HULK OUT

A recent commission piece - and the moment where I realised that the Hulk is probably my favourite character 

SIVLER SURFER by Ron Salas

Since I'm way behind on my Twarts, I'm deciding to cheat here.
Nobody cares, right?

THE PUNISHER by Dan McDaid

Pencils and inks on my blog.

Cheers!

D

THE PUNISHER by Mr. Hawthorne

Best,
Mike

BUCKY by Ron Salas

I’m not the best at this but I figured I’d break out the inkwash for the final version of my Bucky Twart. I added a bit of Photoshop flim-flam and presto.

Hopefully, if I get enough practice, I’ll figure out how to do all this using strictly traditional media.

At the urging of Mike Hawthorne, here's the art as part of a wartime newspaper clipping.

BUCKY by Mr. Hawthorne

Mike

PS - Inks over on my blog.

PSS - See a companion Capt. America piece over on Marvel Universe Too

Happy Birthday Comic Twart by Ron Salas

Ok, so I'm just posting my piece for Comic Twart's First Anniversary right now. I picked Thor, the character that started the whole thing.
I sketched something out for this a while back but it sucked so much I had to scrap it. I think the problem was me trying to draw Coipel's Thor, instead of John Buscema's.

FANTASTIC FOUR by Evan Shaner

I've mentioned before that I'd like to work on anything involving Ben Grimm but I'm a huge fan of Reed, Sue, and Johnny too, so if I could have my pick of any book I'd take Fantastic Four. I really dig when the Inhumans show up so I included them too. The book would involve the destruction of Attilan starting at the home of the royal family. Lockjaw and Karnak manage to escape to the Baxter Building, asking the FF for help in finding out who's targeted the Inhumans. At some point Ben will grab a beer with Gorgon.

You can see the thumbnail, pencils, and inks for this over at my blog.

WHAT IF?: MAN-THING & ROCKET RACCOON by tom fowler

when declan suggested man-thing for our theme a few weeks back it really lit a fire in my belly (ha!). if my previous go at the character could be considered the basis of a weirdo southern-gothic pitch, then this one can be considered my balls-out gerberian societal-horror story. nathan's amazing colours (thanks nathan) are the icing on the cake!

(...but for those who like undecorated cake here it is in black and white.)
but wait... is that the pitter-patter of tiny, otherworldly feets i hear?

hyup.

rocket raccoon has been a passion of mine for a great many years. i actually wrote about doing my own version of the book a few years back. as much as i love his resurgence in the core marvel universe (and i do LOVE it), i still think my version would work. and what is that version, you ask?:

simply, john carter with cute furry animals, stocked on a bookstore shelf next to bone.




(also, nathan and my deadpool team-up #888 is out today. go buy it.)

Elektra Lives Again! by Mike Hawthorne

Elektra Lives Again...and again...

The ninjas that go up against her?...not so much.

Mike

edit:
The amazing Nathan Fairbain colored the piece, and I swear the man can read minds! He's so spot on it's scary!



Thanks, Nate!

Retro Luke Cage & Iron Fist by Urban Barbarian

I already posted this on DA but this would be my dream book right now! This is some Teaser Art for a Retro Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Daughters of the Dragon limited series for Marvel Comics. [ with Sabretooth and Dazzler, co-starring! ] We're talking late 1970's Cage and Fist here! Of course I would have to sneak Shang Chi into a panel or two - maybe Stallone style, a'la Staying Alive...

WHAT IF: PUNISHER VS DAREDEVIL by Declan Shalvey

It's no secret i'm a huge Daredevil fan, and a Punisher fan too, so instead of picking one of them for this week, I thought a Punisher vs Daredevil mini-series would be a project i'd love to draw for Marvel. Something like 'Daredevil is on the run from the relentless hunter that is the Punisher'. The characters do not like each other, so I think there's a lot of conflict that could arise. Of course, it's probably been done a million times before, but dammit: ***I*** want to do it.

Ideally; written by Garth Ennis and coloured by Matt Hollingsworth! But hell: Fellow Twart Nathan Fairbain did a fantastic job colouring this piece, so i'd gladly take him and *anyone* who would write it.

You can see the black-and-white version I did on my own blog.

Dec.

WHAT IF: THE AVENGERS by Francesco Francavilla

(you wanna really click on this for the larger poster view)

(you wanna really click on this for the larger poster view)

When we decided to do a "what if" Marvel cover week, I had several ideas. I had some "what if" moments already in the past twarts (remember Ben Grimm P.I.? ;)) but for this little Twart event I thought to dust off an old idea/pitch of mine for a MARVEL what if.
So I give you, for the first time I think, Hulk the Druid (a celtic primeval force of nature), Captain Amerigo (from the New World), Thor himself, and an unknown mysterious clad-armored gladiator known as Iron Man . Tigether they are The AVENGERS, EARTH's FIRST HEROES and they fight evils and undead armies. How does that sound? :)
Hope you guys dig it and stay tuned for the color version of this I will be posting next week (way too many deadlines this week ;))

EDIT: WOW, this concept (and image) is all over the Web and everyone is excited about the possibilities of such tale. Thank you all, I will see if I can make it happen at MARVEL again - maybe all this warm response will help ;)
I know I had said I was gonna color the cover (and still plan to) but because of time and schedule restrictions, I decided to do a quick sketch of THOR the first Avenger, just becuase Viking Gods on a horse on the snow are too cool :D

One little note: I know the cover is going around as "AVengers in the 1500s" but I had envisioned this to be more in a fictional/fantasy middle age - I apologize for tricking you in believing that is set in the 1500s because of the Capt Amerigo (he is not Vespucci but he could be his grand-grand-father ;))

Cheers,
Francesco

Concept & Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

The X-Men by Mr. Hawthorne

Week One - The X-men


I had planned on painting this, but ran out of time. This week is spoken for work wise, so I'm just going to post the pencils. If I have more time I'll try to ink this piece.

I have something else planned for week two of our "What if Comic Twart ran Marvel?" theme. So stay tuned.

Mike

PS - After I started this I realized that I forgot Beast! So, here's a small piece I did for a fan a few weeks back.