a chain forged in life

Cover for a Lobster Johnson one-shot drawn by Troy Nixey -- this one stayed pretty close to the original watercolor thumbnail:

I got the go-ahead to overlap the Lobster over the title, so design plays a crucial role on this one. Here's a rough mockup of the final version:

main guy on the cover

Since Zero #14 is out, I can finally show this cover that I've been sitting on for nearly two years (click for a slightly bigger picture) --

I still like it, which is a rare case. Maybe it's my favorite, even. I remember being sick to my stomach of drawing another picture of the main guy standing, and really wanted to find any other way of including him on the cover. Luckily, the plot of the issue provided a direction. I ended up drawing a different issue, so this one was drawn by Marek Oleksicki, who did a really great job.

There were also labels for things, which didn't make it to the final cover, but they help explain some objects -- particularly the circle in the middle.

number five : black and white

The last issue of Get the Lobster is out next wednesday, and a color preview has popped up, so here's a few of the pages in black and white:

zero

I made this animatic while working on the cover for Zero #9, which is out today. The final cover was put together by Tom Müller:

out tomorrow - number four

This one was delayed because of the move overseas, but it's the most packed and crazy issue so far, except maybe the next one - hope you like it! Here's the cover process:

monday

Get the Lobster #3

Out tomorrow! The preview is easy to find, so here's a few pages in black and white:

and the cover:

milk truck

A milk truck is not a spoiler (I hope). Unlike literally every other panel.

a scent of lotus

Two covers I did for the upcoming Lobster Johnson: A Scent of Lotus #1 and #2, drawn by Sebastian Fiumara, along with the original thumbnails for them. (The original art for the dark one will be for sale pretty soon too, over at Splashpageart - I'll make a new post when it's up)

caput mortuum: black and white

...is out in exactly two weeks (september 19). since the color preview is up, here's the black and white one as well:

how?

lobster johnson: caput mortuum

the one-shot has been announced (as well as the trade paperback of The Burning Hand), so here's the cover for it. colored it myself again. this one just appeared whole, out of nothing... and it's pretty close to the original thumbnail too, even down to the stiff shoulders:

lobster johnson: the prayer of neferu, black and white

--and here's the black and white original.

burning hand, black and white

the final issue of Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand is out next week... preview here. 

burning hand, black and white

issue four out today- only one more to go! preview here

burning hand, black and white

issue three, out tomorrow... the heat gets turned up in this one.

cover ideas

just realized that i never posted these cover thumbnails for 'betrayal of the planet of the apes' - finished cover here. 

lobster johnson: the burning hand

this one's been a long time coming - preview here

unused cover sketch

100% photoshop on this one, again.

185

creeping toward 200...