28 DAYS LATER Vol. 3: HOT ZONE



















My final issues of 28 Days Later are collected in HOT ZONE, the 3rd Volume of of the series, which is out this week. It's great to finally have all my issues collected in volumes. This volume should also have a lot of my covers collected in the back of the book. Go Buy!

Dec.

ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE
















I get asked about selling work now and then. Truth be told, i'm not very organised, AND i'm forgetful. Might as well throw in 'lazy' too while i'm at it, so i'm not that adept when it comes to arranging to sell and post work. I prefer to concentrate on the actual drawing part of the job.

Thankfully, I don't need to worry about that now, as I sell the bulk of my work though Cadence Comic Art now. Any work available to sell will be up on his site. There's various pieces i've done for the Eclectic Micks and Comic Twart blogs, and it's just been updated with pages from my run on 28 DAYS LATER, and my recent THUNDERBOLTS issues.

So if interested, pop on over to my page at Cadence Comic Art so see what's up for grabs. There's also work from great talent like Nathan Fox, Sean Murphy and Gabriel Hardman, so you're spoiled for choice.

Dec.

ECLECTIC MICKS SKETCHBOOK (Vol.2) IRISH LAUNCH


























Though we already launched Vol.2 at this year's New York Comic Con, this coming Friday sees the Irish launch of Vol.2 of the Eclectic Micks sketchbook in Forbidden Planet; Dublin. It's a great collection; I suggest you stop by and pick up a copy if you're in the Dublin area. You'll get a free sketch by either myself, Will Sliney or Stephen Mooney, who will be at hand on the day. If ye have any copies of Thunderbolts or the new 28 Days Later trade, i'll sign the crap outta 'em.

In other news, I've just finished my next project; a one-shot for Marvel. I believe the details will be announced in the next week or so. Next up; I'm FINALLY going to finish my long-delayed Sweeney Todd graphic novel for Classical Comics, and then back to Marvel for some really cool stuff that's in the works.

As a great man once said; "Moon ...Pie...? What a time to be alive..."

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER Vol. 2 OUT TODAY...
READ 28 DAYS LATER #1 FOR FREE ONLINE



























Volume 2 of 28 Days Later hits shelves today, and to whet your appetite, Newsarama have the full first issue of the series online for you all to check out. So check it out here, and if you like it, check out both collections!

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #15 COVER
























My final cover for 28 Days Later went online today. Was happy with how minimal i was able to make it. See the version-with-logo along with a preview of the issue here. I didn't intend on the logo being so big, but i still think it works; very bold and striking. Hope it stands out on the shelves.

Dec.

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.

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.

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.

COMIC RELATED INTERVIEW (ISSUE 10)




















My monthly '28 Words Later' interviews with David O' Leary from Comic Related continue, this month talking about 28 Days Later #10 . Check it out here.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #10 PREVIEW ONLINE







































28 Days Later #10 will be out State-side this Wednesday; Thursday in Ireland and the UK. Issue 10 is the first part of Hot Zone, my third story-arc on the book. It's been a blast to draw so far and i hope ye all check it out. You can see the full preview here.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #13 COVER

Here's a cover i did recently; for issue 13.




















Really happy that i got to do a decent; design-y cover that still pertains to the interior story. It ended up being really close to my original layout, i think...





















This is the first time i did my thumbnail/layout digitally and it turned out pretty well; i did mess around with it a lot; i had to be sure to leave one corner pretty bare so that the logo would be clear and readable, so there was a lot of selecting and moving the image around until i was happy with it. I think it was Mooney who suggested i do a wash on the 2 characters to separate them from the car bonnet. I threw in a bit of mis-registered halftone too, just to make it a little more interesting and also as i missed the chance to use that effect in the previous cover.

Hope ye like,

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #12 COVER [PROCESS]

Hello there; time for another process post on the auld Dec-blog... aw man, i totally should have called this 'The Dec-Blog'. Ah well.




















I was handing in cover ideas to my editor at BOOM! Studios, one of which being the above. Issue 12 called for a 'Someone WILL die' vibe, so i thought this would be the perfect chance to go with this (very rough) idea. I wanted to do a really bold, graphic, stylized cover... actually, i've been trying that approach with all the covers so far, but this was me trying to be a little braver in approach.





















Here's the fully inked piece. from the layout you can tell i was planning on changing the black line art to red, but once i tried, it just didn't work. It didn't 'pop' like i wanted it do. If anything, it looked too flat. So with a bold composition, i tried a bold colour scheme....




















I showed it to a couple of the Micks for some feedback. It was suggested i colour the arm in the foreground with solid colour but i was pretty keen on going in this direction...

...except my editor wasn't as keen. He asked if i could colour it 'more traditionally,' which is fair enough. So, i had to try do that, yet keep it bold, otherwise what was the point of doing it in the first place? So, to keep it consistent with the previous covers (ie a black/white/grey/red colour scheme), i added greytone to Selena's arm, and coloured the blood in bold red...




















And here we have it; the final cover. I do still prefer the original colour version, but i do think this version totally works. I saw the cover online today, and was a bit surprised to see the 28 Days Later logo so big on the cover. Then again, it was a bold composition, and the logo looks big and bold, so as a cover, i think it really stands out. You can see it here.

So that is my heroic story. I got to say 'bold' a lot. Hope ye like the cover. I really do; to editorial's credit, i didn't think a cover this minimalistic would get approved; you can tell from a lot of comic covers that some editors thing you should fill a cover with lots of characters and lots of colour. Here i got to push my 'less is more' cover approach. That may be why this is my favourite of covers i've done so far.

Dec.

COMIC RELATED INTERVIEW (ISSUE 8)





















My monthly '28 Words Later' interviews with David O' Leary from Comic Related continue, this month talking about 28 Days Later #8 . Check it out here.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #8 PREVIEW ONLINE





















28 Days Later #8 will be out State-side tomorrow, Thursday in Ireland and the UK. Preview pages are online, you can see the rest here.

I'm reeaaaalllly happy with this issue; it was a blast to draw and the colours from Nick are bloody great. Pun intended.

Dec.

SNEEK PEEK!
















Here's a couple of panels from the issue of 28 Days Later #10 i'm currently working on. Quite happy with these panels, they don't give away any story, so i should be okay just showing these. I hope.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER SPREAD [process]

Below is a double-page spread from 28 Days Later #6. If you haven't read it yet, it's best you not read this post.

As a way of saving time, i've recently stopped scanning my pencils, so i thought since #6 is still relatively new, i'd post a stage-by-stage version of this spread. I've explained how i work ad nauseum at this stage, so i'll skip the monologue this time and just show ye the layouts, pancils and finished inks of this page. Hell, i'll put up Nick Filardi's colours while i'm at it.

COMIC RELATED INTERVIEW (ISSUE 7)





















My monthly '28 Words Later' interviews with David O' Leary from Comic Related continue, this month talking about 28 Days Later #7 . Check it out here.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #11 COVER





















I see solicitaions for issue 11 have gone online, so i reckon it's okay to post this. This is my variant cover, the main one of course, is illustrated by Sean Phillips.

I really enjoy how bold and graphic i've been able to make these covers.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER #7 OUT TODAY...





















....in Ireland/UK. Yesterday in the States. Here's the first 3 pages; you can see more here.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER HARDCOVER [UPDATED]





















Just got my hardcover copy of 28 Days Later Vol.1, London Calling in the post.

It looks absolutely fantastic (and i mean the presentation, not my art). I'm delighted with how it came out. Thanks to all at BOOM! Studios (including my editor Ian Brill), Michael Alan Nelson for a great story and Nick Filardi for making all my linework look way more impressive than it actually is.

It's in shops as of today, or alternatively, you can order it online on Amazon.

Sure, while i'm at it, i might as well show the hardback without the dustjacket. There's a sweet embossed logo in the front...





















Selena's hatchet on the back...





















...and of course, the most important part of the dust jacket...

















Dec.