COVER SKETCHES

Cover sketches - pencil, Berol marker and colored pencils - Sketchbook nine - 1989

These sketches were done while I was trying to figure out what the cover to the first book-length issue of ZONE was gong to look like.

KRAZY ZONE

Pen and ink – 10 1/2" x 15" – 1984

This is one of my all time favorite single-page ZONE stories. It's a tribute to George Herriman and his wonderful strip Krazy Kat, with a nod to Bob Dylan.

pencil, micron - circa late 90's, early aughts

This in another case of... The Curse of the 2H Pencil! I tried to adjust the levels but to no avail.

I'm posting this not because I think it's a great sketch or that I've run out of other material (I've got plenty more) but it shows how things sometimes start and then just...

I found this the other day while I was looking for something else and the simplicity of the line just struck me.

There's faint traces of a word balloon to the right of ZONE'S head, all that I can make out from the original drawing is, TRIPPING IN NORTH... and then just the letters A and R. Your guess is as good as mine.

Season's Greetings

Ink on paper – circa 1984

Peace on Earth.

See you in 2012

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.