Wondercon commission pre-orders are open!

Sorry it's been so long since an update here. Most of my new art gets posted on my Tumblr page these days. I have been keeping busy doing new Disney art for European comics which I hope to post around these parts here soon.

In the meantime, I'm happy to announce in the next few months I will be at Wondercon, Emerald City Comic Con and C2E2 and commissions pre-orders for WC are open now.

March 16 to 18 Wondercon is going to be at the Anaheim convention center this year (sorry SF, you will be missed). The Mistress of Monkeyshines, Amy Mebberson and I will be in Artists Alley at tables 156 and 157. We will have books, select prints and we’ll be taking your commission requests all weekend long.

But if you want to get in on the action early, you can order your commission now. I have a very limited of slots open for pick up at Wondercon ONLY. (We will open for Emerald City Comic Con and C2E2 commissions after WC. Commissions for mailing are not open at this time)

All art is on 9”x12” sheets of bristol board. Grey marker art starts at $40 for a single character. For preorders only I also offer color art starting at $60 a character. Check my tumblr page and my main site for samples of what I offer.

Email me here with your requests. Looking forward to seeing you all at the show. New Orleans Square Mint Juleps are on me.

Christmas gift commissions are open.

Well, I’m back from vacation and as promised I’m going to open for a very small number of commissions just in time for the gift giving season.

Straight character art or your favorite DIsney/Star Wars/comic/Sci Fi mashups. Check my Tumblr or my portfolio site for my repertoire. Grey marker art starts at $40 per character and full color pieces start at $60. All art is done on 9”x12” bristol board.

Email me with your questions and ideas. I hope you all have happy and shark-free holiday.

Off to Europe

Hey gang,

Finished this round of commissions so my wife and I are off to Europe for our first real vacation together. Now at this point you're saying "Shmuck, you live in Hawai'i. You're on vacation all year long!" Yeah, but even sun and poi gets old when it's 365 days a year. Plus I hear they have really good cheese in Europe.

So to tidy up...

-The final issues of my Kaboom duck titles are out as well as the 4th trade collection of Darkwing called "Campaign Carnage". The trade for the Ducktales/Darkwing crossover should be out before the end of the year.

-If you ordered a commission from me, they are being sent out this week (11/21). They might be a little late because of Thanks giving but you'll be in too much of a tryptophan coma to notice.

-I MIGHT be opening for a few last minute Christmas gift commissions when I get back around December 10th. Watch this space plus my Twitter and Tumblr for details.

Thanks again for all the support on DW for the last year and a half. I really appreciate it.

Now if someone could point me to the secret pin trading spot at Disneyland Paris so I can scope out a few rare DW pins, that would be great

Commissions are open! (Updated 11/2)

It's been an interesting few weeks...

NYCC is in the books and I can't thank everyone enough who came by for books, drawings or just to say hi. Your beautiful New York! Don't let no one tell ya different.

Last week also saw the last of my work on the current Kaboom Darkwing Duck series. But believe me, we have a lot of plans for DW in the future. And if you want to see exactly what those plans involve, let Marvel and Disney know you wanna see more ducks in capes. (Hint; Those plans involve Negaduck, a car battery and 2 containers of sour cream)

*Update* I'm now closed for commissions. I may open up before Christmas for last minute gifts. Check back on this page in December.

One side effect of my current free time is that I am now open for a VERY limited number of commissions. If you didn't get a chance to make it to one of the conventions this year, now's your  chance to pick up your own original piece of duck art. But if you have something else in mind be sure to check out my tumblr feed to get ideas for Disney, Pixar, Muppet, Warner Bros., Godzilla, Star Wars, dinosaur, superhero drawings or any mix of the above you can come up with. Just email me with your ideas.

All art is on 9"x12" bristol board. A single figure done in grey markers start at $40 and I'm now offering color figures starting at $60. Email me with your requests for multiple figures and I can quote the prices from there. Shipping and handling for US customers is $10 and European mailings vary by country. Paypal is the preferred payment method. Please note- I won't be taking requests for anything violent or sexual in nature. I also won't be drawing any Phineas and Ferb... 'cause frankly I just don't understand it.

I look forward to hearing your requests and being stumped by your obscure mashups. And keep watching this space for future duck announcements.

  

The Finish Line and NYCC

The first half of the Darkwing Duck/Duck Tales crossover is in the bag. It's been a surreal experience pencilling over someone else's work on the Duck Tales side of things but Jose Massaroli's are so tight it's been a real pleasure.

Now I'll I need to do is get the next half finished before I head to...

I will be headed to my second New York Comic Con. Once again Amy "The Fifth Hologram"Mebberson and I will be sharing a table in Artist's Alley. You can find us in spot L4, where we will have books, sketchbooks, prints and we will be taking you sketch commissions all weekend long. But if you can't wait to order your sketch until then we are now open for a limited number pre-orders.

All sketches are done on 9"x12" bristol board and completed with gray markers. All mashups and obscure characters are welcome. Sketches start at $35 for one character and go from there. Paypal is accepted.

I can't drag ALL the Copics with me to New York so I will be offering full color on the pre-orders as well. The colored sketches start at $55 for one character.

You can email me here and Amy here with your requests. My Tumblr and Amy's Tumblr have a good selection of our sketch commission samples. I'm looking forward to another good convention and some superior calzone, New York!

D23 is the best Con EVER!!!

Ahem, Pardon me while I regain my composure.

Allow me to repeat, the D23 expo was phenomenal. From the way the show was run to the people who came out to see us, we could not have had a better time. Allen Gladfelter, Amy Mebberson and I were busy from the opening on Friday to closing on Sunday.

Most of the show was spent doing commissions. I've posted most of the art on my Tumblr feed but I did save a few for the blog. Like....

An ancient Japanese Mickey and Minnie.

Scrooge McDuck and Angus Mcgonagle, the Gershwin Gargling Gargoyle doing their best to give Scottish stereotypes a bad name.

But sometimes you don't need a fancy scenario. Just someone's favorite character will do.

And even though this was Marvel's first dip into Disney's fandom, DC heroes were the most popular mash-up request.

But far and away the most fun commission ideas came from attending Disney cast members. The ride operators were especially creative. Like the sick folks from the Haunted Mansion.

At least the folks who operated the various Disney Railroads had a little more decorum.

Now I'm new to this whole phenomenon with the Disney pins. Some people offered us quite a few nice ones for trade or just really great gifts. As you can see my Darkwing Duck and Scrooge collections are off to a great start.

And what would a trip to Anaheim be without a stop by Disneyland. Amy, Allen, former DW editor Aaron Sparrow and former DW designer Erika Terriquez and I are giddy as can be as we are about to embark on the new Star Tours.

But all good things must... something, something. Now I am back at work on, uh... Duck Tales?!?!? That's right. I'll be inking and contributing pencils to Kaboom's final two issues of DT and I will be producing all the usual film-flam for DW. And if I survive all that. I'll be back with details on the upcoming New York Comic Con.

Next stop...D23

While I'm hard at work finishing up the last issue of the current Darkwing Duck arc, it's time to get ready for the biggest Disney event of all- D23. We will be heading to the Anaheim convention center, August 19th-21st. For the uninitiated, D23 is a expo put on by Disney every other year to showcase all the parts of the family including Pixar, the Muppets, ABC television, ESPN, etc. This year will be unique for 2 reasons. The first being this will be the first year that it will include Marvel comics under it's banner. Everything you were hoping Marvel would reveal at Comic Con will likely be presented in Anaheim. Also this will be the first year where the Collectors forum area of the show floor will include a little group called "Disney Comics Artists".

Muppets/Monsters Inc. artist Amy Mebberson, Cars artist Allen Gladfelter and some yahoo that draws ducks will be located in booth C335. In addition to selling signed copies of our various titles, Allen and I will have original comic page art from Pixar's Cars and Darkwing Duck. But what we look forward to the most will be taking your original, one-of-a-kind sketch commission requests all weekend long.

If you'e never been to a comic convention before, it works like this... Drop by our booth and we will draw anything Disney related you could possibly want. Muppets, Pixar, princesses, fairies, Marvel Super heroes, Mickey, Mickey dressed as a super hero. Anything you want (and we love a good drawing challenge). Samples of our convention sketches can be found throughout this blog and on our Tumblr pages here and here.

Prices start at $20 for 5x7" "face cards". I can also provide art on a larger 9x12" board for full character art starting at $30 per character. All art is on bristol board and will feature a unique "D23" commemorative stamp that will only be available at the expo.

We are now taking preorders on these sketches for pickup at the show. Just contact Amy or myself here and we can have your unique piece ready for you when you arrive. Payment is in advance and Paypal is accepted.  At this time commissions are only for those ATTENDING D23. I will make a note on the blog when commissions are available by mail. - 8/10 We are now closed on pre-orders. We'll still be taking commissions during show hours.

You can find us at the above spot in the collectors forum. Looking forward to geeking out with everyone there!