BLITZEN

Blitzen is the youngest of the Mysty City trio. Even so, his personality is by far the most grim and sad. I will explore the whys and how comes in the second series of "ULTIMO TALES". The characters costume is inspired by other characters with the same powers: Static, Black Lightning and the lesser remembered Black Vulcan from the Superfriends show back in the 80'sSome of you may have noticed that the design I used on the Cockers characters legs are more dog like than others, that is also something that will be explained in later issues of the series. Thanks for your patience, you have really been great!!!

Characters from the Cockers Universe

The next few sketches are of characters that will make thier appearance later on in the Cockers mythology. Ginger the mystic, Snicker Snaq the acrobatic android, Bishop the short powerhouse.



Tri Q Rox, The twin Sister of Pat the Tea house Owner, has a place of her own Called "On The Rox". A nightclub that will also appear later down the road in Cockers.


Snicker Snaq is an automated life form created by a brilliant scientist bound to her home by an illness caused by the mist in Mysty City.

ULTIMO TALES COVER#1

Yes I realize there are 2 #one issues on this blog already. A quick story about that, while developing the title "COCKERS" I began the format as a 52 page black and white series of comic books, shortly after I recieved feed back from local shop owners, comic book professionals and close personal friends. All telling me the same thing. I was gonna have a hard time selling my book in black and white as an unknown artist.
At times I can be quite stubborn about what it is that I want (ask any of my previous girlfriends). It took me a while to get with the program but, I finally colored the thing and added an additional chapter which is also 52 pages. The result is a gorgeous 103 page original graphic novel that I cannot wait to see in print. Now for the bad news, the full color graphic novel is damn expensive so to raise money for the thing I came up with this idea to do a prequel series called "ULTIMO TALES". Ultimo Tales tells the story of what happened before the reader gets to the Cockers graphic novel. The format is black and white so its gonna be cheaper to print and its only gonna be 24 pages so its gonna be cheaper to print and dont worry the art is off the hook!!! Black and white never looked so good!!!
-----------okay maybe that story wasnt so quick.

THE DEADLY FLUFFY

The marker illustrations are actually color keys for my colorist Ms. Katastrophe. Thank you so much for doing such a wonderful job helping me give my vision of heroes vibrant life.

The deadly fluffy is the 1st villain you see in the 1st volume of Cockers. He is a pomerenean with an evil genius brain far beyond that of any living mammal. I love fluffy because is quite maniacal. He does what he wants to do, when he wants to do it, without consideration of the consequence to the young, old or innocent.

THE EXTRAS

If I didn't mention it before the title of this book is "COCKERS"

A 102 page FULL COLOR GRAPHIC NOVEL centering on a few super-powered cockerspaniels defending those mammals who cannot defend themselves in a semi-futurustic place called MYSTY CITY

Just like in a feature length film I sometimes need extras or people to fill in the background in certain scenes. These next sketches and marker drawings are of extras I used in the background of certain scenes. Some of them have more than just filler roles in the story like Pat who owns NimaSangs Tea Emporium. A tea house that will be seen alot throughout the Cockers Series.

PATARAPORN

BAILEY THE SCENTED WONDER

Ultimo is powerful but not all powerful. He has two partners who share in his crimefighting responsibilities, one of whom is Bailey the scented wonder. Bailey is an unusual character

for 2 reasons. (A) He would rather drink tea and read books than fight supervillains (B) he can control his own body odor. Yes, gross I know, but consider it, Bailey can make his body odor so potent that it can become solid like a wall.

I like Bailey because he is a versatile creation. He can be a thinker or a brawler. A superhero character or a pulp noir character who does detective work.

ULTIMO THE ULTRAHOUND!

These 1st couple of sketches are of a character named ULTIMO. Ultimo is a cocker spaniel with powers beyond that of the average mortal dog his personality is easy going eventempered and compassionate. Even when facing the bad guys Ultimo holds back his full strength for fear of destroying someone.


I have a couple of projects here that I'm very excited about. this 1st title is "COCKERS". An action adventure series about a superhero cockerspaniel named Ultimo. Here are a couple of sketches of the lead dog himself.