Announcement time, everybody: For the past couple of months, my pal Chad Bowers (who you might remember as the writer of Danger Ace and the FlashBack Universe’s “I, Paladin”) and I have been working as co-writers on a project that we’re calling The Skiptracers, with the goal of submitting it to Image later this year.
But there’s a slight problem.
It looks like the guy we’d originally planned to have doing the art, Pedro Hermosilla, isn’t going to be able to do the book after all, and that leaves us without an artist. So I’m bringing it to you guys: Anyone out there who wants to draw our book?
Just so you know what you’re getting into, here’s a few details: The book concerns two guys, and as you might expect from the fact that I’m involved in it, they get into all manner of hijinx that usually end in violence. Here, have a look at a couple of Pedro’s sketches, based on Chad’s original character designs:
(Click to enlarge for a better look)
Obviously, it’s still early enough that we don’t want to give away too many details, but that should be enough to be getting on with, artwise. Before that, though, a couple of requirements:
1. You’ve got to be able to draw cars. That ride in the second picture isn’t just there to look cool; it’s a pretty necessary part of the book, and as the stories go on, there’s a lot of driving involved.
2. You’ve got to be able to draw fights. This one probably goes without saying, but, well, if there’s a scene without a car, it’s probably got some kung fu to make up for it.
3. You’ve got to be able to draw everything else. Because seriously, you guys? This is a book where there’s a German tiger tank, post-apocalyptic road warriors, robot cowboys, and cavemen riding dinosaurs on page one.
So, you know. If you’re Kenichi Sonada, you’re in.
Beyond that, we obviously need someone who can turn out quality work (ideally fast quality work), and who’s willing to commit to the project. If there’s anyone out there who’s interested, please drop an email and some samples at the address in the sidebar, and hopefully we can get this party started right.
Thanks! Now, back to the real content.
Man, somehow Wolverine manages to sneak into the pages of every comic.
Apparently this time, he is undercover as a buddy-cop with a bitchin ride.
I can’t draw cars (or anything else that well for that matter), but given that there are “a German tiger tank, post-apocalyptic road warriors, robot cowboys, and cavemen riding dinosaurs on page one,” I definitely will eagerly be awaiting its release.
That’s not Wolverine, that’s Lobo from the Thunderriders.
Sounds like fun, at any rate. Fingers crossed that you guys find someone to do this.
No, wait, Wolf, not Lobo, right?
Wait…is there really cavemen riding dinosaurs on page one? Because if there is I am so in.
Wow! Is that a Mustang or a Barracuda? Complete with 20″ wheels and ultra lo-pros! And Wolverine looks just so cute there with the mustache.
That’s so obviously Lemmy Kilmeister from Motorhead. Which automatically makes it the BEST THING EVER.
Pimp wheels on classic cars always look so wrong.
I gotta second Stinkfoot here – classic cars need classic road-eatin’ wheels, dawg.
Check the alt text, cretins.
cavemen riding dinosaurs
If nothing else, I’m glad to see it’s historically accurate.
Sir, are you doubting the historical accuracy of Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur
? Because that’s where I get all my facts.
Chris, whatever happened to that other project you did for Flashback? I looked all over their site and couldn’t find it anywhere.
It’s still going through art. Hopefully, it ought to be up pretty soon.
Chris, you should have Lemmy from Motorhead as a special guest star, a la Huggy Bear, to pull in those old rock fan dollars/pounds/euros.
if only you had combined “German Tiger tank” with “Nazi robot Gorilla” and then paired it with “versus cavemen riding a dinosaur” then you’d have the greatest premise for a comic book IN HISTORY!!
*jumps in cold bath just at the thought of it*
Well, I think my sketching powers have disqualified me from working on this book. Poopie.
How (where) do I submit, and what do you wanna see? A couple pages of pencils, I assume?
Yeah, just some samples would be fine, and you can email ’em to me at:
invinciblesuperblog [at] gmail [dot] com
Hey Chirs, I don’t know if you go there sometimes, but Warren Ellis’ board Whitechapel has a shitload of talented artists on it. You should be able to find one there.
C’mon David, Give me and the other isb regulars who need a break a chance to work something up before you send Chris looking elsewhere
;)