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.

Comic Reviews

Baltimore Comic Con is this weekend and I am very excited for it. Not only will I have copies of First Fight #1 and #2 but I will also be showing a preview of my new web comic, Monsters of MMA, that will be starting September 1st. I'll be posting the entire first issue by showing 1 page a week and I think that MMA fans will really like what they see.

Here are some great reviews on First Fight #2 by Optical Sloth:


Also, a very nice review from TheArtBlog.com by Philly writer extraordinaire Roberta Fallon:


I greatly appreciate everyone's kind words and also just did a followup interview for DTOWN magazine that will be coming out next week which I will be sure to post up here. Training with Team Balance is going very well and encourage anyone interested in learning Jiu Jitsu from the best to check out their site: www.balancestudios.net

PACC photos

Ok - finally putting photos up from the Philadelphia Alternative Comic Convention along with some miscellaneous stuff.



Along with signing copies of First Fight #2, I was glad to hand out flyers and talk to attendees about the Xeric Foundation and what good people they are. Everyone needs to check them out at www.xericfoundation.com










Here's some beautiful bruises thanks to the beautiful people at Team Balance who are preparing me for my next tournament in December - I'll be sure to put up some photos of their new facility in NE Philly - check out Balance Studios.

Interview with ABSTAGEATION.com

I'll be sure to post pictures from the PACC in the next couple days but in the meantime be sure to check out this video interview I did for John Ozga for his website, www.abstageation.com

The video is pretty hilarious if you ask me since they were supposed to zoom in at the end there when I'm showing the panel layouts of the comic but I'm very appreciative of being included on the site. Baltimore Comic Con is coming in the next couple weeks and it's going to be a ton of fun - ciao!

Philly Alternative Comic Con this Sunday!!!!!

Hello all! Things are going very well and I am excited for the PACC which will be held this Sunday at the Rotunda in Philly. We just got a write up in Philadelphia Weekly and they were kind enough to include some of my artwork. Here's a link to it:
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/events/Alternative-Comic-Con-99875334.html

Also check out the site for PACC: www.phillyaltcon.blogspot.com