I found this here piece of artwork a couple weeks back. I got this from Matt at a con way back in 1998! I was going to use as the back cover to issue #3 of the TOACM comics Joe George and I were putting out a few years ago but it never came to be.
If you don't know Matt or his work then please head on over to Matt's Home-made Home Page and give his stuff a gander. The Amazing Cynicalman is a phenomenal comic! I can't recommend it enough!
A couple months ago I had the pleasure to spend a week back home with my family. My niece Allie drew me this super awesome picture of the Checkered Man that I just had to share with you all. Didn't she do an amazing job!? Thanks Allie-cat!
Love,
Uncle Denver
I met Jannie this summer during the AADLs Comics Fundamentals class and she was nice enough to stop by my presentation for the AADL Comics Forum earlier this month. She is the fantastic illustrator of such books as The Haunted Ghoul Bus and The Reindeer Rebellion as well as several others. Visit her chickengirl.com website for more or follow Jannie on her blogspot blog as well!
Here's what Jannie has to say straight from her blog:
This is a piece of fan art I did of Tales of a Checkered Man, a webcomic by Denver Brubaker. I met Denver back at the comics fundamentals worskshop I took at my local library this summer. Now there is a comic artists forum that meets every month, and Denver gave an inspiring presentation on his work there. I loved how he was very specific and described exactly what The Checkered Man wore, so it was easy and fun for me to come up with this fan art. I was also impressed by his discipline to stick with a schedule that comes along in doing a webcomic.
It has really pushed me along with my sketchbook project. I'm not sure what my future plans are with it, but I'm determined to finish it. And also I've been exploring traditional mediums again! Who would of thought. The smell of art stores are so nostalgic.
Thanks again, Jannie!
This week's Fan-Art Friday is a little out of the ordinary as it features a character we don't really know that well yet in TOACM. We've only seen her once before (way back in April 20th's TOACM #5 "Foreshadow"), but trust me she'll be back. So without further ado, heeeeeeeeere's SQUID-GIRL!
For those of you not familar with Chad's work I can't recommend enough heading on over to his website The Sellout. His current work is a very interesting and visualy striking series called Shadow Play (daily, running through December 2010). I also highly recommend both Doodleville (an all-ages fantasy) and Vreeland (a slice-of-life bio strip) as well.
Max sent me this hilarious piece of fan art along with the following super nice email:
Your comic (TOACM) embodies so much of what I love in comics. The art style is fantastic and fun, and your sense of satire is wonderful. Its great to see the unfortunate failure in the superhero world. I was particularly interested when introduced to the character of his roommate, Dougy. The shaggy hair and Hawaiian shirt speak volumes. Anyway, I thought it would be amusing to see what would happen if Dougy decided to try on the "hero suit" of the Checkered Man, so that's exactly what I did. I very much look forward to seeing more of the Checkered Man and Dougy in the future.
Thanks, Max! This one sure did give me a chuckle! Check out his work here: maxgraphix.deviantart.com.
Please check out Kevin's webcomic The City Strip.
The City Strip
Here you will find a selection of illustrated laughing squares that spotlight ignorance, irony, sarcasm and…movies, yeah what the hell.
Ted is working on being a full-time comic artist, but also writes and does storyboards. He graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in sequential art. Check out Ted's page on deviantART at dantereader.deviantart.com!
Manchine sent along a couple keen renderings of our TOACM hero using the Champions Online MMORPG video game character creator! Sweet!
