Johnny Recon by Mitch Breitweiser

I LOVE LOVE LOVE me some Johnny Recon, so I made this my most involved Twart yet. Props to Mitch for creating such a fun character, and thanks for inviting me to be a part of it. In fact all you guys are an inspiration.

much twart love,

Mitch

JOHNNY RECON by Andy Kuhn

Here's my version of Mitch Gerads's

future instant classic JOHNNY RECON!

Tell your local comic shop to order five thousand copies!

To see my initial sketch for this piece CLICK HERE.

Thanks for looking.

JOHNNY RECON by Francesco Francavilla

(click on the above image for larger view)

I think PLANET OF DOOM with Johnny Recon is a movie everyone should go to watch :)
And I think having the Twart done and off my plate will let me get now to those deadlines and commissions that are waiting for me ;)

Thanks for the cool character you and Scott created, Mitch: drawing this reminded me of how much fun it was to work on that issue of FEAR AGENT a couple of years ago :)

Hope you guys digs it.

Cheers,
Francesco

EDIT: here's the initial inks. Click on the image for larger view.

JOHNNY RECON by Mitch Gerads

I just couldn't NOT do it! This week's character choice landed on me and I just couldn't NOT pick my boy. Johnny Recon is the book I'm currently working on and created with my best friend and writer of the series, Scott Dillon.

Johnny Recon is a space adventurer through and through. Scott and I have this huge love of the sci-fi pulps and Johnny Recon helps us scratch every one of those story itches that plague us when we're on other projects.

The timing couldn't be better either, as we are reaching the tail end of our 90 day Kickstarter pre-sale campaign for Johnny Recon No.02. If after seeing what I'm sure will be a ridiculously amazing collection of illustrations this week here on Comic TWART, you want to learn more about the book or even better yet, learn about the book AND pre-order a copy or copies of JOHNNY RECON No.02, head over and check out our KICKSTARTER campaign. Right now, besides conventions, placing an order through Kickstarter is our only distribution system. Hopefully if we're super successful with it, we'll be able to change that in the future!

JOHNNY RECON KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!

So prepare yourself for one hell of a thrilling week rife with space chills, planetary spills, and Daring HI-FI Adventure!

M!TCH

**EDIT**

JOHNNY RECON INTERNET CONTEST from co-creator, Scott Dillon!

Hi Everyone!

Mitch and I have been talking the last few days, and we are both so excited about the success of the project (reaching an amount way beyond either of our expectations) that we've decided to offer one lucky backer a page of original art from the second issue (currently listed as a $100 pledge reward for our project)!

After the time on our Kickstarter project has run out, we will pull a name out of a very cool space helmet (you didn't think I was going to say hat, did you), and that person will receive a page of original art along with their other rewards! The very, very cool thing about this opportunity is that, whether or not you've pledged up until this point, all backers will be entered into the drawing! Our small way of saying thanks to all of you for making our dreams come true!

Cheers,
Scott

The Black Beetle by Steve Bryant

I'm sneaking this one in under the wire. After having been Twartless for two consecutive weeks, I wanted to try something special for Francesco's Black Beetle and decided to work up a full-color magazine cover.

I struggled with it , remembering that I absolutely suck when it comes to color. In the end, I went with what I'm comfortable with and opted for a b/w version of the piece.

While trying to develop a theme for the piece, I googled a bunch of pulps and found that "Satan" pops up a lot and the character of "Sister Satan" just made me laugh (although the adventure's title probably owes as much to Stan Lee as it does to the pulps).

A big thanks to Francesco for letting me have so much fun with such a terrific character.

Black Beetle by Ramón Pérez

here i go - sneaking in again last minute. actually i fudged the post time...otherwise i would have been overlapping johnny recon...

(btw fantastic piece m!tch - where do you find the time. damn)

anyway, here's my addition to the fantastic line-up of renditions starring francesco's pulp hero. i want to own a comic starting this guy. hell, i'd love to draw a comic starring this guy :)

enough babbling, it's bedtime...

g'night.

Black Beetle by Nathan Fairbairn

Like Mr. Samnee, I've been under intense deadline pressure this last week or so (colors on three books due this coming Friday) but I just couldn't abide the thought of missing a week of Twarting. So I grabbed my 10" x 7" sketchbook and a handful of Copic markers (plus my 4-year-old boy's scented red Crayola marker :D) for a bit of fun after a productive morning of work.

Sorry for such a half-assed effort, guys, but it's all I've got this week. :)

cheers,
N.

BLACK BEETLE by Chris Samnee

I've had my nose to the ol' grindstone of late on comics work but, even though it's just a bust sketch, I just had to squeeze in my take on Francesco's wonderful Black Beetle character.
Killer job on the sketches this week, gents!!! I don't know how you guys manage to up your game every week! I've gotta say that I'm humbled to have my work among yours and I'm honored to call myself a Twartist.