I did it, folks. 24 pages in 22 hours, 8 minutes. One heck of a challenge, and an end product I’m pretty proud of considering the time constraints.

Download it as a PDF here:

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Or read it online below!

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I’ll post more details and photos of the event tomorrow, after I’ve had a chance to catch up on the work I missed over the weekend. A huge, huge thanks to the folks at Rooks Comics and Games- they stayed up all night just so three guys could draw. They’re the best comics shop in Montana, no joke.

Thanks also to Comics Alliance for showing my work in their 24 Hour Comics Day rundown! I appreciate the shoutout.

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This is it! This is the book that I’ve been working on all summer. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to present Dracula the Unconquered!

Written by my good buddy Chris Sims (of Comics Alliance and The ISB fame) and letters by Awesome Hospital‘s Josh Krach, Dracula the Unconquered is an all-new, ongoing digital comics series! The first issue, “The Return of the Black Death” debuts October 31st. Each issue will be available for download for the low price of just $1.

There are already some goodies up on the site, including a step-by-step breakdown of the process that went in to designing the cover for the first issue. Check it out!

I’ll be posting sneak peeks of the art a few times a week on Facebook and my Twitter account under the hashtag #DtU, so stay tuned!

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One of the coolest projects I worked on last year was Sony’s DC Universe Online game. It’s a massive online roleplaying game where you can play as and interact with various DC Comics characters, as well as new characters created for the game. One feature of DC Universe Online is animated cutscenes, shown when you defeat certain characters or complete specific levels of the game. I had the opportunity to work on some of these scenes as a colorist, and now that the game has been released I can share some of the work I did.

The first scene I worked on featured the Joker:

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The main difference from this coloring job and regular comic book work was that in these cutscenes the art is separated into layers for the animators.

Coloring each element of the illustration separately made it tougher to unify the entire image with lighting and color palette, but overall I’m very happy with the way most of the images turned out.

Some more shots from the Joker scene:

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Batman and the Joker.

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Background for the above shot.

Surely you know how this works by now.

Last shot from the scene.

Here’s the final animated cutscene, narrated by the awesome Mark Hamill:

I grew up watching the Batman animated series which featured Mark Hamill as the Joker, so it’s pretty amazing to hear that voice narrating something I had a hand in making. It’s times like this I realize how awesome my job is.

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Oh hey, look, I made somethin’.

Just a li’l something for a Monday mornin’. Hope you like it.

Making this got me to watch the movie. SO GOOD.

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Know what day it is?

The might of THOR cannot be contained by your foolish blog layout!

It’s Thursday. You do the math.

And speaking of days of the week, Legion of Super-heroes alphabet series returns Monday!

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Because I realised this morning that I’ve fallen in love with the Flash’s Rogues gallery. I mean, come on. Mirror Master? Captain Cold? The Pied Piper? AWESOME.

Started as a quick doodle. Then I COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL and here we are. Nefarious!

Also, if you’re not already listening to Tom Vs. The Flash and you like old comics, you really ought to do yourself a favor and check it out.

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Oh, hey, what have we here? Could it be? Could it possibly be? The first entry in a new blog series?!

Oh, just another one of those silly Legionnaires--AAAUUGHHH SWEET CHRISTMAS MAKE IT GO AWAY

Yes sir, your eyes do not deceive you! It’s the new Legion of Superheroes alphabet series, starting off on a truly unsettling note with Legion reject Arm-Fall-Off Boy! In his own words, “My power will astound you! Observe as I detach my limb– and transform it into a deadly weapon!” I can’t understand why they turned him down for membership in the Legion, honestly. Bludgeoning criminals with your own severed arm is a pretty amazing power. Plus he’d always have the element of surprise in a fight. Unless, you know, they knew his name or something.

While Arm-Fall-Off Boy is pretty far out, this is honestly par for the course with the Legion, (as we’ll see in coming entries packed chock-full of glorious insanity). Stay tuned!

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Well folks, we’ve reached the end of the series. Z is for Zorro!

Most historians credit Zorro's signature "Z" marking to be responsible for the rise in graffiti crime in early 19th-century California

It took significantly longer than 26 weeks, but here we are. I’m a little bit more experienced, you’re a little bit more aware of the absurdity of many comic book characters- I’d say we both came out ahead.

I’ll be starting the next series, The Legion of Superheroes: from A to Z in February. Keep your eyes peeled, and have a great weekend!

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This one harkens all the way back to the entry for the letter C.

Yankee Poodle is a member of the Zoo Crew, the team of talking animal superheroes let by Captain Carrot.

Look at those jazz hands!

Truth, Justice, and the unsettling-American-dog-human-hybrid way!

I’d love to see a Zoo Crew revival. Fun, kid-friendly comics are in short supply these day. Scott Shaw! Call me!

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aka Professor X, leader of the X-Men!

Master of mutant mind mayhem!

Now, I’ve got to be completely honest. I don’t much like Professor X. He always seemed kind of sinister- like he had some ulterior motive he wouldn’t share with the team. But then, I’ve never been a huge X-Men fan in general, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

And no matter how you look at it, he’s better than X-Cutioner.

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