BROBOTICUS...

Who likes killer ninja snowmen?
I do, I do!!!

It took some convincing from REDWOLFS
Marc Adona to get me to continue on with this
one-shot title. Created as a scholarship submission
for an all comics art school, this idea didnt get me
the scholarship, but it did get me some great new
characters and ideas.
I know the name is pretty unique, I promise there
is a meaning behind it that is very cool.

I am planning a trade paperback for this first go
round. Please enjoy this all free two page preview.

COCKERS #3

I can hardly believe it myself.

The last issue of my first story-arc.

Thanks to everyone who supported me

in this endeavor.

Iam working on a few other projects right now

so I will take a little break from COCKERS.

This issue should be available before christmas

it will make the perfect gift for those who like

villianous pomeranians...

ZOMBIE NINJA SNOWMAN 2

LOVE INTERESTS

I think every character should have some kind love interest. If you are wondering what exactly she is,

she is supposed to be a mojito. Thus the name MONICA MOJITO..... I had one once and it tasted really good.

I thought as a girlfriend for BOOKFACE she could spill all over his pages and make em all wrinkle-y.

I cant wait to start drawing this book!!!

Monica Mojito

In the search for BOOKFACES natural enemies
the first thing that came to mind is that books get wet they are ruined. then as i came up with other more dangerous nemeses i figured the liquid chick would make a nice love interest for my boy BOOKFACE.

POP-GUN

When tryin to come up with some kind of back story for mr. FACE I decided he should be a private detective. I then decided he needed a weapon. I thought of the folded paper guns we used to make in grade school. Once I came up with that the title of the one-shot Im gonna put him in popped up.

PAPERBULLETS!!!!

BOOKFACE!!!

Yeah, I realize this sketch was up here already.

As an artist Im crazy about some things that go on with my art. I noticed some stuff about the first sketch that I didnt like so I modified it and this is the new piece.

To those new folks, this is Bookface. A character created for my facebook page.

I didnt wanna put my goofy mug up there so I came up with this guy.

Im coming up with a story for him as we speak...

FINALLY....

This awesome piece was done by Brian Roll of ODYSSEY ART.NET He does extraordinary work and captured ultimo perfectly.....

It has been a couple of years since I came up with the concept for COCKERS. For any new AOP fans out there lemme break down the history of these 2 titles.

I started with Bailey the scented wonder and Blitzen the lightning hound and rounded out the duo and made it a trio with Ultimo the ultra hound.

The original title COCKERS began as a 52 page pencil sketcth book. No ink, no color. After showing it to friends and pros alike the consensus was that I should ink and color it. I then enlisted the help of my highschool friend Katastrophe who is a photoshop wizard with color. By the time she was half way done coloring I had come up with 52 more pages and we added them together. After it was colored and lettered by REDWOLFS Marc Adona I realized I didnt have the money to print this 104 page monster.

That is when I came up with the concept of ULTIMO TALES.

ULTIMO TALES which on a timeline of events would occur before COCKERS.
I would also print it in 24to31 pages and in black and white because it was cheaper and flashbacks are usually done in black and white. I asked Katastrophe once again to come out of hiding to do the grey scale tonal seperations for ULTIMO TALES and she did issues one and two which are also available from comixpress or if you see me at this years BALTIMORE-CON!!!

I ended up taking the advice of a couple of friends who had suggested I could break the full color COCKERS novel into 4 smaller books since I had so many pages. It would be cheaper to print and I would have for issues of story before I had to jump to COCKERS volume 2. Sooooo I finally took the advice and chopped up the novel and now I have 1 issue of COCKERS and 2 issues of ULTIMO TALES in print. (no applause please, just by my books)

Thanks, Happy Fathers Day to any fathers out there!!!

Zombie Ninja Snowman

The concept of BROBOTICUS came from an

attempt of mine to enter a scholarship contest for

this art school in Vermont.

The requirements were to create a comic of at least

two pages or more and include a robot, a piece of fruit, myself

and a snowman. These seemingly random things came

together to form the story that you will eventually see in

the upcoming BURST anthology.....

the ARTIC LOTUS

A production sketch from my upcoming story in

BURST, the ARTIC LOTUS is one of my favorite

mystic artifacts.

I havent yet decided what it does just yet. I just

like the fact that the geisha inside is so happy to

have her flower bloom in a snow storm...

and yes I know that arctic is spelled with two C's

(thank you KIRK)

COMMANDER CHAOS

This month one of my favorite funny men died.

I grew up in the eighties so the most enduring pop-culture

references in my head are from that era.

One movie that I will never forget is Canonball Run.

It was full of action, comedy, fast cars and it even

had its own super hero: Captain Chaos, Dom Deluise 's alter ego in

the film. Whenever Burt Reynolds would come up against trouble

his best friend changed into Captain Chaos, yeah, he didnt have any

super-powers but it was the fact that he put on the mask and cape on

to help out his friend. Anyhow, I loved that movie and I am a fan of

Deluise. Commander Chaos will hopefully make an appearance in COCKERS

I would name him Captain Chaos but, Im not sure

if that is copy written or not..... since Deluise was a big guy I chose

a bear to represent him in the super hero community.

MMM-HMMM....

YEAH, YEAH

I know you all thought I been slackin' this whole time.

In acuality I have been dealing with real life. You know jobs,

kids, no money. All that good stuff.

Lets see, good news? I have a new story being published in an

anthology from redwolfstudios called BURST. The anthology is

going to debut at this years BALTI-CON. So this October attend

the Batimore Comic Convention and pick up your copy of BURST!!!

Bad news? I dont see your comments anywhere on this blog....

get busy!!!!

the TRIPTYCH

This is actually 3 separate pieces that make one illustration.

It began as a promotional piece when I first started the

COCKERS series. I was so excited with the series I drew this

out in a few days. Below are close ups of each section cuz I know

you cant really see whats goin on in this little ass photo....

DETAILS-1

The beginning is sometimes the hardest.

I wasnt sure where to place each cocker, what pose to put them in

or how to build the rest of the triptych behind them. I think this came out okay,

the next one I do will start out a bit differently......

DETAILS-2

This is the middle piece which employs many of the

supporting cast in the COCKERS series. There is JONESI the homeless

dog down at the left, beside him is orphan ANNIE and her little stuffed bear

Mr. POOPERS.

ANNIE is allergic to the mist in MYSTY CITY so she has to wear this breathing suit

that is like a big inhaler. Above them is PAT NIMASANG of NIMASANGS tea emporium.

The other characters are underground heroes who will debut later...

DETAILS-3

This is the final piece of the total work.

I felt it was appropriate to have al the bad guys at the end.

This being a COCKERS property all of the villians will be revealed

in later issues of COCKERS. I suppose everyone should know the

DEADLY FLUFFY by now, the characters that are in similar uniforms

are his evil group the CRIMSON SCARE. The big bug in the background

is SIMON the DEADLY FLEA, another of ULTIMOS arch nemeses.

One day Im gonna get some color on this thing and make it a huge poster...

ultimo UNBOUND

GIRLSTRIPSCOCKERS?

SUPPORTING-CAST

the SCENTED WONDER

This is a sketch of everyones favorite stinky hero..

Ultimah

In my effort to create a character who was just as
dynamic as Ultimo I ended up going no further than Ultimo himself.
Ultimah is Ultimo from another reality. If you are a comic book reader already this will make sense, if not bear with me. In the realm of science fiction some believe that there are alternate realities that exist parallel to our own where each person or creature in this universe has an evil twin or whatever. Anyhow, Ultimah isnt evil in fact the only difference is that shes a she. She has all the same powers as Ultimo and she can have a litter of puppies too, how cool is that?

SKETCHBOOK

A SKETCHBOOK

used to be such a huge staple in my artistic arsenal.
it was able to contain all of my wildest imaginings within its pages.
i had all kinds: spiral, hardback, 11x 17 and the different paper textures?
man, kid inna candy store, that was me.
nowadays though i prefer the looseleaf method of drawing on single pages.
this watercolor of the AMERICAN CRAB was done a few years ago and i was pretty
happy with it...