PLAGUE

Pitt Artist Pen - 12/01/11

This was done in a student's sketchbook and is the first public appearance of PLAGUE.

PLAGUE was originally created around 1997 when I was developing an animation proposal featuring ZONE. PLAGUE will be playing a part in upcoming ZONE stories.

11/22/11

Pitt artist pen - 2011

This was done in a student's sketchbook yesterday. I drew it with the idea that I would be coloring it at some point and when I do I'll post it here.

How I got my gray hair.

Marker - sketchbook eight - 1989

In my sketchbook this was titled, How I got my gray hair. This is a sketch of me, uh I mean, my alter ego Henry and ZONE. In the storyline Henry is a reporter covering North Jersey with an interest in illegal dumping and other criminal activities that resulted in toxic pollution. 

In issue number one of THREAT! Henry is following some leads about chemical barrels dumped in the Meadowlands when he comes across ZONE. Henry was my everyman, confronted with a new form of life and trying to come to terms with it.

THREAT! # 4

Cover to THREAT! issue four - 1986

This blog needed a little color. 

When we created THREAT! we very democratically decided that we would rotate the cover spot among the four features. This was my first cover.

Somebody's been playing with my favorite toy!

 

ZONE'S flashlight illuminates a dimensional opening.

 

While enjoying some ice cream ZONE meets Chase, and wonders...

ZONE and Chase, face to face with Dr. Live a.k.a. Dr. Evil. 

ZONE: First this guy. Now this one? What's going on? 

ZONE and Chase meet the girls.  Wait, WHAT?

It seems my favorite artist has appropriated my favorite character. Done in pencil on loose-leaf paper. These were difficult to scan, I had to mess with the levels.

20 years ago today

Drawn in non-repo blue pencil and finished with Berol marker – 10/16/91

This was drawn in a 9" x 6" bound artist's sketchbook. I was searching for a simpler style for drawing and finishing ZONE, large areas of black and simpler shading.

THERE...

Pencil and PITT artist pen - 2011

This was done a few months ago for a student who requested a sketch for his sketchbook. Looking at it now I cringe, how could I crop the feet off so crudely? What's up with the background or lack of one? Absolutely no balance to the black, etc. My only defense - I think this was done rather quickly on the last day of school.