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The always talented Andy Kuhn (Firebreather) sent me a scan of this great Marquis commission he recently had of the Marquis facing off against a towering devil~ unfortunately I wasn't the lucky customer! You can check out more of his cool commissions and comics over at his blog too!

KuhnArt

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Amy Clark drew this wonderful portrait of the Marquis shadowed by a toothed and tentacled devil (in fitting shades of grey and reds) for an exchange on the Penciljack forums! Check out her deviantart page for more cool drawings!

Amy Clark Phoenixelement

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Cecilia Latella sent me this great drawing of Vol de Galle dueling his own personal devil of the Marquis himself! Wonderful flow to the action~ check out her blog to see more of her cool art and comics!

Cecilia Latella

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Drew Whitmore did this amazing Intermezzo cover mock-up as part of a personal project, with the Marquis surrounded by lurking devils (love the slash of red down the cloak)! You can see more of Drew's cool illos and concept design at his website too!

Drew Whitmore

The Children's Nursery

A gaggle of the Midwife's children gather for some interior design artwork to the upcoming Marquis and the Midwife graphic novel's title page.

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Another convention gift from Detroit Fanfare is this great portrait in miniature by Andrew Shirey, who gave me this cool and moody trading card size portraiture of The Marquis~ Thanks Andrew!

Andrew Shirey Silent Sketcher

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Jay Jacot gave me this wonderful Marquis piece at the recent Detroit Fanfare show (Thanks, Jay!) With the Marquis taking care of a lurking high society devil in the alleyways of Venisalle~ love the little creatures trying to crawl back in from the spilling guts and the tentacle dress!

Jacot's Comics and Art Blog

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

From ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night~ deliver us CANDY!

Happy Halloween everyone, I hope ahead lies a wonderful night of cavorting with devils and partaking in that yearly orgy of wrapped sweets gluttony! And for a special Halloween Diablerie we have the Marquis himself~ costumed by the amazing Mike Oeming (artist on Powers, Mice Templar and the new Rapture series for Dark Horse) who dressed up like Vol de Galle to haunt those candy strewn streets of All Hallows Eve!

Oeming!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween is just around the corner and instead of passing out candy to the gremlins knocking at the door, I'll be at the Detroit Fanfare Comicon on Oct 30-31st in Dearborn, Michigan! If you're in the area please stop by my table in artist alley to say hello~ along with sketchbooks, original artwork and copies of The Marquis:Inferno for sale, I'll have free Marquis pins too!

Above: An almost completed page to the upcoming Marquis and the Midwife, as Vol de Galle escapes the frozen waterworks of Venisalle. After finishing it I didn't like the architecture to the last panel and redid it~ I'll post a peek at the new panel compared to the original above in a future blog post!

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The always amazing (and Sandman Mystery Theatre cohort) Matt Wagner revisits the Marquis! This was a convention drawing he did back in 2008 (which unfortunately wasn't grabbed up by me), but Matt painted the first Marquis: Danse Macabre cover for the mini-series launch back in 2000!

Matt Wagner

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Gearing up for Halloween, P. Calavara sent me this cool pinup of the Marquis hanging out with a party of devils~ and in true Marquis fashion, one of the guests shows up without pants (which amuses the Sin of One devil to no end)!

P.Calavara

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Another wonderful drawing of the Marquis by the crazy talented, Alex Sheikman! You can see more of Alex's takes on the character in the earlier Diableries~ and of course check out his blog for more cool art all around!

Alex Sheikman

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Sorry about the missing Diableries in the past weeks~ but to get everything back on track, here's a double Diablerie dose for Sunday! Starting with this haunting painting by Bartosz Jekiel of a lurking devil of Venisalle, or maybe it's a portrait of Vol de Galle showing his inner turmoil as the Marquis!

Bartosz Jekiel

Marquis in the Dark

Sorry about the lack of progress updates~ I've still been working away on the new Marquis and the Midwife alongside BPRD for Dark Horse Comics and still looking at 2011 as the publishing date to the next Marquis book! I'll be posting more peeks soon, but for now here's a look at the progress of a page (sans lettering) from layouts to finished greys with Vol de Galle finding himself lost in the dark.

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The next round of Marquis Diableries starts off with this hilarious meeting of the Marquis and Dead Duck by the crazy talented Jay Fosgitt! I'm a big fan of Jay's art (wonderful life and character to it all) and his Dead Duck book is funny as hell~ so it was great to see him poke fun at the Marquis! Love that chicken leg eating devil!

Jay Fosgitt

MARQUIS CBLDF SDCC!

Sorry I didn't make it down the huge San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) going on this week~ but I was able to send along the Marquis and contribute to the CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund) sketch card auction! I did 2 cards, one B.P.R.D and one for the Marquis that were turned into limited autograph cards you can collect at the convention and also support the CBLDF~ and if you enjoy the devils in the Marquis stories, then you can appreciate the good fight that the CBLDF does to protect the First Amendment rights of comic creators, publishers and retailers.

On Saturday night at the convention the original artwork for the Marquis card above and also the one I did for BPRD will be auctioned off along with tons of original art from different artists! (Starting at 7:30 in Room 3 of the San Diego Convention Center). You can find more information about the CBLDF and the auction in the link below!

CBLDF

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The Diableries hits 100! Thanks to all the amazing artists out there who have taken to drawing their version of the Marquis~ I love seeing all the different renditions of my character, and still have many more to post in the weekends ahead along with hoping to see many more to come!

For the 100th Diablerie post, I found this amazing piece by the incredible Aristidenix (which hopefully I'm crediting right with only using babelfish to translate). You can see more of his wonderful artwork at the link below!

Aristidenix Machine Man

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I came across this great pinup of the Marquis from the amazing Dalton Rose and was just about to post the b/w version when he posted the wonderful colored version to my Facebook page! So here's a look at both~ and cue spooky theremin music about the coincidence while you check out more of his cool work on his online portfolio!

Dalton James Rose

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Sorry about the missed Diableries last week~ but here's a double dose of Diableries for Saturday! A couple of amazing Marquis portraits from incredible Federico Piatti~ you can see more of his wonderful work on both his blog (with the equally wonderful Victoria Maderna) and his personal website below!

Pigs with Crayons

Federico Piatti

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From the fiery depths of Venisalle comes a mystery Diablerie! I found this image awhile back online but lost all the info when I switched computers~ what is it? Who did it? What's the story of the mysterious Marquis 3D image~ and more importantly who do I thank and link for such a cool image!

MYSTERY SOLVED! This great little Marquis is the work of Jeff Hibben, you can see lots more of his wonderful illustration work at the link below! Thanks Jeff!

Jeff Hibben's Grim Factory

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Fellow monster-loving artist, Stephane Gallais drew this cool picture of the Marquis facing off against a huge escaped devil! You can see more of his monsters over at Hob Land!

Stephane Gallias' Hob Land

The Marquis Inferno Back in Print!

News from Dark Horse this week that the 2nd printing of The Marquis: Inferno has shipped from Diamond Distribution and should be available for re-order!

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The Marquis watches his back for any lurking devils in this wonderful drawing by Kimo Yancey! You can see a variety of Kimo's cool artwork and sketches over at his artblog too!

Kimo Yancey's Art Blog

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Shannon Manor returns with another great Marquis drawing! I got to meet her at Heroes Con and she showed me the first drawing of the Marquis she did before changing it to the one I posted back in an earlier Diableries~ but there's nothing wrong with this one and she was kind enough to send me a scan!

Shannon Manor~ tsukinoyagami

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Another gift drawing from HeroesCon was this beautiful portrait of the Marquis by the amazing Anthony Hightower (love the detail of the cold breath against the sword)! You can see more of his cool comic work and paintings over at his website below!

Anthony Hightower

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Last weekend's Heroes Con was an amazing convention~ enjoyed meeting everyone who stopped by the table and catching up with old and new friends. I also got a lot of Marquis art gifts which always makes my day! First up is this wonderful comic page from the equally wonderful Chris Schweizer ( Crogan's Vengeance/ Crogan's March). Chris is a professor at SCAD Atlanta, GA and did this Marquis page as a demonstration for his class!

Chris Schweizer's Curious Old Library

Heroes Con 2010!

I'll be in Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend (June 4-6) for the wonderful Heroes Con (and my last convention of this year)~ I'll be set up in artist alley at table 112, on the corner next to Mike Mignola! Along with some preview artwork to upcoming projects in my portfolio, I'll have original art to BPRD and the Marquis for sale along with tpbs, a new convention sketchbook and Marquis t-shirts! I'll also have some of the freebie Marquis buttons at the table for anyone stopping by!

Also on Saturday, June 5th at 4:30pm~ I'll be on a panel with Ben Templesmith and moderated by The Comics Reporter's own Tom Spurgeon to talk about "Monsters and the Macabre in Comics"!

Hope to see you at the show!

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The amazing Chris Samnee returns to the Diableries with another wonderful drawing of the Marquis fighting his way through a mass of tentacles to deliver a killing shot! You can see his other great Marquis commission in an earlier Diableries and more of his art in the link below!

Chris Samnee

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Deidre Crouch knows her horror stuff~ she's currently the artist on "The Dead" from the creators of the old Deadworld book that's gore filled with zombie mayhem! But as you can see from this dramatic pinup she did of the Marquis, Deidre is just as comfortable drawing the quieter moody bits!

Deidre Crouch DeviantART

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David Petersen, creator of the wonderful Mouse Guard books drew this cool sketch of the Marquis amid the burning fires of Hell! You can keep track of his books and other projects over at his blog!

David Petersen Blog

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Lynzie Austin drew this cool brooding portrait of the Marquis!~ and now for something completely different, you can check out her "Hungry Bunny" comic!

LaustinSpace

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Shannon Manor who did a cool Marquis piece a few Diableries ago, returns with these great sketches of a little Marquis going after a familiar looking devil!

Shannon Manor~ tsukinoyagami

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Another cool Marquis sketch I got back at the SPACE expo from Tyler Scarlet, who drew me this worried Marquis surrounded by a gaggle of the Midwifes children! You can see more of Tyler's amazing concept art at his blog link below~

Tyler Scarlet

Motorcity Marquis!

This weekend is the Motorcity Comicon May 14-16 at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI! I'll be setting up in artist alley for all three days, and will have some new artwork on display in my portfolio along with some BPRD tpbs, original artwork and Marquis T-Shirts for sale. I'll also have some free Marquis pins and promo cards at the table, so if you're at the show please stop by to say hello!

Fight! Fight!

Another peek to some pencils for the upcoming Marquis and the Midwife book~ I posted earlier that the cover for the French edition was a scene from the story. Above is the start to that scene as the Marquis comes to duel the children of the Midwife!

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Rounding out this weeks Diableries is a cool painted portrait of the Marquis haunted by the mark of the devil with the fires of Hell burning in his chest by Mike Cross!

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Another wonderful drawing given to me at the S.P.A.C.E Expo, this one of the Marquis in the clutches of some worm like devils from the talented Matt Horak! You can see more of his work, including some recent BPRD drawings on his blog!

Matt Horak Minions of Skullos

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Another wonderful bit of Marquis art that I got at the S.P.A.C.E Expo ( I'll post some others I got in the coming week)~ this time from the crazy talented Coey Kuhn who drew this stoic Marquis, his pistol and his bird minions!! You can see more of her amazing work on her link below along with a great sketchbook that I picked up at the show!

Coey Kuhn

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Home, sweet Hell! Sorry about the missed Diableries the passed couple weeks~ a couple of conventions threw me off, but the weekend Marquis fanart will be back on track. Starting with this great drawing by the amazing Kassandra Heller.

I got to be artist alley neighbors with Kassandra last weekend at the S.P.A.C.E expo and she was kind enough to draw me a really cool Marquis (that I'll post in the coming weeks), but during the show she also drew the above piece on her table cover (and I was able to convince her to tear it off for me after the show)~ showing the Marquis wishing he was home surrounded by me and my fiancee's menagerie of pets.

Kassandra Heller

The Marquis in SPACE!

This weekend April 24-25 I'll be setting up in artist alley at the S.P.A.C.E (Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo) in Columbus, Ohio. Along with some Marquis pins and promos at the table, I'll also have sketchbooks and Marquis t-shirts for sale~ and always happy to do quick sketches for anyone stopping by to say hello! I'll also be sitting in on a couple of panels Sunday afternoon including one on Horror Comics. Hope to see you at the show!

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Sorry about the missed Diableries last weekend~ with tax time (horror!) and C2E2 comicon, I forgot to put them up before I left. But here's a special weekday Diableries of a cute as hell Marquis and some skull bunnies that Katie Cook gave me at the show! You can see more of her cool (and cute) card and comic artwork on her site!

Katie Cook

Plunder of the Inferno!

This weekend I'll be in Chicago for the C2E2 Comic Convention, April 16-18~ I'll be set up in artist alley at table #D3 with sketchbooks, Marquis t-shirts, original artwork for sale and I'll have some special Marquis promos at the table. I'll also be signing at the Dark Horse Comics booth on Saturday along with sitting in on the BPRD panel. If you're at the show, stop by and say hello!

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While digging around the internet, I came across this great caricature of the Marquis sitting like a gargoyle over Venisalle by Rex Buthor! You can see a variety of Rex's cool artwork over at his blog!

Rex Buthor

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Lee Smith created his own Marquis tale with this wonderful comic page of the Marquis being lurked by a treacherous devil! You can see more of Lee's cool art and storytelling on his deviantART page!

Lee Smith ivorygargoyle

Friends are made~

Another sneak peek to some pencils from the upcoming Marquis and the Midwife~ as a couple of the Midwife's children meet a helpful devil in a tavern!

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Nothing says horror like an Easter drawing of the Marquis as a giant rabbit~ courtesy of my fiancee, Rosemary Van Deuren who did this cute drawing of "Vol de Bunne" as part of a rabbit gallery on her blog last year!

Rosemary Van Deuren

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A double dipping Diableries! Joe Querio returns with a color version of his amazing Marquis drawing now in the fires of Hell! You can see the original, b/w Venisalle version in an earlier Diableries from a couple weeks back.

Joe Querio ORION

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