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Captain Arizona - Sure, he may seem like a jerk, but deep down he's just a sensitive 80's man. Captain Arizona's secret origin to be revealed this February in El Cucaracho #17!

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Look ma! I'm a puzzle!

Some fun news. Write Brain Books, has made a jig saw puzzle of one of the key illustrations that I did for their book. Check it out!



https://writebrainbooks.com/view_product.php?productoptionid=149

Okay big announcement time! I've printed a few hundred copies (limited edition) of my Inktober sketchbook. I'll have them for sale for $10 at the Tracy Comics Show Nov. 12th!

You can win a free copy however, by liking and sharing this post! If we get over 30 likes and 30 shares, we will put all the names in a hat and draw out 3 lucky winners!

If you can't wait for the Tracy Comic Show, and don't want to wait to see if you are a winner, you can order via paypal for $10 plus $4.99 for shipping and handling - just send $14.99 to joncoltonis@yahoo.com and make sure to include your mailing address in the message and mention The Midnight Special Sketchbook.

Thank you so very much!

JC 

Inktober 2016 - Part 1!

It's Inktober people!

Breaking in a new set of pens and brushes.

#genewilder #youngfrankenstein

Ghoul Squad #1 Preview

In progress drawing. #gobzilla #godzilla #comicbooks #inking #thestifletower #utahjazz #rudygobert #aftertrimpe

The man, the legend - John Byrne

Tried my hand at some John Byrne inks this week. This was the result.

Monday Night Football!

This was the final design that Black Angus wanted, and I did get to color it for them as well. And then this is what the final ad looked like:

Black Angus - Monday Night Football!

Some sketches I did earlier this year for Black Angus Steakhouse. They were looking for some way to incorporate their cowboy mascot identity into a promotion with Monday Night Football. Here are some of the sketches I came up with. This was to be used as a table decoration and in restaurant poster.

Demon Dogs!

Been watching some cartoons lately, I'll leave it up to you to figure out which ones.

my bro-in-law

Great Stuff Coming Out.

Video Game - E3 2010 - Fresh Ink

After his run on Fantastic Four - I'm pretty much going to pick up anything that Jonathan Hickman writes, even his emails must be great. No seriously, that SHIELD book sounds seriously cool. Also, Old Man Logan is the type of story I love. I don't know why post-apocalyptic stories are so appealing, I guess it's that they sort of invoke and old west feeling in the future. Anyways, I'll probably pick that up as well, not to mention Absolute Justice looks awesome.

A terrific interview

Over at http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42320 - An interview with one of my favorite artists working in comics today - STEVE LIEBER. Steve is an amazing artist, and one of the best inkers in comics. He is also an all around nice guy, and fun to talk to at the comic conventions. AICN did a great job with this very in depth interview! Normally I complain that the interviews with creators aren't lengthy enough, but no complaints here - it's great stuff.

Mickey-Marvel Buyout

Just got sent this image from Al Gordon, who obviously got it from the amazing artist Joe Sinnot. Best editorial I've seen on this whole issue so far. And, great line work too, but that's par for the course when you are talking Sinnot.

Super Lulu

Great classic! Used to watch these with my little sisters on VHS growing up. The animation is terrific and the subject matter is right up my alley.

Two of the best blogs on the internet!

I'm always amazed at how viral the internet is and what a wonderful thing too! As my daughter woke up at 2 a.m. and decided not to go back to sleep ( I was already up). I figured I'd look for some things online, and seemingly at random found two of the most awesome blogs on the whole internet.

1.http://inkdestroyedmybrush.blogspot.com: Is the blog of inker Charles Yoakum. It has all sorts of great stuff, inked pages, links to other cool blogs and all sorts of insights into the comic book industry and art in general.

2. And as if that weren't enough, I also found the GRAPHIC NYC blog by Christopher Irving. Which has an incredible interview with Walter Simonson!!!! If that doesn't get your geek juices flowing, nothing will. Also, tons (literally) of other cool people - too many to mention!

Anyways they are more than worth checking out - so check them out!

Super-Con in San Jose!

Went to Super-Con this weekend, and it was awesome! It's nice to go to the one Con per year where the emphasis in on inking. I also discovered some new books (to me at least) like:



Which is also awesome by the way. Great art, all done in Painter (I believe). I was surprised when Viktor told me that all of the great pen and ink work for this book, was not done in neither pen nor ink! Talk about egg on my face! Anyways, it's worth picking up, if you didn't get to attend the con you can get it here.

Also, I found out about some new products coming soon from Flesk publications, such as:





Al Williamsons Flash Gordon and Mark Shultz sketches volume 4. Wow! Both are available for pre-order here.

Anyways, it was a great convention.