Archive for the 'Sci-fi' Category

The first time I ever saw Klaus Nomi

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Was this show from 1979.

The Silver Surfer

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Based this on a 1960s Jack Kirby drawing inked by Joe Sinnott. I supposed I should mention Silver Surfer is copyright and TM Marvel Comics.

Xmas card

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Here’s my Xmas card (took me long enough) It’s based on an old Captain Midnight comic book from 1947. I redrew it, adding all the Christmas references. The original art is about 11″ x 16.5″.

Meet Mr. Robohead

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Yep, another robot head. Gotta love it! Update: Obviously there are some serious gaps in my comic book knowledge. This is based on the character “Machine Man” by Jack Kirby.

Online Portfolio

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Today I ran into a friend from college I hadn’t seen in several years, Guy Budziak. He’s an artist as well as a comic book scholar. I told him to check out my site, and it occurred to me that I should probably have some more examples of my illustrations in an easy-to-find location. These [...]

Cory Doctorow Comes to Town, Cory Doctorow Leaves Town (ha ha)

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

Fellow Sci-fi author and blogger Cory Doctorow came to Detroit back in April and, among other things, gave a talk about the “STATE OF THE COPYFIGHT,” all about P2P file sharing and spying on computer users. I made this illustration that appeared on a promotional flier for the event. I would’ve liked to attend the [...]

I am not Harry Turtledove! (but I hate spam)

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

UPDATE: No longer accepting comments thanks to relentless spammers. Famous Sci-fi author, Harry Turtledove first rose to fame under the pen name of Eric Iverson. I was quite surprised when I first saw my name on the cover of Analog back in the early ’80s, and annoyed when I found out the other Eric Iverson [...]