It’s Millie the Model!!! This is a drawing I did for the cover of Alter Ego 136 which celebrates the 75th birthday of one of the greats of the world of comics, Roy Thomas, someone I’ve known since my days in fandom. I once joked with Roy that I’ve had two letters printed in the fan press over the years, and both were bitching about him. But he’s a man who’s work I’ve enjoyed and respected for many years…and the man who first hired me at Marvel when I was starting my career. Definitely check out this issue of Alter Ego from Two Tomorrows.
As you can see from the PART of Roy’s birthday card below, I wasn’t the only one who contributed to this event.
(For those of you not up on your comics history, Alter Ego was the original comics fanzine created by Jerry Bails and Roy back in 1961. Jerry was one of my idols and mentor, a college professor at Wayne St. University in Detroit, Michigan. Meeting him was what got me started my own fanzine
Masquerader, the impetus that led me to meeting so many of the movers and shakers in comics while I was still a teenager. We miss you, Jerry.)
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| (These are a sample of the types of commissions I do for fans at the shows.Vampirella and Princess Leia...two favorites.) |
For those of you in the LA area I will be at the San Fernando Valley Comic Book Convention this week.
11128 BALBOA BLVD, GRANADA HILLS, CA 91344
Stop in and drop by and say hello! I'll be premiering several prints of my work including some of the Tales From the Crypt covers, a Lori Lovecraft pinup, and two images from Mad Mummy, including the lovely Ankesenamun. While not everyone can afford a piece of original art, the prints are a way to offer a high quality reproduction on heavy stock at a fairly low price point. I’m planning on producing more of these in the future, so if there are favorites of my comic drawings or paintings that I've done over the years, feel free to give me some suggestions.
The following week I will be north in Bakersfield CA.
THE 8th ANNUAL
BAKERSFIELD COMIC-CON
KERN COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS Buliding 1
1442 So. P St., Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield's Orignal Comic Book Show!
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 22nd, 2015
Sun. 10:00am TO 4:30pm
Admission is Only $7.00
(Children under 8yrs are Free)
FREE PARKING!
This is a new show for me so I’m looking forward to seeing some new faces and seeing a bit of California that I haven’t seen before. And I get to spend time with old friends Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragones, Tone Rodriguez and Mike Kazaleh. Thanks for inviting me, Steve!
While I haven’t been posting much in the past couple of months, I have been busy working on a number of paintings and illustrations, as well as continuing to produce the Mad Mummy comic. Here are some of my latest efforts.
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Next Update a preview of Mad Mummy #9 as well a peek at some of the little watercolor sketches that were part of my morning walks in the neighborhoods and hills around my house in Tujunga,CA.
Till then, best,
Mike
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