Here is some of my flat color work on today’s Justice League International Issue 9.
Here is some of my flat work on Firestorm issue 8 out today featuring the first appearance in the DCnU of Firehawk. Art by Ethan Van Sciver
Another older color sample of mine. Pre-Relaunch Legion from issue 12
And another pre-relaunch page featuring the Legion, Adventure Comics Issue 527.
From Pre-Relaunch here is a color sample from Adventure Comics Issue 526
May 11, 2010 in Avengers, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Heroic Age, Marvel, News, Spoiler
Siege issue 4 comes out tomorrow and features the death of a major character. Click below to find out who it is and the full title of the tribute comic that will follow up the event
November 30, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Spoiler
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 613
Major Developments: Electro thinks his powers are killing him, so he goes to the Mad Thinker for help, Spider-Man follows.
Shocking Last Page: The new and improved Electro attacks Spider-Man.
DARK WOLVERINE # 80
Major Developments: Daken saves the villains from Osborn’s attack. Then kills them off one by one.
Shocking Last Page: A single blood stained bullet lies in the sink.
November 11, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Spoiler, The Siege
Marvel has released the next teaser image from the upcoming The Siege crossover.
Here is the fall of Asgard.
November 2, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: ANTI-VENOM – NEW WAYS TO LIVE # 2
Anti-Venom storms the Quintas hideout.
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE # 29
Nightmare manifests himself on Earth.
October 27, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Spoiler
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 609
Raptor is waiting at Harry Osborne’s house with Peter’s friends as hostages.
DARK AVENGERS # 10
The Molecule Man and his team show up to take on the Dark Avengers.
October 20, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, News, The Siege
SIEGE: EMBEDDED #1 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by CHRIS SAMNEE
Cover by ADI GRANOV
SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!!
The SIEGE of Asgard has begun! And Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers are leading the charge! Osborn’s savvy use of the media fueled his rise to power – but the very tools he’s been using may turn against him. It’s time to expose Norman’s true face to the world and uncover the secrets behind the attack on the gods! Witness the changing of the Marvel Universe firsthand!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 
SIEGE #1 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA
Sketch Variant by OLIVIER COIPEL
Beginning with the ravaging affects of Avengers
Disassembled and following the aftermaths of House of M, Civil War and Secret Invasion, culminating with the evil Reign of Norman Osborn, the Marvel Universe has been left with its greatest villains holding more power and control than ever before. On the brink of madness, Osborn, in his final bid to take total control, targets the final obstacle in his mission…Asgard. Events are set in motion forcing our heroes to put aside the deep rifts that have grown over the past seven years. Opposing them stand a horde of evil that has begun to take down the gods of the Golden Realm! SIEGE will rock the foundations of every super hero, villain and team in the Marvel Universe. As an era ends, one word will ring above all others…”SIEGE.”
40 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99
October 19, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Spoiler
DEADPOOL # 900
Deadpool heads back to the institute to get paid after killing the mime gang.
INCREDIBLE HERCULES # 136
Thor and Hercules return to their identities.
October 12, 2009 in Avengers, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, News, Spoiler
Marvel’s next big event is called The Siege that will see the original Avengers Captain America, Thor and Iron Man reunite to take on Norma Osborne. He is the cover to issue 1 by Oliver Copiel:
October 12, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 608
Spider-Man gets surprised by Kaine.
ASTONISHING X-MEN # 31
A giant organic Sentinel erupts from inside Wallflower.
October 5, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Kraven’s daughter arrives to invite Diablo to meet her mother.
The Hood flies off all alone.
September 29, 2009 in Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
As shown on the cover Mary Jane and all of New York see Spider-Man kiss the Black Cat on TV.
Night Thrasher wakes up a prisoner of Norman Osborn and the Hood as they reveal they can bring his brother back to life.
September 22, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Mr. Lao and Yao discuss the future.
After a quick recap of MJ’s recent activities, we see her catch the bouquet at the wedding.
September 15, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
September 8, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Jade Claw leads her army of robots against the team.
The Brood bust through the walls of the ship to attack everyone on board.
September 1, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Tigra attached a note to a beaten foe, letting Taskmaster know he is next.
The Dark Avengers head out to take on the X-Men.
August 23, 2009 in Avengers, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spider-Man, Spoiler
Spider-Man escapes from the chemical chamber burned and exhausted.
Matt Murdoch heads into the dungeon, to become the leader of the Hand.
August 10, 2009 in Captain America, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
The team is in the middle of the ocean, on their broken space ship.
Peter Parker returns home to find that he has cookies waiting for him, but that his refrigerator is locked.
August 4, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Dark Reign Hawkeye #4
Hawkeye(Bullseye) lets his captors know that his adamantium skull is blocking their neural inhibitor.
Dark Reign The Hood #3
The weakness of The Hood is revealed: he never wears the cloak around his family and can be killed without it.
July 28, 2009 in Dark Reign, Marvel, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Amazing Spider-Man #600
Mary Jane Watson shows up at the Parker-Jameson wedding, catching the bouquet.
Avengers The Initiative #26
Tigra assaults one of the Brothers Grimm and tells him to let the Hood know she is coming for them all.
July 21, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, News, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Agents of Atlas #8
The Jade Claw and her robots arrive to take on the team
Amazing Spider-Man #599
Norman Osborne declares the baby inside of Menace as his Goblin Prince and the baby kicks.
June 1, 2009 in Avengers, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Fantastic Four, Marvel, Shocking Last Page, Spider-Man, Spoiler
Amazing Spider-Man #595
In the perfect example of why this column was started, Harry Osborn decides to join up with the Dark Avengers after Menace reveals she is pregnant.
Avengers Initiative #24
Norman Osborn puts Taskmaster in charge of the Initiative
May 18, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, News, Shocking Last Page, Spoiler
Same format as the DC column that debuted, this time with Marvel’s books.
Black Panther #4
A possessed Storm comes to T’Challa’s rescue.
Captain Britain and MI13 #13
Dracula and his brood have killed all of Parliament.
May 7, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Iron Man, Marvel, News, Reviews, Spoiler
COVER BY: SALVADOR LARROCA
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
INKS: SALVADOR LARROCA
COLORED BY: FRANK D’ARMATA
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
We are halfway into the “Most Wanted” storyline and things are not going well for any of the 3 heroes in the book. Iron Maiden (Pepper Potts) was captured by Norman Osborn and he
February 28, 2009 in Avengers, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Spoiler
COVER BY: BILLY TAN
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: BILLY TAN
INKS: MATT BANNING
LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT
Despite what the wraparound cover shows we do not get a "Dark" Avengers VS New Avengers showdown this issue. We start off with the New Avengers watching the introduction of the "Dark" Avengers. We then have a couple of pages of artwork where no one moves and they all continue to stare at the screen.
February 5, 2009 in Comic Books, Dark Reign, Iron Man, Marvel, Reviews, Spoiler
COVER BY: SALVADOR LARROCA
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
INKS: SALVADOR LARROCA
COLORED BY: FRANK D’ARMATA
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
We start right where we left off last time with Norman Osborn calling out Tony Stark to turn himself in to answer questions about the Skrull Invasion. Read the rest of this entry →
February 4, 2009 in Avengers, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #2
Two stories that are much better than most of the recent regular run of the book. We get an Anti-Venom solo story and a fun Spidey-Wolverine Team-Up. Dark, but good art in both stories. 3 out of 5 Spider-Villains.
Put It On The Stack.
January 27, 2009 in Avengers, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Marvel, Reviews, Spider-Man, X-Men
Amazing Spider-Man #584
Cheesy dialogue between supervillains about the importance of voting, a dated 90′s Alannis Morrisette joke, and a lackluster reveal about Menace’s ID (Harry Osborne) and the ID of the Spider Tracer Killer. The book needs a serious revamp and a steady creative team. 1 out of 5 Spider-Villains. Leave it on the Rack.
January 15, 2009 in Avengers, Dark Reign, Marvel, News, Reviews, Spoiler
From Issue 1 here is the splash page that reveals the entire team.
Marvel Boy, Sentry, Ms Marvel(Moonstone), Iron Patriot (Luke Cage?), Ares, Wolverine (Daken), Hawkeye (Bullseye), and Spider-Man (Venom)
January 8, 2009 in Avengers, Captain America, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Fantastic Four, Marvel, Reviews
Avengers The Initiative #20 Dark Reign
We find out that Tigra is pregnant and that Mutant Zero is secretly Typhoid Mary. Ok issue 2 out of 5 New Avengers.
December 30, 2008 in Avengers, Comic Books, Dark Reign, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Marvel, Secret Invasion, Spider-Man
A little more in depth reviews of this past week’s books from Marvel, rather than the usual 2-3 line quick fire format:
Featured Book :
New Avengers #48
The beginning of Dark Reign brings about another status quo change for the New Avengers as the team adds the new Captain America to their ranks, and Iron Fist takes a leave of absence. Bendis wrote a very intriguing tale this time around. Normally not much happens in this book as we are usually stuck with a bunch of talking heads, or flashbacks or side stories. This was a very enjoyable read with some nice artwork as well. Their is one other major story point and the is that Luke Cage is now ready to work for Norman Osborn in order to find his missing child. This could be a very intriguing storyline if played correctly. Overall this book earns 4 out of 5 New Avengers.
