Well seems the word is starting to leak out, that yours truly has been invited to be the Guest of Honor at the Burroughs Dum-Dum next August in Chicago! The Muckers, a special group inside the Burroughs Bibliophiles have invited me to design and paint the cover of a new edition of the Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the father of American Adventure fiction. This is a very special honor for me. I was invited once before but had a prior commitment and couldn't make it. As of course you all know the Dum-Dum name comes from the Tarzan books, it was the council of apes - the heads of the tribe. The Burroughs Society has adopted the name for their annual gathering. It is a great time to be had by all for all Burroughs fans. So if you are around Chicago next August plan to stop in. I will post more as I know it, and also progress on the design. Thanks to the Muckers!
Flesk Publications strikes again! I just picked up these two wonderful books at my local comic shop, Trade-a-Tape in Lincoln, this wednesday. The skill of Al Williamson and Mark Schultz will hold me for a long time. I plan on looking at these books and their wonderful art til my eyes bleed! ha. Seriously tho I don't think you can do any better than these two masters of the craft. Williamson's detail in his Flash Gordon comics is totally amazing. This book along with Marks sketchbooks hold a prize place on my studio bookself. I will be studying these masterpieces for a long time. I bought the first three of the Schultz sketchbooks at a con we both appeared at. We talked and I was in awe of the man. What a talent these two people were to our art. I will be along time before we find anyone to match these two. I am in awe, and I have my magnifying glass out and enjoying every minute of it.
Here is four quick sketches I finished off at the Omaha Sci fi con on sunday. Had a good time sketching and talking with a couple of people. Of course I always have fun sketching. And of course didn't sell a thing, as I hardly ever do. Must be my introverted body language. Hell, I just want to draw most of the time and seem to ignore alot around me sometimes. Oh well I had fun and that is what counts in my life. I really enjoyed trying to do more of a cross of reality and my vision of Flash Gordon and Dale. I think it turned out ok.
