"Damn, I love Javier's work... for it's boldness and unpretentious spirit. His colors and brushstrokes are direct and straightforward. What you see is what you get, no apologies, no pretense. and it's Magical. There is an innocence when one's work is so honest. Awesome!"
I'm currently taking pre-orders for my new sketchbook, THE SON OF COMIC POP SKETCHBOOK. Here's the front and back cover:
This new book is 80 pages, in color and b&w, and filled end to end with sketches, color drawings, production art, character designs and even a few short comics, two of which have never been printed in a book before. Sample a few pages:
I've even dug up some of my drawings from my high school days, so you can see what my teen years produced in terms or cartooning. A lot of the art in the book has commentary by me, sharing my thoughts on a particular piece or discussing choices I make in character designs.
You can pre-order the book for $20, which includes the shipping. Also, if you want to collect some original artwork, I'm making available several pages from my actual sketchbooks. 8.5" x 11" original, full-color drawings of mine that are actually printed in the book. You can buy these in combination with the book. Visit the Los Comex Webshop to see the pages available and to place your order for SON OF THE COMIC POP SKETCHBOOK.
Your pre-orders help me pay for the initial print run, and you're saving yourself the shipping cost which I'm not adding to the price of the book. Every book comes signed, with a small sketch by me. So thanks!
While I've been actively working on a variety of ideas and other projects, I haven't posted here since early January! Well, I have some news here, and it involves my next Poster Comic, set to debut during the first week of February.
Here's a quick sneak peek at the brand-new character who's going to debut in that one-page comic:
Here's what I'll share about this individual: He's a supernatural hitman, a crystal gun-for-hire. I actually had done a drawing of him, from either early 2011 or maybe even sometime in 2010. At the time, the visual idea for the character popped in my head, and this is what he looked like originally:
When I found this sketch about 2 weeks ago, I started thinking about the whole idea in the back of my head. When I first drew him, I really don't think I knew what he was about at all! But for the last two weeks or so several ideas ran through my head, all given the directive that 'it must be something off-the-wall'. I think I finally settled on the final concept just a few days ago, and today finally solidified the look and story. At least the story I want to tell in a one-page comic.
These Poster Comics of mine, of which I've already done two, are kind of like my comic book version of a Haiku, those short form Japanese poems that can run as few as three lines. Since it doesn't seem likely to me that I can ever produce all the stories I want to, at least in the form of a comic book series or full-length graphic novels, I want to at least produce a body of work consisting of a wide variety of material, taking different forms of visual storytelling.
And to be honest, since I've committed to produce 12 monthly Poster Comics this year, it's actually an exciting challenge to create these short form stories, limited to only one page. While I have enough ideas for stories with new and existing characters of mine, I also have at least one biographic story, a historical comic, and an adaptation of a public domain movie I plan to tackle in this format.
As I mentioned in a previous post, another one of the goals of these Poster Comics is to craft a visually interesting graphic design piece, something that stands as an 11" x 17" image, but also works as a story someone can read and, hopefully, enjoy.
The new Poster Comic should be up here by the end of next week. Stay tuned...
