Heroes Con Re-Dux

Heroes Con 2009

As I get older leaving the family is getting harder and harder. I just miss the family too much and hate being away from them. It’s going to be cool in the coming years as they get older and then they can start coming with me and enjoying Heroes as much as I do. It’s a great show and I love it to death. It’s a comicbook/art show and the people and fans are just fantastic. One of the greatest things to happen to me was not the money I made, but when a fan comes up and says, “Mr. Deering, do you mind signing some books?” “Not at all”, I say and he proceeds to pull out multiple copies of a bunch of the books I’ve done in the past. A BUNCH. Like 4 copies of Supergirl #26. And a few others as well. Then he goes through my cheap books and buys all the ones that he was missing. That just does the heart good, you know?

Another highlight, and this isn’t even Heroes/comics related, was meeting up with my old Army buddy Cedric Tucker. We went through AIT and our first duty station, in Panama, together. I hadn’t seen or heard from him in 14 years and it was great seeing him again. This proves the power of Facebook. We had some stories for each other, that’s for sure.

I actually did some sketches at the show. So to everyone who has to stare at my crappy sketches and those 2 guys whose sketchbooks I ruined, I’m sorry.

I am a Copic marker convert. Wow! Those things are amazing.

A shout out to all my Sidebar messageboard brothers. Great meeting all of you.

On to the photos;

Cully Hamner putting together the Gaijin posters.

Casey Jones and Heroes Con frontrunner Shelton Drum chatting

Eric Canete’s piece for the Auction.  Underneath you can see Cully Hamner’s Question piece.  I’ve seen pages from the story and it’s awesome, BTW.

Frank Cho’s piece.

Brian Stelfreezes’ piece.

Mark Brooks’ piece.

Andrew Robinson’s piece.

Great Star Trek costume.

Great, great show.  :)

Heroes Con!

Get your Heroes on!  Getting ready for the show so there’s lots to do.  I’ll be Tweeting/Facbooking from the show.  Don’t know about live-blogging, I gotta figure out the tech on that and it all depends on the wi-fi at the show.  I’ll be hanging with my bud, Otis Frampton, so drop by and say, “Hey!”

Just a little something for fun.  good to hear Tom Strong is coming back.

VOTE!!

http://www.inkwellawards.com/

The Inkwell Awards have gone LIVE! Please drop by and vote! This award celebrates the medium of comic book inking, a profession and art form that is often overlooked at best and blatantly dismissed at worst. 

The ballots are in and official voting has now begun in the 2009 Inkwell Awards. The nominators have selected the artists they feel are worthy of being nominated, now it’s down to the public to choose the winners.

Art Tease

Other than Miranda Mercury, who re-launches in October BTW, I can only tease what project I’m working on.  This shall remain a mystery until next month when it can be revealed.  :)

Once I get a few more Miranda pages done I’ll throw up some teasing panels from that.

Podcasts!

It’s been a while since I posted the new Podcasts that Otis and I have done.  Here’s a bunch.

Episode 10: X3 The Last Stand DVD Commentary

Tigra!

Another piece for the portfolio that took me way too long to do.  Jonboy is awesome.  :)

Free Comic Book Day!!!

It’s all in the flyer, if you live in the area, I hope to see you.  Otis Frampton, D.T. Washington, Charlie Kirchoff, as well as more will be there hanging out talkin’ smack.

Emerald City Comicon Art Book

So I get an email out of the blue from Alberto Ruiz. I’ve known Alberto for a few years now and he’s truly awesome, as an artist and a person. If you don’t know this genius click here;
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Ok. So he asks me to ink over him for a special artbook he’s putting together for the Emerald City Comicon. He wants me to ink over him for the back cover. HELL-YEAH, I says.

If you move quickly, you can buy 1 of the 145 available at his store.  [link]

Thanks for lookin’!!!!

The W&P Podcast Ep. 10!!

Episode 10: X3 The Last Stand DVD Commentary

Some art..

It just seems as if I’m not posting enough art.  I promise you all that I AM doing a lot of it, it’s just stuff I can’t, or don’t want, to show yet.  I’m steady working on Miranda Mercury and Spellbinder as well as 1 other thing I REALLY can’t talk about yet.  So here’s something I did a few months ago for fun, something to add to the portfolio.  Inks over Tony Harris’ War Heroes #3 cover.  NO this will not be published, I just did it for fun.  :)

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 9

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 9

The W&P Podcast Ep. 8

Episode 8: Marvel, Diamond and Comics In The 21st Century

Some Art…

…for a change.  :)

Pencils by Kevin Sharpe

I’ve lost count, folks. I’ve posted some of these before but now I’m just going to add them to a single file from now on. This is what happens when you work on a number of things at the same time. 
Gotta love it though. 

The Words & Pictures Podcast Ep. 7

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 7

Spellbinder Progress

Here are some more in-progress pages.  As you can see, moving right along.  :)

The Words & Pictures Podcast Ep. 6

Episode 6: The Lord Of The Rings Commentary

Busy. busy, busy……

Sorry for the delay in posting, but things got kinda hectic last week when DC called.  Yeah, they did.  And it always seems to happen right after I start talking shit about them “never going to call”.  Happened last year with Supergirl, happened this year for Resident Evil #1.  You most of you have seen I’ve been doing some fun work over the uber-talented Kevin Sharpe, well, it kinda paid off in a way in that he suggested me to help get #1 out the door for DC.  5 pages in 2.5 days.  That’s kinda rough.  Deadlines like that MAKE you put out good work and make you realize things about yourself that you didn’t know were there.  The real champion of the book was Kevin Sharpe.  

12 pages in 4 days.

Say it again.  That’s right.

That’s an astonishing number of pages so I hope you all understand that.  Go get the book.  It should be out very soon.  Here’s a panel;

Iron Man Unleashed

This was penciled by relative newcomer Damion Hendricks  and I think he’s awesome. We did this last year in hopes of Marvel catching notice. They didn’t. Go figure. 
Enjoy!

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 5

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 5

Good Day to be a Bad Guy

This is the biggest, most ambitious piece of comic art I’ve ever done.  And I had a blast.  The number of textures going on here was awesome, this is something I’ve wanted to do for awhile now, but I never really felt like I was ready.

First off, I think this is probably my favorite depiction of Darkseid….ever.  I love the imposing way he’s standing there, just completely, totally in charge and massive.  You can really feel the weight and mass of him off of this and I love that.  Doomsday, the Ultimate Blunt Instrument here, just coooool.  Brimstone and Livewire were the ones where I wanted to tackle their unique fire and electricity signatures with special touches to the inks.  I think they came of really well.  The small Gog down in the corner, with his menacing grin, loved that.  The Brainiac from the JLU cartoon was a great touch too.  I’m a big fan of the Silver age Brainiac and his ship.

This is one of those pieces that requires, actually demands you to get in there, and really work out the details, one by one.  It was a lot of fun to work on, I never ever got bored and we can all thank Kevin Sharpe for that.  Fantastic pencils.  

W&P - Episode 4

Episode 4: Brian Fies Interview

Complete

My geekery is complete.  The wife got me a millenium Falcon for Christmas.  I am now whole. 

Words & Pictures - Episode 3

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 3

Words & Pictures - Episode 2

Episode 2: The Holiday Show!

Batman

This is a MASSIVE piece. Nice big Double page spread that took…well…awhile to do. But I loved it, for the detail, for shear size of it and for the exactness that Kevin put into it.

Pencils by Kevin-Sharpe

Inks by ME!

We’ll love you forever, Bettie

Rest in peace, darlin’, Bettie Page 1923-2008

I just saw that the Notorious Bettie page has left us, she was 85.  Her image will forever be burned into our memories as one of the great sexy symbols of the 1950’s and beyond.  We’ll miss you.  

Words and Pictures - UPDATE!

The Words & Pictures Podcast is now available on iTunes!

Go get it

Download The Words & Pictures Podcast - Episode 1: Marc Deering On Inking Comics

I’m happy to announce the debut of The Words & Pictures Podcast, hosted by my pal Otis Frampton and I! If you’re interested in comics, movies and the creative process, then this is your podcast.

In this, the first episode, I get interviewed my co-host.  We discuss my development as an inker (HA!), my working methods (even FUNNIER!) and also advice for artists who may be interested in entering the field of comic book inking.  After the interview segment we play Siskel & Ebert and discuss the year’s highest grossing film, The Dark Knight.

I hope everyone enjoys the show!

Spellbinder

Written, Colored and Lettered by Otis Frampton

Penciled by Matt Hebb

Inked by Yours Truely.  :)

“Spellbinder is a tale of magic and mystery set in the old west.  It is the story of Dr. A. Q. Pendleton, a U.S. Special Service Marshall who works directly for the President and is charged with investigating matters of “devilry and the supernatural world”.  When Pendleton is sent by President Grant to track down the man who previously held the post, our hero discovers that he may be the key to an apocalyptic prophecy.”

As you can see we’re moving along very nicely.  This project has been a really good vacation for me as “cartooning” is not something I do a lot.  It’s usually that detail-heavy work that is rewarding on a whole different level.  But Spellbinder is a blast and we’re, all 3 of us, having a great time with it.

Well it’s time ta…

….UPGRADE, ya! UPGRADE ya!

Wife and I got iPhone’s this past weekend as early Christmas presents to each other.  I am completely floored and in love with these things.  :)

Lacking…

….in any updates at all, haven’t I?

I’ve gotten started on a new website, so to be honest, this blog won’t be around much longer. I’ll keep both of you watchers out there informed as to the site address and all that, but I probably won’t be posting until around the first of the new year. Lots to do in the mean-time. The new year is starting up all new with new portfolio pieces, new projects, and new art. New, New, New.