Armstrong - Robin

This is the second of 2 Jason Armstrong sketches that I have, this one is in my Teen Titans sketchbook. Jason is currently working on an issue of Hawaiian Dick with writer B. Clay Moore. Jason did this sketch in Toronto a couple of years ago.

The Mid-Nite Hour

This latest post is by our old friend writer B. Clay Moore. While Clay is best known as the writer of Hawaiian Dick at Image Comics, The Mid-Nite Hour is another of his creations. The character appeared in the Image Comics mini series "Battle Hymn," a short story in the Image Comics Christmas Special from 2005 (I think that was the year) and hopefully will make another appearance in the near future!

Rising Star(fire)

This Starfire sketch is based on the animated series Starfire and was drawn by Canadian superstar in the making Ramon Perez. Ramon has a long running online comic strip called Butternut Squash. BNS is easily my favorite online strip today. He is also a regular contributor to Transmission X, the home to several online strips including Ramon's Kukuburi.
Ramon has a 3 issue run in DC's "JSA Classified" starting this month written by B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick, 76) starring Wildcat. With any luck this run will open people's eyes to the talent that Ramon possesses and leads to more work for DC. In addition to his web strip sites Ramon can also be found on his blog.

Happy Birthday to Geoff

Well my birthday is in August and my friend Joel and I were in Chicago for Wizard World from the 10th to the 12th. Unknown to me Joel had commissioned our friend Jeremy Haun (Atomic Revolver) to do a Robin sketch for me as a present. Now for anyone who is unaware of it, Robin is my favorite comic book character and has been since I was 5. Wow the math on that is a little scary... This is the sketch that Jeremy produced, in his words it got a little out of control. In mine, it is absolutely F#&!%$# FANTASTIC!!! This is without a doubt my most prized sketch, and I love all my sketches... except maybe the Thanos one. Thanks Joel and Jeremy, you rock!! And special thanks to Clay for adding some violence to the story, he punched Jeremy A LOT on the 10th when he almost told me about the sketch by mistake.

Atomic Revolver

What can I say about Atomic Revolver that hasn't already been said? Probably a fair amount as they haven't been around for very long as an official group. Atomic Revolver is made up of B. Clay Moore, Jason Latour, Jeremy Haun, Seth Peck, Tony Moore and Jason Aaron and this may be the most talented collection of comic book professionals ever. That's right!! EVER! Clay has carved out a place with his writing with Hawaiian Dick, Battle Hymn, the yet to be finished Expatriate and countless other stories. Jason Aaron is in the process of doing exactly that with his books Scalped and The Otherside, both of which have been critical successes. Tony Moore is the artist for The Exterminators from Vertigo, as well as being the co-creator of Fear Agent with Rick Remender. Seth Peck is a new writer just starting to make a name for himself with Sorrow (also with Remender) from Image as well as a book called 76 that is currently planned for Dec. Jason Latour and Jeremy Haun are two of my favorite artists working in comics today. Jeremy has done the art for books like Battle Hymn, and The Leading Man (both written by Clay) as well as an Iron Man/Captain America one-shot for Civil War. He is currently doing the art for Marvel's Excalibur. Jason is the artist for The Expatriate (Clay again,) and has also done work for the 24/7 anthology both from Image. He is well aware that we are all waiting for him to drop that "Neutron Bomb of Awesome" know as Expat #5.

OK, now that I have gotten the who they are out of the way... the most important thing I can say is that Atomic Revolver's talent level is definitely surpassed by what great people they are. Some of the nicest people I have ever met. You can find most all of them on the Image Comics forums, as well as at their respective sites or blogs which as usual I have tried to link through their names.

Oh yeah the sketches... the first one is Kid Flash by Jeremy Haun, I love the design he used on this sketch. The second is my Jason Latour Deathstroke the Terminator, I really like Latour's grittier style on this character. And finally Beast Boy by B. Clay Moore, I had to insist on getting this sketch from Clay (hence the lesson he wrote next to it.) That lesson is why it is one of my favorites.