Unseasonably Ghoulish

Sigh. Computers.

Almost there with setting up the new computer, but I'm not yet quite able to do my normal computer coloring thang. Which is why you get this seemingly random piece today:

I had some surplus of holiday spirit left after last Halloween, so I whipped up this pen sketch and slapped some marker colors on it. In theory I would have saved this for October of this year, but I am tired and defeated after dealing with my computer situation for the past week and a half. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!

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Maybe it's a trick AND a treat...

I've made promises in the past that I have yet to make good on. So maybe this is something and maybe it isn't, but for now, let's just enjoy it as an image appropriate to the Halloween spirit, shall we?

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Get off the internet and go eat some candy, you nerds! Happy Halloween!

Next of (Pump-) Kin

Wow, that's the title I came up with? Sorry everyone. Here's some more Halloween-themed fun... at least I hope it's fun?

This sucks (but it's supposed to)...

A little something for the season... a vampire bat greaser:

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This follows a few of my previous posts--Mummy, Golem, and Frankenstein Monster.

Monsters of Breakfast (5 of 5): The Bite Stuff... PLUS WALLPAPER!

The Subject: General Mills cereal monsters.

The Twist: Drawing them in the style of Capcom's fighting game franchise, Darkstalkers.

It's Halloween, and here's the dude everyone has been waiting for--Count Chocula! Okay, maybe not everyone has been waiting for him, but the handful of people interested in this series of sketches have been waiting. Probably.

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Naturally, my interpretation of Count Chocula is based on his vampiric Darkstalkers counterpart, Demitri. This one was a lot of fun for me. I couldn't tell you why exactly... it's possible that I just enjoyed it more because it came together pretty easily. In particular, I'm happy with how the purply-brown color scheme and billowing cape turned out.

The pieces in this series were designed with a group composition in mind, so I've whipped up some wallpapers. For your convienience, both fullscreen and widescreen versions are available below. Happy Halloween!

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Something for the Season...

I'm very excited--Dear Dracula, a 48-page hardcover children's book, published by Image Comics, and created by my dear friends, Josh and Vinny, will be available for purchase this Wednesday (October 15, 2008)! If you can't find it at your local comic book shop or book store, you might try Amazon.com.

The book tells the story of a funny kid named Sam, who's obsessed with Dracula, and decides to write him a letter--honestly folks, a fantastic all-ages book, especially for the Halloween season.

In honor of this momentous occasion, I was inspired to cook up a little Dear Dracula fan art:

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I promised something more substantial today, and I delivered, right? I mean, come on, background, multiple characters, what more could you ask for? A better composition you say? Yeah, okay, this composition is a little weird. Bah, forget my fan art, just go buy the real thing. Seriously.

BONUS POST: 'Tis The Season

I had absolutely no plans for a Halloween post, but Charles first insisted (which had no effect), and then challenged me. I don't usually take the bait in such scenarios, but I also happen to be a fan of one Frankenstein's Monster, and thus today's l'il treat:

Timing me over IM, Charles challenged me to draw Frankenstein's Monster in 5 minutes, and ink it in another 5. The plan was to color it in another 5, but I didn't run into him again on IM, so I just went as fast as I could. It took me about 40 minutes to color and typeset this, because apparently, I am a sloth on downers. Oh well, under an hour is still pretty fast... for me.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CHARLIE BROWN!