30TH ANNIVERSARY OF WARRIOR MAGAZINE

WOW was it really 30 yrs ago that i got the first issue of Warrior!
of course i ended up buying every issue all the specials and blue binders , it was a fantastic read with great writers and artists
WARRIOR INFO
so a big thank you to Dez Skinn and crew for some wonderful entertainment 

LASER ERASER AND PRESSBUTTON PENCILS JON HAWARD INKS JOHN STOKES AND B/G AND COLOURING DAVID PUGH

H.P. LOVECRAFT'S PICKMAN'S MODEL JAMIE DELANO STEVE PUGH

A while back i was asked by my friend Steve Pugh if i would help him on a short story for Self Made Hero books the story was H.P Lovecraft's Pickman's model
for THE LOVECRAFT ANTHOLOGY VOL 2
Steve needed to keep to his deadlines with HOTWIRE for Radical Comics, i said a big yes! as it was a chance to work with Steve, you see I'm a big fan of Steve's work on SHARKMAN and HOTWIRE.
Steve asked me to draw character designs and layouts based on Jamie Delano's script , i enjoyed this as well as i had never worked with Mr Delano just read his work over the years so this was a challenge.
Steve ok'd things with the Editor Dan Lockwood and we had lift off .

So here's my character designs and page layouts 10 pages altogether although in the printed version there are 11 pages , Steve managed to still use my layouts as a guide to tweak the extra page .
It was decided in the end not to show the monster's whole image like the old Hammer films , you use your imagination to see the true horror.

i have just bought a copy of the book and must say it's a great package so very proud to have helped out, the book is available to buy from comic shops, book shops and  amazon.co.uk/Lovecraft-Anthology-II

Thanks Jamie, Steve and Dan for allowing me to join the party.

ART COPYRIGHT SELF MADE HERO 2012

COLOURED MOEBIUS TRIBUTE

Jamie Grant has kindly coloured my tribute art pin up to the late great Moebius ,
thank you Jamie .

1995 MARVEL SAMPLE DR STRANGE, SPIDEY & CAPTAIN BRITAIN

Just found another bit of unseen history a page from a 3 page sample i sent to Marvel U.S in 1995 , never got any feedback from it at all which suprised me ,i sent pencils and inked pages .
I inked this page with a brush i think my brother has the original page in his collection.

1986 MY FAN ART HOMAGE TO ALAN MOORE COMIC STRIP

Another retro blog going back to 1986 when i was a fresh faced fanboy aged 21, still learning the craft of drawing and writing comic strips.
It's no secret to those who know me i'm a huge Alan Moore fan have been since his work for Warrior and 2000AD.
These scans are from colour photocopies that are 26 years old so the colour has faded and Alan's skin has turned yellow!

I can't remember what happened to the original art i do remember posting this story to Warrior in the hope Alan would see the pages , again it's funny to see my work looking raw in places and the figure work abit stiff again , at the time i remember reading HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE MARVEL WAY by Stan Lee and John Buscema to help me with my drawing i was also getting advice via letters from David Lloyd about my work , Dave became my guru for around 6 months , I was still working for a Marketing and Advertising agency in Norwich but my dream was to draw comics.

So here is the work never before seen by the public as you'll see i was really into Alan Davis's art (still am he's a genius) if Mr Moore does get to see this i hope it makes him smile , I'll just like to end by saying THANKS Alan for all the entertainment over the last 30 yrs.

drawn in 1986 when i was dreaming to work in the world of comics

DEMAN MY FIRST PUBLISHED COMIC STRIP FROM 1987

As this is my 25th Anniversary in comics this year , I thought I would show my very first published comic strip, it appeared in a magazine called Preview edited by Terry Hooper way back in 1987.
The story was written by my friend Steve Branson and as you can see i used a lot of mechanical tint on the art plus photocopied photographs for backgrounds.
Looking back at these pages now i can see certain things looking wrong characters looking stiff but the story telling is there i showed promise.
Deman's look was very Gene Simmons meets Daredevil meets the Punisher , amazing to think this is 25 yrs old but I'm glad i still had a copy to scan
This work now would not be classed a pro job in fact it was for small indie press but it did get me work with Harrier comics on Avalon Anthology comic inking and lettering Diana is the Power and later drawing her as well.
so here is where it all begain ....

  DEMAN COPYRIGHT STEVE BRANSON /JON HAWARD 1987/2012

JOHN CARTER DISNEY MOVIE GO SEE IT !!!

I see in the media in the U.S that they are calling John Carter a flop after only three days , rubbish
IF you love good storytelling with heart, good acting, fantasy, sci-fi, action and amazing effects GO SEE THIS FILM,
I LOVED IT.
It made me escape the doom and gloom of recession and every day life and gave me a fun time at the flicks
I plan to see it again tomorrow in 2D cinema .
the one thing i will say is the pre posters and first movie trailer where not strong to grab the audience having a background in marketing and advertising they should have had amazing images with punch from the beginning not large red letters saying JCM with a moody shot of the main actor , they should have gone the Frazetta way with a bombastic image , the trailer on Pirates of the Caribbean 4 dvd wasn't strong which was a missed major opportunity .
Still the critics are wrong it's a great movie to escape with,  go see it .