John Carter of Mars by Mitch Breitweiser

Hooray for catch-up week! There are so many other twarts I wish I had time to do, but I'm particularly slammed at the moment, so this was the best I could do under the circumstances. It was really nice to do some no-pressure art for a change!

KETCHUP! by Evan Shaner

Here's my piece for Andy's John Carter of Mars week. I was only recently able to get a scan of it. I'll admit I'm a lot less familiar with Carter than Burroughs' other popular creation, but the idea of a confederate captain zapped to Mars while trying to hide from Apaches, well that's pretty neat.

I'm going to count this as my Frank Frazetta tribute as well. I discovered Frazetta's work in college and have since kept a large folder of his paintings, amazed at the way he played with contrast. For what it's worth I enjoyed his work in newspaper strips as well.

KETCHUP! by tom fowler

hey kids, welcome to ketchup week!

as many of you may have gleaned over the last few months, we twartists are often pestered by the need to make money at our other jobs (and eat and sleep and other unimportant stuff like that) and therefore are not always around to contribute*. for that reason we've decided to designate this week as a time to catch up with twarts we've missed or weren't happy with the first time around. enjoy! (or else...)

two for now but hopefully i'll be able to fill out this post with a couple more in the coming week.

first, jonny quest:



i always loved jonny growing up simply because it was just about the most hardcore thing a kid could watch. children are shot at every week and people DIE! it would definitely get your young heart pumping on a saturday morning at 6:30 am.

for those wondering where bandit is i'll say only this: the only person who hated the dog more than me was doug wildey.

second, hawkman:


done right he's just full-on bad-ass. it probably goes without saying that i drew this right after my frazetta piece




*(except for francesco who seems to have discovered a way to slow down time through a combination of caffeine and satan worship...)

Frazetta Tribute by Nathan Fairbairn

Frank Frazetta was the best. His vision defined a genre and inspired multiple generations. It's sad that the man is gone, but that vision remains and is just as powerful as ever. What better legacy could any artist hope for? Rest in peace, sir, and thank you.

FRANK FRAZETTA TRIBUTE by Ron Salas

I've been a Frazetta fan ever since I first saw his illustrations for Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. Nobody could depict beauty, grace, and power the way he does. His ability to create dynamic images with dramatic lighting and deceptively simple compositions astounds me and remains a source of inspiration and study to this day.

Rest in Peace, sir.

FRAZETTA TRIBUTE by Mitch Gerads

I was never a HUGE Frazetta guy, i'm going to be honest. Early on I associated Frazetta with Death Dealer, Conan, etc. and that stuff was just too Heavy Metal for me at the time. As I grew wiser etc. etc. I learned of his work on John Carter, a story which I LOVE to death. Recently I've dipped into the Lil Abner stuff and i've now become a HUGE fan of the man and his work. He will be missed for sure.

This piece was pencilled by myself with inks by the always awesome, Mark Stegbauer, for the benefit auction today at SPRINGCON !

M!TCH