richardsala:

I’ve done a couple of “Invisible Hands” commissions in the last few months. One is a portrait of some of the cast members and the other is a scene from the show. That scene is also featured on the original postcard announcing the show which I included here. I’ve also included - for the truly curious - the original art for the scene that was printed in Night Drive, which is what caught the eye of the show’s producers. The stains you see on the original art (long gone I’m afraid) are age stains from rubber cement, because at the time I drew the panels in my sketchbook, then cut them out and pasted them onto a separate sheet to make the comic book grid!

The “Ah-Satisfaction” one was my 40th birthday present to myself!

DARKSEID!!! Pretty darn happy with this one. Very glad that I pushed through those first three serviceable layouts and found one a little more special. I initially drew Darkseid with smooth little shoulder sleeve things that Kirby gave him once in awhile, but the gang at Garage Art Studios talked me into going the more traditional route. Don’t let them know that they were right!

Colors by Nathan Fairbairn. I absolutely love how the warm and cool colors really kick the interplay of positive and negative space into high gear.

It’s my cover to All Star Batman #9 with colors by Nathan Fairbairn! I went to college in Washington, DC, so I was expecting someone to bust my balls about the Washington Monument being on the wrong side of the White House. In my opinion, the front of The White House just looks like any mansion in any town across the country. It’s the back that looks distinctive. Anyhow, I figure Ra’s isn’t ripping the monument up out of the ground right now, he already threw it and is picking it back up. Or whatever.

Anyhow, here’s a link to the original art! There’s a little art patch on Ra’s’ right arm - my first pass on it didn’t look quite right. If you buy it, you can rip the patch off and see just how wrong it was!  
http://www.felixcomicart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=17581

Here’s my cover for Superman 39. Colors as always by Nathan Fairbairn! Superman’s smile is a little goofy - I was under the impression that the DC Rebirth banner would still be there to cover it up. D’oh! I guess there’s a certain charm to it. I drew the JLA satellite on a separate piece of paper, then pasted & warped it in Photoshop.

I drew a cover for Batman / The Shadow #2! Colors by Nathan Fairbairn. Original art available here: http://www.felixcomicart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=17582

I drew variant covers for Teen Titans 1-7, with spectroscopic colors by Nathan Fairbairn! It was great fun to draw Damian Wayne again - he’s still my favorite character to draw by leaps and bounds.

The original art for most of these covers is available at Felix Comic Art. Give ‘em a gander! http://www.felixcomicart.com/ArtistGalleryTitles.asp?ArtistId=585

I drew covers to 2000AD progs 1950 and 2000, one of the greatest honors of my career! And Nathan Fairbairn colored them beautifully! My cover to prog 2000 is a riff on Mike McMahon’s immortal cover to prog 168. Big boots to fill!