Hilarity the Clown - "In Like Flynn"

Ladies, Gentlemen and Transgender Individuals... Presenting to you the degenerate comedic slurring of Hilarity the Clown!

(DISCLAIMER: No balloon animals were penetrated during the making of these images)

The Wheel Turns - Sketchbook Work

Fiends - Character Ideas - Nosher

This pasty white prick is "Nosher", A.K.A: "The Regurgitator", A.K.A: "The Meat Funnel" (but that's much later on during his "career" in "film"...Heh).

For the best part of 29 years Nosher lived a life of ignorance and sloth, until he discovered he could swallow and regurgitate just about anything. He then decided to make a name for himself using his "unique gift" on stage...

Unfortunately when he tried out for "Uncle Zodiac's Black Circus" his stomach acids were off kilter due to a bladder infection (which in turn was caused by a rather severe dose of chlamydia) resulting in this failed attempt at his "modern re-working" of pulling the rabbit out of the hat.

Needless to say, Uncle Zodiac was not impressed.

The Wheel Turns - Concept Sketch

Fiends - Character Ideas - Hilarity the Clown

Here's another character from "Fiends". This salty looking dude is Hilarity the Clown. Contrary to his sloth like appearance he is quick witted and exceedingly funny. Trouble is his short temper, wild mood swings (every 28 days or so he becomes Calamity the Clown, more on that at some point later) and filthy comedy stylings; including an almost constant barrage of profanity being emitted from him, make Hilarity the last person you'd want to be entertaining kids.

Feel free to tweak his nipples though.

Fiends - Character Ideas - The Ringmaster

Here's a sketch for an old idea of mine called "Fiends" that I'm in the process of re-vamping.

Back in the day when I was studying animation I had to put together an "Animation Bible" for an original concept. "Fiends" is what I came up with and now I'm re-jigging it as if I was gonna do it as a comic rather than a 2D animation, which basically means adding more detail to the character designs and the look of everything seeing as it no longer needs to be replicated at 24 frames per second. Some of the characters are a bit more depraved now too which I like.

Anyway, this jaunty fellow is Uncle Zodiac - A.K.A "The Ringmaster"... he's like all the fun of the fair with a little bit of androgyny and satanist chic thrown in. Hopefully I'll get to post more character sketches and stuff from "Fiends" in the not too distant future as it's uber fun to draw these characters.

I'm working on "Muzzy" for Sean Shapiro and "The Wheel Turns" for Ross May at the minute. I wouldn't bet against the possibility of seeing some early artwork for either of these at the weekend so stay tuned.

Cheers

The Ends - 2012: Final Prayer

Mornin'

Good news: Robert Heske (of "Cold Blooded Chillers" and "The Night Projectionist" fame) has kindly included "The Ends" (written and lettered by Chris Barker - drawn by me) in the forthcoming "2012: Final Prayer" Anthology.

Scope it out here: 2012: Final Prayer

As you can see there's an ass-load of quality content that's gonna be in the book. It's also cool to see a few familiar names on the list alongside me and Chris, such as Rita Gorgoni and Stefano Cardoselli of Azurek Studio (Check out their recent release from Resolution Comics - Pieces) as well as Shawn Gabborin of Angry Gnome Comics.

Tentative release date: 15th November 2009... Should be good!

See you later Space Cowboy...

The Ends - WTF?

The Ends - Page 1

The Ends - Mein Gott!

The Ends

Nope, the page you see is not the result of listening to too much Hawkwind whilst drawing. It's a page from "The Ends", the latest thing I've been working on.

Written by Chris Barker (See here!) "The Ends" is a cosmic thrill ride which manages to include a house party, a chick fight, aliens, Hitler and a dinosaur... what more could you want?

Murky Depths #9

"Thanks" to Terry Martin and all the other chaps at Murky Depths. Issue 9 is out now and although we don't have a story in the issue they have printed mine and Chris Barker's profiles for the work we did on "Pilgrimage" which was featured in issue 8.

Murky Depths is always a quality read especially for those who like their Sci-fi a little darker. The latest issue has a cracking cover (as you can see, top right) by Leonardo M Giron. Check it out if you haven't already!

Cheers

"Go ahead, make my day."

The Dark Spot on The Water - Lettering

Here's a quick sample of my lettering for "The Dark Spot on The Water". I ended up doing this as a bit of a rush job for Ross (Scope him out HERE).

The Dark Spot on The Water - Finished

Artwork for "The Dark Spot on The Water" is now finished. It took way longer than I hoped but Ross and Brian have my eternal gratitude for being so patient and cool. Thanks chaps.

The story will be featuring in "From Here to There # 3" from Resolution Comics. Not sure as to when it'll be available so remain vigilant for updates.

Also featured in "From Here to There" will be work from such small press luminaries as the mighty Joe Sergi, Scott Bradley and Gerry Fernandez... you know you want it!

(More) Mindless Self Indulgence

Even more purile filth from waaaaaaaaaaaay back when. These must be a couple of years old now but I still like 'em.

The Dark Spot on The Water - Last Gasp?

The Dark Spot on The Water - Man Overboard

It's either a feast or a famine here at LOST IN THE AUTOGANZFELD. Two posts in as many days (count 'em). Maybe I should have better things to do, who knows? Anyway... here's a panel from page 7 of "The Dark Spot on The Water".

Be seeing you...

The Dark Spot on The Water - Page 6

Word around the camp fire is that "The Dark Spot on The Water" is almost finished. It's about damn time I'm sure you'll agree.

(EDIT: I changed the water in the fourth panel from white to black in order to make the scene look a little more ominous. That and the fact it's night time... whatever, it works for me. )

The Dark Spot on The Water - Page 5

Well... most of Page 5. I quite like this one and seeing as I haven't posted anything in what seems like an age, here it is.

Enjoy

The Dark Spot on The Water - Page 3

The Dark Spot on The Water - Pencils and Inks

The Dark Spot on The Water - Characters

Pilgrimage - Murky Depths #8

Murky Depths #8 is now available from their website: Murky Depths

It features a whole host of cool stuff including "Pilgrimage" written by Chris Barker / drawn by me and if that's not enough to entice you the cover (by James Johnson -Top right) is pretty spectacular too. My advice would be to check it out... you know you want to!

FYI: "Lost in The Autoganzfeld" is one year old today... Huzzah!

Layfield and Other Updates

Evening all! Over the last few weeks I've been gorging myself on chocolate and red wine, that's not to say I haven't been drawing, I've just neglected the blog a little.

At the minute I'm working on "The Dark Spot on The Water" for Resolution Comics' "From Here to There" anthology. The characters are looking good (or at least I think they are) and I've got some pencilled pages done which when I get re-acquainted with my scanner will be on their way to my fellow conspirators Ross May and Brian Carr for critique. Check out Ross and his Livejournal here: Writer @ Large

Speaking of Resolution Comics; everyone should check out this post on their Blog: Creature from the Blog Lagoon where they give me a shout-out (Thanks Scott and Brian!) and mention a (tentative?) release date for "The Layfield Incident". JUNE 19th - Be there or be square!

In other exciting news "Pilgrimage" written by Chris Barker and drawn by me is due to appear in Murky Depths #8. We're listed as contributors for the issue on the site (Link: Murky Depths) and the last I heard the issue is due at the end of this month. As always I suggest anyone reading this scopes out Chris' site: Fictionchris. He's up to all sorts at the minute including writing what sounds like a really cool graphic novel - Shiver.

To top it all off I'm still fitting in work for Joe Sergi (which I promise I'll get to him soon) and "Muzzy" for Sean Shapiro. I also had the insane idea to write something myself (don't laugh) which resulted in "Scream if You Wanna Go Faster" a very pretentious and angry piece of work which I hope to get round to illustrating at some point - in a very different kind of style to what has gone before .

Cheers