Monday, September 27, 2010

ULTRA-BOY

























Here's one of the first pre-order sketches i've done for NYCC; ULTRA-BOY from The Legion Of Superheroes. Can honestly say i've never drawn him before. Quite interestingly, most of the pre-orders are characters i've never drawn before.

Dec.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

NYCC Pre-order Sketches.

Okay; i'm gonna try this out.

Never one to be original, i'm gonna copy Tom Folwer, and take a list of NYCC pre-order sketches.

I'lll definitely take 5, *maybe* more, we'll see. Not sure how much i'll be sketching at NYCC, so this is one way you can definitely get a decent piece from me. 11 x8" black and white with greywash for $50.

Just gimme an e-mail (address in sidebar) and i'll add you to the list.

Dec.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

REVIEWS!













Thunderbolts #148 seems to have gone down well. There's one on IGN, CBR and Newsarama, if you wanna check them out.

Dec.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

NEWSARAMA 'ARTIST ALLEY' INTERVIEW



















I recently did an interview with David Pepose at Newsarama for his 'Artist Alley' series. It just went up on Newsarama to coincide with my first T-Bolts issue. He asked some pretty interesting and challenging questions. I hope my answers were half as good as the questions. You can read it here.

Dec.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

THUNDERBOLTS #148 OUT TODAY!

























Yep, Thunderbolts #148, my Marvel Comics debut (it is so weird to actually say that) is out today in Ireland and the UK. I'll be signing copies at Forbidden Planet, Dublin from 12-2pm. Do come along.

Dec.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

NEW THUNDERBOLTS PREVIEW


















































A lettered preview of THUNDERBOLTS #148 went online yesterday with some previously unseen pages.

Plus; my name is on it. On a Marvel comic. Who'd have thunk it?

Dec.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

CROSSBONES

























Another Crossbones sketch that is being given away (i'm sick of giving these away!) for the release of Thunderbolts #148, this one for Asylum Books and Games in Aberdeen, Scotland. Check with the shop to see how you can win it.

Dec.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

THUNDERBOLTS SIGNING


























I'll be doing a signing in Forbidden Planet Dublin for THUNDERBOLTS #148 on Sept 16th. More info on the Eclectic Micks blog.

Friday, August 27, 2010

THUNDERBOLTS COLOUR PREVIEW








































































Colour pages from THUNDERBOLTS #148 went online today. Here's updated colours of the first three pages by Frank Martin without the glorious Marvel watermarks. See the rest here.

Dec.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

CROSSBONES SKETCH
























I'm doing some sketches for selected comic shops to promote THUNDERBOLTS #148 coming out in a few weeks. This one is for Sub City in Dublin. Ask in the shop how you can win this piece.

Dec.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

THUNDERBOLTS PREVIEW

Preview pages for my first THUNDERBOLTS issue went up on Comic Book Resources yesterday evening. Here are some of them; showing just why this blog has been so quiet of late. I've been working my ass off trying to do the best job i can on these pages. Hopefully it shows.

Colourist Frank Martin has done covers for both my issues, which both join up to make one image, which is pretty neat. Go to CBR to check it out.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

























Solicits are now up for the second issue of my Thunderbolts issue, above cover by the colourist of the book Frank Martin Jr. If you want to get either issues, get onto your local comic shop straight away, cuz if they don't know people want it, then they won't order enough copies.

THUNDERBOLTS #149
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by DECLAN SHALVEY
Cover by FRANK MARTIN
A SHADOWLAND TIE-IN! Luke Cage’s squad of fierce felons face the nature of true evil when they uncover secrets of the ancient order known as The Hand beneath Hell's Kitchen! Will a group of people rarely known for doing the right thing choose a higher path—or will they add to the power of the ninja cult? Meanwhile, as Cage fights to help his friend Daredevil up on the streets, he realizes that he picked a bad time to trust his skeleton crew of criminal operatives on an unsupervised mission! So come on, all you DD fans, pick up this issue and find out why Aint It Cool News raves: “very fun...I love this cast...this one is definitely going back on my pull list."
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

Dec.

Monday, July 19, 2010

SOLICITATIONS FOR THUNDERBOLTS #148

























The solicitations for my first issue of THUNDERBOLTS are out. Please do check with your local comic shop to make sure they get a copy in. Since it's likely I'll only ever get to do these 2 issues of a Marvel comic, they'll obviously become collectors items!


THUNDERBOLTS #148

Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by DECLAN SHALVEY
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
The Thunderbolts crossover with Shadowland begins here! Luke Cage heads into Hell’s Kitchen to pull his old friend back from the brink of madness. And if swarming ninjas aren’t enough, he's become aware of other forces that will make his task even harder. Going against the Warden and the government itself, Cage sends the T-Bolts in to level the playing field. But without his direct guidance, will this squad of killers and criminals make the situation even worse? Find out in the book IGN.com calls "Impressive...not to be missed."
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

[Note: I high-lighed my name there cuz the actual solicitation still lists Kev Walker as the artist]

Dec.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

SUMMER EDITION 2010

























Next Saturday I'll have a table at Summer Edition 2010.

I went to the first event last year, and it was a great auld day. Since I'm back in Ireland I thought I should make the most of it and get a table this year. I'll be doing sketches, selling various comics/books I've done, and sure I might show a sneak peek of the Thunderbolts pages I'm currently working on.

There's LOTS of interesting artists participating; check the list of exhibitors here.

So make sure you come by Filmbase, Temple Bar in Dublin town on the 24th of July between 11 and 5pm. It's FREE-in for godsake!

Dec.

Friday, July 09, 2010

COMIC RELATED INTERVIEW (ISSUE 12)

























My final '28 Words Later' interview with David O' Leary has recently gone online. I've really enjoyed these interviews; every month I was able to get some feedback on the book and was able to see what an unbiased reader was or wasn't picking up on. So, thank Dave! And thanks to everyone who was reading each month.

You can read it here.

Actually; i just realised I totally forgot to post about last month's interview for issue 11. D'Oh!
Here is.

Dec.

Saturday, July 03, 2010

JUSTICE... LIKE LIGHTNING!

























The internet has been awash with Shalveyness for the last few days. As announced on Newsarama this week, i'm drawing a 2 issue story arc on THUNDERBOLTS for Marvel Comics.

...........sorry, I just had to read that sentence again to be sure.

Did some interviews for Newsarama, Marvel.com and iFanboy. Click to check them out and see all of the preliminary sketches i've done.

The 2 issues in question are part of a crossover with the 'Shadowland' story in DAREDEVIL. Anyone who regularly reads this blog knows that i'm a huge Daredevil fan, so getting to draw something that's part of DD's world is amazing to me. That, and I actually have the first few issue of Thunderbolts at home. Once i get back i'm gonna dig them out. It's crazy to thing that i have #1 of a book and yet will have drawn #148 and #149. Mad.

Well, here goes nothin'......

Dec.

Friday, June 25, 2010




















That is all.

Dec.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

28 DAYS LATER #12 PREVIEW ONLINE







So yeah, the preview of #12 of 28 Days Later is online. Now is a good a time as any to say that this is my final issue on the series. This is definitely the best issue i've drawn and it was a great way to close out my run on the book.

Dec.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

28 MINUTES LATER













Hey there, here's a podcast interview that myself and writer Michael Alan Nelson did for Comic Related's 'Related Recap'. It's a joint interview we did at the BOOM! Studios table at Heroes con a couple of weeks ago. Click here to listen.

Dec.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

WASTELAND

























Was asked by the good folks at Oni Press to contribute a piece for Wasteland: The Apocalyptic Edition Volume 2 by current Daredevil co-scribe Antony Johnson and Christopher Mitten. You can order it right here.

The above piece will accompany a prose section at the end of the book. I tried something a little different this time. Normally, i'd draw a foreground figure in black but went worth the opposite this time. I had to draw some dogs so i drew in multiple versions of Sasha, the dog we have at the house in New York. I'm gonna miss her when I come home.

Dec.