The Axe-Man & The Wendigo

Deathface Ginny

Deathface Ginny from Pretty Deadly (Image Comics)

Blood Meridian

Inspired by Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Nelvana of the Northern Lights

Recently I was asked to contribute a piece of art celebrating Nelvana, an obscure Canadian comic book super heroin from the 1940's.

Nelvana's stories are being reprinted so new generations of comic lovers can enjoy her adventures and perhaps gain some appreciation for Canada's contributions to super hero comics over the decades.

There's a kickstarter campaign active right now and my print is one of several awesome incentives going for it.

To learn more about Nelvana and the campaign, run over to the campaign site and throw some money at it like you just don't care: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hopelnicholson/nelvana-of-the-northern-lights-canadas-first-super

Walter White

 

The series finale of Breaking Bad airs tomorrow night. Like most people, I am legitimately excited and distraught over this fact. I actually won't get to watch the finale until Monday, but nevermind that.

I didn't start watching the show until it was well after it's fourth season, so I've never really had any reason to draw or sketch anything related to the show. A recent sketch commission changes that and it couldn't be better timed. My first Walter White in time for the last Breaking Bad.

This is for Kevin, one of the great guys from Stadium Comics.

 

Here's a painting I finished yesterday for a family member. The subject matter is quite different from what I normally find myself doing, so it was a little challenging and refreshing. Projecting the warmth in the piece was an enjoyable experience.

Wolf Wednesday

If you follow Base Camp X on Facebook or Twitter, you'll know that every Wednesday is Wolf Wednesday. The premise is simple; every week BCX features a badass wolf doing badass wolf things.

Since working with Graeme on numerous projects, he's suggested time and again I create something special for WW. Graeme is a fantastic guy and a good friend. I'm working on a huge painting for BCX right now, but I'd be damned if I couldn't find some time to squeeze in a wolf drawing. And here we are.

Word On The Street 2013

Yesterday I attended Toronto's Word On The Street festival for the first time and I'm pleased with how it went down. I spent the early hours of the day hanging with my good pals Brian Evinou and Marvin Law. I was lucky enough to be visited upon by many friends from my Chapters bookseller days. Later on I spent some time at the True Patriot booth, slinging books alongside Scott Chantler (who said my Wonder Woman sketch was "pretty good." Yay!), J. Torres, Jack Briglio, and J. Bone.

Thanks to everyone for visiting me and for picking up copies of Teuton (which I did not expect to move.)

Here's a bunch of sketches I did during the show. The Gull Girl is actually for sale here.

Stadium Comics Signing Recap 18/09/13

Another delayed recap of another fun event!

This past Wednesday saw the release of two comics I had a small hand in contributing to. The first being Executive Assistant Iris #1 from Aspen Comics. I illustrated a retailer incentive variant for Stadium Comics and it came out pretty slick (see here).

The second title I had a minor role in this week was Zero #1 from Image Comics. I had the privilege of inking along side Michael Walsh, who drew the book. It was a blast to do and I'm really proud to see the finished product looking so dope.

Anyway, I tried posting as many of the sketches from the day as I could on Twitter. In case you missed them, here they are...

Morning Warm-Up: Mother Night pt.2

Excerpt from Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Continuing with yesterday's depiction of the novel Mother Night, Howard W. Campbell Jr., Nazi propagandist and American spy, says good-bye to his father in-law, Werner Noth, before leaving for the Russian front. Campbell is in fact fleeing the war to America. In their last moments together Noth, the police chief of Berlin, lays all his cards out for Campbell.