Knight Watchman

Knight Watchman Sketch. 

Kuretake pen and Copic Markers on Bristol.8.5x11

This one's for my buddies over at Big Bang Comics, Gary Carlson and Chris Ecker. Just having fun drawing the Midway Manhunter! 

Knight Watchman TM and © Big Bang Comics/Gary Carlson And Chris Ecker.. All rights reserved.

Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman Commission.

Kuretake pen and Copic marker on 2-ply Bristol.

8.5x11

Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas 2011

Kuretake pen and Copic marker on 2-ply Bristol.

Gutters 194 Pencils

My penciled page for the fabulous web comic Gutters.

Gutters 194.

View the full color version here

http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/194-joe-cooper

KLAW

Klaw doodle/sketch in the ol' Moleskine.

Conan Sketch

Quick Conan sketch done on my lunch break. 

Getting hyped for the new movie!

Thing-Marker Sketch

Thing sketch I did on my break. Forgot how much fun drawing in my Moleskine is! 

Kuretake and Copics.

Mole Man Attack!!!

Quick warm-up sketch of the Mole Man and his minions, the Moloids!!!

Annihilus: Destroyer of Life II

Wow, I let this one slip through the cracks. I did this a while ago.  My homie Livesay did a bang up job on the inks, as usual, but I wasn't crazy about my pencils. That being said, I like it more now than I did then. I hope you guys like it! 

Have a great weekend out there!

This is the finished pencil for an Annihilus Pin-up I did. An old friend of mine and comic book inker extraordinaire, Livesay, offered to put the finish on some samples of mine. He suggested Annihilus and being the huge FF fan that I am, I couldn't wait to put pencil to paper. I'll post his inks when I get this back...

Namor

A piece I did for fun and to practice my inking.

Snow Robo

I did this a couple years ago for a Heavy Metal pitch. Don't think it ever went anywhere. Good to practice the inking though.

New Avengers 56 Samples

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All good things must come to an end. So I am sad (and somewhat relieved) to say this will be the last "Mini-Portrait" for a while.

I've finally come to the end of the little marker book I started over two months ago.

There's been up's and downs. Hits and misses, but overall was a pretty neat project I made up for myself.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these as much as I did making them.

So as Stan "the Man" Lee said "without further ado, because I don't have much ado to spare," 

I give you Hawkeye! 

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Lunchtime sketch of DC Comics' 

Mr. Bones.

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Fury.

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Silver Scarab.

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Northwind.

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Making my way through the rest of Infinity Inc. this week.

Here's Jade.

I used to think it was so cool that Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern had kids. If Obsidian was my favorite, Jade was a close second.

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Just for fun and since I've slacked a little with these down the stretch I'll double it up today. I'll finish with probably my favorite character from Infinity Inc.  

Obsidian.

Going to finish the rest of the team next week.

Have a good one out there.

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Keeping the Infinity Inc. theme going with a quick sketch of Nuklon.

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Going back to the early days, for me. I thought Infinity Inc. was awesome. Still do. The Star Spangled Kid was a big part of that. I remember loving the artists, Jerry Ordway and later a young, almost unrecognizable Todd McFarlane (who i didn't love so much back then). 

This was fun. 

Enjoy!

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As promised, albeit a day late...

Dagger.

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Here's todays selection, Cloak. 

One of my favorites as a kid. I loved Rick Leonardi's take on the character(s).

I'll try and get you guys some Dagger tomorrow!

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Thor.

The God of Thunder demands you join him for a pint this weekend. 
"Thou shalt imbibe or feel the wrath of Mjolnir!!!"

Cheers!

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Star Sapphire.

 Been reading the Johns/Mahnke GL, I’m totally lost but diggin’ the Sapphire action!

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Some Wolverine for your visual enjoyment. 

Thanks for taking a look and for your continued support. 

Really appreciate it.

Have a great weekend out there.

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Elektra. 

Assassin. 

That is all.

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Cosmic Boy!

More later...

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Captain Britain is really cool. 

Still trying to get on track with the mini portraits. 

So much going on lately. 

Anyways, did I mention that Captain Britain is really cool?

The more I look at him the more I want to go down to the pub for a pint.

Cheers!

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Been awhile. Trying to get back on track, so I did this as a warm-up tonight. A very childlike Robin.
 Hope you like.

Captain America

Sorry it's been over a week since I posted. I was super sick last week, so not too much drawing was getting done.  I should be getting back on track shortly. In the meantime, here is a sketch of Cap inspired by one of my heroes, the late great John Buscema. 

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Ok friends, going to wrap up alien week here on the blog.

You could say I saved the best for last... you could, if you are a big star wars nerd like me!

So here we go, The OG bounty hunter...Greedo, son!

See you next week.

Have a good one out there!

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Keeping the ball rolling with...drumroll please...

The Beyonder!

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Already up to number 25!
Keeping with the alien theme this week...

Kilowog.

I didn't add any color or grey tones because I liked the way this one looked in b&w.

Enjoy!

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Short week this week. Gonna try a theme, maybe?

All alien week? At least all alien day!

Let start out with one of my fav's...

Allen the Alien.

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Last one this week kiddies.

The Grey Hulk or The in Green Hulk in Grey?

You decide!

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A slighty surprised Gwen Stacy.

Yes Gwen, I said dead.

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The Question?

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Back with another Monday installment. One of my favorite comics as a kid,

Groo the Wanderer.

All apologies to Mr. Aragones for ape-ing his style!

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Friday is here! The most rocking-est day of the week! 

So, we'll wrap this week up proper with a sketch of The Venture Bros. own,

Brock Samson,

 in all his mulleted glory!

See you next week followers, now get out there and have some fun!

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Steve Canyon.

This one was scary. Milton Caniff is a cartooning god and anything I draw will pale in in comparison to the legendary master. I probably don't deserve to even try, but I went and did it anyway. I've always respected and admired Caniff's work, but when I learned he was also a Great Dane owner that pretty much vaulted him to greatest all-time in my book! 

I hope you like it.

Have a good one out there!

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Iron Fist.

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Abe Sapien dudes!

Thanks for lookin'!

Cheers!

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Let's get this week started!!! Yeee-aahh!!!

Bizzaro Girl!!!

This one is for fellow Cadence Comic Art bro, Jamal Igle.

If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and go pick up a copy of Supergirl #55, Jamal does a great job (as always), but for real, Supergirl is one of the most flat-out fun DC books I've read in awhile.

Period.

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Another week has come and gone. Time flies when you're drawing fun! 

So, to round off the week I'll leave you with one of the many great creations from the man himself, 

Jack "King" Kirby.

I present to you a rendition of 

The Demon.

Thanks for checking in. You all have a great weekend out there!