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Art
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02.28.10Faux Facts IlloI recently did a pinup illustration for Mary Bellamy's upcoming second volume of her Faux Facts graphic novel series. It's an all-ages book chronicling the wacky adventures of a group of girls, drawn in that style the kids like these days.
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02.14.10A History Of Rose Madder Part 2: Rising Stars Of MangaThe series is a coming-of-age story of people in their early twenties, that twilight zone between the teen years and adulthood. It's a time where hard decisions are made and responsibilities are shouldered...whether you're ready or not. It's about the bubble of carefree, teenage self-absorption suddenly bursting and coming to terms with harsh reality and the closing of windows of opportunities. It's a teen drama about the end of the teen drama. As such, it will appeal to older teens and young adults, and may be of special interest to readers who have been following shoujo manga over the years and are looking for stories reflecting their ...
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02.01.10When in RigelThe second in my Tana Nile, Space Colonizer series. This time, Tana cops a pose from that Kristen Bell movie poster, the one that makes me ask "How did they make Veronica Mars look like a complete idiot?" Tana Nile created by Jack Kirby.
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12.27.09A History of Rose Madder, Part 1: A Love-Gone-Wrong-SongOUTLINE-ROSE MADDER-"Is That All There Is" ACT I 1) New York City-The Present a) Open on the white, wintery sky. We hear "Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vendellas. Pan down to reveal the city in snowy splendor. b) More of the city. Visible holiday decorations and displays. End on the apartment window of Rose Madder. The alarm clock is buzzing. 1) Rose is a woman in her mid-twenties; out of school, overeducated, unemployed and somewhat adrift. c) Inside her bedroom. Rose is face down on the bed, asleep. Rose's calico cat ...
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11.09.09Cartoon Characters Compromised: Rorschach has a drink and a talk with Don Draper, who is not a cartoon character despite his alliterative nameDrawn with the pencil tool in Sketchbook. Bye-bye, Mad Men. See you in about 10 months!
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10.30.09Blast From The Past: Woman With A Really Big Gun (plus: bonus Leela!)I was rummaging through my old portfolios recently and I came across this old thing, drawn with marker on bristol board. Lessee, big gun? Check. Pouches? Check. Inexplicable leg and arm straps? Check. Big clunky space boots? Check. Impossible female anatomy? Check. It must be the '90s! 1997, to be exact. Let's hear it for a slightly more than half-assed attempt to draw in the "Image style". No wonder my comics career never took off. Look at that big gun, the perspective's all messed up on it. And never mind that her left arm is horrifically short (or, rather, just not properly ...
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10.25.09Blast From The Past: TattersFrom around 1995, Tatters was a one-shot written by Steven Jones and drawn by me, published by Caliber Press. Tatters was kind of an odd duck of a comic, part gothic superhero book, part government conspiracy story, with some sci-fi elements and a dystopian future thrown in for good measure. But the book will always be known to me as (as far as I know) the first comic to model a character after Samuel L. Jackson. Pulp Fiction was hot at the time, and so I drew in Jackson's and Travolta's characters from the movie as the comic's hard-luck hitmen ...
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09.24.09Wildstyle (1st Draft)Here's an early draft of my illo for the angry asian man/Secret Identities superhero contest, depicting winner Tiffany Namwong's character Wildstyle. Drawn using Sketchbook. You can see my final result, and read Tiffany's character description/backstory for Wildstyle, at either the angry asian man or Secret Identities blogs.
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09.16.09Rose Madder: Still ComingAn announcement coming soon. Apologies to Saul Bass. Rose Madder is © 2009 A.L. Baroza.
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09.13.09Mugshots #6: This scofflaw is a logo for somethingI dunno, this guy just called out for a graphic, logo-like approach, like Colonel Sanders or the Pep Boys. Drawn with Sketchbook.
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