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. :)
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.

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.
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.
It’s been a while since I posted the new Podcasts that Otis and I have done. Here’s a bunch.
In this episode, Otis and I provide a scene specific DVD commentary for the third (and much reviled) X-Men film. I swear, he made me do it.
Download Words & Pictures Episode 10 - X3 The Last Stand DVD Commentary
In this episode, Otis and I talk about upcoming appearances, review the film “Taken” and make an announcement about an upcoming live webcast on my Ustream Channel!
Download Words & Pictures Episode 11 - Taken Review and Announcements
In this episode, Otis and I review the new “Star Trek” film then talk about “plot vs story”, why the Star Wars Prequels were less than what they could have been and also how Pixar ripped off Michael J. Fox!
Download Words & Pictures Episode 12 - Star Trek Review and Plot vs Story
Thanks for Listening!
Another piece for the portfolio that took me way too long to do. Jonboy is awesome. :)


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.
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’!!!!

In this episode, Otis and I provide a scene specific DVD commentary for the third (and much reviled) X-Men film. I swear, it was all his idea. He made me sit through this piece of crap and I did it. I’m such a sucker. :)
Download Words & Pictures Episode 10 - X3 The Last Stand DVD Commentary
Podcast Length: 1 hour, 42 minutes
Thanks for listening!
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. :)


Episode 9: Traditional Vs Digital and “Watchmen” is up!
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth
Go get it!
In this episode, Otis and I discuss the recent policy announcements from Marvel Comics and Diamond Distributors, and analyze how they will shape and change the way people read and create comics.
Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.
Download Words & Pictures Episode 8 - Marvel, Diamond and Comics In The 21st Century
Podcast Length: 43 minutes
Thanks for listening!
…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.


Episode 7: The Tim Townsend Interview is up! Nuff Said!!
Go get it!



Here are some more in-progress pages. As you can see, moving right along. :)
February 17th, 2009 in
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Episode 6: The Lord Of The Rings Commentary

In this episode, Otis and I provide a scene specific audio-commentary for The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition DVD! Yes, I am a LOTR geek. Have been all my life. I know no other way.
Download Words & Pictures Episode 6 - LOTR FOTR Intro
Download Words & Pictures Episode 6 - LOTR FOTR Disc 1
Download Words & Pictures Episode 6 - LOTR FOTR Disc 2
This is pretty long so I hope you’re traveling somewhere or have many, many pages to do so you’ll be able to sit down and enjoy it.
Thanks for listening!
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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;

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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!

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Episode 5: Creators Create is now online!
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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.
January 22nd, 2009 in
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Download The Words & Pictures - Episode 4: Brian Fies Interview
In this episode Otis interviews Eisner Award winning graphic novelist Brian Fies about his creative process. Later, Otis and I wax on about how we don’t get to the movies enough but through it all we discuss our five favorite films of 2008.
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My geekery is complete. The wife got me a millenium Falcon for Christmas. I am now whole.


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Episode 3: Writing Stuff is now online!
In this episode, the first of the new year, Otis and I discuss the writing process for comic books, introduce a “Tip of the Podcast” segment and finish off with a debate about the two best animated films of the year: “Wall*E” and “Kung-Fu Panda”.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Go get it!
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Download The Words & Pictures Podcast - Episode 2: The Holiday Show
In this, a special holiday episode of the Words & Pictures Podcast, recorded Christmas Eve, Otis and I recall our favorite Christmas movies then discuss what kind of audio/video background noise we prefer while drawing or writing.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
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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!
December 15th, 2008 in
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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.



December 12th, 2008 in
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The Words & Pictures Podcast is now available on iTunes!
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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!
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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.
December 8th, 2008 in
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….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. :)
December 1st, 2008 in
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….in any updates at all, haven’t I?
Yeah, sorry about that. With the new day job and all I’ve been pretty busy, getting acclimated, settled in and all that. Even had to go up north for a week and a half for training. All is good though.
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.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving here in the states and I ate my fill. *whew* GOOD stuff. Hope the rest of you did too. So I’ll take this time to wish all of you a very Happy Holidays, and a very Happy New Year. See you in ‘09!
Here are some fun warm-up pieces I’ve done recently.
November 28th, 2008 in
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