THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY [A&E] : The making of The Phantom miniseries.

COMING UP SOON: A creator's perspective on the making of the critically acclaimed comic book miniseries. Stay tuned!

PANDEMIC!

Take a sneak-peek at the cover of my next issue of Fantomen/Fantomet.
What do you think?

Art:Sal Velluto; Colors:Eugenio Mattozzi

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine...)

Here's a sneak-peek of the December 2012 cover of FANTOMEN/ FANTOMET.

Can you guess what the story is about?

By the way, all the original artwork from this issue is available for sale, as a package.

If interested, please contact me.

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R.I.P. Ed Rhoades

I have just received the sad news that Ed Rhoades passed away, today, as the result of a bicycling accident. (See the news report from WNEP Channel 16 in Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, PA)

Ed Rhoades was a great  family man, musician, art teacher,  a longtime Phantom fan, and friend of Lee Falk, Sy Barry and several other Phantom creators, editors, and fellow-fans all over the world.

Rhoades was editor and publisher of the newsletter for the Phantom fan club Friends of the Phantom. He has also contributed Phantom-related articles and interviews for several other publications. In addition, Rhoades was integral to the making of the A&E "The Phantom: Comic Book Crusader" special, created for the A&E Biography series in 2000.

As of 2006, Rhoades was a consultant for Moonstone Books and contributed articles under the title "Behind the Mask". Rhoades also co-wrote a story with Mike Bullock for the prose anthology The Phantom Chronicles.

My deepest condolences go to Ed's wife Kimberly and all the Rhoades family.  Rest in Peace, Ed.

Check My Ebay Auctions!

I've just posted on Ebay four auctions for original pencil art.

These pages were published in 2011 by Guardian Media Entertainment, LLC in cooperation with the NHL (National Hockey League) as part of  “The Guardian Project,” an initiative to promote each of the 30 NHL teams with their own  Super-heroic mascot.

All character concepts were created by Stan "The Man" Lee.  (Legendary co-creator of Marvel Comics) All story were scripted by Chuck Dixon (Punisher, Moon Knight, Conan the Barbarian) and others.

You can access all four auctions if you click here

You can view larger images of all items for auction, by clicking on the following links:

RedWing

New York Ranger

LA King

Ottawa Senator

Avengers Assemble!

On this Avengers' Friday I'd like to share with you all one of my Avengers illustrations, masterfully inked by the great Bob Almond. Enjoy!

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Now Accepting Commissions

For the next week, or so, I will be accepting commissions.
You can find my commission rates, by clicking HERE.
And here are a couple of samples.

Family Defender!

Here are a logo and one of the illustrations I created (along with colorist Travis Walton) for the March 2012 issue of The New Era, a magazine for youth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

My illustrations are part of the Cover-featured article "Be a Defender of the Family" To download a PDF version of the article, click here.

...And Now, For Something Completely Different...

Here's an illustration (utilizing one of my Phantom drawings) from an Ad campaign, in favor of traditional printing, promoted by Egmont Publishing, in Norway.

The Phantom Goes Ape!

Here's a sneak-peek at the cover of "Valley of the Apes," the issue I've just finished illustrating.
I think you'll like the story quite a bit; it was written by Tony DePaul and gave me the chance to draw The Phantom, in his costume , much more than I've ever done before.