Happy Holidays everyone.

Wow, been gone a while.
Still working I promise, also discovered the amazing anatomy instruction
of Mr Glenn Vilppu  www.vilppustore.com
He is a master at anatomical drawing, truly none better.
(Check it out) if you're an artist you'll  really dig it.

Here is a drawing from a one shot I was pitching a few years ago.
Still have it on a back burner
(Titano) steam robot set in 1880's England.

Thank you for letting me share.
Happy Holidays

Sam

Comic geek speak.(Uncle Sal)

This is kind of an odd post its me ranting on and on about all things
in my life and the comics world. (via my alter ego 'Uncle Sal"
www.comicgeekspeak.com

thank you foe letting me share.

Sam

Norman Rockwell-Alex Ross

I had the distinct honor of working with Jesse Kowalski from the Warhol
museum in Pitt arranging the Alex Ross 'Heroes and Villains" exhibition at the
Norman Rockwell museum in Stockbridge Mass.
www.nrm.org

Well the wonderful people at the Rockwell museum actually did all the work.
Thank you Stephanie Plunkett and Margit Hotchkiss for the tremendous job
Besides being great at their job they are by far the nicest people on the planet.
I dont know whats in the water in Stockbridge but wish we had more of it here in Chicago.

Opening night was a huge success with attendance numbers over 400 people.
The exhibition will be at the NRM for the next 3 months you've got to go see it
it is well worth the trip.

What an experience .
Thank you again for letting me share.

Warmest regards

Sam

Lucca 2012 commissions.

A few rough pieces I penned while in Lucca 2012
thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Thank you Lucca 2012

Well over 180k beautiful attendees from all over the world made
this years Lucca comics and games a show to be remembered.
Thank you again to everyone that stopped by and said 'Ciao"
to say we had a blast would be an understatement.

I also had the pleasure of meeting the legend Claudio Villa.
What a tremendous honor.

Thank you again
See you next year.

Sam

On the road....Lucca Italy here we come.

Taking the act on the road for our 8th appearance at the Lucca comics and games festival
in Italy.
We'll be in Exhibizione tent 'Giglio -E 336
I'll be doing sketches and watercolor drawings for all.

Displaying Alex Ross and Bill Sienkiewicz original art as well.
(Got a lot of great new pieces)

Look forward to seeing everyone.

Warmest regards

Sam

Sketch of the day-Luke Cage

Always been my favorite back to the George Tuska days
Luke Cage Hero for Hire battling Black Mariah .
I can smell the news print paper.

Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Thank You NYCC..Lucca Here we come.

Thank you everyone that stopped by the Alex Ross booth at NYCC
Lucca comics and games is on the way in 2 weeks.
We'll be in Expositione tent "Giglio E-336

It's gonna be a blast.
Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

"Dagos on the Moon" project

In the 90's when I was out of work I dreamt up an indy
project that I could tackle, at the time every editor in the business told me I sucked.
So Dago's on the Moon was born.

I'm in the middle of a graphic novel at the moment , but upon its completion
this baby is getting finished.
Here's a few pages to give you an idea of what I'm going for.

Sam

The Green Lantern-Abin Sur

The original that Hal Jordan got the Lantern and ring from (Silver age)
Really a color test I was playing with while watching monday night football.

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Hawkman.

Always loved Hawkman, character was introduced to me by my brother when I was a kid
and loved it ever since.
Joe Kubert's run on it was legendary, Also loved Rags Morales on character.

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

The Avengers...September 21st....whew

My sincerest apologies for the absence in updates... working, working, working I promise..
xoxoxox

Sam

the Dark Knight

Just fooling around on a saturday night.

Sam

DC love-Aquaman

I was more of a Marvel guy as a kid but DC still had a strong presence
at the spin rack for me.
JLA and Aquaman especially.
How can you not love this guy.

Used pencil, and Sharpie fine point markers on this piece.

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Soloman Kane part 2

Decided to leave this one raw.
But love the character.

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Soloman Kane

Ok, after seeing what Gary Gianni did with Soloman Kane I just
had to take a stab at this bad boy.

More to come, digging the Robert E Howard characters right now.
The mood and lighting is what I'm after.

More experimenting needed thats for sure.
thank you for letting me share.

Sam

The Scorpion

One of the Spidey villains I loved as a kid and still do.
Been trying to knock this one out for a while.

(Coming soon) Soloman Kane


thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Sketches for Labor day weekend

Nothing better than Labor day weekend.
Sat up and knocked out a few commissions.

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Star Wars pieces continue.

Ok, I've always been much more a Marvel and DC guy but per requests
I've been knocking out a few Star Wars regulars.
I will admit like many of my generation the film had an enormous influence.

thank you for letting me share.


Sam

"Wolverine Raw.

I got a few requests to leave this piece as is.
So I'm going to force myslf and leave it alone.

I was channeling the Great John Buscema's Wolverine
Mr Buscema had a huge influence on my life as an artist.

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Star Wars pieces

Conan (Red)

Red color scheme here.
A few more to come.
(Thank you Mr Buscema)


Sam

Conan

Probably what was the beginning of my maturing into the comic world started
when I discovered the Savage Sword of Conan (and the monthly Conan title)
By the Magnificent John Buscema.
I always loved his work before this but Conan was a true kick in the ass to a young teen wanting to be an artist.

He was and still is my hero (Mr Buscema) as a tribute to him I'm going to do a series of Conan
pieces in the coming weeks.

This was a first stab...

Sam

Doc Samson and the Deadman...