Men of the Shadows, part 2

Robert E. Howard's SAVAGE SWORD #6 should be out from Dark Horse in the not too distant, so I thought I'd start teasing some of the art from the second instalment of Men of the Shadows.

~R

Red Sonja and Bran Mak Morn





I took a couple of pictures of some sketches I did at Fan Expo -- I thought this one turned out well enough to share.  Red Sonja:

 

 

 

Also, I put all the pages from the first installment of Men of the Shadows for sale in my comicartfans gallery (here).

~R

Bran Mak Morn!

I've heard Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #5 is available at most friendly neighbourhood comics shops! It's strange how I'm only now drawing a Robert E. Howard creation when his characters were so instrumental to my desire to draw comics back when I was 12.

Here's the first appearance of Bran Mak Morn on the final page of Ian Edginton and my adaptation of Howard's Men of the Shadows.  Moose Baumann's colours are spectacular.

We've two more parts -- in Savage Sword issues 6 and 7.

FREE THE PICTS!!!

I'm very excited about this book being available just before Fan Expo Canada  (it's under a week away people!) and I think I need to share that.  If you bring a copy of this issue for me to sign I'll do a free sketch of a Pict on a 2.5x3.5 Bristol sketch card.  

If your local retailer hasn't ordered it you may be able to get a copy through Dark Horse's retail arm linked on this page http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/18-417/Robert-E-Howard-s-Savage-Sword-5

~R

Savage Sword #5 Preview

Dark Horse has put up the preview for Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #5 here:

http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-417?page=0

The credits blurb reads:

CREATORS

Writer:

Howardy Chaykin, Paul Tobin, Ian Edginton, Steve Niles

Artist:

Howard Chaykin, Francesco Francavilla, Richard Pace, Christopher Mitten

Colorist:

Francesco Francavilla, Jesus Aburto, Michelle Madsen

Cover Artist:

Raymond Swanland

That's DAMN fine company to be in, isn't it?

Not mentioned is Moose Baumann who does his best to make my work look prettier than it has a right to with his deft eye for colour!

Here are the two pages in black and white!

Bran Mak Morn

It was a little slow at the start of the Toronto Comicon this morning and I didn't bring any work to do while waiting for the sketches I would eventually do, so I started sketching based on a panel in the upcoming 3-part adaptation of   The Men of the Shadows starting in issue #5 of Robert E. Howard's SAVAGE SWORD from Dark Horse Comics.

I might end up turning this into something more finished after I wrap up the first portion of the adaptation. . . .

I managed to take a pictures of a couple of the sketches I did this weekend -- I'll share them later!

Had a blast at the convention and am pleasantly exhausted.

~R