2, off and rolling!

Working on Issue 2 of Texas Tenaka, I've been feeling a little un inspired lately due to some pubishing set backs and just bogged down with other stuff. Summer is a time I go to the pool with the kids, and generally them being home all day I get little done. Tonight My wife took the tikes to the show and let me caught up on some stuff, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. Here is a shot from the new book. This is Grady O'Callahan, the Shamrock Kid. He's a scrappy little potato eatin' mick that licks a good tussle. Can't wait for people to meet him, and all these crazy characters i've been writing in the last year. It's gonna be a fun ride.

Well, I better make use of my time, and get back to the drawing board. I'm listing to my Sox on the ole XM radio get routed by the jays 11 to 1, ugh! At least they are in first!

Later.