Cat in Snow

More commissions from the last batch, this time of the classic green and purple suit Catwoman.

With One Magic COMIC TWART

A day late, I've finally posted my piece for last week's theme on the COMIC TWART, Captain Marvel! Above is just one panel of ten, click here to see the full piece. The piece basically became, if I were in a position to pitch a Captain Marvel page for Wednesday Comics, this would have been the first page. I tried to fit in as many characters as possible, leaving some off the list that I really would have liked to include like Shazam, Sabbac, Oggar, King Kull, and Mr. Atom. Much to my surprise, I realized halfway through drawing the thing that I've never drawn Sivana or Mr. Mind.

Make sure you go over to the Twart and check out the rest of the GREAT work from the guys.

Ceci n'est pas une blog

Here's an extremely fun commission idea that came up in the last batch. Chris Murrin asked for a take on René Magritte's The Treachery of Images, with a twist of Plastic Man. Chris said I could make Plas look like anything I wanted, but I had to hit the joke on the head and do a pipe.

But then I felt bad because I didn't feel like this is worth a whole commission, so I did another. This one says (in terrible grammar) "This is not a bagpipes"
I've said it before but it bears repeating, I have an absolute blast drawing Plastic Man. I won't say I'm going to keep doing more of these, but I thought of at least a dozen others while working on them. Thanks again Chris for commissioning a brilliant idea!

And thanks to you folks who have written about commissions. I've got about 5 more spots left on this month's list, so make sure to write in soon if you're interested!

Commissions - September

Hey ladies and gents, it's the beginning of a new month and that means it's time to take new commissions. If you've ordered previously and have not received it yet, please know that they are on their way or just nearly finished (I was short-sighted and ran out of ink, had to order a new batch, and it just got in today). If I haven't posted it yet here feel free to e-mail me and ask about a scan.
While I'm at it, I'd forgotten last month to mention that I've added a bunch of new stuff to the Doc Shop and would invite you to go take a look over there. I'll be adding more new work in the days to come.

Anyway, this month's commissions! We finally closed on the house two weeks ago, so this monthly commission thing will be ongoing for the near future. Plus Carla and I were rear-ended tonight, and the rear-ender decided to take off once we asked about her insurance. I promise I'm not getting in car accidents just to ask for commissions.

I'll be taking somewhere between 10-15 commissions near the beginning of each month, so if you don't get in right away you'll always have a chance the next month.

Below you'll find some examples of what the above categories might look like.

1 Mugshot
1 Figure2 figures

This is only a rough idea of what your commission might look like. I will most likely add some kind of background to each, just something simple.

I will keep adding any pertinent information as it comes up to this post. Please feel free to leave any questions in the comments. If you're interested in a piece, e-mail me at evantshaner@gmail.com. Thanks!

Clark and Bill

This week's theme over at the Comic Twart is That Guy in the Cape I'm always talking about, and here's the big surprise: I'm not the one who forced the rest of the guys to draw him. Here's an even bigger shocker, this is not my piece for the Twart this week. This is for something else. More on that later.

Of course I start every day by drawing Captain Marvel 200 times, but it's been a very long time since I drew Superman. And I missed it.

UPDATE:
I'm told now that it's cool to let everybody know what this is for. This is the cover to this December's issue of Fawcett Collectors of America, which appears in Alter Ego magazine. Here's a link where you can get ordering info. Check out that Ordway cover! To see my piece as it will appear click here. I'm really excited about the issue and I appreciate P.C. Hamerlinck giving me the chance to contribute to this great publication.

Terrore del TWART COMICO

This week's theme on the COMIC TWART is Italian Spiderman, as picked by Ramón Pérez. You can see the full piece over at the blog. If you've never seen this series, go check it out at the aforementioned link.

Stars and Garters!

I wasn't planning on doing anymore of these, but I really needed something quick and simple to help me wake up today. After yesterday's Thing I had thought about doing four more with my favorite Marvel characters but I don't think there's going to be time for that. So instead I asked the folks on Twitter which one I should go with out of the four: Thor, Luke Cage, Nick Fury, and Beast. The overwhelming response was for Beast. Some of you know that more often than not I'll opt to draw the old X-Factor version but I haven't drawn the furry blue Hank McCoy in a while. Some actually requested cat-faced Beast, but I'm pretty sure they were either drunk or delirious.

There's also a new Red Clay today, which involves mind-bending action and disbelief. Kyle worked really hard on finding a new way to navigate the strips, so please check it out and let Kyle know you appreciate it.