Up, UP and Away - it's a SUPER Post !!

In all honesty, this really is a super post, and I'm exited to bring it to you. I wanted to share with you more of our great lineup of Mac and Trouble sketch cards from all around the globe.

Let's get right into it with a few cards from the lovely Elfie Lebouleux all the way from Le Mans, France...

Her great style sure made our two rascally cats come alive in these cards !

Elfie is a fine artist who is known far and wide for her fantastic portrait work on sketch cards. Her work has appeared in such sets as The Avengers, Luxura, FemForce, and many others - and most recently in Grimm's Fairy Tales, and Dungeon Dolls. More of her work can be seen here at this website.

Next up, Stephan Lynch from Perth in Western Australia, brings us a somewhat humorous, and rather unique view of our guys as hand-puppets in his own comical style !

"Dude... your hands are cold !"

Stephan's work has been seen in a few recent sets for the March of Dimes and Island Dreams. You can see more of his work at this website. We hope to see more of his work in many sets to come !

Lastly, we present some cards from that far-away place called Houston, Texas. LOL Here, we see some our guy's misadventures from the pen of William 'BJ' Kunkle...

William's work has appeared in the Island Dreams and the March of Dimes card sets, and he does quite a lot of personal sketch cards.

If you want to see more, you'll have to look him up on Facebook !

The only place to get these great sketch cards is as a part of the Mac and Trouble comic book campaign on Indiegogo. And as of now, there's less than 60 days left !

Aside from these great cards, there are any other great rewards including exclusive art prints, art commissions, original comic art pages, and many promotional items. You can find the link below...

Coming up next:
We're going to make an exciting announcement concerning the
Mac and Trouble comic and, a new project is on the horizon !
Stay tuned - same CAT time, same CAT channel !

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

Mac and Trouble are circling the kitchen - waiting for something to drop !

Here's something exciting !

Want a FREE sketch card commission ? Well you have 4 days to get one !!

ANY contributions made to the Mac and Trouble comic book campaign will receive a FREE trading card art commission of your choice...
Friday Nov 24 - Monday Nov 27

Go here to start:

http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Adventures-of-Mac-and-Trouble?a=163975&i=addr

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL !!

A Very Medieval Update !

Dragons and Dogs and Sushi... Oh My !
We've been invaded...

Starting off, my cards from the "Fatsa" set - a new comic book coming soon from Mercenary Art Studio.

Really a nice book, with great art.

A recent piece that's up now on Ebay...

You can almost here Linus on piano in the background !

Here's a few of the latest editions to the "Mac and Trouble" card set...

First up, Neil Mak... in one of his first sketch card appearances.

We're really honored that Neil is making his debut in our set. More of his work can be seen in the "Fatsa" set as well (at top).

Next, the crisp artwork of Isaiah McAllister...

Sushi I expected, but the 'stone age' ?! Awesome !

Isaiah's great comedy artwork can be seen in the March of Dimes sketch card set, as well as his "Bears vs Zombies" webcomic at this website. One of the funniest offerings I've seen in a long time.

One last thing - we've added a new Mac and Trouble puzzle to our comic book campaign page... you'll have to check it out !

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND !!

It’s time for a...

HALLOWEEN BONUS * FREE SKETCH CARD WEEKEND !

** TODAY – MONDAY ONLY !! October 29-31, 2011 **

Any contributions made to the Mac and Trouble comic campaign will receive a FREE trading card art commission of your choice – it can be comic characters, tv/movie stars, etc…

“We’re dressed up for Halloween… see some real pix of us in our costumes on OCT 31 !!”

To further celebrate HALLOWEEN - Trouble's favorite holiday - we'd love to show you a few recent sketch cards by the fantastic Daniel Gorman...

Each card a homage to a great comic book cover of the past. And all are gems

Daniel's work has appeared on sketch cards for Upper Deck, Cryptozoic, Breygent, and the March of Dimes, to name a few. His latest works can be seen in new issues of AC's "FemFrorce" comics... and you can visit his website here.

More art and some really exclusive photos of the cats celebrating HALLOWEEN will be seen in more posts over the HOWL-aday weekend !!

MEOW is not a 4 letter word...

It's time for a

FREE SKETCH CARD WEEKEND !

* TODAY & TOMORROW ONLY !! October 22-23, 2011 *

Any contributions made to the Mac and Trouble comic campaign will receive a FREE trading card art commission of your choice - it can be comic characters, tv/movie stars, etc...
Samples can be found in the "Friday, October 7, 2011" blog entry.

Random people will win an additional signed card as a surprise !

Recent Mac and Trouble sketch cards...
Our first entry comes from Larry Jarrell, publisher of WTF Comics:

Mac and Trouble as a 'Dynamic Duo' (left) and a cool cross-over with Red Angel from WTF Comics...
 Our next entry comes from Johnny Segura:

I'm not sure that Trouble is that 'hip' - but Mac is, eating our favorite food: SUSHI !!!

Larry Jarrell and WTF Comics can be found at this link.
Johnny Segura's work can be found here at this link.

Both of these artists have turned in wonderful work for the Mac and Trouble trading card set. Their work is greatly appreciated.

Comic Book Interviews (dot com that is !)

I am happy to say that I was recently interviewed by John Helmer at Comicbookinterviews.com where I talk about things I've done as well as the new Mac and Trouble project.
You can read the interview here at this link...
I would love for everyone here to check it out.
There's even a special offer for everyone at the bottom of the feature for some original art !

Thanks,
-Rusty !

It's time for a

FREE SKETCH CARD WEEKEND !

* TODAY & TOMORROW ONLY !! October 8-9, 2011 *

Any contributions made to the Mac and Trouble comic campaign will receive a FREE trading card art commission of your choice !

This promotion will run every weekend until Christmas !

Card samples can be found here at this site.

Thanks - we appreciate anything support that you offer :)

The Mac and Trouble comic book

Just a quick note... we've launched our campaign to fund raise for the comic, and we wanted you to join in !

Visit our campaign here and see exclusive art and info relating to Mac and Trouble and the various side projects involved such as the exclusive art prints, the Litterbox editions, and the Mac and Trouble promo set with the original art sketch card !

If you're a member of this blog, and contribute to the campaign, you'll receive a 1-of-a-kind original art sketch card, by me, of your favorite comic book, tv, or movie character !!

We're excited to have you be on the ground floor with us !

WTF (Comics that is...)

I wanted to pass on some of my latest works for WTF Comics...

**As an alternate cover to Red Angel #3, I inked this piece. The regular cover is a daytime theme - this is a dusky/nighttime variant.

Credits: Russ Leach pencils, my inks, Andrea Celestini colors.

**Next, from the Red Angel card set - here are the colored versions of the cards I worked on (info on this card set can be found in older posts here.

Credits: Larry Jarrell pencils, my inks, and Andrea Celestini colors.

And the cool Red Angel / Mac and Trouble crossover card...

Credits: Russ Leach pencils, my inks.

**Here's a sneak peak at a card from the set above, that was cut from the set...

Credits: Larry Jarrell pencils, my inks.

I couldn't go on without mentioning that the beautiful Erin Pyne scripts the Red Angel series. Her work is fantastic... I can't wait to see more.

Right now, WTF Comics is doing a campaign to create new books in the Red Angel line. Donations will earn the reader free copies of the comic, original art, and signed items. Check it out here.

As always, please click the pix for a larger view - All links have been provided within the feature.

Mac and Trouble - Sketch Card Heroes ??

Obviously, as an artist and character creator, you want to get your product known in as many ways as possible.
For me, it's "Mac and Trouble" - and I take advantage of as many avenues of publicity as I can.

In this case, I've been putting my current sketch card work to good use, and marketing the 'cats' as much as I can. Here are a few places that Mac and Trouble have popped up recently...

*First off, some lucky fan will grab this 2-card puzzle featured in the CBLDF Liberty card set from Cryptozoic...

(Trouble is TOO happy for words here LOL)

*Next, another collector will get a chance to find this 2-card puzzle in the Island Dreams charity card packs...

(They're showing their true colors here)

*Last, but not least, Mac made a special appearance in the March of Dimes "Be a Superhero for Babies" charity card set from 5finity...

(Trouble must've been chasing cheese and forgot to show up for this one)

Credit must be given where it's due... the top 2 entries above were originally penciled by series artist, Michael Mayne - and transferred to the cards, to be inked by myself. The bottom one is all me.

Adding more to the pile...

*The "Mac and Trouble" promo card set... The cats have been sketched by many artists for their own 4-card set, soon to be released.

(Mac: "Hey, we look good !)

credits: Michael Mayne, Terry Pavlet, and myself

AND...

*The Red Angel set... This new card set, soon to be released from WTF Comics, contains a special card of Mac and Trouble with Red Angel on the deck of her ship. (More info on this set is featured in the Sept 7 blog post here, complete with B&W versions of the cards mentioned.)

(Nice legs !!)
credits: Russ Leach and myself

As always, please click the pix for a larger view.

Please check out the CBLDF -and- the March of Dimes. Both of these fine organizations could use your help.

More to come...

Some Recent Work... Back At It !!

Ok, after being sick and terribly busy for a while, I'm back at it - and I wanted to share some recent work...

First off - In preparation for my upcoming work on The Avengers trading card set (the 1960's British tv show) from Unstoppable Cards, I did this 2-card puzzle...

John Steed (left) and Emma Peel... The Avengers

Next - I inked a few cards from the upcoming Red Angel limited edition set soon to be released by What The Flux Comics. This set encompasses the series with some fabulous artwork from artists such as Russ Leach, Javier Lugo, Larry Jarrell, and Ashleigh Popplewell among others.

The pencils of Russ Leach (left) and Larry Jarrell (right).

Notice that Mac & Trouble are in the left card with Red Angel !!

Some more Island Dreams charity cards to show off now that the set is done (more can be seen here, in an earlier dated post)...

Since a lot of info was given in this post, I've included all links in the features, rather than at the end as I normally do.

More to come !!

Special Webcast

Tonight at 7pm EST, at the website below, you can see Beck Seashols drawing her Mac and Trouble cards live over Livestream.

http://www.livestream.com/beckadoodles2

This is a great opportunity to see a fantastic artist such as Beck - working on the card set that you're on as well.

Please show up to show your support and maybe you can win 1 of 2 prizes !!

And, if you have friends to invite - or the chance to post this somewhere - please do !

Thanks much !

-Rusty !

Beck's beautiful art can be found at this link !

And check out her great webcomic: Sweeten Village...

Red Angel #3 cover...

What The Flux Comics, the publisher of the upcoming "Mac and Trouble" series, asked me to ink the cover of Red Angel #3.
I'm always glad to do work like this, mostly because of the detailed pencils of my good friend Russ Leach.

(please click the pic for a larger version)

Russ' work is awesome, and he does a great job on the interiors too. Between his art, and the fantastic storytelling of Erin Pyne (the writer), this book is a real winner in my book. I can't wait for more.

Russ Leach can be found at this link, and, the wonderful Erin Pyne can be found here.
What The Flux Comics has a great site here...

I hope to be doing more work with them in the future. Work like this is very enjoyable.

Cryptozoic & the CBLDF

Just recently, card manufacturer Cryptozoic (producers of the upcoming CBLDF cards) printed a piece that featured some of my CBLDF cards...

Above is one shot, please click this link to see the other...

Cryptozoic is an amazing card producer, check them out here.
And, as always, please support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund here...

Recent piece of art...

I saw this cool zombie piece by Jim Kyle, and offered to ink it.

It was a fun piece, I tried to give it a Bernie Wrightson flair, I hope that I succeeded.

(click the picture to make it larger)

Jim Kyle's art can be found at this link here.
His credits include Rittenhouse, Topps, Marvel, DC, and Universal.

Triple Threat !

It's not often that that I get a lot of news in one day, but this weekend proved to be a Triple Threat for me.
In my email, I get not one, not two, but three different artists' sketch cards to preview !

1: Laura Inglis... Laura is a great artist and has done many beautiful sketch cards. Here, she's captured the 'friendly fun' shared between Mac and Trouble. I like the storybook quality she's brought to her cards. You can see more of Laura's fine work here at this link.

2: Jason Shoemaker... Jason's work is just great. He's done some amazing Star Wars and Marvel hero sketch cards, and we were fortunate to have him on this set. His style on these cards, shows his versatility to adapt himself to the project. For more on Jason please click this link here.

3: Jeff Austin... Jeff is a fine artist and inker, and is well known for his work at AC Comics. This is one of Jeff's first ventures in the sketch card arena - and I would say he's taken to it well.

Jeff's artwork is amazing. I've had the pleasure of working with Jeff several times, we've been friends for years. You can see more of Jeff's work here at this link.

All three are also on Facebook, look them up !

We are privileged to have these fine artists working on the Mac and Trouble card set. And hopefully in the future, we will bring them (and the other artists) to do guest work on the comics.

Thanks guys !

EVEN MORE Mac and Trouble - Sketch Card inserts

More Mac and Trouble sketch cards came in today... from the great Bianca. Her airbrush stylings are awesome, and give Mac and Trouble a whole new dimension...

More of Bianca's great airbrush masterpieces can be found here, on her website...

Mac & Trouble artist Michael Mayne interviewed

Just a short note...
Michael Mayne, artist extraordinaire, on Mac and Trouble is interviewed on Comic Book Interviews.

Click this link to check it out...

Michael Mayne's amazing art can be found here with links to other places.

New Commission

Trying to whip out a few commissions (which I never ever do LOL) so that I  can get back to the CBLDF set and the Mac and Trouble book.

Bumblebee of the Transformers...

Batman... or... Bate el hombre !

When Luis Velasco asks you to ink over pencils that the legendary Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez has done... you JUMP TO THE OCCASION lol
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, legendary DC penciler known for his great work on Batman has always been a great inspiration for me, I was glad to do it.

This piece is to be hung at an exhibition in Malaga, Spain... it was quite an honor.
Luis and Club Batman can be found on Facebook here...