11/04/14 01:29
Just in time for the weekend I got my orders for
Mondo Lirondo: The Ultimate Collection and
Lackadaisy: Volume 1.
Lackadaisy: Volume 1 is the first collected volume of the webcomic of
the same name by American artist
Tracy J. Butler.

For those not familiar with this series, it’s a highly detailed take on the
1920’s Prohibition Era. Set in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the story revolves around the owner and employees of the
speakeasy “
Lackadaisy.” The story’s settings is filled with politicians,
moonshiners, gangsters, assassins,
Tommy guns, booze and
flappers. Very recommendable.
Available via
4th Dimension Entertainment (online store).
Mondo Lirondo: The Ultimate Collection is the complete collected works of the comic book series from the European Spanish artist collective
Colectivo La Penya. Very unusual but entertaining.
Available via
FNAC España. I’m not aware of any translated version of the book other than Spanish.
Bob
Tags: Comic, España, USA
13/03/14 17:02
Here’s what I’m reading right now,
Blacksad #5 “Amarillo” by writer
Juan Diaz Canales and drawn by
Guarnido (Juanjo Guarnido):


Here’s a translation of the blurb:
“…John Blacksad is tired of all the violence and misery around him, so he decides to take his time before returning home. Luck seems to smile on him when a stranger hires him to deliver his car, a brand new Cadillac Eldorado model, from New Orleans to Tulsa. But the south roads are as dusty as they are unpredictable, and Blacksad unwittingly finds himself driving from one end of the US to another, in order to solve a murder involving biker parades, lawyers, writers and even a bloody circus!…”.
Currently the issue is only in French and available on
Amazon.fr and
FNAC. For US artists, check
Stuart Ng Books in the coming months for its release here.
Bob
Tags: Comic, BlackSad, France
25/01/14 17:28
I just created a
gallery for the work I did while working at
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP.) I’ll post some more work as I clean them up, but for the mean time, here is a design I did for WBCP with
Wile E. Coyote.

Here’s the original design.

Bob
Tags: Art, WBCP, Wile E. Coyote, Blueline, Pencil inked
25/01/14 17:04
Just created a new
gallery of the designs I created while working at
JMP Creative, a multimedia company out of Southern California.
Here’s and example of the variety of work I did; from toy concepts and designs to children’s’ menus for
Mimi’s Cafe, like this one:
Original pencil sketch.

Inked version.

And the final color.

Bob
Tags: Art, Mimi's Menu, Mimi's Restaurant, Rough, Concept, Blueline, JMP Creative
25/01/14 17:00
I just created a
gallery for my toy designs. I will upload my designs as I get them scanned and clean-up in Photoshop. In the mean time, here’s a design I did for
Dairy Queen while working at JMP Creative (click on the Image to see a larger version).

Bob
Tags: Art, Toy design, JMP Creative