taking on private commissions in June

As i have now finished my paid work with Classical Comics i'm free to tackle any private commissions ,so if you want a drawing for a celebration /birthday or to suprise a friend with an original piece of art from me now is the time to book

commission page on website

thank you

JUDGE DREDD SKETCH FOR A FAN

Just a quick drawing for a 2000AD, Judge Dredd fan drawn today

JEFFREY CATHERINE JONES R.I.P

Sadly another great of the fine and commercial world of art has passed away , the wonderful Jeffrey Catherine Jones .
I first remember being in awe of  this artists work while in college a friend brought in a book called the Studio and every image in the book was magical all the artists Barry Winsor Smith, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Jeffrey Jones and Bernie Wrightson where on top of their game .

Over the years i have admired Jones work the beautiful inked comic strips the wonderful fantasy paintings and the wonderful figure painting of women , this creative has left a magical amount of work which for me is timeless .

ROAD MANIAX HOTWHEELS COMIC 1995

Another trip in the past this time to 1995, This comic only lasted two issues it was produced to promote a new toy line from Mattel Hotwheels ROAD MANIAX a kind of kid friendly Mad Max set in the U.S , i painted both covers plus drew and coloured some comic strips and cutaway illustrations of the Crash Cave Liberty Base in issue 1 and a baddie car in issue 2 , i enjoyed the work although the deadlines where tight.
the comic was published by Fleetway Editions for sale in newsagents 

other artists who worked on the title
PETER RICHARDSON
(STREETS OF RAGE SONIC THE COMIC) http://peter-richardson-illustration.com/
and BARRIE MITCHELL http://lambiek.net/artists/m/mitchell_barrie.htm
(CAPTAIN SCARLET, ROY OF THE ROVERS)

sadly i never got my art returned by the publishers so I've scanned stuff from the comic from issue 1

ART JON HAWARD ROAD MANIAX COPYRIGHT MATTEL

THUNDERBIRDS THE COMIC 1992

Way back in the early 90's i had the honour working for Alan Fennell who was the founder and original editor of the magazine TV Century 21, he also edited Look -in and wrote episodes of the tv shows Thunderbirds, Stingray and Fireball Xl5.

I worked on the Fleetway Editions ltd comic Thunderbirds the comic ,i only drew two strips and some covers for Holiday Special and Thunderbirds collected strips books plus underwater creatures spreads for Stingray the comic but i enjoyed all the work due to being a fan since childhood of Gerry Anderson's TV puppet shows which where all done in Supermarionation.

here's one of my favourite pages which my brother owns i drew it on cs10 board with inks just like my comic book idol Frank Bellamy big mistake as the surface of the board was shiny and smooth and the ink would take ages to dry , i found it very difficult to work on ,thus for a poster mag job i reverted back to using ordinary card and markers.

So here's Thunderbird 2 and 4 to the rescue F.A.B !

art Jon Haward thunderbirds copyright Carlton TV ltd 2011

MARVEL POCKET BOOKS BY PANINI RECENT RELEASES

Followers of this blog would have seen these covers from my roughs to pencils to inks and now here they are coloured by James Offredi , i really enjoyed these jobs ,always a honour drawing classic Marvel stuff

characters copyright Marvel entertainment/ Disney ,published by Panini U.K Ltd 2011


UPDATE : NEWS JUST BROKE TODAY ABOUT NO MORE ORIGINATED COMIC MATERIAL FROM MARVEL U.K/ PANINI UK LTD.

well i had 10 great years working for Marvel U.K/Panini first on Spectacular Spider-man adventures ,then Marvel Rampage and the covers for Marvel Pocket books i would like to thank my Editors at Panini, Rob Jones, Tom o Malley, Ed Hammond and Alan O Keefe Managing Editor the wonderful writers, Mitchel Scanlon, Ferg Handley, Jim Alexander, Jason Quinn who allowed me to draw some fun comics, this is a huge blow for British freelance artists and writers also sad for Panini who over the years have produced great material for the kids market.
We have great talent in this small island , great artists and writers who sadly now won't get the chance to draw Marvel U.K material to entertain European youth ,i hope in the years to come people will have fond memories of these comics i know i will.
best
Jon Haward

GLASGOW COMIC CON 18TH JUNE

Just confirmed via the telephone i'll be attending the Glasgow comic con next month , really looking forward to it , i always have a great time with my Scottish friends.
http://www.glasgowcomiccon.co.uk/

 my comic con booklet artwork The Mighty Thor!!

FINISH HAMLET LAYOUTS THIS WEEK !!!

Well it's taken 2 years! but this week i finally finish my layouts for Hamlet !!!, i wish i could have done them quicker but sadly life throws you some horrid times and i had to have time out on this project , i would like to thank Clive Bryant for his patience and understanding and for the work .

on the Hamlet rough cut blog I've just uploaded Act 1 Scene 5 these 10 pages where a lot of fun to work on
http://hamletroughcut.blogspot.com/