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Monsters of MMA #1 is Out!

I guess the picture above says it all - I'm waiting to get copies back from the printers but I am very psyched to have a copy of MoMMA in my grubby hands. Get your printed copy before I even get one!

 Working on MoMMA and it's oodles of fun as always. Here's a print I just did exclusively for the upcoming Wizard World Convention in Philly from June 17-19th - it's gonna be big!

Last piece of business is to address the survey on Monsters of MMA between Croc Lesnar vs. Jaguar Dos Santos. The poll is currently tied with 110 votes. Only four days left to vote. What are you waiting for, slacker? CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!!!

Guest artist renditions for MoMMA

Here's some more incredible versions of the many characters of Monsters of MMA. Clockwise from top left is John Still's rendition of Croc Lesnar, Mark Cage's rendition of Chuck Li-Hell, Mike Creighton's rendition of Jaguar Dos Santo, and last but definitely not least is Jef Kolman's gory rendition of Bas Rotten. Once again big thanks to these guys and I strongly urge you all to check out their excellent artwork.

Only two weeks left to vote for the winner between Croc Lesnar vs. Jaguar Dos Santos - be sure to check out the first page of their showdown this Wednesday on Monsters of MMA!

Guest artist renditions for MoMMA

I have to once again thank these awesome artists for contributing their own renditions of the many characters from Monsters of MMA. Clockwise from top left is David Jablow's rendition of Cyborg Santos, Doug Slack's rendition of Stank Abbott, Chris Trefz's rendition of Anderson Arachnid, and Jim Laplante's rendition of Kimbo Spliced (looking very studious by the way). More guest art to come!

I'll be posting artwork from Monsters of MMA #2 on the blog in the next couple days - be on the lookout for the clash between Croc Lesnar and Jaguar Dos Santos!!! Don't forget to VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Monsters of MMA coverage

Things are busy as always - couple days ago MMA legend Bas Rutten checked out my Monsters of MMA comic and retweeted it and the website has been booming ever since. I'll definitely have to use his "freaking awesome" quote for the comic. Also, the website Optical Sloth did a review of the first issue with many good things to say which I am extremely thankful for. Several artists have contributed their own renditions of my monsters and I will be sure to post them up soon.

MMA art by John Ozga

Check out some mixed martial arts work by abstract artist John Ozga. His subject matter ranges from religious to animals to anything he currently digs and I'm currently trying to convince him to do a series on MMA but getting to see this piece is way better than nothing. Check out a ton of other artwork as well as his interviews with other artists on his site at www.abstageation.com

MONSTERS OF MMA #2

While working on First Fight #3, I am also creating another edition of Monsters of MMA and I have a poll up for people to vote and choose who should win the fight. In the spirit of the new Ultimate Fighter series I thought a match up between Croc Lesnar vs. Jaguar Dos Santos would be appropriate. Last month alone the site received over 700 hits but no one seems to see the poll so I went and put a second poll up on Facebook - please cast your vote and be democratic!

Here's a panel from the upcoming conclusion on Monsters of MMA

I will be posting the conclusion of the battle between Bas Rotten and Kimbo Spliced by the end of the week and can't thank everyone enough for their support. Be on the lookout for new additions to my Monsters of MMA card series as well - great things are coming!

SECRET PRISON #4

Currently working on the second issue of Monsters of MMA as well as the third issue of First Fight and things are progressing nicely. Everyone should check out Secret Prison which is a newspaper format anthology which is currently working on rolling out their fourth issue. I urge everyone to help fund this project so that independent artists like myself have a voice. The fantastic Art Baxter has done an amazing cover for it as well - and I'm excited about all of the stories that will be contained within it.

Savage Dragon #151 Pinup

At the request of some folks, here's a pin up that I did for the coolest freaking comic in existence, Savage Dragon. This was a little while back in issue #151 and though I was massively psyched that Erik allowed me to do something for that issue I still would love to do a backup story sometime about Double Header. Anyone who happens to not know Erik Larsen or the comic Savage Dragon needs to get out there and buy some of his comics - the guy is seriously an artistic genius with a work ethic that makes other guys like myself want to crawl into a hole and die.

Art Show this Friday!

Wow - things have been so busy I've neglected to post on my very own blog - fret not, I will be posting more often now. Here's a show that I have a piece in which will be opening this Friday at:

Mendez Homes & Investments
2480 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

I will be posting again much sooner with updates regarding conventions, First Fight, Monsters of MMA, and much much more!

Convention Schedule

Here's a preview of page 17 for Monsters of MMA that I just finished up. Can't wait to get copies of this comic to print for the upcoming conventions and appearances that I'll be doing - also, I've got some other projects that are in the works for later this year which are going to be awesome. Will say more about that soon!

BOSTON COMIC CON

April 30th - May 1st, 2011

WIZARD WORLD PHILLY

June 17,18,19, 2011

BALTIMORE COMIC CON

August 20-21, 2011

SPX COMIC CON

September 10-11, 2011

NEW YORK COMIC CON

Oct. 14-16, 2011

First Fight #3

Here's the cover to First Fight #3 which I am very excited to be working on now. Many good things are on their way this year including confirmation that I will be at the New York Comic Con in October 2011! Many thanks to everyone for their support and spreading the word on Monsters of MMA. Included below is an ad that I am running for Grapplers Quest as well as a promo for Monsters of MMA.

GERMAN by Jeremy Waltman

Things have been very hectic in a good way over the past couple months. Grapplers Quest was a blast and I am happy to announce that the canvas print I donated to their auction for Autism Radio sold for $500! I want to thank Brian Cimins and his whole organization for putting on a great show that will certainly be covered in a future issue of First Fight.

I'd also like to recommend an interesting graphic novel called GERMAN by Jeremy Waltman which includes a mix of martial arts with good old sequential story telling. I met Jeremy at the Philadelphia Alternative Comic Con where I got to chance to hear about his comic and I hope everyone reading this checks out his site as well as his other work.

Grapplers Quest

Great news - I'm officially being sponsored by Grappler's Quest for their event next week on December 4th in Asbury Park, NJ. I gotta work off some turkey weight I put on from yesterday but come next Saturday I'll be ready to compete in the 179 division.

Here is a piece I did for their the charity auction that will be going on at the event for AutismRadio, a non-profit (501c3) charitable organization who developed the first Autism Family Support, Diet and Treatment Radio Network to help families cope with the challenges of Autism.

Check out their website at www.autismradio.org

Interview with DTOWN Magazine

Haven't written in a little while since things have been busy with Monsters of MMA as well as training with Team Balance. Here is an article from DTOWN magazine where I was interviewed again and got to talk about some of the current projects I've been involved with. Thank you to everyone for your support and for following my comics - it gives me a ton of encouragement to hear from you guys and can't thank everyone enough.

Balance Studios in Philly

Last week I had the opportunity to head over to Balance Studios in beautiful Philly where Phil Migliarese was having open mat allowing students to pick his brain over the intricacies of Jiu Jitsu. Had a really good time and got some great tips regarding technique - here's some pics I took while there.

MONSTERS OF MMA

At the Baltimore Comic Con, I was also promoting my new webcomic, Monsters of MMA. I am putting up one page per week and am allowing the viewers to cast their vote and decide who wins the match. Page 1 and 2 are already up and stay tuned since this is gonna get better and better. Here are some more sketches, photos, etc. of the con!









This one was for an all Hulk sketch book so I figured I'd try to do something a little different and show Hulk doing a scene from Macbeth using Wolverines skull.

I was a bit surprised that an 11 year girl wanted me to draw Jack Skelington and Marilyn Manson together but I aim to please. Apologies for messing up the tie - didn't have reference.

I did a whole bunch more but in the craziness didn't get a chance to take a photo every time - anyone who's got one please let me know and I'll hook ya up!

Lastly, a young girl who stopped by the booth named Ebony Burns was kind enough to give me her own rendition of Kimbo Slice and I promised to put it up here for her. I'm heading over to Balance Studio in Philly for their seminar and some training - I'll be sure to post some pics from it soon - ciao!

Baltimore Comic Con 2010

Last week's convention was a ton of fun and definitely the best turnout I've had so far. Did tons of sketches and sold copies of crap so good times was had by all. By far the highlight of the convention was stopping by and chatting with Erik Larsen, creator of my all time favorite comic, Savage Dragon. I have him briefly in First Fight #2 and he was kind enough to ink up a quick portrait of me which will be framed and hung and stared at constantly by yours truly. I'll be adding more sketches and pictures in the next couple days.