Earth 2100: The aftermath

So I hope everyone saw Earth 2100. Did we save the world? Head on over to the ABC official site and see clips and extra stuff, and wade through the sea of right-wing conspiracy buffs and bible thumping armageddonists to see what folks who were open to having their minds changed had to say.

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Like the title says, Mr. Bob Woodruff plugging Earth 2100 on the Daily Show. I storyboarded that whole frog thing! I had to boil, like 3 dozen of them until I got the right poses.

Tune in tonight to see the whole show on ABC at 9pm!

The cat's out of the bag!

So for the past six months or so I've been working, on and off, on the animated segments of an upcoming ABC news program entitled "Earth 2100". I didn't tell many people, so as not to worry them with my excessive workload (it never got in the way of my other projects, I promise!) and also as not to jinx the project. Nothing's stopping it now, however, as it airs in ABC primetime next Tuesday, June 2nd, at 9 pm (and forever after in perpetuity on the History Channel).

I was lucky enough to storyboard this endeavor, and have many of my own illustrations actually become animated through the magic of Adobe After Effects. Click on the link above to check out a preview on Yahoo News of some of the work. I was joined in this endeavor by my studiomates Joe "Disco" Infurnari, Tim "Hambone" Hamilton, and Leland "The Purv" Purvis. It's a grim little cautionary tale of what awaits us in the coming century unless we act soon to counter some of the effects of climate change. FUN STUFF! That said, it will have some very nice pictures :-)

If only it were this easy...

A self portrait I drew yesterday for planned inclusion in Zeus: Father of the Gods-- going to press this week!

The Glory of Hera

Check out the final inked cover to the third book in Olympians, The Glory of Hera. Of all the covers I designed, this one by far took me the longest; ironically, or maybe not, it's also now my favorite.

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keeping with the hot and wet theme started by Poseidon, here's a closeup of the gams of the future first wife of Zeus (and mother of Athena) Metis.

I promise there will be some new artwork soon ;-)

Poseidon

continuing with yesterday's theme of hot gods, here's a drawing of Poseidon that my studiomate Becky Cloonan thought was all that, albeit in a Danzig kind of way. She's a real headbanger, that one.

Tomorrow, I'll try to dig up something for the appreciators of the the female form out there.

Zeus

Just because I haven't put up any of my own art for a while...

I remember, when I drew this panel, my girlfriend looked at it and remarked "Whoa! Zeus is hot!!"

That was when I knew I was on the right track with my design of him.

Olympians Synchronicity

At the literary conference I was speaking at this weekend, a very nice teacher named Chris Shave, after hearing me speak about Olympians, presented me with a copy of this recent Hi and Lois sunday comic.

This is amusing to me because my original pitch for the series was, and I quote, "Superheroes are the new mythology. THE OLYMPIANS is a new twelve book series retelling the Greek Myths, the original superheroic stories, in the format most closely associated with superheroes: comics."

I know this is hardly a revolutionary idea or anything, it's just a nice bit of cosmic coincidence to see it reflected in Hi and Lois, of all places.

Journey Upstate

So I'm headed upstate to Mount saint Mary College later today to give a little presentation tomorrow morning, mostly about my book Journey into Mohawk Country. I must say, one of the nicest side benefits of this job of mine is the opportunity to speak at events like this. Mohawk Country in particular has been a very rewarding topic for talks, particularly in the upstate New York region, where the story takes place. I especially enjoy sharing some of the copious amounts of prep work and sketches I compiled while working on it.

A funny little strip by Terry (Strangers in Paradise) Moore sent to me by my friend, the cartoonist Thomas Baehr. It nicely sums up my viewpoint on such matters.

Cyclops vs. Titan vs. Hekatonchieres

Haven't been drawing anything particularly blogworthy so far this week, so instead please enjoy this panel from the upcoming Zeus: Father of the Gods.

Let there be Color...

And, finally the color covers. These may not be the final colors, but this is how I submitted them for first approval to the publisher. Whaddaya think?