The Mad Hatter

Alice in Wonderland is one of the most beloved children's books of all time. The imagination of Lewis Carroll's strange world has inspired generations of writers and illustrators. So it is no surprise that working on a updated Mad Hatter character really got me excited. Zenescope Entertainment has taken this classic tale and put a modern and very horrific (in a good way) twist to it. If anyone hasn't read these books yet, I suggest you go discover wonderland all over again. My illustration is for the cover of the one-shot story of the Mad Hatter. As you can see, this hatter is a little different than what you grew up with! TALES FROM WONDERLAND: MAD HATTER is in comic stores 10-28-09. Or you can order it, and the other Wonderland stories from Zenescope.

Pinocchio Collected Edition

Last year I co-wrote and illustrated a dark version of the classic Pinocchio story for Zenescope Entertainment's Grimm Fairy Tales line. Needless to say it was an amazing experience writing my first comic, reinventing these characters and letting my imagination run wild with the interior artwork.

Now, Zenescope plans to rerelease the 2-part miniseries as one collected edition. It will also include a few extra behind-the-scene bonuses as well!

The book is only $4.99 and due out in the beginning of December. You can pre-order it from any local comic shop using the Diamond Order Code: OCT091180

Little Mermaid

Wow, I cannot tell you how much fun I had illustrating this cover for Zenescope's Little Mermaid collection coming out Sept. 23rd. Zenescope is known for taking everyone's beloved fairy tales and turning them into their worst nightmares... this story is no exception. I have wanted to illustrate some sort of woman-octopus for a while now, and when this opportunity presented itself, I couldn't say no.

Wizard World Philly 09

Wizard World Philly was a blast once again! I love my hometown convention. Its always full of great people that know how to have a good time. The crowds weren't as big this year, but I saw a lot of old faces and met a ton of new ones! Thanks to everyone that came out and showed their support. Here is a picture of a Heath Ledger Joker sketch I did for a fan!

Salem's Daughter #5

I recently wrapped up this piece for Zenescope Entertainments newest title, SALEM'S DAUGHTER.  This was a blast to work on and gave me a great opportunity to try some new techniques in my working process.  Look for it on stands this fall!

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic book day is a day where all the comic book stores across the nation have special events in their stores and give away free books.  This year I attended FCBD at the Comics and More shop in Plymouth Meeting, PA.  I met a lot of cool people, signed a bunch of Pinocchio books and did some sketches for a few people.  Thanks to Rob over at Comics and More for a great time!

Yes... more Coheed!

Here is a new poster I did for a concert that Coheed and Cambria are playing in Puerto Rico.

Coheed and Cambria @ MSG

Well, if anyone ever told me that my artwork would be displayed some 30 feet tall at Madison Square Garden with close to 20,000 people looking on, I wouldn't have believed them.  But thanks to Coheed and Cambria, that exact fantasy happened on Feb 5th when they opened up for Slipknot at the Garden with my artwork hanging behind them.  This was easily one of the greatest moments of my career and I was flying high as I sat there listening to my favorite band tearing up NYC with my artwork as the backdrop.

Thanks again to Blaze for giving me a call for this and a big thanks to Sarah Sturges for these amazing photos!!  She does some awesome band photography, check out her site if you get a chance.

More Coheed and Cambria goodness

Last summer I worked with one of my favorite bands, Coheed and Cambria, on some artwork for their summer tour. Needless to say I was psyched when they contacted me again to work on a new piece for their upcoming tour with Slipknot. They will be starting their tour this month and the artwork I did will be available on their tour shirts and will also be used on the stage banners. These guys are amazing and if you get a chance, check out their myspace page

MAX PAYNE

This is pretty big news for me! A few months ago I worked on a couple interior pages for a Max Payne prequel graphic novel that is going to be included with the DVD release. Now this isn't any normal graphic novel, this is a special animated graphic novel that is going to be a part of the bonus 2-disc DVD coming out on January 20th.

The greatest part was actually getting to see my images in motion and my characters talking and interacting.  A really cool project and well put together by the awesome team over at Comicflix