TX Comics

As the book was released on Wednesday, I’m able to start showing more of the penciled pages. I’ll just pick some of my favorites instead of boring you with all of them.

This page was tricky. The script asked for a bunch of action shots with Anakaris attacking a Huitzil. As you can see by my roughs here, I struggled to find an appropriate layout.

3rd times a charm as I finally found a layout that worked, but had to cut a panel to make it happen. I’m not going to bother posting the thumbnails to this page as it was mostly just barely legible scribbles..

Here’s the final -

Anyways, I’ll be posting more soon!

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I love Frank Miller’s ‘Dark Knight Returns’. It was one of the biggest influences on my artistic growth, along with a LOT of Bill Sienkiewicz and Mike Mignola. This piece is a pin-up I did for the Lille Comics Festival I’m attending this fall. They requested a Batman illustration to use as an exclusive print for the show.
I wanted to evoke Lynn Varley’s washed-out palette so I cranked down the saturation wherever possible – an exception being Robin’s costume. I think brighter colours illustrate her enthusiasm against Batman’s gray grumpiness.

Also, Carrie Kelley is the coolest Robin ever.

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