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A few years ago Andrew Lin sent me this fun drawing of the Marquis being lurked by a bothersome devil and I still get a kick out of it everytime I see it!

Andrew Lin's Mountain of Sadness

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The weekend Diableries continues with this wonderful drawing of the Marquis in his black/white and red world by Thomas Boatwright (Cemetary Blues / Zeke Deadwood).

Thomas Boatwright's Sequential Matinee

Marquis: Inferno Book Release and Art Exhibit

Coming up is a Marquis book release and art exhibit at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR on September 3rd. The art exhibit will include some illos from Marquis: Inferno along with B.P.R.D original art and pages from other Dark Horse projects I've done. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the opening in person~ but there will be other promos and surprises courtesy of Dark Horse Comics along with signed posters (above). The exhibit will run from Sept. 3~ 28th.

Floating World Comics

THE MARQUIS AND THE MIDWIFE cover artwork

Now that the Marquis: Inferno is officially released, I've been working ahead on the next original Marquis graphic novel for 2010~ The Marquis and the Midwife. I'll post some updates and peeks to the new story as I work on it, along with continuing the weekend Diableries fan art gallery!

The Marquis and the Midwife was originally a shorter side story planned for the second issue of the first Marquis series when it was slated to come out through Caliber Press in 1997. Like the Hell's Courtesan 2-part story (reprinted in Marquis: Inferno) , the Midwife story grew the more I fleshed it out and eventually I decided to make it the next Marquis graphic novel.

In 2003 I did some early promo art for the Midwife storyline, including the drawing above I planned as a teaser ad~ which I liked the feel of six years later and decided to use it as the cover to the upcoming graphic novel from Dark Horse in 2010!

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Another cool pinup I got back in 1997, this one from Michael Lark ( artist on Airwaves, Daredevil and Batman: Nine Lives among others). His styles changed over the years, but always unique and expressive~ especially his current brushwork!

Michael Lark MySpace

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I've been a fan of Stan Sakai (creator of Usagi Yojimbo) for years, he's a master storyteller and Usagi is always a great read. We traded pinups awhile back and it was a lot of fun to try my hand at his characters and to see him draw the Marquis!

Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo

THE MARQUIS: INFERNO ON SALE NOW!

Hell breaks loose early! I learned from Dark Horse that the new Marquis: Inferno shipped early from the distributors today~ so it's now available and on sale a month ahead of schedule!