SILVER CENTURION

This illustration was a interesting challenge since the fellow who commissioned it requested something with the silver armor that had a hint of Doctor Doom in the composition.  

This is the result.

IRON MAN #100

 This drawing was a request for my interpretation of the classic Iron Man #100 cover by Jim Starlin.

I really didn't change much other than adding my usual  I.M. metal techniques.

IRON MAN #230 (UNPUBLISHED)

This was my original submission for the cover to the last issue of the Armor Wars (#230) and with Iron Man in the Silver Centurion armor. As fate would have it, Marvel rejected the layout, citing it as being too graphic. The paste-ups are new.  Everything else is as you would have seen it at the end of the Armor Wars.

IRON MAN #118 RECREATION*

This is a recreation of one of my more lauded covers--voted by Wizard as one of the top 100 covers of all time.

By the way--the original design was a collaboration between myself and then Marvel cover art director--the Great Dave Cockrum.

IRON MAN #150 RECREATION

 This was a rare instance where I did a Iron Man recreation by a penciler other than myself.  I eventually emailed J.R.J.R. and he gave his blessing.

IRON MAN POSTER VARIANT

 This was done for my old pal and #1 Iron Man enthusiast, Matt Hull. He asked me to recreate the "Hall of Iron" poster I did in the 80's but with older armors.  I was particularly happy with the outcome of this piece.  So was Matt.

UNPUBLISHED SOLAR #1 YEARBOOK COVER

 This was a proposed  Valiant cover to a Solar Yearbook  that never saw print.  I forget what the exact story was going to be--but the illo is still worth a look.

MIKE ZECK /BOB LAYTON INKS COMMISSION

 Believe it or not--this commission was the first time I've ever had the opportunity to ink over of my personal favorites--the extremely talented Mike Zeck.  And--since it had Dr. Doom in it, I could hardly resist the offer to finish the piece.

X-O #2 RECREATION

 Again, he's an example of my recreating an image originally penciled by someone else--in this case, the fantastic Barry Windsor-Smith. Happily for all, the final product came out very close to the original.

X-MEN #122 COVER RECREATION

 This was done inside of a sketch book, so the quality of the paper was a bit tough to work with (not to mention having to deal with the spine and other drawings in the book). However, the final product came out surprisingly well.

UNPUBLISHED MAGNUS #25 COVER:

This is an alternate version of the scene that eventually became the Magnus #25 cover. You'll see that I opted to go with a more dynamic pose in the published version--that's why this piece was never used. I recently found this page and inked it for a Valiant collector in Sweden .

IRON MAN VS CAPTAIN AMERICA

This was an interesting commission that challenged me to interpret a classic Jack Kirby “Tales of Suspense” cover with my own approach to rendering.

I tried to keep as much of the Kirby dynamics as possible.

MAGNUS #2 UNPUBLISHED COVER

This was the first version of the Magnus #2 cover.  We later went with a different angle to create greater visual impact.

Solar superhero MODEL SHEET

The Solar superhero version is close to the one we finally went with for the character.  You can obviously see my Marvel influences showing and the lack of BWS inspiration in this concept drawing.

PUNISHER ILLUSTRATION

Here's a character that I've never had the opportunity to draw before--The Punisher. Actually--I missed the movie, as well. (Although I've been told that I didn't miss much.)

DR. TOMORROW #12 UNPUBLISHED COVER

I submitted this cover design to Acclaim Comics before walking off the book but never turned in the final, inked version. Once the E.I.C. ordered me to change the agreed upon ending to the series (he wanted to keep the characters alive in V2), I told him to get someone else to write it. Unfortunately, for you guys—he did.