WELL....

I apologize for being away so long. I realize that is the fastest way to lose observers and possible fans.
There is new content forthcoming, this is my only blog soooo I gotta take care of it. Thanks for your patience sincerely   JMGUINN

Dead already ??

Black and white image of the cover for Oddyseum volume 2

Good HAIR !!

When I  created Africana I wanted her to be mature and disciplined
but, I wanted her hair wild and unkempt. Something she will have to
deal with in the upcoming online comic : the ODDYSEUM
 

Paint practice with Africana

AFRICANA

She is quickly becoming my favorite character

ARGOS hue

SATAN

What villian would be more appropriate to be at the top of Africanas rogues gallery than the Fallen One himself ?  As I began writing more volumes of ODDYSEUM, I noticed using the lord of hell more and more. Suddenly it hit me that I wanted him to be Africanas archnemesis. I needed a visual and I soon decided that I couldnt decide exactly what I wanted him to look like soooooo for each name that Satan has and some I made up, I would make a different character. I think there might be about 8 or 9 versions of him at this point. I figure he is evil enough to inhabit that many characters in the ODDYSEUM universe... still gotta figure out his colors, might not go with red. 

the colors of GANESH

                                                       

Action On Paper Comics presents.......

A comic of mythic proportions.  ODDYSEUM chronicles the journey of a young mortal named Africana. She is the errand girl of the gods and she finds herself in more than a little trouble most times. This is the wraparound cover for the 1st volume and Im super excited for this project to be almost ready to go to print.

AFRICANA

GANESH

As the elephant headed hindu god Ganesh is the remover
of obstacles. I can appreciate what a broad stroke that is as far as describing what he does. It leaves so much room for my version to develop as a character. Currently, my Ganesh prefers hiphop and wrestling.  He possesses super strength, teleportation and super enlightenment abilities. He is one of the more positve immortals in the pantheon.

CAIRA

The design phase is sometimes the most fun part of

coming up with characters to populate the universe

 within a comic story. I eventually want to have a sphynx

interact with Africana so I created Caira.

She is a historian as well as the keeper of many historical 

documents relating to the Egyptian pantheon. As an ancient

mystic she is a sorcell of the highest order.

ARGO

The ANGRIEST there is 

When designing the god of war I was inspired by the minimalist style of the spartans 
in the roman culture. I could not decide what kind of footwear to put on him so I
settled on the barefoot look.  His personality is that of an ill tempered powderkeg.
Argo absorbs the aggression of sentient beings and it adds to his already off the 
scale strength and invulnerabilty. 

Legends of the DUCK! knight

BAT-DUCK!

SAVE ME

When I first began drawin the pages for DUCK! I got into this serious creative zone with the main character and did all of these different illustrations in black an white ink. This one is just a marble statue of Mal the mallards girlfriend Tyra Tallhedge holding him like a wee babee...

the AFRICANAS

During my formative years the comics I read the most were marvel comics. My dad collected marvel comics and would give them to my brothers and I after he was done with em.
In highschool before I was introduced to japanese imports like Akira and Dragonball I was already indoctrinated with marvel stuffs, that being said, many of my original creations were marvelesque in design. The first Africana, created around 2005 was heavily influenced by Jack Kirbys Captain America. Complete with a black shield with an Africa logo in the middle. Some years later I would re-purpose the character for my new series ODDYSEUM... here for the first time the old and the new Africana !!!

DUCK!

This graphic novel is a story of humor, love, greed, martial arts and the realization that animals can talk and live adventurous lives that we know nothing about.  Farmer Gunns (pictured right) owns a nature preserve where all kindsa shenanigans take place and center around Mal the mallard. Mal, a small mallard who risks life and limb to try to impress the big bully older brother of a female duck he wants to make his girlfriend.

the mighty DUCK!

In honor of the new THOR movie that premiered here is
Mal the mallard in the form of the Odinson. I like his
long green hair, he is sooooo dreamy. Eat it Chris
Hemsworth!!!!

CYMK

 













Watercolors wave of the future!!!!  Need your comics to be colored with translucent awesomeness??  Grab a brush and some watercolor paints and get to work!!!  Hopefully this project will continue soon. This image could possibly be a cover to a graphic novel I have in the works.

 

SKETCHES!!!

When coming up with characters for my new mythology title I scoured my mythology book collection.

Thats right I said books,  I use them for reference and they are quite awesome !! These two goddesses are apart of the pantheon but, from different backgrounds. I normally draw full body sketches of the characters I may use in a scene so I will know exactly what they look like.