I saw lil'rhino's sketch in the other thread and was wondering if anyone else has collected Legion convention sketches over the years? I love collecting sketches whenever possible but don't have any Legion ones. I was at San Diego Comic-Con last year and heard Chris Sprouse was supposed to be there but I couldn't find him. I would love to meet and get a sketch from Olivier Coipel. I might go to Germany this year, maybe I'll try for France?!? Bautista would be cool too if he attends any cons that I could get to...

I would love to have a convention sketch or two, but I'm too shy to approach an artist to ask for one...

But I do know that others here have 'em, so post 'em and let's see 'em!

I've got three from Jeff Moy (Lyle, XS, and Spark) and a Mon-El from someone who didn't work on a Legion work. Not bad, though.

One of my buddies has a Reverse Flash sketch by Geoff Johns, who was more than happy to do a little drawing at a convention rather than talk about his writing all day.

So how's Geoff as an artist?

What cons are people thinking about hitting up this year? I'll probably go to WonderCon in San Francisco. There's a couple of good guests confirmed so far - I will try as hard as I can to get an Adam Hughes Legion sketch (remember Legionnaires 13, 14, and like 16?) and maybe Darwin Cooke would be willing to serve up some Legion goodness...

I might also check out WizardWorld LA and will probably head down for San Diego again.

Have you got a scanner?

I've got four, three that I commissioned and one that I won at the Legion dinner in Chicago the year I did my Star Boy costume. I've got a Cosmic Boy by Jeff Moy, Apparition by Rich Gulick, Triad by Phil Moy (the quick sketch on hotel stationery I won) and this Mysa by Jon Watkins-Chow.



It's the only one I have scanned in, and they're all in frames now, so I don't think I'll be scanning the others. Sorry.

I don't think I'm familiar with Jon Watkins-Chow's work, but that's a very lovely Mysa.

He did an independent book several years ago called "Talismen." It went up to about 4 or 5 issues. He formed a small company called Blink Comics, but that lasted all of issues 4 and 5. I liked his style, but some inkers just butchered him.

Thanks for the info, Eric!

I'll do a net search for that title a little later... maybe I can even dig up some issues somewhere...

John W-C has some pretty cool work and he does amazing stuff with markers. I remember seeing him stuff at conventions a few years ago and wanting (but not being able to afford) his sketches:
http://www.watkinschow.com/home.html

Supposedly he's pretty good, although I've never actually seen the pic. Good enough to have his own book I guess, but probably not as good as his writing (Big time Geoff Johns fan here!)

Did you guys buy Teen Titans/Outsider Secret Files? Geoff drew the Kid Flash pin up. It was pretty good.

i met Olivier in Paris [ summer 2002 ] he's a great guy !!! really friendly !!!

he gave me one of his original pages from "LEGIONNAIRES" #80 [ page 14 ] featuring ULTRABOY !!! it's very !!!

and we've been in contact ever since .... he sends me preview pics as you've already seen, in the COMIC area !!!

Matthew.

here's me and Olivier !!!





Matthew.

this is probably the most Olivier Coipel piece of artwork, that i have !!! [ and it's not even the real thing, i only have an emailed image of it .... ]

but on, one of his final pages in "THE LEGION" #14 [ his last issue ] he told me he was gonna feature MY name somewhere !!!

he put it going round the logo on CUB's top !!! it didn't actually appear in the printed comic !!!

but it was still amazing ....





Matthew.

Cool! I didn't know he had a new web site. He used to be a staple at Motor City Con, but he wasn't there the last few times I've been and my like to his old web site went bad, so I thought he had disappeared from the field. Poking around the web site, I see he's charging a lot more for commissions than he used to, but he does do some really neat work.

Thanks for the update, Mel!

Zut alor! That's awesome Matthew! I wouldn't mind going back to Paris, though Does Olivier speak any English (I've taking a few years of French but its been years now!)?

yeah !!! Olivier speaks english really well !!! he lived in LA [ for about 4 years ] a couple of years ago, he was an ANIMATOR at "Dreamworks" !!!

so he's pretty good with the old english .....

Matthew.

Well how about a digi-photo then? At least then us greedy graphiphiles will get a chance to see them even if it can't be high resolution.
- just a thought -

Ah, yes, digital cameras. What a great invention. And we have one. Here you go!

Cos by Jeff Moy:


Triad by Phil Moy (on Hyatt note pad paper):


Apparition by Rich Gulick (who was also a real cutie):

Hey thanks, Seymore. Those are great!
I didn't really love Moy's work on the book but his portraiture is marvelous.

Yeah, he did a sketch for me at Mid-Ohio con of some characters I created, and it turned out great. He likes to draw the women, but he doesn't disappoint on the guys.

Those are all very nice!

Rich Gulick's Apparition looks very Adams Hughes-esque to me (which is a good thing!)...

Ohh, convention sketches! I finally get to have ones of my very own done! Gotta remember to buy a sketch pad before July.

Anyone else got tips about what to bring to a convention? This'll be my very first one.

Water and food. Every single convention has some kind of food/drink outlet or stall or something only there's always massive queues and everything costs a fortune, so water and just some snack food are always a good idea.

As for anything else... nah, nothing really.

Bringing the right bag to a convention is essential - figure out how much you think you'll buy and bring something that'll be comfortable and easy to manuver in the often tight convention aisles. Don't kill yourself lugging things around (I almost did last year in San Diego). Cons sometimes have a bag check that can be handy if you end up buying a lot or buying bulky stuff. Bring a camera if you can, there's often neat things to take pictures of - creators, costumed con attendees, promo items, friends, etc. Bring cash - ATMs will often charge fees and vendors will not often take credit cards. Bring books by creators that you want signed. If you want to commission sketches for pay, bring good shots of the characters you want sketched. Get a good night's sleep the day before. Oh and wear comfortable shoes.

Re: sketches, If there's artists you definitely want sketches for, line up as early as possible. For two years in a row I've missed getting sketches from Humberto Ramos because I was too far in the line. Bringing pictures of the characters you want sketched is usually a good idea too. Hmm, what else...oh artists are usually much more receptive to a fan if you actually show that your a real fan of their work, not just somebody there to get a free sketch. Let them know that you like their work and why.

This was the thirty-fifth topic on the former Trophy Room forum.

Any one going to Wizard World LA? I just booked a hotel room and look forward to convention sketch hunting in just under one month's time !

I finally registered so I could link to my small collection of LSH convention sketches . After about 2000 I started a new themed sketchbook and doubt that I will get many LSH-related sketches for a while -- unless someone wants to draw me a time bubble or something.

Oliver Coipel is very friendly. When I met him in 2001, he was still working on Legion Lost and he was pretty excited about working on the book.

Thanks for registering Autochef! I've been to your website before, good stuff!

Thanks for sharing those sketches! And welcome to Legion World!

Juan

I got some cool sketches this weekend, this is my first Legion one:

I'll post my other sketches from JJ Kirby, Jim Mahfood, Andy Lee, Ale Garza, and Dave Finch later this week (hopefully) in my sketch gallery .

Since we're smack dab in the middle of convention season, I'd I thought I'd bring this back up and see if people had anything new to share...

I'm surprised that Lashie Poo didn't comment on that M-E Lad pic. Could it be that he missed it the first time around?

I've already said it in my welcome thread but it will be more visible here:

Olivier Coipel will be at the San Diego Convention! That's what he told me.

Maybe with Jean-Jacques Dzialowski which was still hesitating.

You are so a lucky guy!

It confirms that Olivier is a very cool artist because i can't find another one who will give an original like that!

What were the circumstances under this ? was it your birthday or something ? a special event ? a good feeling ? Sorry if i'm too curious but i find this interesting.

WOW!!!!!!!! I did miss it before, Cruey!

I LOVE Todd N's art-- that is one hot Tenzil!!!

If you guys haven't looked, check it out:
http://vondoom.free.fr/PagesHTML/Accueil/toystarOlivier.htm

That is an awesome sketch Querl Dox (you don't have to scan it in for me anymore)! I think I am going to San Diego this year so I will definitely look out for Olivier! I hope he's not too busy?!? Merci!

And you have to remember he did it after so many hours drawing! Me, i was like WOW! How impressive! That was worth the wait!

If Oliver is going to be there then he'll be on my list of artists to get a sketch from.

Thanks for posting the link MEL. Love that Garth sketch.

I'll have to look out for him as well.

And I'll make it a point to get there early. I know Jeff Moy's sketch list was usually filled within a very short time. I'll expect no less for Coipel.

I don't know in the US but here, usually you have to come very early for Olivier because there is a lot of people and Olivier takes his time to do a great sketch for all his fans!

Oh! and MEL, that's a great Matter-Eater Lad you have! i like it!

I wonder if Olivier will be part of the Marvel booth (if they have one) or as an artist in 'artist's alley'. QD, are you going to make your way to San Diego this year (I'd imagine it would be quite a flight from France).

No, i can't. I don't have any money at the moment!

All i have is spent in public transport and in food because i'm in a small company so there is nothing for that and we have to eat outside every day.

Maybe visiting my parents in august but nothing is done yet (they offer me the flight). It depends on my activity at this time.

What are the days of the convention ? Because i'm working until the end of july.

Is there something near Detroit in august ?

The next Motor City Con in Novi, Mich., isn't until October this year. It's not very big anyway. The big one is in May.

But maybe the Michigan LWers could get together and make one. We'll bring some comics to look at in case you want to buy them, and I can sketch really bad pictures for you.

Or maybe we could just all do lunch.

Marvel is listed as an exhibitor this year so it could be that they actually have a booth this time out.

Olivier isn't mentioned on either the Artists' Alley or Guest list yet which either means he'll be appearing strictly with an exhibitor (which would likely be Marvel) or his apperance hasn't been finalized yet. I suspect the latter.

QD, San Diego is July 22-25 this year:
http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/CCIWhatsNew.html

Thanks for research OM. I see Adam Hughes and Jeff Moy are listed. Jim Lee and John Watins-Chow has done some legion stuff. Any other Legion friendly folks?

I thought I'd bump this up for people to post what they got at San Diego Con. I didn't get a chance to scan my pieces in because I got in pretty late last night. I was able to see Adam Hughes, Tony Harris, and Olivier Coipel but missed Dan Jurgens and Chris Batista. Where oh where was Chris!?!

So, you finally have your sketch of Olivier, MEL! That's great!

Yep, and thanks again for letting us know he was going to be there. QD! I was at the Marvel/Activision booth and saw who I thought was Olivier. I went over to talk to him and he said he was sketching at 4pm (Friday) so I made it a point to skip Jim Lee and be 1st in line of Coipel. More on my bi-lingual conversation with Olivier plus tard...

Someone at the Adam Hughes yahoo group said they got a great sketch of DREAM GIRL by AH! I'm anxiously awaiting the scan.... As soon as it's posted, I'll re-post it here (when permission is given).

MEL has one! It was beautiful!

Hey Dean, I think that someone at Adam Hughes' Yahoo group was me, actually


So the story behind this one: Adam's sketch literally fills up in the first 5-10 minutes of the first day of con and I wasn't able to get there till Friday. I happen to be lucky enough to catch Adam when he was doing quick headshots for folks to promote the book "The Ride". I asked for Dream Girl and Adam gave me this. I think he was going to add the star until he realized that the star was supposed to be on the other side of the face so he stopped.

Next, I went over to Tony Harris' table he shared with friends called "Fat Nake Rave" to see if Tony was still sketching at the time. He said his list was full but to try him later at the DC booth. I looked through his sketch pile and found this little gem for just $20! All the others were around $50+ so I think I lucked out:

After meeting the Legionworld folks on Saturday I headed over to see Stan Lee. After Stan, I ran back to the DC booth to catch Tony Harris. I was second to last person, but he was still able to crank out Brainiac 5.1 for me while we talked about his new book Ex-Machina and the funny spots on Brainiac's face:

Okay so not exactly Legion, but here's Olivier Coipel doing Nightcrawler!!! I was perusing the Marvel/Activision booth when I saw a guy that I thought I recognized as Olivier Coipel from a pic I found online. I went up to him to confirm and he told me he was going to sketch later on in the day. I came back and was first in line as we spoke about Matt and his yahoo group, about Legion and Paris and other stuff. He was super cool and super nice (as Ultra Matt and Querl Dox have already told us here). I told him I was both a Legion and X-Men fan and would let him pic who to sketch. He chose Nightcrawler so le voila!


That's it for Legion sketches, if you want to see my other new ones, including Beast Boy (sorta), Sewer Urchin Man, and that fish guy from Kirkman's Invincible check out my site.

How come I'm always late for this stuff!!! Great collection MEL!!!! Thanks for sharing! Yeah, it was you I was talking about at the AH! group. Thanks for the email, too...

Olivier's Nighty sketch is BEE-YOO-TEE-FUL!!
*hic*

Saturday, there was a festival in Paris and Olivier Coipel was there. On this occasion, i had a second sketch from him! It represents Violet and i like it as the previous Live Wire i've had the other time.
I'll try to post it tommorrow if i can found some time, otherwise it will be on monday.

So here it is:

Violet Sketch

Salut QD! Let me try to exercise my rusty french:
C'est un eh...peinture tres joli? J'oublie les mots pour "sketch" ou "drawing". A t-il dessine beaucoup de X-Men et Legion?

Also if anyones a member of Adam Hughes' fan group, someone posted a Dawnstar that Adam drew at Baltimore comic-con. Go check it out...

Eh! You speak very well!

And yes, he draw a lot of X-Men or Avengers and some legion. This time, i wasn't the only one to ask for a legion sketch! There was a few Live Wire too. (2 or 3 if i can remember correctly).

The other sketches will be posted on the net and as soon as it is done, i will give you the link.

There's a copy of it in the Bits forum in Greybird's Winged People thread. I also posted a version of it which I colored (plug!).

That's hot, man. Wow. Definitely sounds like a cool thing you fell into with him. Coipel's a great artist.

Who got some con sketches at WW Texas!?! C'mon, I wanna see pictures!

Barry was such a trooper in regard to sketches... the guy was sitting there for like hours on end, all day every day, sketching.

He was very popular, too, and understandably so... the line for sketches was literally hours long.

STU speaks the truth.

I was the Last In Line (meaning I held the Official DC sign saying just that) on Saturday. There were maybe 30-40 minutes left before the con shut down for the day, and I did not think Barry would be able to get to me. There were other folks behind me, too, hoping to get a sketch or some signatures.

Anyway, Barry told me to put the sign away. He was intent on getting to as many people as he could. The whole team was incredibly generous with their time.

And my Starman sketch looks great. (What, you thought I would get a Legionnaire?)

ooooo can i see it? you have a bunch of jsa sketches now don't know? i always wanted to do a theme based sketch book but can never keep it focused.

I especially like the Green Lantern (Alan Scott) & Flash (Jay Garrick) in Miner's sketch book

I got a quick sketch from David Mack I still need to scan and upload. Maybe tonight.

Wow -- such a cute Violet! Love it!

Thanks for sharing, QD.

The Alan Scott is by Pete Woods of Robin/Detective Comics fame. He and his wife are two of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of talking to at a con.

The Jay Garrick is by Chris Giarrusso, who some may know as the guy who did the "Mini-Marvels" books.

The other sketches are by Steve Sadowski, Matt Wagner, Mick Gray, Tom Mandrake, and of course Barry Kitson.

MEL, I'm afraid I just don't have the tech to post any of my stuff here, or I certainly would.

I wish I had known that, Miner, when we were in San Diego. I had my scanner with me and could have scanned in your sketch book. It was quite a nice collection.

I really have no words to express how I feel about this sketch. Everyone who went to the con who helped acquire this for me should be nominated for sainthood. And Barry as well. Thank you Outdoor Miner, Pov, Yellow Kid, Quislet, Stu and Barry!

Scott,

I am glad you liked it. It was the least we could do for the vouchers you gave us.

The idea to get you a Proty sketch was quickly voted down

BTW, that sketch makes Garth look like quite a hottie.

Scott,

what was your reaction upon getting the package and then when you saw what was in it?

I noticed, but I thought the same from the Preview. That's some nice piece of art.

Take my word for it, the scan doesn't do the original justice.

Barry did a FABulous job on ALL the sketches I saw him do in Dallas. Miner's Starman was a beaut, too, as was Stuey's Dragonmage.

No prob Miner, I'll check it out next time I see you

Scott, that's awesome! You Dallas folks are awesome! Sut, can I pleasepleaseplease see the Dragonmage!?!

I think Pov got it right in the shout box.

Yay ! You got it.
Barry drew that on Saturday just after the Legion panel. It truly was a group effort to get that piece for you and believe me Scott we were all very pleased to be there for you, even barry commented that he needed to make it special for you.
I'm so glad you posted it, I've been anticipating seeing it again and it looks as good as I remember.

It's a thank you from all of us for being here for us. We had a marvelous time in the line chatting with Barry and each other acting like we were doing something sneaky and all of us really enjoyed watching the Barry do this wonderful sketch.

So, thank you from all of us here at LegionWorld for working so hard and making this message board so special.

And what does Caroline think about the sketch?

I probably would have been shocked but then laughed my ass off if you guys had done that. I'd still love it just as much.

She was very touched that you guys thought to include her. And I know she likes this look for Garth too.

Once I get a hold of a scanner...

-SUT ( )

Glad you liked it, Scott!

Thanks for the offer, Scott. I may take you up on that when I see you and MEL next year in SD.

I'm so glad you got the sketch and that you like it so much.

Yahoo...he likes it he really likes it.

I have to say the gang shared their sketch books and they have a really cool collection.
Pen,pencil and even a few washes. I was totally in awe.
I was amazed at the art Barry did for the crew. I watched him draw the sketch for LL and the one he did for Stu was just awsome.

Seriously.

That Lightning Lad sketch by Barry is amazing!

Bumpy! Anyone else got new Legiony sketches? 'Sut'?

There's are from Wondercon 2005:

Sweet.

So who did what?

Yeah, they are nice.

And same question than Outdoor Miner.

Oops, sorry boys. Ultra Boy by Matthew Clark (Inhumans, Superman, Wonderwoman) and Superboy by Ale Garza (Batgirl, Gen 13). Hey 'Miner, don't forget to bring you JSA book with you to San Diego - I wanna see it again

Chlorophyll Kid by Scott Mills!


I can't wait for San Diego! And is anyone gonna go to Heroescon? I really wanna check it out if I can...

Who got new sketches!?! Seymour, I think you've got some colorful contributions, don't you? I've got to scan mine first, but here's a Chameleon I got from Heroescon:

I can't wait!

Me neither !!

Here's the only sketch I could safely get home in my luggage. The rest are coming via Fed Ex. Todd Nauck returned to the Subs with this head sketch of Color Kid. He even added a bit of, well, color.


My other Color Kid and my Princess Projectra should arrive Wednesday or Thursday, and I'll get them up ASAP.

Looks nice, Seymour!

Unfortunately, I still have no scanner, so I won't be posting either of the ones I got.

Very nice, Seymour!

We need to get OM a scanner!

Awesome Color Kid Seymour! Oh and trust me, OM's Cooke sketch is beautiful! I have yet to unpack but I did scan my Legion related sketches!

Here's Phil Jimenez's take on Apparition:


Eric Wright's Bouncing Boy:


Todd Nauck's Dragonmage:


And Amanda Conner's Saturn Girl:


Amanda said the Legion definitely appear in the upcoming JSA issue (not just on the cover) and that she had fun with it. She even said she looked up Imra's stats on some website which quoted her as being 6 feet tall and like 120 lbs. so she drew her as a lanky barbie girl.

I got other non-Legion sketches that I haven't scanned yet but y'all might like to see. I'll post to link to 'em when I'm done.

I saw your Dragonmage already. Still awesome.

I love these. Eric needs to do a Bouncing Boy mini-series.

Very fun -- glad to see the rest of your stash. I can't wait til mine arrives. Should be here tomorrow!

Great additions MEL! And we need to get Nauck on a Legion back-up story, pronto!

She would have gotten that from DC's Legion Secret Files on their site which is WAY off. The only Legionnaires there (besides the obviously wrong Imra) listed as being that tall are Lar and Candi, both who are also 6'1". All the guys are 5'10" (Garth) or less. Of course Ferro is more screwed up, being listed as 6'7"!

The Sourcebooks list the adult Mrs. Ranzz as only 5'5" which is about average for the Legion women.

Along with Jeff's costume guide, I think we need to put together a character style guide for these creators. Or we need to convince them to come to the true source for any Legion info. Us! Like DC really knows.

Take THAT back to Stevie, Wacker-Mole!

I guess actually Mark and Barry should be the ones to come up with the new "measurements" since this is a reboot. Why use the old information at all? Maybe DC is really doing them a dis-service by still having that old information listed there.

Or maybe there is a reason it hasn't been pulled yet.

The probably forgot it's there. :rolleyes:

Yay!! They arrived today!!!!

Here's the rest of my Legion art from San Diego. First, Jeff Moy did an awesome Color Kid for me:



And my Princess Projectra by John Watkins-Chow:

Great additions Seymour! You better hide that Color Kid before Kat drafts him into one of her contests.

That Projectra is great!

:thumbsup:

Gosh, what a travesty it would be to see the talented colorists of Legion World give Ulu a try. Where do I sign up?

Wait til you guys see the Moy sketch of Mon and Condo together that Seymour got me while he was in San Diego. It's great!

Seymour that Color Kid is wonderful! Moy did a great job on him. Can't wait until some of our colorists get there hands on all of these sketches. It will be neat to see all of them in full color.

All these new sketches are beautiful. You're all lucky to have them.

When i'll be in the USA soon i hope i could go to one of the conventions. And maybe meet with some of you.

When and where are you going to be in the States, QD?

Those are awesome Seymour! I wish I had comissioned something from John Watkins-Chow - I ended up just getting a head sketch from him...

Here's the other stuff I ended up getting non-Legion related:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=4386

And I actually (somehow?!?) got a Jim Lee sketch! Though not from San Diego, actually from the Isotope Comics grand reopening in San Francisco - and I saw LyleLyle there too!

Took me a while to get this scanned properly and then resized but here is the Moy sketch of Mon and Condo that Seymour was nice enough to get for me in San Diego.



The link below will take you to a much large version at Imagevenue but be warned, it's about 950K!!!

Mon & Condo by Moy

When our great LW colorists get a chance, I would just love to see what you all can do with this! hint, hint, hint


edit: Well, I can't seem to get the smaller version to show even though it's in the LW photo album not offsite. Of course, I couldn't get it to show from offsite either Maybe someone else can figure out what I've done wrong in using the IMG button.

Since there's a rumour going round that Vee is useless at posting images



You should really Img-link to the image itself, rather than the page, basically

Thanks Reboot!

I got some new (non-convention) Legion sketches! LL, Evolvo Lad, and Tellus!

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=7246

hey Reboot, that Moy sketch should have Invisible Kid instead of Mon-el!! Remember the "C" note that Lyle got?

Today, Adam Hughes was here in Paris in a comics-shop.

I have a great sketch of Andromeda.

All the sketches have been scanned, so i will post the link as soon as it is on the shop's website.

Speaking of Sketches....

I have a new Sketch of SHADOW LASS by Adam Hughes from the Baltimore Comic-Con.

Check it out here.

Legionnaires by AH!

Enjoy.

LLLater!

Chad

I *LOVE* the Scott Mills stuff MEL! His Chlorophyll Kid is to die for! What else has this guy done? I know I've heard the name but I can't think where.

whoa...Adam Hughes really draw a very very thin string on Shadow Lass's but looks sexy!

Yeah I view that as Shady's "thong" top. Below is the reference he used.

Also - - Querl Dox , can't wait to see your stuff!!





LLLater!

Chad

Lots of indie/small press stuff..."Superheroes and Seamonsters" I think?

What are the Boston kids getting sketch-wise this weekend!?!

oh Ultra Boy - loved that cover....especially that Legion logo and Tyroc's next-to-final appearance. *sniff* Nostalgia works! *sniff*

FYI: Superboy, Tyroc made one final pre-CRISIS appearence before Levitz decided to get rid of him completely - it was during the SECRETS OF THE LSH (the RJ Brande/Cham family connection three-parter). I hope that is, at least, a small comfort to you.

i've had other sketches done by some french artists.

They are artists i know and one do it for me as a gift before i leave to the USA, and i asked the others to do a sketch showing, in their way, characters from LOSH. I thought it would be interesting to see.

One made me the character from his french comics with the costume of Kid Quantum from The Legion.
I also have a great sketch of M'onel and Saturn Girl from pictures in Legion Worlds 1.
And the third is Element Lad adapted from Barry Kitson's design.

I will scan them this week-end and i will try to put all that here with my Andromeda sketch from Adam Hughes i was talking about in my last message here.

While this is not a "Con Sketch".... this is a piece that I got at a con!

At Mid-Ohio-Con this weekend Chris Sprouse had brought this along for me to purchase.

This is the Costume/Character Design sheet for Mano of The Fatal Five, from the Legionnaires series in 1993.




For a larger image CLICK HERE!

I love the use of all the ink & whiteout that you can really see in the larger image.

Last year @ MOC I had gotten most of the other Costume/Character Design sheets from Chris & I will try to get those up sometime soon too!

Hope you like.

LLLater!

Oooh, pretty.

Keeping the thread going. . . . .

Here is a sketch done a few years back for me by Mike Grell.

Hope you enjoy!

LLLater!

Click to enlarge:

Just got this from Mark Waid and Amanda Conner at Wizard World LA:


And these were from Wondercon 2006:

Love them MEL! How awesome.

Thanks Vu! Hey, I'm still waiting to see Querl Dox's amazing sounding sketches!!!

Thanks for reminding me about it, MEL.

Andromeda by Adam Hughes:


Saturn Girl and M'onel from pictures in Legion World #1 by a french artist whose a friend of mine:

The scan on this one is really bad i think, the sketch is really better than that. we can't see all the shades/nuances of it. it is really better than what it looks like here.

and then, there is Element Lad from the latest design of Legion of Super-Heroes by Barry Kitson, a little re-interpreted by another french artist whose a friend of mine:

Those are awesome QD! Was the Andromeda one done on orange paper or was it colored in? The other two are really well done as well. You should look in to comic book conventions in your area now that you're in Michigan. There's Motor City Con for example but I'm not sure how far that is from you:
http://www.motorcityconventions.com/motor_city_comic_con/

Hey! Thanks for the link MEL!

it's great, it's near where i live. i only need 1 hour driving to go to Novi.

So this convention is in May. I will start preparing my trip, and buy my tickets!

As for the sketches, only the third one is on a white paper. The first two are on colored paper.

For Adam Hughes, i had a look at her costume and brought with me a paper the same color.

The other colored one, the french artist whose my friend do some painting on it as you can see, and the color of the paint and the paper's color where mixing as the paint was drying on it, creating so much shades, nuances on it.

That's why i'm telling in my previous post that the scan is bad because we can't see that.

Querl,

Thanks for sharing. Those are nice.

Off course I especially like the Hughes, and love the colored paper!

Very cool. Good luck on more in the future!

LLLater!

Very cool Querl. Love the reinterpretation of Jan.

I have a Ultra Boy/Apparition by Chris Sprouse. It took him about 6 months to get it to me, so he penciled/inked and colored it. Great guy to talk too as well.

I have a Jeff Moy Ultra Boy.

I have a bunch of other convention art as well.

Flash head by Ringo

GL - Kyle - head by Banks

Golden Age Sandman by Guy Davis

Golden age Flash and GL by ... Matt ...cannot remember his name right now, but he did the dead JSA'er dinner issue of Starman.

Booster Gold by Jurgens

Batman by Kelly Jones

plus others.

Don't just tease, give us a peek!

I missed the Emerald City con this year. I'm terrible with the calendar, I guess. Sigh. I'm hoping someone on the Adam Hughes yahoo group got a Legion sketch, but so far no one has posted one.

Toronto Comicon this weekend. Unfortunately, I won't be able to go. But before the Con I was able to get into the store that was sponsoring a Women in Comics panel.

Gail Simone, Becky Cloonan and Amanda Conner were signing in store and I got Amanda to draw me this Tinya after she autographed a few books.

That's awesome! I Amanda's work! How did you decide on asking for Tinya? Did you get anything from Becky Cloonan? I really like her work on Demo...

Recently got new Superboy and Shadow Lass sketches (though not from cons):
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=7246

Hmmmm. Mark Waid seems to be adding dialogue to convention sketches. Could it be because of what I started in Dallas?

You were on Dallas? Which season?

The one in which JR is revealed to be the Time Trapper and Miss Elly as a Durlan.

I didn't get anything from Becky cuz I didn't know what to ask for. I did buy one of her trades and have her sign. She did a tiny doodle as part of her autograph.

I got talking to Amanda and asked about her upcoming projects (I know what she and Jimmy and Justin are working on next for DC ) I mentioned that I liked her recent letters pages. She said she loved PG's outfit. So when she asked what I'd like and it was between Tinya and Shady (from the letter's page).

Got this Noto sketch this past weekend...

MEL,

OK, that is just "sick"!

What a nice piece.

I am currently waiting for Phil to finish a commission for me of. . . . .

"Whichever Legion gal he feels motivated to draw in a silver age style!"

I should be so lucky that mine comes out as nice as yours. Congrats on a beauty of a piece!

LLLater!

I got this online recently:


Any new Legiony sketches? Perhaps from temporary Baltimorians?

Wow you guys have some awesome Sketches.I wish I had some but once I'dget my nerve up to ask anartist to draw me someone, I wouldn't know who to ask for.These make me sooo jealous:)

i can't scan my Atom Girl sketch by Barry,but i'm sure Ultra Boy will post the picture he took of it when he can.

Look at what I got!

Nice!

It is posted in the files for Barry Kitson Baltimore Con Sketches in his Yahoo group.
Baltimore 2006 sketches

Here it is.



Or here.

LLLater!

Hey Moneky Eater Lad... I saw this on ebay and had to get all of them. I now have all the Legionnaires done by Mike Grell. Of course I also had him do me an Infectious Lass. If I cn figure out how to post the pics, I will.

PLEASE POST THE INFECTIOUS LASS!!!

Sketch... I'm at work right now, but the place I had it commissioned thru has a pic of it online. I hope this link will work.
http://catskillcomics.com/grell/LSHsub1.jpg
If not just cut and paste I guess. Mike had done all the Legionnaires but 3. I had him do Supergirl, Chemical King and Ferro Lad so I would have all the legionnaires up thru Dawn*Star.

Awesome! Would love to see them all together some time...

Mokey Eater Lad... if you go to the catskills home page, and look under the Mike Grell gallery, it has all the cards there. I treated myself to get them.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Past weekend. Paul Smith. Dawnstar. Nuff 'said.

I got some great art this weekend at Wondercon 2007.
Andy MacDonald doing Wildfire:

Jacob Chabot on Mon-El:

Chris Giarrusso on Matter-Eater Lad and Spider-Ham:

Haha... yay Matter-Eater Lad!!! I can't wait for the day of his return to modern day Legion.

Gems!

Just got back from Wizard World LA with this Todd Nauck Cos:


Anybody else got anything new?!

Got this in San Jose this weekend:


Anybody else get anything cool recently?

Forgot to post these sketches from my trip to the Bristol Comic convention.



this is by Joel McCrea.

A rather nice Green Lantern by Gary Erskine.



He was laughing as he had been asked for a lot of these over the weekend. Something else else to do with his JSA work i guess.

(Thats funny, it links through to the picture but the thumb wont show. Especially as i dont think i have done anything different to the WW picture that does show. I have to go to do some work so will have a look later )

Here’s a gorgeous Kara from Phil Winslade.




I also got a chance to look at some pencils he has done for a brave and bold staring Supergirl and Raven. They look spectacular and the storyline seems to be addressing a lot of the personal demons we have seen Supegirl suffering from lately.

and finally another wonderful piece from Mr Kitson.

I love his tinya.

Wow a great haul Darden.

As I mentioned a Convention hit Toronto (and my wallet) this weekend.

Here's a Ilyana (Magick) sketch from Niko Hendrichon. The next day he did an Iron Man that everyone was ooing and awing about. I love his art, though its too 'European' for most superhero books. Maybe it'd work for a magical or fantasy style hero.



I'll post more as I have some time.

A cute play on the current Tinya's origin issue by Danielle Corsetto.

The mouse guard has arrived.

Sweet stuff guys!

What's new with your collection!?!
I got this Francis prelim:

And I commissioned this MEL sketch and got the Saturn girl for free!

I like Tenzil - man eating shark So to Irma

Only got one Legion sketch at Wondercon 2008 this weekend but I did try to get Darwyn Cooke and Tim Sale to do some, honest!

HEY!!!!
i saw this sketch being worked on by the artist at Wondercon.
who are you? i live in san fran.

i am me my name's kevin. i work in sf.

Gary Frank costumed Dawny:


Classic Cos:

Those are awesome, MEL. Thanks for sharing! Who drew that rocking Phantom Girl one? I'm not familiar with the style or initials.

I decided to commission something by Agnes Garbowska as a treat this spring. As some of you know, Agnes is the significant other of current legion artist FJM. I've wanted to get one of these cute hero pieces since I saw them a few years back. So with Francis drawing Legion I had this idea I thought would be really cute. It turned out even better than I hoped.

I would love a Legion of Little Heroes book.

Remember Brainy only messes with you if you take his Planetary Dance Dance Revolution Machine away.

That's awesome!

That's adorable.

I had to get this onto the next page! LOVE it!

yeah it's an awesome piece! I think it'd be a cool t-shirt..heh. here's a better scan of the piece since the last scan didn't do it justice.

Thanks Francis.

My capture equipment can't get the saturation and contrast levels up. Yeah that does much more justice to Agnes' colours.

wow that's the coolest sketch ever! i want one too!

here's what i got at 'super-con' in san jose recently:

Amanda Conner on Night Girl:


David Bullock on Saturn Girl:


Baus Reo on Animated Brainy's crush:

Ooh, looks like I'm the first to post a sketch from San Diego. I didn't commission any Legionnaires this year, but here's my Francis Lightning Lad. Thanks, Francis! He's awesome!

Francis and Agnes stopped by to say hello and Francis very generously offered to do sketches for us. This is Shadow Lass:




And our very own Monkey-Eater Lad took time off from his Chimpanzee Pizza to immortalize me. The Louvre will never get this - they must be satisfied with the Mona Lisa!

Ladapul (Francis Manapul's chosen Legion name ) drew this pic of Cos for me at our table. I'd wondered what his Cos would look like!



And here's Monkey-Eater Lad's rendition of Rockhopper Lad--or, as I called him, Lad-Eater Penguin!

I should have asked Monkey_eater Lad to do a sketch of me. That would have been hella cool.

MEL has skills, and not just in matters of monkey eating

When was FJM at the table? Rocky, I am totally jealous of of your Cosmic Boy!

I'll scan mine and post them tomorrow.

He came by on Sunday afternoon. He told me he was disappointed that he hasn't really had the chance to draw Cos, so he was very glad to oblige.

Yet another reason I should have delayed my flight till Sunday Night.

Thanks for sharing Rocky!

SPOILER!!!

Gary, that is super-cool!

Gee I wish he had been there Friday or Saturday! I would have had him draw Dream Girl. I didn't go Sunday....Francis was the one person I wanted to meet at San Diego and I didn't get to meet him.

Buggersall! I missed sketching for Quis?!? AND I missed seeing Francis and Agnes!?! Oh the inhumanity!

I got this as SDCC08

Todd Nauck is the artist

This is my first post, I met legionworld.net people at the LSH panel

Mmkay so I finally got around to scanning and cropping all the stuff I got at San Diego Comic-Con 2008 (and then some). Here's all the new stuff:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryNew.asp?GCat=4386

And just the Legion stuff...
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=7246

A sampling of the Legion related pieces...

Bouncing Boy by Sanford Greene:


Infectious Lass by Gregg Schigiel:


And the mandatory Chris Giarrusso:

All of these are fantastic! I am very jealous.

Welcome Producing Lad! Hey were you the guy that was in line with me at the DC Booth Saturday waiting for a sketch by the current Action Comics artist?


Kevin, I am totally jealous of the Tiny Titans pieces, I wish I had visited their booth to get those!

whoa these are all so cool! i always wished nauck did more legion stuff than that one (or two?) issues back in the day.

Gregg Schigiel is a beast! what a cool picture!!!

yes RTVU2, that was me, I'm glad I jumped out of line, gave me another chance to talk to Matt Wagner about Grendel.

I think Nauck would be great back on the Legion. His art is cute but more serious then the Moy stuff.

Here is my Ultra Boy sketch from the Con by Todd Nauck. Click to see a bigger version.

Sweet! I totally forgot Nauck was even there. Too much con, too little time.

Welcome, Producing Lad!

Ah man, quite the collection the gang got in San Diego.

Hello all,

I've been ccllecting Legion sketches for many years. I've gotten sketches from artists ranging from Sergio Aragones, Frank Cho, Mike Grell, Phil Foglio, Adam Hughes, Dan Jurgens, Scott Kurtz, Greg Land, Marshall Rogers, Michael Turner, Jim Lee, Joe Staton -- 106 sketches in all.

The sketchbook has been my pride and joy at conventions. It's now been all filled up, so I've scanned them all in and put them on a website. The web address is http://dirtboy11.googlepages.com/

Feel free to check it out. Let me know what you think (preferably by email -- dirt-boy-lsh@charter.net)

Somehow, Dirt-Boy, the site is not working correctly. I can't see the full pictures when clicking.

What is it that you're clicking? The pictures or the links above them?

Oh, I see... I was clicking on the picture itself. I thought the link above would be to the name itself, not to the image. Great collection, though!

LOL did the same thing Ricardo did at fisrt then i figured out to click the name at the top. and Dirtboy awesome gallry you've got there. very nice job you've done there.

Thanks for the kind words.

I would have liked it to work if you click on the pictures, but the program I worked with had limited functionality. My next collection will be done a little differently.

I like how you have such a variety of styles. It did take a moment to figure out how to look at the images. Thanks for sharing!

Great collection Dirt-Boy!

A notable Legion artist seems to be conspicuously absent from his collection.

..and D.B., The Alison Sohn Light Lass is stunning.

First, thanks Barry!

I'd love to get a Legionnaire sketch from him. Now if only he would make his way to a Minnesota convention. There's one coming up in October! :)Now married with child, I'm unable to make the far-flung trips to conventions that I used to.

That being said, Barry did do a nice quick sketch of Catwoman for me in Chicago about 10-15 years ago.

So this is the closet I've gotten to a Legion sketch at a Con so far. Impulse ala Todd Nauck from when I was at Wizard World LA.



I wasn't gonan suggest it but I'd been talking to Todd earlier that day and he said " Lemme guess, Impulse ?" Who was I to say no?

Hi! I couldn't find a convention sketches thread so I've started one here!

Here's a picture of the Shadow Lass sketch I got from Greg Laroque at the Baltimore convention last year. He told me Dream Girl used to be the most popular request but now it's Shadow Lass. I didn't realise I was part of a trend.

I should have asked for Tellus!

http://bottlecityofkanga.blogspot.com/2009/05/shadow-lass-convention-sketch.html

Very nice, Kanga! I dig it.

lAROQUE!

He's so classic Legion.
sigh
His Shady is wonderful, thanks for sharing her.

My co-Drura fan supreme HEALEX was thinking of me when he got Mr. Greg Larocque to do some LSH sketches for him recently.

I still need to get this fabulously framed:

the convention sketch thread was why I first came to the comm and when I looked for it last month it had been deleted. It came up in the search results but I clicked it and it couldn't be found

Previous convention thread can be found here.

there we go, thanks!

Oh, ah, since this is a convention thread, I have a question. I plan to go to Big Apple Con, and Joe Giella's going to be there. Do you pronounce his last name Gi, like Gi from Captain Planet, or Gi as in gee, as an gee whiz?

And we're back where we belong!

I bought some comics from Art balthasar's site last year and wrote a note about loving tiny titans which I was prompted to pick up because Supergirl appeared. (I had to go and get back issues) I said how I would love to see a lil legion and especially Brainiac 5 as he was my favourite. Being the lovely man he is he sent me three quick sketch cards.

I'll be scanning some stuff I hope to post on DA and comicvine that I got at Big Apple.

Saturn Girl by Jim Sherman

Abin Sur quickie by Kevin O'Neill

Joker's Daughter quickie by Jamal Igle

Aquagirl quickie by Jim Calafiore

Looking forward to them.

Here's Saturn Girl. Sorry if it's light, I paid for it to be done only in pencil.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Saturn-Girl-by-Jim-Sherman-125835269

Wow! Jim Sherman! Awesome!

Abin Sur by Kevin O'Neill.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Abin-Sur-by-Kevin-O-Neill-125849841

Duela Dent by Jamal Igle.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Duela-Dent-by-Jamal-Igle-125850229

Aquagirl by Jim Calafiore. Prepared to be surprised.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Aquagirl-by-Jim-Calafiore-125851995

Raven by Howard Chaykin: http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Raven-by-Howard-Chaykin-126652959

Timber Wolf by Billy Tucci: http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Timber-Wolf-by-Billy-Tucci-126652105

Annataz Arataz by Tom Derenick: http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Annataz-Arataz-by-Tom-Derenick-126651646

Aqua... woman? by Jimmy Palmiotti: http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Aquawoman-by-Jimmy-Palmiotti-126650999

Batwoman by Mike McKone: http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Batwoman-by-Mike-McKone-126650670

Bloodlust by Amanda Conner: http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Bloodlust-by-Amanda-Conner-126650148

You were busy, SK! Love that Bloodlust by Amanda Conner, even though I don't know the character.

Nice sketchcards from Art Balthasar, too, Para-dox. That Tiny Titans stuff just makes me smile - especially Streaky.

If you have Kingdom Come you can try and look for her, but as I mentioned on DA, she was minor. VERY minor.

I finally got around to scanning stuff from the last couple cons:
MEL\'s Legion art

Here's a sampling:

Very cool. I think the Cosmic Boy one is my favourite, but it's hard to choose.

What are "Artist Sketch Cards"? I've been seeing them online a lot lately.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Legion Worlders, but:

1) I believe the first illustration is of Legion applicant Fruit Boy from the latest Shooter run.

2) Artist Sketch Cards are handy reference cards for pencilers and inkers and sometimes colorists for the specific characters they depict. These help artists keep the look of the character (attributes, costume, handgun calibur, etc.) consistent and true. For a new artist on a Legion story, I would expect it to be a necessity!

Yep, that's Fruit Boy, and thanks.

Hey, have you guys ever thought of having artists at conventions doing sketches of Legionnaires in "what if" situations?

I don't think I could afford what most artists would demand to draw my particular brand of "What If?" Ever. Also, I'm guessing they wouldn't want to sign their work, which would sort of undermine the whole point of getting the sketch.

[ahem]

Oh, and "icon_uk" at Daily Scans gave me permission to link to some Moy sketches in his/her possession.

Cosmic Boy in that costume. Those who whine about this will not get any ice cream.

Other stuff here . (Cannot vouch for every last sketch being worksafe, so...)

That's my favourite Cosmic Boy costume!

I really like Moy's poster-stuff like this but I wasn't a big fan of his art on the Legion.

All the characters looked the same and his storytelling had a very clunky feel...

I think of it as his 'summer costume'. I'm always mildly amused by the complaints about this outfit. Why wouldn't 31st century ganders dress as provocatively as the geese? (Or is that reversed?)

Actually, I always thought this outfit, combined with certain slapping incidents and Night Girl's height (though not apparent under Grell's pencils) hinted at a little something about Rokk...

(snip)

Quote

...Why wouldn't 31st century ganders dress as provocatively as the geese?

Yeah, no kidding. There are about seven thousand modern-day females in the pop-culture 'verse already wearing less than Rokk does in the "future."

Eh, I think Night Girl herself is probably also pretty open-minded, given her, uh, affinity with Tasmia.



It's unfortunate that her "owl" logo has been ruined by that stupid mass-purveyor of overpriced lousy beer and crappy buffalo wings. I've drawn Lydda in my sketchpad with a crescent moon logo replacing the owl, but I guess IRL that would set off the anti-Islam crowd. You just can't win, y'know?

Oh God, guys, the things I got at Big Apple Con today that I'll soon be posting.

Lobo by Mark McKenna

Emerald by Ebas

Sensor Girl by David Mack

Penguin by Jim Calafiore

Lightning Lad by Alvin Lee & Lightning Lad by Mike Lilly.

And here they are:

Sensor Girl by David Mack
* http://JudeDeluca.deviantart.com/art/Sensor-Girl-by-David-Mack-140613447

Emerald by Ebas
* http://JudeDeluca.deviantart.com/art/Emerald-by-ebas-140614056

Penguin by Jim Calafiore
* http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/The-Penguin-by-Jim-Calafiore-140614558

Lobo by Mark McKenna
* http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Lobo-by-Mark-Mckenna-140614901

Lightning Lad by Alvin Lee
* http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Lightning-Lad-by-Alvin-Lee-140615207

Lightning Lad by Mike Lilly
* http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Lightning-Lad-by-Mike-Lilly-140615547

Witchie-poo by Mike McKone
* http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Witchie-poo-by-Mike-McKone-140616107

Those are cool!

I've only been to one proper convention where I got a Greg Laroque Shadow Lass pencil drawing. It was full figure and very nice!

What's the etiquette? Do some artists only do head-and-shoulders?

No, those were quick sketches. They're free but half the time they're not that detailed.

Awww...

I just love grunge-Garth sketches. I don't even know why. I just do.

Mebbe it's the scowl.

I wonder if I could sew a Legion costume out of flannel.

Go for it.

Let's see... today I got:

*Coagula by Matthew Clark.

*Hypnotia by Billy Tucci.

*Joker by Chris Giarusso.

*SUN WOMAN by Sean Chen.

*ROND VIDAR by Bob Wiacek.

*Coagula by Matthew Clark.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Coagula-by-Matthew-Clark-155738182

*Hypnotia by Billy Tucci.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Hypnotia-by-Billy-Tucci-155739434

*Joker by Chris Giarusso.

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Joker-by-Chris-Giarusso-155737596

*Sun Woman by Sean Chen

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Sun-Woman-by-Sean-Chen-155736280

*Rond Vidar by Bob Wiacek

http://judedeluca.deviantart.com/art/Rond-Vidar-by-Bob-Wiacek-155736894

Sean Chen did a very cool Sun Woman there! Such simple lines.

Coagula, I've never heard of, but that is hands down an amazing picture. He made her look like she's metallic, just using pencils!

I'm really glad I managed to get both of them. Most of the artists I was hoping to see weren't there.

How did I know?

SDCC '10:

Jeff Moy's Gates sketch:



Francis Manapaul's Phantom Girl:

So cool! Thanks for sharing!

As a bonus: video of Francis doing the sketch. 3 1/2 minutes. Amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTBBwQUlfLM

Amazing video, beautiful artwork!

That was friggin' amazing! Thanks for recording and posting that video!

So where's the Pig Iron sketch?

When I first saw this at the booth, I thought "Hey! A sketch of Outdoor Miner!"

Francis Manapul's Gazelle (Giselle):

Lovely! She looks even more alien there.

I'll see if I can scan it later (along with the awesome Tiny Titans ones Art Baltazar did for my kids). He's a pic of me, Scott Shaw!, and the sketch:

I posted this on the "Next Gathering" thread in the MMB before I knew of this thread ...

Conner & Krypto by Francis Manapul from Comic Con



sketched on the inside front cover of his portfolio book ... if he's at NY Comic Con in the fall, maybe I can get him to do Red Robin on the inside back cover ...

I don't know how I never posted this before (maybe I did and I can't find it at the moment), but here's Francis Manapul's Cosmic Boy from 2009 -



And here's the one with Invisible Kid that Kabir bought for me this year -

Man, Francis can really work an ink wash!!
Love it!!

Interesting. It's 3B Lyle but with the original HQ.

I could love an entire book drawn in that style. Growing up with a black and white TV, I can fill in the blanks in my mind, and sometimes black and white makes for some stronger line-work.

I agree with your b&w stronger line work comment Set.
I would love to see some black and white Cinar stuff (aside from the already seen new Legion's promo pics). Perhaps seeing what he could do with some Marvel characters? I bet he would draw one mean Spiderman.

How much do those Manapul sketches cost?

You buy the sketchbook and he sketches on the inside cover "free" (So really you get a book with the sketch). I think it was about $25.00. I had a few different sketches from different artists, but I think that was his price. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Hmm, that might be difficult for me, considering what kind of scanner I have.

I love the energy and spontinaety you get with sketches of any single color, especially with a wash!

Mind if I ask a couple of con-related questions as they pertain to the possibility of me getting some sketches.

1. How much does Amanda Conner charge for more in-depth sketches?

2. Is Georges Jeanty's first name pronounced "Whore-hey"?

3. What exactly is the Hero Initiative booth, and do you have to pay for any sketches you get from the artists there, or does it depend on the artist?

www.heroinitiative.org/

It can vary. A donation is often involved. Artists as popular as George Perez hold lotteries to see who will get a sketch, with the winners paying for one afterwards.

Oh yeah, I heard Perez does that. Thanx.

So... anyone get anything at Baltimore, or Wizard World Chicago?

Yes, but I think my Photobucket account died due to neglect.

But I can share something. These aren't mine, but I met this gentleman at the Baltimore show and he had these pieces with him and had others in progress. He said it was cool to link to them from here. So I am. Apologies if I'm not the first.

It's a very interesting project.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=98517

I check comicartfans site all the time for Legion pictures, that is one of my favorite Legion galleries, and here is another favorite, from a guy after my own heart, who seems to be a even bigger Karate Kid fan than I am.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?GSub=89206

Those are truly awesome black and whites LWL, you are right. My favorites are definately KK with Mr. Incredible and Popeye!

And speaking of big Karate Kid fans, well ... I let my avatar do the talking for me.

I remember when Seely posted the KK Vs Zealot pic on DA.

loved KK vs Elektra...but sure wish that the guy could have thought of Karate Kid vs Myg, the 2nd Karate Kid. (and even 3rd KK )

OM,
That was a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing it.

LWL, you too!

That Karate Kid vs... everyone(!) gallery was fantastic! What a great idea for a sketch collection!

Just saw your re-imagined Legion covers link too OM. Also awesome!

I only managed to get two sketches at Big Apple last night and they aren't even Legionnaires.

Little Barda by Louis Small Jr.

Larfleeze by Terry Huddleston

Here are some the con sketches I can show for now. First the ones from Big Apple Con.

Little Barda Jr.:


Larfleeze by Terry Huddleston:

Aquaman II by J. Calafiore:

Lightning Lad by Todd Nauck:



Gazelle by Francis Manapul:


Demon Damsel by Mahmud Asrar:


The New Teen Titan by Nicola Scott:



Red Hood by Billy Tucci:

Queen Nehellenia by Matthew Clark:



Sumo Timber Wolf by Francis Manapul:

Wow! You got some beautiful sketches!

Hey SK, you are truly lucky! Those are some great art pieces you've collected there. I especially like the Gazelle and Sumo T-Wolf by Francis Manapul. The man is a national treasure for us Canucks up here!!

Just wait. These are just some of the 46 sketches I got. And the first two are from Big Apple Con last week.

This was my birthday gift from Joe Prado.

Firestar by Jeremy Dale - Can you get the reference?


American Vampire's Peal by Rafael Albuquerque


Arsenal by Phillip Tan


Jeannette by Nicola Scott - I had her add the word balloon.


Lian Harper and Red Hood by Agnes Garbowska


Batman by Andy Kubert


Arsenal by Georges Jeanty


Arsenal by Sunny Lee

Dark Angel by Cat Staggs


Kingdom Come Aquagirl by Karl Kerschl


Menagerie (Kingdom Come Beast Boy) by Justiniano


Darkstar by Terry Dodson


Duela Dent by Mike McKone


Prosthetic Lass by Sean "Cheeks" Galloway


Ravager by Yildiray Cinar


Enigma by Tony S. Daniel

Ragdoll by Nicola Scott - This is actually my brother's, but we did suggest the word ballon.


Livewires' Stem Cell by Mike DeBalfo


Livewires' Cornfed by Reilly Brown


Sailor Moon's FishEye by Jeremy Dale

Okay... ACTUAL Legionnaires.

Lightning Lad by Sean Chen


Mon-El by Bernard Chang (For Candle)


Dawnstar by Amy Reeder


Shadow Lass by Greg LaRocque

They're all so amazing!
Thanks for sharing these, SK!

Love the LaRoque Shadow Lass. She looks so pointy and dangerous and mysterious!

They are great! Must have cost a small fortune.

They mostly cost somewhere between 6 and 800 dollars.

Catwoman by Scott Hanna


Batman by Cameron Stewart


The Stand's Mother Abigail by Mike Perkins


Superwoman by Jamal Igle


Joker by Dustin Nguyen


Kingdom Come's Kabrini by Jamal Igle


Leatherwing by Derek Fridolfs


Gunnerkrigg Court's Mort by Tom Siddell

Green Lantern by Joe Prado


Revolutionary Girl Utena by Francis Manapul

Geez!
These are really over the top.
Wonderful.

Exactly how many artists were at this NYCC? I bet it was quite the show.
Those sketches are all dope btw! Worth every penny in my book.

Here we've got Mandalla, one of the more obscure members of the Legion, who captured my heart. By Dave Fox.


Here's cartoon Lightning Lad by sketch card artist Brian Kong.





And here's one I was very eager for. Sumo Lightning Lad, part of my "Legion Alternity" collection, and kind of set in the same universe as the previous Timber Wolf piece. I corresponded with Ian Dorian on facebook on the specifics on it, using 3Boot Garth as the starting point.

Your art collection is staggering. Fun stuff! And thanks for putting the LSH-related ones of the FB page!

Here you can find all my sketches:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=43771

And here are the others, although they aren't all Legion related.

Karie by Sean Chen


Bevis by Billy Tucci

Black Orchid by Billy Tucci



The Candlemaker by Ian Dorian


Gnarrk by Rich Buckler


Nightshade from JLA: Destiny by Steve Scott


Green Lantern, Kyle, from JLA #9 by Larry Hama


Eva Green by Guy Dorian


Holly Wood by Guy Dorian


Dexter and the robot parrot from Dexter's Laboratory by Scott Roberts

These are fantastic!
I especially <3 Karie, Black Orchid and Dexter!
Bevis is amazing, too.

It certainly seems to help to live in the New York area.
Wow!

I wasn't expecting on going to MoCCA 2011, but my brother suggested it last night so we went together. I'm sorry I didn't tell anyone on here, it was spur of the moment, but if the person who got that Bouncing Boy sketch is a member on here, you'll know I was there.

First off, I managed to get two more Sumo Timber Wolf pieces added to my "Legion Alternity" collection. The first is by Tim Smith 3.

I always intended to ask Tim to draw sumo Brin after seeing examples of his Street Fighter art. He makes Brin look bulky without being too muscular or too fat, and the flower petals are a nice touch.

The second was by Dirk I. Tiede.

Dirk wrote and drew a manga-esque series involving werewolves called "Paradigm Shift", so at first I asked him to draw Reboot Brin, but caved to the idea of getting another sumo TW piece, and let him choose. Brin more resembles his New Earth counterpart, and Dirk drew him as simply large, or thick.

Here's Pulse by Tyler Chin-Tanner.

He co-wrote a series called "American Terrorist", so I asked him to draw one of the Legionnaires from when they were on the run. I chose Ayla before she started getting younger.

Here's the Black Witch by Dana Guerrieri.

You might not be able to tell Mysa's in "Black Witch mode", but she is, because that's what I specified to Miss Guerrieri. She would've inked it, but my brother and had to leave and we were waiting for her to finish pencilling it before we left.

My non-Legion pieces.


For those of you who remember Rachel Pollack's run on Doom Patrol, here's one of the minor characters whom appeared. From #68, the Identity Addict as "All Tied Up", with the power to overwhelm enemies with appointments by Kate Beaton.

Dorothy Spinner by Melissa Zayas. I passed by her table and though Miss Zayas had a nice, fairy tale-esque style, so I wanted her to draw Dorothy to make her "ugly cute", as some call it.

Speed Freak, of the Love Syndicate of Dreamworld, by Jacob Chabot. Speed Freak was a female Flash who appeared in Animal Man #25, alongside a lot of other characters whom were wiped out by the first Crisis.

Here's Lian as Speedy, as an alternate version of her appeared in Titans #25, the good, or slightly better first Titans series, before DC unhitched its pants and... I'll stop there. The adorable Lian is done by Jodi Tong.

Young Dark Angel, a, well, younger version of the murderous Wonder Woman/Titans villain Dark Angel, whom also appeared in Titans #25. By Yali Lin.

The Livewires' Gothic Lolita by Vanessa Satone. I gave her a choice of Loli, Cornfed, and Hollowpoint Ninja, and she chose Loli.

ALL of the Livewires. Going clockwise, its Cornfed, Gothic Lolita, Stem Cell, Social Butterfly, and Hollowpoint Ninja, by Polly Guo. I didn't know Miss Guo was going to be there. My brother paid her to do a commission of Roy and Lian for my birthday, and we were both surprised to meet her. She did this for three dollars.

Kathryn McAllister, the main character of Dirk's "Paradigm Shift" book, which he drew in my copy of volume one.

And finally, someone you all know and love, Mister Eryk Davis Ester by Chris Giarrusso. [img]http://cdn.comicartfans.com/Images/...vis%20Ester%20by%20Chris%20Giarrusso.bmp[/img]

had these two pieces done by the awesome Mr. Gene Gonzales


they freakin' rock!!

J'adore that Jazmin!

So, here's what I got at Boston yesterday, but without scans.

Sailor Moon by Bill Walko
Duela Dent by Bill Walko
Lian Harper by Tyler James
Cyberella by Howard Chaykin
Benton Tarentella from "Courage the Cowardly Dog" by Cliff Rathburn
Nightstar by Mike Lilly
Mall Hair Girl by Bobby Timony (YEAH, I GOT A SKETCH OF A CHARACTER THAT WAS ONLY A NAME!!!)
Cartoon Lightning Lad by Dave Johnson
Cornfed by Sean Galloway
The Gargoyle by Scott Cohn
Sailor Aluminum Seiren by Bill Dinh
Mr. Atom by Scott Wegener
Evil Swamp Thing from "Crisis on Two Earths" by Clay McCormack

Love it!!

Here's Sailor Moon by Bill Walko, a pre-con commission I had Bill do. The basis for this was actually a failed American adaption that blended live action and animation together.


When I went to pick up my Sailor Moon piece from Bill, I asked if he'd be willing to do a quick sketch of Duela, and he was more than happy to.


Here's a free sketch card of Lian Tyler James did for me.

Here's Howard Chaykin's Cyberella by, naturally, Howard Chaykin.


From Courage the Cowardly Dog, zombie film producer Benton Tarantella by Cliff Rathburn.


Titans villain the Gargoyle by Scott Cohn.


And Kingdom Come Teen Titan Nightstar, the daughter of Dick Grayson and Starfire, by Mike Lilly.

Sailor Moon villainess Sailor Aluminum Seiren, part of the Sailor Animamates of Shadow Galactica, by Bill Dinh.


Gender-reversed Arsenal Scarlet Harper, created by Viola Tanganelli and drawn by Ming Doyle.


Evil Swamp Thing from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths by Clay McCormack.


Duela Dent by the infamous J. Scott Campbell.

Two pics of Cornfed of the Livewires. The first by Sean "Cheeks" Galloway...


And the second by T.J. Kirsch.


Here's Hollowpoint Ninja by Oliver Nome.


And Captain Marvel villain Mr. Atom by Scott Wegener.

Quiver, an evil version of Arsenal based on a micro hero, by Declan Shalvey.



Legion Academy member Comet Queen by Thom Zahler.


Red Hood, Lian Harper of the Kingdom Come world, by Matt Wagner.



Poison Ivy by Tyler James.

Inferno from the false 1950s the Legionnaires were put in in "Legion of Super-Heroes" #92 by E.J. Barnes.



Vi as Colossal Girl from the false 1940s the Legionnaires were put in in "Legionnaires" #54 by Olivia Dinnall.


Catspaw by Darwyn Cooke.


The Teen Titanimals by Tricia Arnold.

Shrinking Violet by Celine Chapus.


From the previous Supergirl, Linda's predecessor as Earth-Angel of Fire, Rachel Pratchet and Ember by Tina Tran.


The Silver Slasher by Mark McKenna.


Black Lantern Kole by Nick Mockoviak.

From the preview in Superboy #1, one of the unnamed Titans whom should be appearing, "Elongated Girl" by Holly Foltz.


Sumo Arsenal by Andrew Dobson.


And Garth (Aqualad/Tempest) as Aquaman from Earth-15 by Joe Dellagatta.

My four favorite sketches from Boston.

Here's Lightning Lad, from the cartoon, by Dave Johnson.


Nancy Thompson from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" by Tony Harris.


Here's Mall Hair Girl by Bobby Timony. I imagined her as a valley girl who accidentally used a can of radioactive hair spray, and she can make it do anything. Based on my design Bob drew her in all this glory.


And here's our very own Candle by Stephanie Buscema!

Awwww!
Love me.
lol

And Nightstar, Poison Ivy, Lightning Lad and the sketch card of Lian are amazing.
They're all wonderful.
Thanks for showing these.
They make me feel rich, for some reason!

J'adore that Candle!!

Reminds me of Judy Jetson, only older.

My birthday gift is finally done! White Lantern Lightning Lad by Joe Prado!

Beautiful!
Have you ever thought of sending it for coloring to a colorist and then, to an inker to get it 'finished'?
I don't know if it's possible, but this one is certainly worthy of being a completed work.

I don't think a colorist would work on a piece inked like that.

Is your original inked?
I thought it was mostly pencil.

They might be able to with an acytate (I can't spell today) overlay and specialized inks, maybe.

It's inked. Maybe my colorist friend could do something. I don't know, I'll ask.

Today was Free Comic Book Day and my collection grows more and more with these two editions.

By veteran Legion artist Joe Staton, not a Legion character, but the Batman from the Elseworlds story "Citizen Wayne" from Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #4, which Joe illustrated.



But I did get a Legion sketch. A quick one of Lightning Lad by Scott Wegener. He had to do it standing up.

I got seven sketches today at Hawthorne High School Comic Con.

The first of which is Celeste Rockfish by Bob Wiacek, my second 31st Century GL piece by him.



The second is another alternate version of Dark Angel, a bat-like, demonic version that tried to kill Donna Troy when she was still with the Titans of Myth.


Here's the first "Emerald Legion" piece I've added to my collection. I ran into Joe Staton again today, and I had him draw Ultra Boy when he received his "emerald makeover".


I originally had Tom Schloendorn draw a version of The Ray, but it wasn't coming out properly, so instead, I had him draw werewolf Ultra Boy from one the pinups in Legion of Super-Heroes #100.


Waiting for Tom to finish that, and Evan Dorkin to finish something else, I got another piece by James Sherman. A member of the Team Titans, Redwing.


And finally, Evan Dorkin finished, and this piece has changed my perspective on him. I had him do the Unknown Legionnaire, and I was expecting just a quick head sketch. Instead, I got this.


My last piece came from Walt Simonson. I had him draw the evil version of Hawkman from Crisis on Two Earths, Manhawk.

Wonderful.
James Sherman did a lovely drawing.

Nice haul, SK. Love the Sherman and Simonson sketches. Wiacek's Celeste is nice too.

Time for more sketches!

The first is a sketch I've been trying to get from Cliff Chiang since forever. Devil Hunter Yohko.


One of my favorite supporting characters, Tiffany Cross by Brian Wood.


From Untold Tales of Blackest Night, Sinestro Corpswoman Dawwl by Dave Fox.


Yet another member of the League of Super-Teens by Bobby Timony, Itty Bitty Girl.


A brand new edition to my Legion Alternity collection, Sumo Sun Boy by Declan Shalvey.


Nate Grey, the X-Man of the Age of Apocalypse, by Dennis Calero.


Right out of Flashpoint, villainess Yo-Yo by Chris Giarrusso.


Accompanied by a quick head sketch of Element Woman.

From one of my favorite stories, Cryssia, one of the Supergirls from the Legends of the Dead Earth annual by Mike Lilly.



Saki Asamiya from "Sukeban Deka" by Tim Smith 3.


Soldier of Revolution, Sailor Pluto by Chris Batista.


Thunder! Thunder! THUNDER! By Damion Scott.


Tesla Strong of "America's Best Comics" by Khary Randolph.


Green Lantern Cary Wren by Bob Wiacek.


Threeboot Garth by Tim Smith 3.


From Countdown to Adventure, the Barbara Gordon of Earth-33, The Oracle, by Timothy Lantz.

The last three of today, here's Color Kid by Toby Cypress.


And another sumo-sized Garth by Edwin Huang.


Finally, from Dan Jurgens' Teen Titans, here's Sweet 16 by Greg Horn.

I think your sumo stuff is so funny.
It looks like Declan enjoyed doing Dirk that way!

When are you going to have sumo gals?
Monstress might count.

I like the Thunder and Supergirl drawings a lot, too.

And yet there is more.

Here's Duela Dent by Rebekah Isaacs.


Hissy the Super-Snake by Jacob Chabot.


Cyborg Dark Angel by Matthew Petz.


Red Hood by Zanny Lane.


Atom Eve by Ryan Ottley.


A rotting zombie head by Nelson DeCastro.


And from Sonic the Hedgehog, here's Chaos Zero by Jamal Peppers.

You are SOOOO greedy!

But, at least you share your treats.

One last signing to go on Wednesday and that's it. What does everyone else think of my collection?

Two more, and this time they're both video game characters.

Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie by Reilly Brown.



And Twinrova from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by Khary Randolph.

I should be picking these two sketch cards (in color) at Wizard World Philadelphia this Friday from Brendon and Brian Fraim.

The first, based on Drake's fan art, is Ninja Lightning Lad.



The second, based on Candle's micro hero, is Sumo Lightning Lad.

Here are the sketches I got from Philadelphia. But I'm still waiting on a sketchbook from Ethan Van Sciver.

Here are the two sketch cards from the Fraims.

Ninja Lightning Lad:



Sumo Lightning Lad:


I'm man enough to admit I'm a fan of the Golden Girls, and knowing Deadpool's obsession with Bea Arthur, I had Reilly Brown draw him with them.



When it was announced Gail Simone was coming back to the Birds of Prey, two fans did a short comic of Gail meeting the Secret Six trying to pass themselves off as the Birds. Here's Ragdoll as Black Canary by Franco Aureliani.



Here's Jennifer Morgan as she appeared in the Conjurers miniseries, by Bill Dinh.



Prysm and Fringe by Tina Tran. I made her rush.



Duela Dent as Card Queen by Charles Paul Wilson III.



Here's Policy Pam by Jamie Fay.

Here's Universo, the next 31st Century GL by Bob Wiacek. It's so light because he did it on a comic board.



And here's Xera of Manna-5 by Sunny Lee.



Here's Supergirl by Mike Lilly. That is, Matrix/Linda during the Earth-Angel period.


Here's Tula as she appeared in Young Justice by Koi Turnbull.


And here's Sailor Jupiter by one of my regulars, Ian Dorian.



And my brand new addition to "Legion Alternity", Ninja Saturn Girl by Tim Smith 3.

And two I'm very happy with.

I got Nei Ruffino to do a head sketch of my original character, Ebony Dent.



And here's Lightning Lad and Arsenal by Phil Jimenez.

To accompany the Arsenal multiverse piece Viola did, I had her do one of Lightning Lad, with alternate versions of himself, his wife Saturn Girl, and their kids Graym and Garridan.

Basically, Garth took the kids on a tour of the HQ, they wandered off, and when he found them, they were in a room with a time bubble and alternate versions of himself. Now he's trying to explain to Imra just what happened.

From left to right we have...

*Golden Age Lightning Lad: From Legionnaires #54, when some of the Legionnaires were put in a false 1940S.
*Cartoon Lightning Lad: From the second season. Graym and Garridan are asking their mom if they can keep him.
*Lightning Boy: Likewise, with Roy as Robin, here's a Garth that served a Superboy-esque role. This is before the whole "cloning blues" thing.
*Lightning Lad: The version from Action Comics, the main version.
*Surfer Lightning Lad: With the sunglasses inbetween regular Garth and Imra.
*Sumo Lightning Lad: Based off of the Ian Dorian piece. Just seemed fitting since there was a sumo version of Roy in the other piece.
*Emerald Livewire: From the Legion story that had Shrinking Violet using the Emerald Eye to control the Legion.
*Adventurer Garth: An idea I had for a version of Garth as an Indiana Jones-esque adventurer in the 1940s. His sister is a "good girl" secret agent. They're the Lightning Twins.
*Lightning Lass: Not Ayla, but Gender-Reversed Garth.
*Smallville Lightning Lad: From the TV show. He was a little bit of a fanboy in the show, so meeting versions of himself made him go "squee".

What a fun piece.! Who is Viola, SK? I'm not familiar with her work.

Viola Tanganelli. Check the thread in Bits about Lian Harper and you'll see more of her art.

http://levyrasputin.deviantart.com/

She did this piece first.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=728139&GSub=90046

She also did this as an unexpected bonus.

These are both fun and wonderful!
I love her work and your imagination!

Hey guys... has anyone else gotten any con sketches recently? It just, it feels like I'm the only one who posts sketches on here anymore.

I only go to one con and only go for a few sketches as I usually don't have a lot of free time while I'm there. Thanks for sharing, though! I enjoy them.

I'm thinking about bringing a sketch book this time SK.

Just thought I'd ask.

Beyond getting my own, I love seeing what other people ask for because I learn about new artists.

I realize it's been a while since I posted any new sketches in here. So, here are the ones I got at the Midtown Comics "Not at Comic Con" Party and ComiConn.

The first four are from Midtown. I've decided I'd like to start a theme with Larry Hama, considering his work on G.I. Joe, to get sketches of the United Planets Military Cadets from the FYL continuity. To start off, here's Chuck Taine.



The next is my third from Evan Dorkin. Straight from his smash debut in Tiny Titans #42, here's Duckzarro!



Here's a sketch from the lovely Rebekah Isaacs. Rocket from the Milestone series "Icon", my favorite Milestone character and one of my favorite teen superheroes.



This next, and last one, is actually a gift that was meant for Bill Walko. Since he couldn't be at San Diego, or Midtown, I got Amy Reeder to do a headsketch of former Titan Flamebird, who should soon be appearing in "Batwoman", which Miss Reeder will be working on.



Appropriately, these next two pieces are from Bill, which I received at ComiConn last week. Bill's a fan of the "Jem" cartoon series, and so am I. He did redesigns of the Holograms (Jem's band in case you didn't know) and is planning on doing redesigns of the Misfits and the Stingers. I asked Bill to do a sketch of Stormer from the Misfits. And, he threw in Kimber, Jem's younger sister, for no extra charge, as a nod to the episode where the two briefly became a duo.



Along with the above piece, I asked Bill to do a quick head sketch of Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn, because I thought it would be a fun contrast between the lovely, adult Dawn, and Bill's all-ages style.

Continuing from ComiConn, here's Chameleon Girl by Stefanie Battalene.



And, from the Khund Legionnaires, here's Veilmist by Shawnti Therrien.



Liz Ortiz was sharing a table with Shawnti. Now, funny story, Liz shares the shame name with a voice actress who worked on the dub of one of my favorite animes, Revolutionary Girl Utena. So, I brought one of the DVDs along to get autograph. Boy was my face red. But Liz was nice enough to do this card for me of an alternate version of Dark Angel.



Here's Nightwing One Million, one of the future heroes from DC One Million. He was part of Justice Legion B, which was made up of future versions of the Fab Five and led by Resurrection Man. This is by Cesar Feliciano.



Here's Molecule, one of the short-lived One Year Later Teen Titans, by Tyler James.



One of my favorite things about Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade was Belinda Zee, Supergirl's evil twin. So deliciously smug and full of herself, here she is immortalized by Mike DeCarlo.



And here's a quick head sketch of Batman by Mark McKenna.

That's the first Veilmist that I haven't hated on sight!

I accomplished something good for me!

Ultra Boy by Chris Batista




Power Boy and Gravity Kid by Phil Jimenez

You were at NYCC?

Nice, thanks for sharing, guys!

SK, love your expansive collection. Especially the Legion of Garths one.

Love how Phil has the boys grinning - like they're preparing to unleash a beatdown on some bad guys, or maybe preparing to do something really naughty

I got 64 sketches for myself at NYCC this weekend. That's 16 more than last year. 68 counting the sketches I got for a friend.

I'm too tired to post them here, so here's a link to my CAF gallery for now.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryNew.asp?GCat=43771

That IK2 one by Levitz is awesome!

I originally wanted Paul to write "Going commando!" but he objected.

I do like that he changed it to Jacques though.

Time for my NYCC sketches. Honestly, I got 68 sketches at this convention, 20 more than last year. But four of them are for a friend. Still, 64, not bad. Because there are so many, I'll do nine tonight. Four Arsenal-related ones, and my Legion Alternity pieces.

Here's Arsenal in his Outsiders outfit with Lian and her baby brother, Thomas Blake Jr., in Catman footy pajamas. By Sarah Oleksyk.



Here's Arsenal by Cat Staggs.



Here's one of the alternate Arsenals seen in Outsiders #33, a Punisher-esque one, by Tom Raney.



Here's another alternate Lian Harper from Titans #25, who dressed like Troia whom I refer to as Wonder Tot, by Jodi Tong.



Following my White Lantern piece, Joe Prado did Lightning Lad as a Black Lantern.



Bobby Timony added a new addition to the League of Super-Teens, Seltzer Lad.



Another set of micro heroes I found on Superbuddies.net were called the Youth of Tomorrow. Various magic-based styled Legionnaires. Here's their Matter-Eater Lad, Munch, by Mike Lilly's young son Robert.



And Jeremy Dale added the first samurai to my Legion Shogun, Cosmic Boy.

And, here's a birthday gift I commissioned Jeremy Dale to do for Viola Tanganelli. Roy, Lian, and Sooraya Qadir in Viola's Earth-618 continuity.

So first I'm going to show off all the actual Legion sketches.

Sketch Lad by Art Baltazar.



Li'l Rhino by Franco Aureliani.

(Don't know why but the image won't show up)

The Weirdo Legionnaire by Chris Giarrusso.



Superman's sons from an imaginary tale, Jor-El II and Kal-El II.



Linda Danvers with her daughter by Superman, Ariella Kent, and Fallen Angel by J.K. Woodward.



Superman's grandson, Knightwing, from "Superman & Batman: Generations" by Eddy Barrows.



Kid Marvel by Jerry Ordway.



Gates monster-movie style by Ian Dorian.

Calorie Queen by Mike McKone.



Future Girl from the League of Infinity by Amy Reeder.



Ultra Boy as "Joe Knotts" by Joe Staton.



Eyeful Ethel by Jeff Lemire.



Shikari by Andy Lanning.



Night Girl by Amy Reeder.



Invisible Kid by Paul Levitz.



Matter-Eater Lad by Chris Batista.

The red-headed applicant of the Fabulous Fortes by Francis Portela. Sorry the quality sucks.



Superboy in his Legion workout uniform by Tim Smith 3.



Living Lightning Lass of the Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099.



Catspaw by Bernard Chang.



Golden Age Element Lad by Scott Hanna.

re: Paul Levitz' Invisible Kid sketch:



It's nice that despite dealing with Legion fans for all these years, he still has his sense of humor.

The Tom Raney Arsenal 'sketch' is incredible, with the shading and the detail.

An Andy Lanning Shikari!
sigh

Fuh-Fuh-FABOO!!

My sketches from Wild Pig Comic Con.

Amalgam's Timberwolf-By-Night (Brin + Werewolf by Night) by Neil Vokes.



Neil also did Hazmat (one of the Reboot Legion cadets with no name)



Mark McKenna did a headsketch of "Sister Lobo" from the LEGION Elseworlds annual.



Nick Mockoviak did the demonic version of Tenzil from LoSH #105.



Ian Glaubinger did Rainbow Girl.



And J.K. Woodward did these three Supergirls. Matrix, Ariella Kent, and Linda Danvers.

And this was a commission I had Levy do for the Bring Back Lian Harper Movement.



Oh, and a little guide to who's who... from left to right...

*Li Harper: Gender-reversed Lian, son of Levy's G-R version of Roy, Scarlet Harper.
*Lian and Earth-618 Lian: The regular continuity Lian on the shoulders of Earth-618 Lian. The commission takes place on Levy's Earth-618 fanon, but I wanted the focus to be New Earth Lian.
*DC Empire Lian: Marveling at electricity, just like her dad in the first Multiverse commission I had Levy do.
*Speedy Lian: From Titans #25.
*Red Hood: From Kingdom Come.
*Baby Lian: Being held by Red Hood, in a little pair of penguin footy PJs. Also from Titans #25.
*Evil Lian: Trapped in the stockings through the efforts of Speedy and Robin.
*Robin Lian: From a world where Roy was Bruce's sidekick. Would she be like Jason, Tim, Steph, Damian, or Carrie?
*Arsenal Lian: From the Reverse JLA world, where the Fab Five were the JLA, and their sidekicks are Batboy, Aquaboy, Kid Flash, Speedy, and Wonder Girl. This Lian was Red Arrow's first Speedy, conceived in a relationship similar to Green Arrow's son by Shado. She took on the Arsenal name after going to college to study to be a doctor while Ollie is the new Speedy.

Flying near the tree...

*DC Hogwarts Lian: From one of Levy's fanons.
*Wonder Tot: From Titans #25."

I really enjoy the spirit and detail and movement of her work.
This one is very fun.

I like the Supergirl 3 drawing, as well!

Now, to play catch-up.

This was a commission I had my brother do in November. How many of you have watched Jem?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSPb56-_I98

My brother Chris, who gained a modicum of internet fame through his "Minimalist Batgirls" and "Minimalist Robins" artwork, did a set of five minimalist head shots of Jem's rivals, The Misfits.



Here they are separatley. Pizzazz:


Roxy:


Stormer:


Jetta:


And their hanger on biggest fan, Clash:


Their songs were better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pujhOtG4fQ

These next two sketches I got at a signing for the new Ray series at Jim Hanley's Universe.

Here's a sketch by Jamal Igle. The subject is Pristine, one of the brainwashed teen heroes from the Terror Titans miniseries. Her TK powers manifested in the form of a large blue eye. She invoked the image of the Emerald Empress, and her powers are similar to Cera Kesh in a sense.



And from Rich Perrotta, well, since I wasn't familiar with his art style, I thought I'd play it safe and asked for a sketch of the new Ray, Lucien Gates.



...

Andrew Willmore, a.k.a. Studio Bueno of DeviantArt, was willing to mail out Christmas cards featuring the artwork seen below. After I received mine, I asked Andrew if I could post it on CAF. This image, of a gator Santa Claus, is a nod to a previous, Halloween picture of the same alligator dressed as a cowboy while trick-or-treating.



...

Speaking of DeviantArt, Xiaoniao was taking requests for female characters done in a Teen Titans animated style. I asked for Duela Dent.

These sketches I got at the Big City Dare 2 Draw event.

This first sketch is from Ian Dorian, one of my regulars. This is a headshot of Vesper, a relatively unknown character who was the star of a four issue miniseries, and later an ongoing that ended after two issues, published by Acetylene Comics in the 90s. Vesper's sort of a guilty pleasure of mine. My dad had given me the first issue of the first mini with some comics he bought in a flea market.



From Dave Fox, I have one of the Bloodlines characters, Razorsharp. I've been trying to get Rae from Dave for a year but I haven't been able to get hands on reference material. Well, whenever my printer's been refilled and I've been printing reference images, it was never for conventions Dave was at.



Before the above picture, Dave did this for me. This is Crystal, one of the lesser known members of the Team Titans.



Speaking of Titans, I've also been holding out hope of getting a sketch card of Prysm, from Dan Jurgens' TT book, from Brian Kong. With this sketch, I've decided to make sure Prysm is a different color with every future sketch.



And now, the Legion sketches. This first one is by Jamal Igle. A brand new, original addition to my Legion Alternity collection, this is Composite Supergirl. One half Kara, one half Stephanie Brown.



Following that, Jamal did a quick head sketch of Supergirl impersonator Lesla Lar.



This sketch wasn't done at the show. I was hoping to see Guy Dorian there but he got held up, so I gave the sketchbook and the money for this to Guy's brother, Ian. Here's another Sumo Lightning Lad sketch. I've been wanting to get this after Ian did the original piece last year, and I got curious as to how Guy would've drawn Garth. I'd say he's managed to perfectly get the in-between of "muscular" and "fat".

Here's my sketches from London Super Comic-con. Left to right they're 21CL-Spark, 21CL-Trinity (Triad), postboot Umbra and Academy X Wind Dancer.

The Wind Dancer one I only saw today [by e-mail - I still don't have the actual sketch in-hand] and I'm not happy with it (the version here is actually edited in various ways to take the edges off stuff like the pose - which I don't think suits the character - or the choice of paper colour that I just plain don't like).

The other sketches I like a lot more (even if the right arm in the Trinity sketch is a bit awkward!).

Who're the artists?

Spark was done by Miguel Jorge * (who also threw in a Jessica Drew Spider-Woman print, that's nice enough but of the "wrong" Spider-Woman for me), the Trinity was by Nich Angell *, Dave Stokes did the Umbra (which was pre-done, he had a whole book of LSH sketches. The only postboot ones he had were Umbra, Gates and Thunder though - most were preboot or retroboot - and his Gates was odd , with arms/shoulders far too big, so I got the Umbra. You can see most of them here , where he has Umbra mislabelled as "Shadow Lass"!), and the Wind Dancer I didn't like was by Lee Bradley .

*Also, points to both of these guys for drawing from micros.

Wind Dancer is an X-Man?
I love that name.
What is her power set, besides flying?

I like the Umbra.
I talked with an artist at my comic shop about Tasmia.
He looked her up on line.
I wanted an Umbra drawing.
He drew the Cockrum/Grell version and labeled her Umbra.
:rolleyes:

Wind Dancer WAS with the X-Men. She was a member of the New Mutants Training Squad back when the school had near hundreds of students. She had wind manipulating abilities, but she lost those along with most of the other students who were depowered by the Scarlet Witch.

She later joined a defunct version of the New Warriors made up of ex-mutants. She called herself Renascence.

Your google-fu is strong, young kid

Meh.

I've seen Dave's artwork on DA. He does great Legion pieces.

Superman by the amazing and ever so friendly George Perez (at the NYCBM)

Here are two sketches I got at two different art events, and the ones I got at the Comic Book Marketplace.

From the Dare 2 Draw Wednesday, Kyle Baker did Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter, from the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant.


Cafu did a headsketch of Gazelle for me at a Midtown Comics signing Thursday.


At the marketplace, Mike Lilly's son Robert did another Youth of Tomorrow sketch card for me. He chose Black Genie, a version of Wildfire.


Jerome Walford did a Sumo Sun Boy for me.


Amy Reeder did a quick headsketch of Madame Xanadu.


Sean Chen did a headsketch of Hourman for me.


Guy Dorian did a sketch of Mary Mayhem, the evil Mary Marvel from "Crisis on Two Earths".


Guy's brother Ian did a Lamprey headsketch for me.

Jim Calafiore did a quick Penguin headsketch.


Irwin Hasen provided me with Li'l Atom from the "Golden Age Teen Titans" pin-up in the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant.


Mike Lilly did Red Robin from Kingdom Come for me.


Dave Fox did Judge and Jury of the Team Titans. Judge, in the center, is surrounded by Lynch, Monsieur Poniard, Hellebore, Volt, and Silent Vapor.


George Perez did Lian Harper for me.


And Billy Tucci did Sailor Galaxia from Sailor Moon for me.

Wow!

My word! That's some haul!!

I love that you got a sketch from Irwin Hansen!! He's a legend!!

The Gazelle is probably exactly the way Shooter wanted her to be, no real alienness there, I'm afraid.
On the other hand, she's beautiful.

Sweet, Sarky. Knowing how much you like that character, to have a Perez sketch of her must make it one of the jewels of your collection.

Thanks. I think so.

At first glance,I thought the Kingdom Come Red Robin was Mon-El. It wouldn't take much photoshop to make it so.

...that better be a hypothetical. Watching you.

Now it's time for my Boston Comic Con haul. First, White Lantern and Black Lantern Live Wire by Joe Prado.





Theena by Khary Randolph.


XTC, Brainiac's Daughter from Kingdom Come by Jamal Igle.


Chemical King by Tyler James.


Troia by Juli Mayers.


The Whiz, Freddy Freeman and Mary Batson's son from Kingdom Come, by Bill Walko.


Danny West, Wally's son from Flash Annual #4 by Mark McKenna.

Sofia Falcone by Tim Sale.


Phantasm by Mike Lilly.


Moonchild by Joe Prado.


Infectious Lass by Holly Foltz.


Starburst Kid, one of the unnamed Legion applicants, by E.J. Barnes.


White Witch and Blok by Katie Cook.


White Witch and Dawnstar by Katie Cook.


Force One of the Team Titans by Jamal Igle.

Monstress by Sara Richard.


Sizzle by Joe Haley.


Argent by Billy Tucci.


Rima the Jungle Girl by Becky Cloonan.


Donna Troy's stepdaughter Jennifer Long as Wonder Girl by Jill Thompson.


Tommy Blake Jr. by E.J. Barnes.


Priss from Bubblegum Crisis by Ashley Riot.


Sega Genesis's Ristar by Agnes Garbowska.

Lady Luck by Billy Tucci.


Joe Dellagatta's Diver character out of his equipment.


Lin-Z from Jem by Bill Walko.


Sailor Neptune by Ivan Reis.


Black Lady from Sailor Moon by Ming Doyle.


Giant Mask Lemure from Sailor Moon by Tyler James.


Wonder Woman by Cliff Chiang.

From MoCCA Fest 2012

Parallel Sailor Moon by Jacob Chabot.


The Rainbow Beast from Batman & Detective Comics by Holly Foltz.


Mirage and Julienne Delgado by Anna-Maria Jung.


Baby Lian Harper by Jodi Tong.


Kole (?) from Team Titans by Melissa Zayas.


Kyle Rayner from "Superman & Batman: Generations II" by Chris Giarrusso.


Matrix after she merged with Twilight by Hyeondo Park.

MoCCA Continued.

"Duck Call Lass" from Legionnaires #43 by E.J. Barnes.


Computo by Tim Smith 3.


The Little Legion (Ivy, Garridan, Lynk, Scales, and Spunge) by Holly Foltz.


Queen Projectra by Amanda Gomes.


Kinetix by Vanessa Satone.


Countess Charlotte "Lottie" Taine. A.K.A. Gender-reversed, vampire Bouncing Boy. By Yali Lin. Based off of artwork by You've Got Taste.