when i first started freelancing as an illustrator i began my career by doodling up pictures for roleplaying games. the bloke who gave me my first job was kevin siembieda of palladium books, creator of the rifts® universe! as my years progressed with palladium i proposed a comic idea for their quarterly publication the rifter®. he liked the idea and gave it the go ahead.

on may 4-6 i will be attending the palladium open house taking place at their offices in taylor michigan. i will be doing sketches, hocking bns swag and happily signing copies of the newly collected ‘machinations of doom’, a sourcebook collecting the comic from 7 years ago into one book.

the entire story has been relettered, i’ve touched up some of the pages and added a slew of original art into the sourcebook section where kevin has gone in and fleshed out the main cast based on my notes. i’ve also done a new cover for the collection and layed out the entire book myself. it’s been a busy month!

if you can’t make it out to the show the book will be available through better games and comic stores as well as barnes and noble.

…well half the cover. it’s a wrap around, by why spoil the whole surprise…

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.