Hurm.  My panties were in a bunch to find some work this past spring, and one of my attempts was to score an illustration spot in Tokyopop’s line of Blizzard-anthologies.  Sadly, my ink-splattered gang of Protoss and Night-Elves didn’t make the team.  I *was* noticed enough to find some other work though, on which I’ll update you later.  For now, here’s proof that there’s no such thing as a shiruken that’s too big (and just to combat my being typecast as “that fight-scene guy,” this sequence was scripted for me by an editor):

The rest of my sample sketches are grouped together at DeviantArt.

Oh, and check out the existing Warcraft and Starcraft manga!  I recently picked up the 1st volume of the Starcraft anthologies, and there are some undeniably sick pages within.  The cover by UdonCrew is especially juicy, as is the epic epic writing by Josh Elder on the opening story.

I posted about the first volume a few months ago.  And now, it seems, via some unspoken comics fraternity that is more networked than I’d initially thought (thanks Derek, Lars, and Mark!), I have been sucked into the second volume.  Get all the info here.  Below is the cover by Paul Pope:

And here are the first five pages of my 14-page story in it, titled “Kid Revolver.”:

FYI: I will be at San Diego Comic Con this Sunday (tomorrow!), and I definitely aim to swing by the Image booth and indulge my narcissism by signing a few copies of Popgun II.  If you give me any copies of Popgun I, Spawn, and Invincible, I’ll probably sign those as well - just to throw you off.  Have a good day!

SPEED RACER

Strokes of genius:

1. Pop’s wrestling ring.

2. Racer X keeps his “anime” voice.

3. Car combat. Duh.

Weak:

1. Asian men are all sell-outs.

2. That kid. Ugh.

3. Corporate (re: all of the) subplots coulda been truncated.

Consensus:

Yeah, so there’s no point of reference between what’s considered mundane and spectacular in this movie-universe’s physics. Who cares? It’s an easy hump to get over if you retain any semblance of that thing from your childhood called “a sense of wonder.” Much better than Indy 4.