Sunday, August 9, 2009

Wizard Chicago 2009: Sketches, and the sketching thereof

I may have bitched about some of the more unsavory bits of Wizard's show this year, but I was able to meet with plenty of creators that I like and either have them sign books or contribute to my Groo sketchbook. Here's the notable ones:

Tim Sievert drew a cool, detailed image in his book That Salty Air:


Jeffrey Brown did a funny Bighead picture inside Sulk #1:



And a cute kitty inside Cat Getting Out of a Bag:



And speaking of cute kitties, Jill Thompson drew these pictures of Scratches in two volumes of Magic Trixie:




Geof Darrow did this one in the back of Hard Boiled:



As for the Groo sketchbook (previous entries from which can be seen here), I got some great entries, including this one by Gabriel Bautista:


Tim Sievert appears to be continuing a fish theme (and going crazy with the detail and motion:



Kevin Cannon does funny:



Jeffrey Brown also does funny, taking the scatological angle:


David Petersen goes for the barbarian look:


And Jill Thompson does classic Groo, a not-bad imitation of Sergio Aragones himself:



I love seeing creators work like this; in some cases, I stood and watched people draw just to get a look at their style and technique. It never fails to amaze me, since I'm a pretty terribly drawer myself. That's one of those really cool things about conventions, and it redeems even a somewhat poor experience. Yay, comics!

3 comments:

  1. Hi. I saw your blog on Adgitize. Nice site. I always appreciate people who can draw as I can't draw a straight line.

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  2. I have a sketchbook like that as well but it's drawings of my Monkey Mascot. (Monkey can only be talked about as proper nouns!) Anyway, so far I only have 3 people who've contributed, but those 3 are Danielle Corsetto, David Mack, and Kevin freaking Huizenga, so I'm almost afraid to ask anyone else for fear of lowering the bar! ^_^ Seriously, though, my goal is to get Jim Rugg, Mike Allred, and Rob Liefeld to contribute. I think that would be the best sketchbook ever!

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  3. Pictures! I want to see them!

    Also: Rob Liefeld? What, just as a joke?

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