Fiona Staples

Archie Andrews

2010-01-29T23:54:00.001-08:00

This is an unfinished piece from a while ago. Obviously Betty and Veronica were supposed to be included, but realistically, I'm not likely to finish this so I thought I'd just post it as is.

Besides, is Archie not just in love with the concept of love?

HEAT

2010-01-29T17:18:00.001-08:00

Jeff Martin from Edmonton has a new webcomic called HEAT: The Space Age of Pro Wrestling. It's off to a great start and I suggest you jump on now!

Pea to the Nut 3

2010-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:00

My friend Chad Veinot started this webcomic called "Pea to the Nut," but so far he's only made one.

Vince Smith recently drew another installment.

Last night at drink & draw I decided to get in on the action, but of course I couldn't remember the proper format of the strip or really what the characters were supposed to look like. Oh well!

Oh oh oh!

2010-01-27T12:08:00.001-08:00

You can see a page from the new book I'm doing for IDW over at Chris Ryall's blog. He doesn't name the title or writer, but internet sleuths could figure it out if they really cared to.

I will name the editor. It's Bob Schreck! Holy cow!

BANKAI tour art

2010-01-24T18:03:00.000-08:00

EEPROM:

BANKAI:

Poster by Will Dayble:

Kevin Seccia, fanfiction writer

2010-01-15T12:59:00.000-08:00

My friend Kevin saw the portrait I did of Mike Costa and became consumed with envy. He wanted one of himself that captured his "roguish charm and zeal for life." But it was hard enough just to get it to look remotely like him... the best I could manage was an expression of deep self-satisfaction. I may not have done his roguish charm justice, but it's there in real life.

Anyway, I don't work for free, so in the mercenary spirit I made Kevin write a Big Trouble in Little China fanfic in exchange for his picture. I gave him an hour to write it. I just thought it would be funny to see a professional writer struggle with a stupid task, but joke's on me, because his story is actually VERY entertaining. You can read it HERE!

DV8 #4 cover

2010-01-07T17:31:00.000-08:00

Design by Brian, art by me!

Induced #2

2009-12-18T19:32:00.001-08:00

Cover for an indie comics anthology, featuring characters by Paul Lavalee, Brian Guay, Jay Bardyla, Trevor Frick, Chris Hawkins and Tony Esteves.

This second volume of Induced should be available from Happy Harbor by Indie Comic Week.

ImagineFX mag

2009-12-16T13:40:00.000-08:00

I did another workshop for the current issue of IFX (#52), this time on comics storytelling.

I've also been a regular contributor to their Q&A section, where readers send in questions like, How do I draw the wet end of a severed limb? and How can I make my zombie look sexy? I couldn't make up better questions. Their readers are great.

Mike Costa

2009-12-02T13:07:00.001-08:00

This handsome fellow is the writer of Hawksmoor (remember?), and also Resistance, G.I. JOE: Cobra, and Transformers. He wanted a drawing for his Facebook or something.

Mike looks roughly this intense in real life, especially if you get him talking about Cerebus (very easy to do).

it will also be my epitaph

2009-11-30T11:35:00.000-08:00

Marvel just put out this one-shot, a collection of the various Wolverine Art Appreciation variant covers and bios/interviews/comments from the contributing artists.

Anyway, the important thing is what they came up with for my bio:

I didn't send them that quote, they found it on their own- which means it's my OFFICIAL REPUTATION now. Thank you Scott.

Prince Charles cake

2009-11-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

Nick and Vince share a birthday with His Highness and used his photo on the Facebook event thingy, so I made this themed cake for the party last night.

It's all edible except for the crown:

Don't say it looks like George Bush! This cake took freaking forever and you're not allowed.

Coffee run

2009-11-10T00:29:00.001-08:00

This is a piece for a Wolverine-themed art auction to raise funds for the Joe Shuster Awards. They should be putting the prints on eBay sometime this month.

I wanted to draw Wolverine doing something mundane and Canadian, and I wanted to draw a leather jacket. Also, pay attention everyone- I've found a new way to avoid drawing feet!

Postcards

2009-11-05T10:14:00.001-08:00

I did some small oil paintings for a comic-themed art show that Happy Harbor is hosting, "Visions of Comics." The show is a tribute to the medium and to past creators, and tons of local artists contributed pieces.

Postcard from Shadizar:

Postcard from Drakulon:

Postcard from Mingo City:

Dritwood's War

2009-11-04T22:45:00.001-08:00

This is a quick painting I did for a cover mockup for Driftwood's War, a children's novel by my friend James Davidge. We needed something to use in a catalogue, but this image isn't finished... composition sucks and I'll probably redo the background completely.

But it's still fun drawing flying creatures.

Boba Fett

2009-10-09T23:46:00.000-07:00

I won't listen to anyone who says the Star Wars Christmas Special "isn't canon."

Unicorn

2009-09-21T20:46:00.000-07:00

A friend commissioned a Beautiful Unicorn for his website (beautifulunicorn.com).

Lots more NORTH 40 stuff

2009-09-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Are you sick of my yakking yet? Comics Bulletin just posted an interview with me and Aaron!

They also showed the cover for #6 so I guess I'll repost it here:

I've never done a comic that's gotten so much press! I'm a bit surprised and really pleased that NORTH 40 seems to be getting a lot of attention, especially for a book with no big names attached and no familiar characters. But anyway, from now on it will be less talking and more art!

So here's a preview of issue 4!

Ah, the gory stuff is so much fun to draw. Andrew Foley can be blamed for giving me a taste for it. I have yet to draw another scene as sick and disgusting (and funny) as the thing that happens in the back of the limo in Done to Death #1. And I've drawn torn up bodies since then, but none as thoroughly dismembered as the ones in D2D #5. Memories.

Sequential Tart interview

2009-09-13T21:58:00.001-07:00

Suzette Chan interviewed me for Sequential Tart!

For many years it was a vague, half-formed dream of mine to appear on that website. I mean, I don't really set specific personal goals for myself because I never have any idea what I'm doing, I just stumble through life and desperately claw at things that happen to come my way (hello boys).

But around the time I started doing comics, I definitely looked at sequentialtart.com and thought, "How cool would it be to appear on that website?"

beach

2009-09-10T12:26:00.001-07:00

At drink & draw last night I thought I'd indulge a North 40 fan from Catalonia, who wanted to see Amanda and Sheriff Morgan in swimsuits at the beach.

I thought, "I will never have another valid excuse to draw this," so here you go, Antoni!

Synthosaurus tees!

2009-09-09T22:31:00.000-07:00

Maybe you remember the dinosaur artwork I did for Brendan McGuigan's album cover? Well, he made some t-shirts which are now available on his website, beautifulunicorn.com! While you're there, you can download the album for pay-what-you-can. I can attest that it is worth every penny that you may potentially spend.

This is the first time my artwork has been on a t-shirt since my puff-paint birthday party (I was 7), so it's pretty exciting.

barbarians

2009-09-03T17:26:00.000-07:00

North 40 #5 cover

2009-08-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

I've seen this around the web recently so I'll assume it's ok to post it. Miss Amanda Walker! The owl on the shoulder is a loving tribute to anyone who's ever been drawn with an owl on their shoulder (there have been many).

Alter Ego Comic Cast

2009-08-28T11:13:00.001-07:00

David, Jason and Austin interviewed me for this week's podcast, which you can listen to at Fan Off! They're funny guys and their questions weren't too hard. I can't listen to my own recorded voice without my eyes watering in discomfort, but hopefully no one else will have that problem.

God, my voice is so weird!

Drink & Draw Calgary: the blog

2009-08-21T12:56:00.000-07:00

We're more legitimate than ever before!

The local drink & draw has been going strong for about 3 years, according to Nick's math. The above blog is where we'll post our boozy sketchings from now on. So I guess I'll have to come up with some other type of filler for this one.

Thanks goes to Dan Andrews for setting up the thing!