MAN-BAT! The Daily Sketch as we leave Austin, in memory of the 1.5 million bats of the Congress St bridge.
Jim Calafiore
@jcalafiore.bsky.social
Comic creator; beer lover. Is there anything else to life?
SUNFIRE from AGE OF APOCALYPSE! TERRIFICON commission on a sketch cover.
ABSOLUTE BATMAN… sorta. A remark in a copy of NED, LORD OF THE PIT vol 2 for WONDERLAND COMICS in Putnam, CT. They requested NED doing his best impersonation. The shop carries my book; show them some love.
PHANTOM STRANGER! 9x12 color commission at TERRIFICON.
TERRIFICON. A couple head sketches. WOLVERINE on a red sketch cover. And EVIL from TIME BANDITS on a funky sketchbook. White paper is just sooooo last year.
TERRIFICON! begins. Somewhat less ambitious of a setup than the last show. I’m becoming such a slacker.
It’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, CHARLIE BROWN! With all these mashups I’ve done, I could never think of a good character for SCHROEDER. I felt bad for him. Now he gets his moment.
STORM! New bomber-nose-art inspired commission. With special effects no less. The video shows the process from thumbnail to finished inks.
CHARLIE BROWN meets 70’s pop culture! More PEANUTS mashup fun. This was just a natural. I did replace the guns with lollipops ‘tho. Just seemed the right way to go.
TERRIFICON! Is this weekend. (I’ve barely recovered from SDCC.) Great show for collectors. And I have some spots open in my commission list still. Hope to see you there.
THE RIDDLER! Daily sketch. A design-y idea I wanted to try out.
THE JOKER! Finally did the animation idea from the daily sketch last week. I’m not really an animator; just playing around with iMovie. I looped it a couple times.
VOLDEMORT! Put together a time lapse of the commission from SDCC.
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON! Some miscellany from the show. YELLOWJACKET head sketch with a design-y motif; WOODSTOCK from Peanuts as BATMITE; HULK remark in a Marvel history book.
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON full-figure 9x12. This is a commission for a collector’s own character he created. Tried something different with the glow fx, not filling the background black. And, yes, I know that’s sorta Mickey Mouse in the lower right.
PEANUTS meets SILENCE OF THE LAMBS! A little Sunday silliness.
VOLDEMORT! SDCC commission. My first excursion into the world of HARRY POTTER.
CATWOMAN! Comic-con daily sketch style; Michelle Pfeifer’s costume.
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON begins! Tried my best to do a time lapse of the construction of my giant wall; a little tough to shoot it from the exact same spot every time.
TOTORO! Daily sketch. Fun one today; quick sketch on a gift wrapped baby shower present. Can you guess the theme of the party?
THE JOKER! Daily sketch. This is sort of a prelim to an animation I want to play with using the puzzle pieces. Unfortunately with SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON this week, I won’t be able to fiddle with it until next week.
FROM THE FILES: PEANUTS/STAR WARS! This was the first Charlie Brown mashup I did a couple years back in black and white. Decided to add some color. And added FRANKLIN/LANDO.
MAN-THING! 5x8 daily sketch size. Such a cool character to draw.
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON is coming next week! Had some fun with iMovie here. And if it’s too subtle, I will be as usual at BOOTH 4301 down in like HALL D-E.
MR FREEZE! Full figure 9x12 color commission from GALAXYCON NEW ORLEANS.
GALAXYCON NEW ORLEANS: Sunday miscellany. BLANK PANTHER remark on black endpaper; CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON sketch cover; NIGHTCRAWLER head sketch remark in a book; MIMIC from EXILES daily sketch style.
GALAXYCON NEW ORLEANS. THE MUMMY! On a sketch cover.