Rollerball Tokyo

This is a cool poster that I have not come across before, courtesy of Nostalgia on Wheels blog. Once again, if you haven't read the short story "Roller Ball Murder" by William Harrison, please do so. Yummy!

Don Ivan Punchatz - Sad News

Image copyright estate of Ivan Punchatz and id software.

I learned through Drawn! of the passing of great illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz. It was the illustrators of the 70's, along with 50's illustrator Virgil Finlay, who have had the most visual influence on my art. Don Ivan Punchatz, along with Bob Peak, created images that are burned on my cortex - Great Imagination. I did not know until tonight that he was responsible for the box art to the video game "Doom" and illustrated the original "Star Wars" movie poster.

Here is a link to the obituary at Spectrum.

This makes me more conscious of my artistic inactivity and realization that there is a limited time to get the visions from between my ears and onto paper.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

So, I just read Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde to get prepared for Halloween. It was much shorter than I realized, only about 100 pages, and Hyde is not how I was pre-programmed to view him. He is not at all like the Hyde in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novels. The book is great, and I learned a lot about Robert Louis Stevenson in the foreword.

LOST Countdown Clock

Billy Blastoff

Here are some pictures of a classic vintage space toy circa 1968-69 that I played with for endless hours as a kid. It was called Billy Blastoff and "Billy" actually powered his vehicles through a motor in his backpack (two "AA" batteries.) Absolutely great - I was much more into this style of space toy as opposed to Major Matt Mason.
These are going, going, gone on eBay, and readers of this blog realize I am selling like loads of the formative toys on my youth on the Internet. I will tag the posts EBAY and you will see, once again, that I am the self-anointed King of the Nerds.

Desert Crash

Detail from a current panel posted to show the progression from the original sketches in older posts below...search tag "Look Out" for original concept.

Holy Ape Paratroopers!

As can be seen above and from following my eBay exploits, I owned just about every bit of Planet of the Apes paraphernalia ever created. This was a great one, a POTA ape paratrooper. As I don't remember seeing many airplanes in the movies I guess they shot him out of a gigantic slingshot from Ape City to terrorize humans in the Forbidden Zone.

Baby and Hand Grenade

I don't know if I have posted a similar image earlier, but here is the most recent iteration of "Baby and Hand Grenade", originally a stencil created in Denton, TX, sprayed on Fry St. and elsewhere in the summer of 1989. It has now been updated to the digital age.

The Amazing James Gurney

I should have posted about this as soon as I saw it last month. For those who haven't visited illustrator James Gurney's blog "Gurney Journey" please do so. Very informative and educational. Always something interesting.

This post is an amazing demonstration of an Abraham Lincoln drawing.

Abe in Two

Valhalla, I am Coming

Robert Plant became a Commander of the British Empire today. Hammer of the Gods.

High Resolution "Final Frontier"

Click on the above thumbnail for a high resolution image of my illustration "Final Frontier." Technical pen on paper 10 in. x 13.5 in.

Desert Chase

They want to talk with this guy real bad, but I don't think things will end well for them...

Crystal Skull

These are some inked on vellum sketches for a character that would be too bizarre for the story they were drawn for. The character is still odd, you just can't see his brains now.

Virgil Finlay Space Man

Me, a big Virgil Finlay fan, I don't remember ever seeing this illustration by my idol and biggest influence. It is perfect! Showing the 1950's version of the ideal fit for a space traveler. Love the books piled behind our intrepid astronaut.

Look Out!

Anybody remember Spinball Wars and Inferno from 1970's British Comics? They were Rollerball "homages" that had interesting art.
I remember them well and drawing my own motorcycle crashes now. Death, Gore, Fun!

Satan Said Draw and Devil's Scrapbook

As messed up as my art is, there is always something way more disturbing a click away.

Free Comic Book Day

Okay, there is just a few weeks left until Free Comic Book Day. I will be appearing at Sarge's Comics in New London, CT the first Saturday in May 2009. That is May 2, 2009. It is always fun and the best thing is...Free Comic Books! and an occasional toy action figure. I will sell prints and discuss my art with anyone who stops by. I also want to show something new I am working on (hint rollerball.)
See you at Sarge's Comics.

Steampunk Wedge Antilles

Courtesy of io9 post and the maker Sillof.com Please enjoy this thoroughly cool pic of SteamPunk Star Wars pilot Wedge Antilles.

Rollerball Anyone?

In my quest to bring you all things Rollerball, please check out the above. I don't speak the language but I am pretty sure this says "Rollerball." Love the flames! And the font is definitely an attempt at the font used on the US released movie posters. Very creative.

Facial Expression Generator

Check this out...