Beneath the Mask

Yes it's time for me to change this blog over to my website at LordShaper.com so if your wanting to see anything from me go over there and check out my updates.

I have to thank David Niall Wilson for this find over at his blog!

By Ken Haeser & Buz Hasson

The giant-size, 48-page Living Corpse
Annual #1 guest stars Cassie and Vlad from D.D.P.'s Hack/Slash!
Something dark and evil lurks in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey called
the Jersey Devil. Can the Living Corpse and Cassie and Vlad stop
beating the crap out of each other long enough to deal with the demonic
menace? Probably not, but at least it's bound to be a good fight!

Ships with two
covers in 50/50 ratio, one by Ken and Buz and another by Hack/Slash
creator Tim Seeley!

See a 5 page preview at their MySpace Blog

- image via Avatar Press flickr stream

Out this week!

So here's the new Pictures

Darkling Finished

Bad Faerie Queen

This is the outline only with shading to come next sitting

And another Angle

That ended up getting about 0.75 of my lower arm down and my next sitting should finish that off with adding Swamp Thing and a couple of other guys in the holes and then it's back up to the top and working down the chest.

Had a new Avatar/Commission made by Spookychan...

What do you think?

With Archaia Studio Press finally back after a long departure from the comic world they are finally back this month  and with that I'd like to share with you all the press release for Awakening Volume 1 from Page 196 of Previews...

Really well worth it so check it out and here's the press release.

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http://www.archaiasp.com/awakening.php
For Immediate Release:

Awakening Volume One Now Available for Pre-Order!

March 26th, 2009 – New Paltz, NY. Creators Nick Tapalansky and Alex Eckman-Lawn are thrilled to announce that Awakening Volume One, the first of two volumes of the critically acclaimed Archaia series, is now available for pre-order.

"It’s been a long, strange trip getting here," Tapalansky says, referring to the restructuring Archaia (Mouse Guard, Artesia, The Killer, etc.) underwent throughout the entirety of 2008. "Archaia is a fantastic company and all we can say is the wait was well worth it. These guys came out on the other side as a stronger company with some great initiatives for fans and creators alike. We’re proud to be a part of their line-up and can’t wait for people to see what they’ve got coming, especially Awakening. Not that we’re partial or anything.”

The solicitation for Awakening Volume One reads as follows:

“The once peaceful city of Park Falls has been tainted by a series of gruesome murders and missing persons. Cynthia Ford, well known as the town crazy, comes forward to speak with retired police detective Derrick Peters one January afternoon. She claims to have information about the murders, but does she hold the key to unlocking the mystery or has she truly gone insane?

To Derrick’s disbelief she utters one word:

Zombies.

Unable to ignore Cynthia’s information, though not sharing her beliefs, Derrick and others in the city explore the mystery as weeks turn to months and the death toll rises. Could Cynthia have been right? Follow the first half of Park Falls’s year-long struggle for answers here…”

“We’re really taking a grass roots approach to getting the word out,” Tapalansky explains. “We want to reach out to as many fans and retailers as possible. We’re hitting
MySpace, deviantArt, message boards, you name it. We’re hoping that fans of the floppy issues will jump on board and help spread the word. That’s also why we’ve released our fancy pre-order coupon, which is a huge component of that initiative.”

The coupon Tapalansky refers to can be found ----->. It contains all the information a retailer will need to order a copy of the book from Diamond’s Previews catalog.

“All anybody needs to do is print this sucker out and bring it to their local comic shop. That’s it! Come June they’ll have a tome of existential horror and noir mystery to enjoy. We’re hoping that fans and folks interested in the book will feature the coupon and some links on their blogs, message boards, bathroom stalls - whatever it takes to get the word out.”

“We couldn’t have gotten this far without our rabid fan base,” Tapalansky continues, “We’re hoping they’ll turn their unnatural lust for horror and good comics towards spreading the word.”

Those without local shops needn’t worry – as soon as the book is available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other book retailers, links will be posted to Nick and Alex’s websites, various message boards, and blogs across the internet.

So spread the word and get ready: Awakening is coming.

You’ve been warned.

About Awakening: Chapters 1 – 3 of Awakening were originally serialized and released in 2007 to rave reviews. Fans and critics alike enjoyed the unique take on the zombie genre, focusing on the noir mystery of a city slowly rotting from within rather than the typical mass uprising/fight for survival. Referred to as existential horror by the publisher, critics have said that it’s “The coolest and most original zombie piece since The Walking Dead,” (Broken Frontier), “The next 30 Days of Night,” (The Pullbox), and that main character Derrick Peters is “where Phillip Marlowe meets George Romero,” (Horrorview). Readers can find out more by visiting the MySpace page for Awakening, Nick’s Blog, Truth in Four Colors, or the official Archaia page for Awakening.

Awakening Volume 1 is due in stores this June.

Yes I know I haven't been doing much of late...

We've been away on holiday but something that I was sort of involved with last week was Avatar's promotion of Freakangels Episode 50.

No I wasn't a guest writer or artist... no one would want to see that but I have been the poster Boy(?) with my kids for the installment.

Read it all at the link below.

http://www.avatarpress.com/2009/03/27/freakangels-50/

From Supanova.com.au

Now that we've laid to bed our line-up for the other two expos its time to turn up the heat and announce our first volley of guests for Supanova expos in Sydney (June 26-28) and Perth (July 3-5).

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Other Creatures, may we present for you…

Ray Park - G.I. Joe, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, X-Men
Dirk Benedict - Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team
Spike Spencer – Neon Genesis Evangelion, Martian Successor Nadesico, MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance, Alchemy Weapon
Christoper Sabat – DragonBall Z, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, Tsubasa Chronicle, Samurai 7
Yuri Lowenthal – Ben 10: Alien Force, Naruto, Wolverine and the X-Men, Afro Samurai, Legion of Supa Heroes
Tara Platt – Naruto, Paradise Kiss, Alchemy Weapon
Dave Gibbons – The Watchmen, Give Me Liberty, Star Wars: Vader's Quest, Supa-Soldier, Dr. Who, The Phantom
Nicola Scott – Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Star Wars Empire
Antonio Lemos - The Phantom
Christopher Sequeira - Astonishing Tales, Cthulhu, Justice League Adventures Sydney only
Stewart McKenny - DC Superfriends, Star Wars: Clone War Adventures Sydney only - added 28/02/09
Marianne De Pierres - Dark Space, Chaos Space, Parrish Plessis series
Sonny Whitelaw - Stargate SG-1: City of the Gods, Stargate Atlantis: The Chosen, Stargate Atlantis: Exogenesis
Jennifer Fallon - Tide Lords series, The Hythrun Chronicles, Second Sons series
Andrew Warrilow - The Familiar’s Tale, The Dream Dimension