The tale of the two-Punishers

I wanted to keep the original composition very clean.

Sort of the Punisher rising from the dark (Negative space)

Then I scanned it and felt it lacked any energy at all.

So I added a bit of color.

I don't know it's late what do you think?

Sam

the tale of the three Modoks....

A few close friends of mine have asked me to draw an F-ed up Modok

Well I tried a few and nothing was looking right.

So here are the final three rough marker drawings of Modok.

Oh, Also an Atomika (red Engine rough.)

thank you for letting me share.

Sam

April 26th- Hydra

Still love these old Marvel characters.

Well, Teams..ok I know I said all New Gods from now on.

Hydra needed to be here.and after all Kirby invented them as well.

Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Love for Kirby-New Gods

Ok, I'm going to finish off all the New Gods before I do any other

commissions.

I love the Kirby Fourth World so much and it was one of the main reasons I wanted to draw comics.

More to come.

Thank you

Sam

Atomika #12 pages- waiting for colors

For those gracious enough to follow up with me over the past few

months over the completion of my series here is the proof that I am indeed finished.

Awaiting colors- Simone Peruzzi (Colorist)

Thanks all for asking.

Warmest regards

Sam

Sketch of the day-Serpico and Havok..

Sorry about yesterday, I was a bit behind but managed to knock off a few pieces.

Serpico and Havok for my friend Tiz.

End of the week ,getting back to my book Atomika.

I will have a few more pages to show tmrw.

Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Kirby's -Fourth World.

Ok, Black racer is another one of my favorite Kirbyverse characters.

Anything from New Gods gave me a chubby.

Hope you enjoy, I did.

Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

C2E2-Whew back home.

Long weekend lots of works and convention schlepping...

Great to be home and back in my studio.

The Champions is on the menu today.

(Original cast)

I will also be previewing a few raw and un-colored Atomika pages.

Hope everyone is well.

Sam

C2E2- I will be away from the board.

Regretfully I will not be updating my page for a few days.

I will be set up at C2E2 in downtown Chicago.

Anyone there please stop by and say 'Hello'

Booth number 624

Everyone have a great week.

Sam

Sketch of Monday-Cub's home opener

On my way out the door to the Cubs game.

Wanted to get this posted, I knocked it out last night.

The Wrecking crew-Nothing better than super villain teams.

Sam

Sunday-Atomika images from the past.

I've been trying to incorporate a few of the older iconic Atomika images

from issue #1 and re-do or modernize a few for the end of the series.

I like the Original colors, simple but effective.

www.mercurycomics.com

Is it monday already?

Sam

Doc Savage baby.

I have to admit I was never a big Doc Savage fan.

But who wasn't a big fan of all those tremendous Bama (Doc Savage paperback) covers?

I also remember John Buscema did a few mean covers for the comic Marvel put out for about 15 minutes.

Anyway taking my wife to Mortons tonight for her B-day.

We have a 2 year old so date nights feel awful grown up after a day with 'Word World'

Thanks for letting me share

Sam

Sketch of the day 4/9/10- the Hulk

Ok, so I grew up with Herb Trimpe as the Hulk artist and loved it.

But all those great Sal Buscema issues with Romita cover didn't hurt.

No offense to Kirby because he was the man especially with all those great Hulk villains.

Sorry I'm rambling...Love this stuff.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Stop by and see me at C2E2 if you're in Chicago at the Alex Ross booth next weekend.

Sam

The Master of Escape- April 8th

Ok so this one is not from the DC or Marvel Universe

Which is my favorite play ground.

However I'm also a huge fan of Gary Gianni (Prince Valiant)

and some of iconic figures (Public domain) are just as cool.

And remind me of some of the characters that I see Gary including in his sketchbook.

More to come.

Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Tiger Shark- Subby villain

I have to be honest, I'm loving these sketch of the day characters.

Trying to get to as many as I can before the con season hits.

Tiger Shark was in one of the first comics I ever bought.

It was an issue of the Hulk (Under the falls).

Always loved the color combo on his costume

So I'll tell you what anyone want to see their favorite character

on the sketch of the day list please just drop me an email.

Up next Houdini and Doc Savage..

Thank you for letting me share

Sam

Love for Canada-Alpha Flight

Ok, So I have some love for Canada.

Every time I've been treated like a Prince.

Canada's love for comics doesn't hurt either.

I'll be in Toronto twice this year, once in june for Fan Expo and

again for the big Daddy of shows in August at the convention center

Right in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Alpha Flight...ok I'm more of an Avengers fan but who doesn't

love Marvel 80's teams....

Sam

April 5th- The JLA

I decided to tackle a few teams so why not start with JLA?

Ok so Superman does look a little pissed...

Why not I'd love to do Superman Alan Moore style.

Sam

Friday..so what?

It's the Easter weekend and man Chicago finally has got a Spring.

Seasons have been getting shorter and shorter lately.

Anyway enough bitching.

Sketches for today The Mandarin (Iron man villain) and another member of the Deep six"

Thank you for letting me share.

Sam

Running some new pieces..

Getting closer to C2E2 and trying to get some new art done.

More and more characters are popping up that I want to tackle.

Thor and Mr Hyde?

Mr Hyde is an experiment so excuse the rough quality.

Thank you for letting me share

Sam