been a bit quiet of late as i’ve been going through a legal battle with my landlord. it’s not pretty and very draining, financially and mentally!

the battle still rages but life has to go on at the same time. to keep myself relatively busy for the next 30 days or so, i’ve signed on to do an issue of the upcoming dark horse series star wars: clone wars, not sure if that’s the official title, but it’s coming out to coincide with the upcoming animated movie.

i’m scheduled to do issue two. issue one is being handled by my fellow tx’er, scott hepburn! it looks like loads of fun, and i get to revisit the good ol’ days of drawin’ me some star wars.

i’ve already pencilled the cover and am waiting on approvals before i head off to inks. so if don’t think i’m allowed to share that just yet. i’ve also started laying out and pencilling the issue. due to the movie tie-in aspect of the book, i am going to be tackling the art in a much more cartoony fashion, akin to my work on kukuburi.

should be fun!

i’ll share what i can, when i can.

till then, below is a digital doodle of an alien species appearing in the book. they’ve appeared before in books but never been depicted. so i get to leave my stamp on the star wars universe!

cheers.

i’ve rejoined the galactic forces with my return to the star wars universe and dark horse comics. many moons ago i enjoyed leaving my stamp in lucas’ world when i worked on the rpg in it’s various incarnations, whether it was through west end games or wizards of the coast.

the image below is the cover to dark horse’s star wars: the clone wars v2, Crash Course. the listing states fellow artist and studio mate scott hepburn (who is working on his own star wars book, which looks phenomenal!) as the books cover artist… LIES, ALL LIES!

enjoy…

as mentioned in my previous post there are a few things on my table right now. aside from RESISTANCE for wildstorm and NYX for marvel, the other fun little project is a short 8 page star wars story for dark horse comics. the little tale stars kit fisto during the clone wars era kicking some geonosian ass. the short is part of dark horse’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY offering which contains a variety of stories from their stables.

i’ve taken the reigns fully on this little project and in turn am doing the full art chores all the way to colours. something i haven’t done for a mainstream comic since my days on spellgame for speakeasy comics back in 2005. the look of the story will be very much in the vein of kukuburi.

so come come may 2 2009 run down to your local comic shop and grab this little freebie. you’ll recognize it by the cover below…

for months i’ve been working away secretly and now it’s time to pull back the curtain. i was approached by dark horse comics last summer about working on a true crime detective book based around the murders of gary ridgway, better known as the green river killer, and the detective, tom jensen, who hunted him down over the course of 20 years. this original graphic novel is written by jeff jensen, the son of said officer. but rather than hear me blather on, why not read what jeff has to say about the project as he talks with mark rahner of the SEATTLE TIMES.

i am truly honoured to be part of such a special project and will post tidbits as i am able to.