I don’t know if this will end up being ‘POTTER WEEK’ here on the blog or not…. we’ll see. I thought it might be fun to do another sketch that added Harry’s two best friends Hermione and Ronald. Like all wonderfully crafted fantasy, there’s such a wealth of subject matter and inspirational material embedded in the HARRY POTTER novels (and movies) that I could spend ALL my time sketching POTTER-related stuff here. I tend to get caught up in little obsessions for this space– anyone who remembers the gorilla-hero phase I went through can attest to that.

Anyhoo– that’s it for today.

This is Entry 263.

Mike

I do occasionally take suggestions for what I’m going to post next here. For the most part, I like to leave it to whatever hits me that particular morning rather than following requests from others. Several folks made mention of HARRY POTTER in the comments section of Friday’s post– and I guess that got my juices flowing. I wouldn’t call myself the biggest HARRY POTTER fan out there– but I do love fantasy and magic as a genre, and so good old Harry appeals to me quite a bit. I’ve read the first book and seen the movies made from the others so far and have really enjoyed them. So for today, I thought I’d do a quick sketch of the kid. It was fun. One day, I’m going to go back and read all the books that I’ve only seen the movies they’ve made of. As fun as it is to see a great book made into a good movie, it’s never as enjoyable as reading the original source material and letting the imagination conjure up images for you.

And imagination’s what it’s supposed to be about, right…?

This is Entry 262.

Mike

So here’s the third version of the sketch for this particular project– and I think I’ve hit on one that I like very much. I took elements of both the previous two attempts and combined them to come up with this take. This one has some of the same depth of the first one, working in elements like the flying ships, mooring towers and even a view of the sea. It also incorporates a bit of the attitude from both the first two– but is more compositionally interesting.

But– to borrow from the end-line of Erik Larsen’s weekly column– that’s one fan’s opinion. I’m willing to concede I could be wrong. Erik’s got a very interesting column this week on lying in the comic book industry. You can find it HERE. See if you can figure out who he’s talking about. I think I have. One’s very obvious– the other will only be clear to those of you who, like me, lurk on WAY too many comic book-related message boards.

OK… that’s it for today– another week down. They seem to fly by faster and faster these days.

This is Entry 261.

Mike

Here’s another version/attempt based on yesterday’s sketch. I like parts of this one more than the first…. like SERRA’S attitude/stance. But I’m not as happy with KOJ in this one. I’m planning on doing ANOTHER version that I’ll hopefully have sketched out in time for the Friday post.

Today is the debut of my buddy Jeff Parker’s AGENTS OF ATLAS comic– drawn by the amazing Leonard Kirk. I think this is gonna be a fantastic comic— the creative team is just killer. I’ll be grabbing a copy for myself this week– I urge you to go out and do the same…!

OK… that’s it for today.

This is Entry 260.

Mike

This is a sketch/idea for something TELLOS related on the horizon. Let me say right up front that it’s not a new mini series (yet). I’ve been debating with myself about giving out ‘teases’ for something that’s months from happening and might be
misinterpreted as a new TELLOS story. Todd and I ARE talking out a new TELLOS tale. We’re also talking about the format– it could be a mini, or it could be an original graphic novel (OGN). But that will be something for the future– although hopefully not TOO far in the future. This sketch is for something else entirely– and it might not end up being used for that project. It’s just a first sketch.

I’ll leave it to anyone who cares to speculate as to what it might be. I’m sure there will be an announcement about it in the next few months. Keep watching this space for details……

OK… enough babbling/teasing.

This is Entry 259.

Mike