Taking a break!

I didn't have the opportunity to write a proper text for this week's post so in order to keeping up with the timely schedule of my blog, this week I leave you with a little oddity: a two panel comic I was commissioned to do earlier this year for a school manual. Fill in the balloons with your own funny dialogue :-)
Until next week!

Shape of things to come

This week I've finished twelve illustrations for an upcoming Airship 27 book, ZEPPELIN TALES volume one. According to Captain Ron this is most likely to be released next year, but in the meantime, here's a sneak peek of my artwork for this great new pulp book. Enjoy!

Three Against the Stars - now on Amazon

On the distant alien planet of Rhajnara a conspiracy created by the facist Khandra Regime is set into motion to overthrow the rightful Rhajni Republic and instigate a policy of ethnic-cleansing. The conspirators are cunning and it seems nothing in the universe can derail their mad apocalyptic scheme. Nothing that is but three rambunctious Space Marines from the Third Regiment Company E of the United States Space Marines assigned to Rhajnara with the Terran Expeditionary Force. Sergeants Fernado Cortez, Seamus O’Hara and Claudia Akira are the most unlikely trio ever to don jarhead camouflage and become military heroes. To their superiors they are wild, reckless and incessant troublemakers always in the thick of things. Yet their courage, loyalty and devotion to duty prove them to be the toughest Devil Dogs in the Corp. Now, with the aid of a Medical Corpsman named Makki Doon, a young Felisian native proto-feline humanoid, these three futuristic musketeers are about to become the one factor capable of exposing the traitorous Khandra coup. But to do so they will have to put their lives on the line one more time and risk all to save the day facing off against incredible odds. To save an empire they will truly become…THREE AGAINST THE STARS - The latest book to which I've contributed interior illustrations is now available at amazon. What are you waiting for? Go grab it while it lasts - it'll make for a wonderful late Christmas gift :-D

THREE AGAINST THE STARS

The most recent book from Airship 27 to which I've contributed interior illustrations has been released. Here's the PR for it: THREE AGAINST THE STARS by Chicago based writer Joe Bonadonna. Best known for his sword and sorcery fantasies, Bonadonna now steps into a whole new arena to deliver a truly fast paced futurist pulp adventure. On the distant alien planet of Rhajnara a conspiracy created by the facist Khandra Regime is set into motion to overthrow the rightful Rhajni Republic and instigate a policy of ethnic-cleansing. The conspirators are cunning and it seems nothing in the universe can derail their mad apocalyptic scheme. Nothing that is but three rambunctious Space Marines from the Third Regiment Company E of the United States Space Marines assigned to Rhajnara with the Terran Expeditionary Force. Sergeants Fernado Cortez, Seamus O’Hara and Claudia Akira are the most unlikely trio ever to don jarhead camouflage and become military heroes. To their superiors they are wild, reckless and incessant troublemakers always in the thick of things. Yet their courage, loyalty and devotion to duty prove them to be the toughest Devil Dogs in the Corp. Now, with the aid of a Medical Corpsman named Makki Doon, a young Felisian native proto-feline humanoid, these three futuristic musketeers are about to become the one factor capable of exposing the traitorous Khandra coup. But to do so they will have to put their lives on the line one more time and risk all to save the day facing off against incredible odds. To save an empire they will truly become…THREE AGAINST THE STARS. “This is old school space opera,” cheered Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “From Buck Rogers to the Space Patrol, the classic elements in this book make for a fun read from start to finish.” The book features interior illustrations by the popular Pedro Cruz with a dynamic cover by Laura Givens and is designed by Art Director, Rob Davis. “In the end, Joe Bonadonna delivers an action packed space opera fans of Edmond Hamilton and E.E. “Doc” Smith will not soon forget.” Here's one of the nine illustrations I've done for the book:

THREE AGAINST THE STARS is available now at Create Space. Also available as a digital PDF download here. In another week you'll be able to get it at Amazon & Kindle. And in two weeks from www.IndyPlanet.com

Planetary Stories 24

My closest friends know I'm a science-fiction fan. Awhile ago I was fortunate enough to do a single illustration for Planetary Stories, an online fanzine (e-zine?) of science-fiction tales edited by Shelby Vick a.k.a ShelVy. The illo has now been published online in the most recent issue of Planetary Stories, number 24, alongside a short story by Mark Fewell - you can read it here. And for the more visually oriented, here's my drawing. Enjoy!