This scene shows Harry Potter surrounded by his loved ones as he holds the Resurrection Stone.
I was quite happy with this pencil drawing, but then, there are so many publicity stills to reference.
I wasn’t sure whether or not to make the scar on Harry’s forehead visible, because it seems to appear or disappear from one film shot to the next.
The Legion of Super-Heroes was one of my favorite comics growing up, so when Keith Giffen saw my fan art in the Legion Apa Interlac, I was thrilled when he called and asked if I’d like to work on the series. That didn’t work out right away, but one of my very first real pro gigs was doing a pinup of my favorite character Element Lad for a DC Comic Who’s Who. I’ve always been grateful to Keith as the first real, big-time pro to take an interest in my work.
I did a number of installments in various Legion gigs over the years, including a very controversial issue in which Element Lad is revealed to have had a romance with transsexual supporting character Shvaughn (Sean) Erin. This was back in 1992 and probably gave some DC editors a cardiac. The hate mail was awesome, and the whole thing was later retconned out of history.
You can get now get the book via Comixology at any time, delivered right to your computer!
One of my latest commissions was to draw Element Lad and Sean having a moment some time after this issue ended. This was a lot of fun.
Even though I haven’t worked on any Legion projects in years, I am truly grateful to be so kindly remembered by Legion fans. It is a great compliment, and I hope I deserve it!
A little late with this one, but wanted to get it out of here before Boston Comic Con this weekend. Hope you all like it!
A couple more commissions from the big show. My, I was prolific.
This one in pencil.
A couple more original drawings done for some of my patrons at New York Comic Con. I also started a few more commissions for people who did not leave a deposit, but swore they’d pick up the art. If I have not heard from these people by next week, the commissions go on the open market.
This was drawn on the blank cover of one of those sketch comics people are raving about these days. Every artist I spoke to says an artist must do commissions at conventions: I had so many requests, I turned many away.
I’ve learned to say no to free sketches (I have a really hard time saying no to fans,) and the few doodles I did I made with a request that a donation be made to the Hero Initiative, which everyone who was asked was good enough to honor.
I suppose I will now be one of those artists who has their head down doing con sketches from now on, but even though many artists sell prints of publisher owned IP, I still can’t bring myself to do it without some sort of letter of agreement. All of my publishers say it is OK if print runs are kept under 50, but I feel hinky about it. So, I don’t do it. It’s a big loss of a revenue stream for me.
However, unlike many creators, I sell lots and lots of books. Someone came up to me to complain about how few books they sold because they had a bad Artist Alley location: but I have rarely had problems selling books wherever I was situated at a show. I have a wide catalogue of work, and a wide selection at every convention. The books are a lot more work to lug around than prints of Spider-Man, but at least I know my selling copies of my Spider-Man comics is not actionable. I sold around 200 books at the show. That’s about what I sell at a San Diego Con.
Sorry other people didn’t have as good a location. Then again, I wasn’t listed as being in Artist Alley at all, and my patrons had a lot of trouble finding me.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to seek me out. It was lovely to meet you and I am deeply grateful for your support!
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