Apr
13

@Leo_Ferdandez_’s DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON pin-up for @salgood and my @kickstarter.  Want a postcard with this and the other guest art on it?  Please pledge here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon Leo is an incredible artist who I’ve wanted to work with since seeing his work on Queen & Country, the best espionage series ever.  He followed that up with, among other things, Punisher Max.  I knew he could do medieval stuff after his work on Northlanders, but this still blew me away. That’s not just a sinister Vlad the Impaler he’s brought to life, that’s an incredible recreation of Poenari Castle - the REAL Castle Dracula where his wife flung herself to her death when she thought Vlad was dead and the Turks would do awful things to her(don’t let them fool you into thinking that Bran Castle). It’s going to be my privilege to have Leo draw my next Image book, but I literally can’t go back to writing that book until DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON is funded.   So that’s at least two reasons to pledge and/or share the following link and help me get this book made: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

@Leo_Ferdandez_’s DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON pin-up for @salgood and my @kickstarter.  Want a postcard with this and the other guest art on it?  Please pledge here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

Leo is an incredible artist who I’ve wanted to work with since seeing his work on Queen & Country, the best espionage series ever.  He followed that up with, among other things, Punisher Max.  I knew he could do medieval stuff after his work on Northlanders, but this still blew me away.

That’s not just a sinister Vlad the Impaler he’s brought to life, that’s an incredible recreation of Poenari Castle - the REAL Castle Dracula where his wife flung herself to her death when she thought Vlad was dead and the Turks would do awful things to her(don’t let them fool you into thinking that Bran Castle).

It’s going to be my privilege to have Leo draw my next Image book, but I literally can’t go back to writing that book until DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON is funded.  

So that’s at least two reasons to pledge and/or share the following link and help me get this book made:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

Apr
12

@RyanBrowneArt ‘s DRACULA SON OF THE DRAGON @kickstarter pin-up.  If you want to have a physical copy of this insane piece of artwork please pledge here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon I promised I’d post something special if we broke the $10,000 mark, and I think I kept that promise by releasing Ryan’s work.   Ryan is the creator of the insanely hysterical, brilliant GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS, which just had a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign.  You can read it for free athttp://www.godhatesastronauts.com/  And tonight (Friday, April 12th), he’s having a release party in Chigaco at Challengers Comics and Conversation at 1845 N. Western Avenue (right by the Western and Milwaukee Blue Line Stop). If you’re in Chi-Town, he invites you to come by for free beer and wine and a chance to pick up your copies of GHA early! Thanks to Ryan and to everyone who’s backed DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON. We are so close to our goal and I can’t tell you how badly I want to see us close the gap in the home stretch here.  But we need your help to that. Once again, the link to PLEDGE and/or share is: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

@RyanBrowneArt ‘s DRACULA SON OF THE DRAGON @kickstarter pin-up.  If you want to have a physical copy of this insane piece of artwork please pledge here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon


I promised I’d post something special if we broke the $10,000 mark, and I think I kept that promise by releasing Ryan’s work.  

Ryan is the creator of the insanely hysterical, brilliant GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS, which just had a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign.  You can read it for free athttp://www.godhatesastronauts.com/ 

And tonight (Friday, April 12th), he’s having a release party in Chigaco at Challengers Comics and Conversation at 1845 N. Western Avenue (right by the Western and Milwaukee Blue Line Stop). If you’re in Chi-Town, he invites you to come by for free beer and wine and a chance to pick up your copies of GHA early!

Thanks to Ryan and to everyone who’s backed DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON. We are so close to our goal and I can’t tell you how badly I want to see us close the gap in the home stretch here.  But we need your help to that.

Once again, the link to PLEDGE and/or share is:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

@jerhaun (Jeremy Haun’s) pinup for my DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON @kickstarter.  If you want a set of postcards with this and other guest art, please pledge here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon I first got to know Jeremy when he did the stand-out flashback sequences in Two-Face: Year One, and helped make that book my favorite non-creator owned work to date (after the drive I’ll post some of the original art he did for Two-Face, which I’m lucky enough to own).  He’s better know for reinvigorating The Darkness for Top Cow, and for being one of the brains behind the successful BAD KARMA Kickstarter.  You can check out his blog at http://www.jeremyhaun.com/. The only guidelines I gave the murderer’s row of guest artists for DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON was that they draw something Dracula and/or Dragon related.  Most chose to do Vlad the Impaler - this is the story of how Vlad became a vampire, after all.  But in talking to Jeremy on the phone, we started telling me about his love for the old Hammer Dracula films.  He told me he had something in mind, and boy did he not disappoint. Again, please contribute to our DRACULA Kickstarter, reblog this and/or share the link below.  We need your help to make this book happen, and believe it or not there’s more guest art coming….  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

@jerhaun (Jeremy Haun’s) pinup for my DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON @kickstarter.  If you want a set of postcards with this and other guest art, please pledge here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

I first got to know Jeremy when he did the stand-out flashback sequences in Two-Face: Year One, and helped make that book my favorite non-creator owned work to date (after the drive I’ll post some of the original art he did for Two-Face, which I’m lucky enough to own).  He’s better know for reinvigorating The Darkness for Top Cow, and for being one of the brains behind the successful BAD KARMA Kickstarter.  You can check out his blog at http://www.jeremyhaun.com/.

The only guidelines I gave the murderer’s row of guest artists for DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON was that they draw something Dracula and/or Dragon related.  Most chose to do Vlad the Impaler - this is the story of how Vlad became a vampire, after all.  But in talking to Jeremy on the phone, we started telling me about his love for the old Hammer Dracula films.  He told me he had something in mind, and boy did he not disappoint.

Again, please contribute to our DRACULA Kickstarter, reblog this and/or share the link below.  We need your help to make this book happen, and believe it or not there’s more guest art coming…. 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

@paulazaceta’s pin-up for my DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON @Kickstarter with @Salgood Sam.  Want to own a postcard with this and other guest art?  Please pledge here:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon I promised I’d post this if WHEN we broke $9,000 last night, but wanted this to debut in the morning and save the night for Drink & Draw related stuff.  As of this writing we need a little over $4,000 to reach our goal.  Doable, but we really need your help. Paul and I did a little book together called GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES which should be out April 24th in TPB form, with a story he wrote as well as drew.  He’s got some Conan stuff coming up if you want to see him go all medieval again.  I didn’t think he could wow me after seeing his latest GRAVEYARD stuff, but this DRACULA piece…DAMN.

@paulazaceta’s pin-up for my DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON @Kickstarter with @Salgood Sam.  Want to own a postcard with this and other guest art?  Please pledge here: 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

I promised I’d post this if WHEN we broke $9,000 last night, but wanted this to debut in the morning and save the night for Drink & Draw related stuff.  As of this writing we need a little over $4,000 to reach our goal.  Doable, but we really need your help.

Paul and I did a little book together called GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES which should be out April 24th in TPB form, with a story he wrote as well as drew.  He’s got some Conan stuff coming up if you want to see him go all medieval again.  I didn’t think he could wow me after seeing his latest GRAVEYARD stuff, but this DRACULA piece…DAMN.

Young Dracula learns the Dark Arts from Satan. for my @kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon This isn’t art from the book - I drew this for the Drink and Draw event we had to promote the comic Thursday night.  I’m clearly not an artist, but most of the people there were, and I’m going to post more from last night as we get closer to our goal.  Please pledge if you want to see better art: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

Young Dracula learns the Dark Arts from Satan. for my @kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

This isn’t art from the book - I drew this for the Drink and Draw event we had to promote the comic Thursday night.  I’m clearly not an artist, but most of the people there were, and I’m going to post more from last night as we get closer to our goal.  Please pledge if you want to see better art:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

Apr
11

DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON @kickstarter pinup by @salgood pal George Todorovsky.  Backers got to see this first a few days ago, so if you want to see guest art like this please back us here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon  In case you haven’t heard my pitch before, DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON is a graphic novel chronicling the transformation of Vlad Dracula from real-life Impaler to Bram Stoker’s vampire Count. We’ve raised about $8,500 of our $14,000 goal, which is great - but we need your help to push us over the finish line.  The bottom line is this book will not happen without you.  If you can’t pledge, please share this link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon on social media, reblog this post…every little bit helps. AND!  Tonight, if you’re in LA: if you are in the LA area joinme for a fundraiser, the DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON Kickstarter & Drink & Draw! @ Casey’s Irish Pub 613 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California. Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:00pm (Pacific Time). And to check out George Todorovsky’s work, hit: http://theartknight.com/

DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON @kickstarter pinup by @salgood pal George Todorovsky.  Backers got to see this first a few days ago, so if you want to see guest art like this please back us here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

 In case you haven’t heard my pitch before, DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON is a graphic novel chronicling the transformation of Vlad Dracula from real-life Impaler to Bram Stoker’s vampire Count.

We’ve raised about $8,500 of our $14,000 goal, which is great - but we need your help to push us over the finish line.  The bottom line is this book will not happen without you.  If you can’t pledge, please share this link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

on social media, reblog this post…every little bit helps.

AND!  Tonight, if you’re in LA:

if you are in the LA area joinme for a fundraiser, the DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON Kickstarter & Drink & Draw! @ Casey’s Irish Pub 613 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California. Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:00pm (Pacific Time).

And to check out George Todorovsky’s work, hit: http://theartknight.com/

black-em: Vlad the Impeller pinup I did for @marksable ‘s Kickstarter Dracula:Son of the Dragon, comic book. Support it y’all!!!!!! #dracula #dragon #fire #vlad #art #illustration @blackem_art (Megan Hutchison’s) DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON pinup for my @kickstarter campaign.  If you dig this, please pledge here… http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon …to make this book a reality.  And many of our perks have this and the other guest art you’ve already seen up as postcards etc. Also, if you are in LA, tonight (Thursday, April 11th at 2013) at 8PM I’m hijacking the DRINK AND DRAW SOCIAL CLUB’S weekly event.  If you back or have backed the book, or draw anything Dracula or Dragon related, I’ll buy you a drink. It’s at Casey’s Irish Pub 613 Sound Grand Ave Los Angeles CA 90017.  I’ll be there all night, but if for some reason you can’t find me hit me up on Twitter. @marksable. As for Megan…she was my collaborator on our story for the Occupy Comics anthology and an immense talent.  You can check her out on tumblr and Deviant Art.  She’s a Drink & Draw regular, but although she says she can’t make it tonight, I’m sure if you pester her she’ll succumb to peer pressure.

black-em:

Vlad the Impeller pinup I did for @marksable ‘s Kickstarter Dracula:Son of the Dragon, comic book. Support it y’all!!!!!! #dracula #dragon #fire #vlad #art #illustration

@blackem_art (Megan Hutchison’s) DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON pinup for my @kickstarter campaign.  If you dig this, please pledge here…

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/78669939/dracula-son-of-the-dragon

…to make this book a reality.  And many of our perks have this and the other guest art you’ve already seen up as postcards etc.

Also, if you are in LA, tonight (Thursday, April 11th at 2013) at 8PM I’m hijacking the DRINK AND DRAW SOCIAL CLUB’S weekly event.  If you back or have backed the book, or draw anything Dracula or Dragon related, I’ll buy you a drink.

It’s at Casey’s Irish Pub 613 Sound Grand Ave Los Angeles CA 90017.  I’ll be there all night, but if for some reason you can’t find me hit me up on Twitter. @marksable.

As for Megan…she was my collaborator on our story for the Occupy Comics anthology and an immense talent.  You can check her out on tumblr and Deviant Art.  She’s a Drink & Draw regular, but although she says she can’t make it tonight, I’m sure if you pester her she’ll succumb to peer pressure.

Reblogged from black-em

Apr
10