A slightly spooky pirate's card

WOW: i'm getting a early x-mas present it seems. Just 24hrs ago my new project at Image with Kieron Dwyer & Rick Remender was officially announced [link] and then I got the word today that my personal baby, RevolveR #1, released this summer in limited local distribution and available online via the books web site by direct order, was voted Best First Issue of 2004 on Comic Book Galaxy's Best of 2004 list!!!

Cool! Me so happy.
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Thanks to Alan for his unqualified support for Revolver, and Rick and Kerion all for the good words in general. There will be extra big socks full of goodness in the mail for them all in the New Year.

I’ll be doing something about getting wider distro for RevolveR in the new year, but if you’re a local shop owner who doesn’t want to wait the 4-6 months it will probably take to get this into shops the usual way, be the coolest comic shop in town and contact me about ordering them from spilt ink directly!

And if you just want to order a copy or two for yourself you can do that at the RevolveR site. If you order online in the next day or so, no guarantees but it just might make it to you before Xmas in Canada or the US.

Here’s the compleat CBG Best of 2004
I'm both very proud and humbled by the company here.

Best First Issue: RevolveR #1
Best Anthology: McSweeney's #13
Best Hardcover: B. Krigstein Comics
Best Autobiography: American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka
Most Surprising Graphic Novel: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Alternative Comic of the Year: Eightball #23
Most Exciting New Title: Street Angel
Best Trade Paperback: The Filth
Best Mini-Series: We3
Best Superhero Comic (Tie): DC The New Frontier/The Ultimates
Outstanding Graphic Novel: Locas
Best Strip Collection: The Complete Peanuts
Best Ongoing Title: Sleeper
Best Adventure Comic: Smax
Best One-Shot (All-Ages): Reggie 12 and Friends
Best One-Shot (Adult): Gravedigger: The Scavengers #1
Best Mini-Comic: Insomnia
Best Retrospective: The Collected Sequential
Best Comics Site: The Comics Reporter
Best Webcomic: American Elf

Cats out of the bag. Ive mentioned a project with image a few times here recently, well here it is. Sea of Red, with Kieron Dwyer & Rick Remender. Read an interview with them here for more info. I gots go finish drawin' me some books!

Congratulations to aj! Nice work

A recent illustration commission for Impeller magazine via Appelberg

Its a ref heavy job, very specific request from the client in this case. I was sent this for the portrait and composition, and this poster as the style guide from the editors.