Underground Comix

Before I was drawing super hero's Marvel and DC, I dreamed of becoming an Underground Comix artists.

By the time I started drawing Maxx,

I was able to do both.

Batman-Lobo page

now if I'd only finished Lobo in black ink,

instead of using a sharpie.

* sigh * 

Scratch intro page

My tribe to Wrightson's Warren period with a bit of the Biz thrown in too. 

Outback Critter

Maxx Outback creature,

partly inspired by Tigger and Hobbes.  

Batman 'Looking Glass' page

Alice & Bats. 

These Two Again..?

Couple of odds and ends i need to add,

but this page is more or less done. 

Badass Twout

Mad Hatter

. . . from Batman: Looking Glass 

MCP 86

Seems like a lifetime ago when I did this was sitting on my drawing table . . . 

BatScratch cover.

another .. Oldie but Goodie. 

Ojo/Nola . . . aka: "mom's eye"

Legs "self indulgent" Intro.

Here's a one page intro to the Legs comic.

Since the lettering's so small, I've blown the panels up so their easier to read.

Batman/Maxx 3

In Batman-Maxx 3 I wanted to briefly revisit the main four Batman mini series I drew, and see what tied the main four characters together in each story: 

* Young Bruce Wayne from 'Batman Secrets',  

* Nurse Sabine from 'Arkham Asylum', 

* Callie from Detective Comics 40-43, aka: 'Ghosts'  

*  Alice from Batman: 'Looking Glass' 

All four are Children of Shame, and all four either suffered a great loss, or tried to save someone from a great loss. I didn’t add a caption saying, “as seen in Batman Secrets”, because that seemed too distracting. Anyone who knows my work, can see a common thread.  

But I wanted to say ‘goodbye’ in a way, to these four characters. 

Young Master Bruce who’s lost his parents that fateful night,  

Alice who lost all sense of logic, scale and normalcy in Wonderland. 

Nurse Sabine who refused to quite the nightmarish Asylum to protect and provide for her little boy. 

Callie, the blind girl who Batman was unable to save, 

just like his parents.  

Batman: Looking Glass

'My Inner Bimbo' Poster

Hollows Cover

Kind of an underground comix feel to this one. 

Couple from Eleanor

A fan came up to be at NYCC and said the panels I color are among his favorites.

I have such awesome fans!!! ( and not just because they say things like that. ) 

Another day...

.. another Batman-Maxx page. 

Batman Secrets: " ..what holds in the pain."

Betsy from 'My Inner Bimbo'

Batman Secrets: Joker in a space suit?

I know,  I haven't a clue why the Joker is wearing this either . .

. . . but things don't always have to make *sense*, do they?

New Colored Maxx & Julie page

. . . From Batman-Maxx. 

Nola-Twout-Mom's Eye.

~ enough with Urp already!

Okay, one last Urp post to get it out of my system.

Batman: Secrets page..

. . went a little nuts on this one . . . 

later Maxx cover...

. . .  hand drawn. 

Spongy & Sizzy . . . and Blanky.

Spongy & Sizzy and Blanky are three 'tools' which Nola uses.

Sadly, I haven't finished  drawing Blanky yet.

Bats, again..

A day in the Life.. ( Part 4 )

Julie's back.. !

. . . from Batman Maxx Issue 3. 

Twofer: Batman & a Day in the Life ... ( Part 3 )

From 'Batman Secrets'

 . . . and another Urp strip ( Part 3 ) from The Hollows.

Yet another (newer) Maxx piece

a Day in the Life.. ( part 2 )

Joker page

A Day in the Life . . . ( Part 1 )

Later Maxx Cover

Did this "Snake" one during the IDW reprints. 

Hollows Cover

The Hollows started out as a horror book, but along with Chris Ryall's help, somehow it became more of a fantasy with a softer edge, both in both story and art.

I used a less slick and detailed style, and went for a rougher, simplier 'children's book' style of illustration.

It's not for everybody, but I enjoyed it. 

Another Batman page.

. . . at the scene of the crime. 

Newer Maxx Cover . .

. . . made with lots of tiny watch gears and model train parts.

~ can you find the signature? 

In the spirit of BatMaxx series,

Here's a page from Batman secrets. This was the first Batman series I drew, and along with Batman Looking glass, among my favorite Batman work.

But don't worry,  I still have plenty of Maxx idea's left in me though. 

The logo...

 . . may be my favorite thing about this cover.

Anyway, at least tried to do something semi-abstract.