Thursday, December 29, 2011

SUPERGIRL AGAIN



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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

JACK THE GIANT KILLER



Here is a piece of production artwork from the new version of JACK THE GIANT KILLER. The artwork is by the amazing Justin Sweet who is an illustrator and has done pre-production artwork for fantasy movies including the NARNIA films.


JACK THE GIANT KILLER is a remake. The original was made in 1962 and starred Kerwin Mathews and a host of stop-motion animated creatures. This new version obviously relies heavily on CGI (does any new movie not rely on CGI anymore?). Nevertheless, this one piece of artwork makes me more interested to see the film than all the CGI that is on display in the trailer.


I think it says a lot that a single image, produced by an artist of obvious talent and imagination, has more power to stir the imagination then all the technical whiz-bangery on display in the trailer.







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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A Game of Shadows



Went and saw this last night. Not sure if I liked it better or not quite as well as the first one. It was on a par with it, nevertheless.


However. I have read all of the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories and I can tell you that the original stories did not contain a lot of explosions, gattling guns, urban camouflage, martial arts and slow-motion-MATRIX-like fight scenes. If you really like that stuff then you will be fine with this movie. If, on the other hand, you're a bit of a purist when it comes to Conan Doyle, you might want to give this a miss.


Despite the Victorian atmosphere (sometimes a little overwrought) and Stephen Frey as a flamboyant Mycroft, these films don't really capture the essence of the Conan Doyle stories as well as Stephen Moffat's excellent series SHERLOCK.


Despite being transported to modern day London, SHERLOCK captures the feeling and the essence of the Conan Doyle stories in a way that hasn't happened since Jeremy Brett was still alive and playing the great detective.


Nevertheless if you don't mind the "Big Screen Experience" overwhelming everything, then by all means go and see A Game of Shadows. You will be entertained, if not educated.


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Monday, December 26, 2011

LATEST ARTWORKS

Cover art commissioned by C. J. Burch for his novel "Empire and Dissolution"

Cover art commissioned by C. J. Burch for his novel "Foolish Gods"

Cover art for Jack Mackenzie's forthcoming novel "The Mask of Eternity"




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Sunday, December 25, 2011

OH LOOK...



Santa filled your stockings.


Merry Christmas, guys!


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Saturday, December 24, 2011

PERFECT (MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS)



If all goes according to plan as you read this post I will be drinking rum and eggnog and making rather merry (or I will be happily insensible from said activities).

All the best of the season to all my followers and my blog buddies. You guys are the best and I hope you're all having a swell time!

To celebrate here is a video from Greg Sczebel. He is a Juno Award winning singer/songwriter and he's a local boy. He played two great sold-out shows in town just the other night and I saw him shopping at the mall the next day. Among the songs he performed was this one which I leave you with in hopes that you are having your own perfect Merry Little Christmas.





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Friday, December 23, 2011

NIGHT OF THE MEEK



Rod Serling. Twilight Zone. Art Carney.


Need I say more? Merry Christmas!





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Thursday, December 22, 2011

THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL

I've posted this before but... what the heck, it's Christmas.


Merry Christmas Star Wars Fans!











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IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS...



...hand in your geek card.


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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

FIRST THE OCCUPY PROTESTS, NOW STORM TROOPERS?



...when is New York ever gonna catch a frickin' break?


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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

THE HOBBIT TRAILER!!!!!



And I believe I speak for fanboys everywhere when I say: Squeeeeee!


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Monday, December 19, 2011

Wonder Woman Sketch



Just a quick doodle in between commissions.


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Thursday, December 15, 2011

CAPTAIN MAL by DON DOS SANTOS



Don Dos Santos is a great painter and here is his take on Firefly's Captain Malcolm Reynolds.


And here is an article from his blog outlining how Dos Santos went about creating this image.


Shiny.


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THE CHRISTMAS EVE KILLERS



Here's an early Christmas present for you all courtesy of Joel Jenkins over at Pulpwork Press!


The Christmas Eve Killers features a high octane adventure from Joel Jenkins, and a supernatural adventure from Joshua M. Reynolds, all with a Christmas-y theme!


Oh yeah, and cover art by yours truly!


Here's a little more about it from Joel:
PulpWork Christmas Special 2011
Two tales of Christmas deviltry and destruction by Josh Reynolds and Joel Jenkins. First occult investigator Charles St. Cyprian uncovers the ancient Christmas evil behind the legend of merry John Mock and then icy-hearted assassin Monica Killingsworth undertakes a Christmas Eve killing with treachery lurking around every corner.
Did I mention it's free? Just right click on the links below to download your preferred format:


pdf


I also have it in epub and Kindle formats. If you want either of those just leave a comment telling me where to send it to you. BUT DON'T WAIT because this offer will only last until the end of December!


If you like what you read then head on over to Pulpwork Press's website and check out what else they have to offer. It's all great stuff!


Enjoy! And feel free to pass this post on! Don't be shy! Share the love!


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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

MUSINGS ON THE APPROACHING HOLIDAY



Because there are bloggers out there who I think of as friends. I just wish we lived closer to each other because it'd be swell to get together in some dark pub with a roaring fire and hoist a few together, swap stories, bullshit, laugh and bask in the warm glow of the season. Maybe a place on this street in Quebec City's Quartier Petit Champlain.


It would be swell to sit and drink with my electronic friends -- you've all been putting time into blog posts and I wish I had more time to read and respond. You guys are great and I love reading your posts.


At the moment I have two commissions with tight, tight deadlines, plus this whole Christmas thing. My time is not my own at this point in the year.


Anyway, I just wanted to let all you know that I'm still here and still visiting, laughing at your jokes or commiserating at your sadness. Hopefully before long I will be able to posts some of the artwork I've been slaving over.


For now, just imagine yourself in that cosy pub, with a great group of people having a wonderful time. I know I will


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Sunday, December 11, 2011

UNIMPRESSED ASTRONAUT



Here's a meme that makes me laugh uproariously and so completely puts things into perspective at the same time. By extension it also says that what goes on between your ears is more much important than what happens on your ipod or smartphone. I think a lot of kids need to be reminded about that now and again


You can see more of them here.


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Saturday, December 10, 2011

IRON DAD and CAPTAIN DAUGHTER



Me and my daughter in a photo taken just moments before security escorted us off the premises...


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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

DARRELL K. SWEET: 1934-2011



Fantasy artist Darrell K. Sweet passed away on December 5th at the age of 77.




I have to make a confession that I was never a great fan of Sweet's work. Having said that, the man deserved a lot of respect. The man could paint a fantasy or SF book cover like nobody's business. His work graced more than 3000 different titles including Piers Anthony's Xanth books and all of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.




I did not know that Sweet was also an accomplished Western artist. He was talented and prolific and I am saddened to hear of his passing.






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Friday, December 2, 2011

GOODBYE MY LOVE



An old piece re-posted for no other reason other than that I found it in my computer and remembered how much I liked the way it turned out.


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Thursday, December 1, 2011

CAVEGIRL CHIC



Just a quick painting. Corel Painter. About 3 hours.


Referenced from a photograph by Marcus Ranum.


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Two Branches, One Fruit: The Tree of Heroic Fantasy



G. W. Thomas has an interesting post about Sword and Sorcery over at his Genre Writer blog:
Joseph McCullough did a pretty good job of looking at the mark between S&S and other forms of Fantasy in his article at Sword&Sorcery.org.The more I research, comics especially, the muddier the waters get. I've poked fun at this before but the question still tortures me. Is a definition, a line, really possible? Is it a spectrum? Is it even important to mark off one sub-genre from another?
You can read the rest of it here. While you're there, check the place out. There's lots of interesting facts and opinions to savour. You'll be glad you did.


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CALVIN'S CANADIAN CAVE OF COOL



My compatriot, fellow Canadian, Calvin from the Cave of Cool, curates a curious collection of cultural oddities, incisive insights, beautiful images and an eclectic taste in music as well as occasionally and coquettishly displaying pictures of decidedly delicious culinary delights.


Lord Admiral Fluffy, with his indentured human, Cal in the background.


Calvin`s Cave is more than cool, it is a creative combustion of cracking good posts, culled from the chaos that is our online world, kicking out in every direction and yet retaining a cohesiveness that culminates in a whole experience that encapsulates all that can be called "cool".


Do your brains a favour and click here to visit Cal's colossal Canadian Cave of Cool.


And while you are there hit the follow button and keep the good times rolling! (Seriously -- the guy craves followers. He's obsessed with his numbers.) 


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JOHN CARTER



You know the more I see of this movie the more I feel this strange churning in my guts. I grew up with Edgar Rice Burroughs in my head. Burroughs' Mars was a place of wonder and danger and part of me is really glad that it is getting a big-screen treatment now when the technology is ready for it.


On the other hand it's like my worst nightmare that it's being done by Disney. Every time I see new stills it just confirms the worst and this new batch is no exception.




The design of the CGI creatures, especially the tharks, is just so cartoony, so... frickin'... Disney! And what's with all those clothes that Dejah Thoris is wearing?


I'm sorry. You can pump all the money you want into this thing but this will always be Barsoom to me:













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Monday, November 28, 2011

GANTLET BROTHERS GREATEST HITS



Here's a cover I did for Pulpwork Press.


Pulpwork Press has just released Joel Jenkins' book THE GANTLET BROTHERS GREATEST HITS. Not a sequel, per se, but featuring the same characters from his previous book THE NUCLEAR SUITCASE.


Who are the Gantlet Brothers? They are East German brothers who escaped from behind the Iron Curtain and have formed a heavy metal band. They also take on spy missions for the government on the side. Think a James Bond adventure but instead of the British Super Spy it stars Motorhead.


Here's what the book's back cover says:



From the broken and dusty terrain of Egypt's Qattara Depression to the grimy underbelly of New York City, erstwhile rock musicians and guns for hire, the Gantlet Brothers, use charm, blades, bullets, and fists to plow a path through amorous starlets with ill intentions, bounty hunters, a deranged serial killer and terrorists hell-bent on bringing down nuclear annihilation.

These are the Gantlet Brothers' greatest hits collected for the first time and including two never before published stories.

They're fun adventures and a great read. Go here and you can pick up a copy at 30% off the cover price.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

MAYBE I NEED AN ASSISTANT...

"Experimenting" Oil by Ron Swanson
...someone to carry my brushes and canvasses? No?


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SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN



This one kind of caught me off-guard. It looks really cool and one of the production designers was artist Justin Sweet, who is one of my favourites. That having been said, the concept is kind of goofy. What if the Evil Queen hired Thor to kill Snow White and instead he trains her to become a kick-ass warrior?


Oooookay.


And another thing: In what universe is Kristin Stewart fairer than Charlize Theron? Not mine, that's for sure.


I guess that's where that "willing suspension of disbelief" comes in.







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Friday, November 11, 2011

THE BIG RED ONE



It's Remembrance Day here in Canada, Veteran's Day in the U.S. and Armistice day in the U.K. I have nothing to say on the subject that hasn't been said by others and in a much more eloquent way then of which I am capable.


I do, however, have a movie recommendation. If you have the urge to watch a war movie on this day (some do. Go figure) try seeking out Samuel Fuller's THE BIG RED ONE. It stars Lee Marvin and a young Mark Hamill as World War II soldiers in the 1st Infantry Division. The title refers to the red patch that the division`s soldiers wear on their uniforms.


The film is exciting, sometimes funny and at times touching. The film doesn`t preach or hit you over the head with a MESSAGE, but it does say a lot about war and its dehumanizing nature. Ultimately, however, it is about the triumph of humanity despite war.


You can find the film on DVD or likely online somewhere. Here is the trailer:







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Thursday, November 10, 2011

SPACEGIRL



I Just can't seem to focus on anything since November started. The time change hasn't helped. This is a work in progress, obviously. I don't know if this will become a finished painting or not. Don't even know why I started it considering that I still have other commissions to do that I haven't even started.


Gotta get with it.


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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

BARBARIAN



Because when you've just finished a big project and you don't know what else to do, you draw a barbarian.


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Monday, October 31, 2011

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN -- Day 31

Let's go out the way we came in:






Happy Halloween by Matt Dixon.


Matt Dixon is a UK artist who has a website, a blog and a Deviantart gallery.


And that's all she wrote! Happy Halloween everyone!





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Sunday, October 30, 2011

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