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Tales finally cracsk Newsarama!

Yes, there was a pellet review for #51 up, but it looks like this review thing is really starting to pick up! You can read the other Tales reviews up on the official website (I think they're linked), but here's the one that appeared on Newsarama today:

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/110817-BestShots.html


Here are the others in case you were curious...

http://everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekly-haul-november-12th.html

http://au.comics.ign.com/articles/929/929669p1.html

http://www.comixtreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44567

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18815

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/122668737379789.htm

Sure, not all of them are 100%, but the main thing is, they're being read, and being seen. I'm also pretty sure that a lot of these reviews are first-time turtle readers too. Big thanks to Dragon Turtle for pointing me to some of these!

Been catching up on some art duties for Cereal:Geek that needs finalising by the end of this week, should have some Killeroo news in the next couple of days too, so keep an eye out!

The Bad with the Good

Had a decent day out, scored a bunch of Deadpool books I'd been missing to fill the gaps, along with a couple of CD's and started work on some Care Bears stuff for Cereal:Geek Magazine. A while ago, I posted a sketch of the opening crawl from "The Real Ghostbusters" animated series. That has since been coloured by my brother and I and looks unreal. Very different to the Tobin's Spirit Guide stuff I've been working on! The unfortunate thing is, I can't show it. You'll just have to hang in there until the next issue hits!

Get this too: I arrived home from town to discover someone had stolen the fuel cap to my car! What kind of scumbag does that?! The panel had been snapped open and the fuel cap pinched!

It'll be funny later, but right now, I'm pissed about it.

That aside, something very cool happened in the city, which I'll post later.

Cereal Domination

Absolutely dominated some Cereal:Geek illustrations today and really happy about it too! I finished the art for the Tobin's Spirit Guide sections for the Boogeyman, He Who Walks for All Others (from the Bustman's Holiday episode), The Phantom (Sticky Business), Watt (Mrs. Rogers' Neighborhood), Ghash (Slimer, Come Home!) The Sandman (Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream) and my personal favourite, The Grundel.

Also got on top of a couple of Dino-Riders illustrations and a big Care Bears one too, both lots I'm also really happy with! Check a couple of posts below for a sneak at Beastly!
Here's a teaser...

C:G RGB WIP

WYGC...?

BEASTLY!!

Noheart was the business.

Here's something I'm working on at the moment. Been busy. REAL busy for a number of reason, not all of which are good or productive unfortunately. But you take the good with the bad, so here's a little of both in something I'm in love with right now.

Coming Soon!

Hit the link to the right for more info! I've done some illustration work and a couple of articles for this one!

The Pipeline and Hulk

I have four new projects in the pipelines at the moment, one of which (if all pans out well) will be a non-turtles sci-fi book with Paul Harmon (the dude has some AWESOME ideas and if you haven't visited his artblog - click it over on the right there). I've been doing more art for Cereal:Geek which has been a heck of a lot of fun, and I've been told #4 is almost ready for print, so all you Ghostbusters fans be sure to check that out (along with all you Turtle, Transformers, Carebears, GI JOE, MOTU and whatever else fans).

A follow up to Tales #36 has been approved and is headed into script phase today!

My creator owned project is nearly totally scripted, and I've started the art!

Indy 4 got me all reinspired and I've started what I'm hoping will be my final draft on the COWBoys of Moo Mesa story!

Also went and saw The Incredible Hulk with some good friends the other night. It was fun. I'm not a big Hulk fan, and to be honest, I don't particularly enjoy Edward Norton, but I had fun in this. It's far from perfect, but it's a decent night out. I really liked the first one, and I think if the two films were combined -- particular elements from both -- it would've been a top notch comic book movie and Hulk movie.

Baxter Stockman

I did this for TMNT fan and all 'round good dude, Vaughn Michael. Behold, old school Baxter drawn my way (dammit)!
Waiting for word back on a couple of really cool projects coming up, and Cereal:Geek #4, featuring the first part of my Tobin's Spirit Guide work is nearing completion, so keep an eye out over at cerealgeek.com and cerealgeek.blogspot.com!

Boogieman

Do-Over

Well, I'm home, back into uni, working on comics and some art projects, generally settling back in. Time to prioritize and get down to business. What am I working on right now?

1: Rewriting the second and third issues of The Return of the COWBoys of Moo Mesa.
2: The final batch of art pieces for Cereal:Geek's Tobin's Spirit Guide.
3: A Carebears art piece (you read right!).
4: A short for Heavy Metal Magazine.
5: A Marvel Comics Presents pitch.
6: Tyrant Earth.
7: Dreamland - an Australian horror piece set in rural Victoria, dealing with racial tensions between Aboriginals and a white settlement. Incorporates elements of Aboriginal mythology.
8: Morning of the 4th Day: Another horror piece about a group of recent college graduates reuniting for a weekend on a quiet, holiday island. Probably will be set in Australia.

I'm also working up a couple of ideas for more Turtles stories, including something big which I figured would be worth pitching with the 25th Anniversary coming up.

Anyway, Mirage has just put up the cover and official synopsis for Tales of the TMNT #50, so check that out here.

Here's another teaser for the issue...

Back Home

The Summer work period has come to an end and I'm once again back home in Mont Albert and unemployed. Sveet.

It's good to be back, and I can finally get focused on my comic book projects. Moo Mesa is moving along nicely, TMNT is happening and I should have some more Titan stuff out in a week or so. Working on a Tobin's Spirit Guide for Cereal:Geek which is something I've wanted to do for YEARS, so I'm stoked to be able to do that. Here's a tease...


It's taken me a fucking long time to reach a point where I'm happy with the above character's head. It looks simple, but there was an essence to the character that I never felt I'd captured in any of the other attempts. I'll post the other attempts later, but RGB fans will know where I'm coming from...

Bit braindead at the moment. Been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer pretty much non-stop for the past couple of days, which has been fun, but clearly hasn't helped.

Anyway, here're some scribbles I did for the Moo Mesa project. Roughs of how I see certain characters in the story...