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.

THE MARQUIS DIABLERIES 101

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

THE MARQUIS DIABLERIES 100

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

THE MARQUIS DIABLERIES 99

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

THE MARQUIS DIABLERIES 98

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

THE MARQUIS DIABLERIES 97

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