[Kirby]This is Black Halo, my alter ego. My absence from comics also reflects where he's coming from in his life for the story.
I love super hero team books. FUN love and flavor are what I'm reppin' and I was curious about the going ons of some of the other WildStorm Universe characters, so I whipped it all together and freshed out the New Dynamix for the people like me.
Still a fan of the American mythos :) I hope you like.
peace until then.
[Eddy]Remember that post about hiring a colorist that was on here awhile ago? Well, we received a LOT of coloring samples for it and JJ was really happy to see everyone bring their A-game to the challenge, but eventually we narrowed our pick down to Gabe Eltaeb.
I think Gabe's been posting comments on this blog forever, so it was nice to see a long-time supporter joining our ranks here. (That makes two hires thanks to this blog, including Livio Ramondelli recently, for anyone keeping score at home.)
Above, is the piece that he submitted, but here he is to tell you a little bit more about himself:
Hello everyone, my name is Gabe Eltaeb and I am the new guy here at WildStorm.
When I was 13 years old in 1991 my good friend Shawn Bandy showed me the first issue of the adjective-less X-Men illustrated by none other than Jim Lee. I had always liked comics but I never had purchased them. When I saw this cover my life changed instantly. I decided then and there to become a comic book artist when I grew up.
I have been a freelance comic book artist since 2004. In that time I have been working as a penciller, inker, colorist and sometimes letterer for some other publishers.
One night this last September, I was up late finishing some coloring for a project. Even though it was around 2:00 am I sometimes like to do a little web surfing after I finish work to unwind. I check out the sports scores and read some comics-related sites and then I check out the Gelotometti blog. On this particular night I see a headline that would change my life: "Hiring - Colorist." On the site they had a picture of Superman in black and white with instructions to color it and submit it. Hmmm...
I am so tired from working all day and I really don't want to color it. I want to go to bed. When I look at the blog's comments section I see that a handful of people have already colored this illustration so I decide to forgo sleep and start making rainbows with Photoshop.
I post a link to my colored piece and hit the hay (It takes me 20 minutes to figure out how to hotlink an image in blogger, it is not like regular html, but that is another post.)
About a week and a half later I get a call from WildStorm telling me they saw my art on the blog and asking if I would be willing to relocate. Long story short, here I am working for WildStorm in the most beautiful city in the world.
I have been on the job a little over a week now. Everyone has been so kind and friendly here, I feel like I am starting to fit in. I look forward to bringing some CMYK joy to the DC/ WildStorm books.
Cheers
-Gabe
[Nome]Hello everyone, hope ya'lls had a great New Year! I sure did and look forward to all that 2008 has to offer.
Anyhoo, when I was back home in Austin over the holidays I came across some of my vintage artwork, a cover to issue three of my first creator owned comic "PowerForce". (I drew, inked, colored, and lettered it all by myself, not bad for an eleven year old.) I was in fifth grade and had recently discovered comics and was hooked.
My faves were Guardians of the Galaxy, Dale Keown's Hulk, Ghost Rider, Amazing Spiderman, and Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man. It wasn't too long untill I discovered Uncanny X-Men and a hot up-and-comer by the name of Jim Lee.
In case you hadn't noticed, Jim was an influence from the start...the cover of PowerForce #3 was a direct swipe...homage...to an Alpha Flight/Vindicator cover Jim had done.
So for all of you dreamers out there with aspirations to work in the biz along with your favorite artists I have only one bit of advice: No matter how bad you are now keep drawing and do not give up. :)
[Kirby]What up? Me and the folks are back from Christmas vacation, but the holidays for me was working on "The New Dynamix."
I wanted to do a book that brought moralistic heroes to WildStorm. Characters that reflected the dynamics of the status quo, so I channeled what I wanted to see. Being a fan of WildStorm, and kind of tired of having to be force-fed new characters in new books that I don't really care about.
That's why I freshed out old school WildStorm characters to show where they've been at since they've been out of the spotlight. I like superheroes. I like fun and I like flavor. But most importantly, I want to have fun with y'all!
I also wanted to work with Allen Warner and Chris Walker, cuz we believe in each other's skills and always wanted to do a book together. A variant cover by Jim is a dream come true too!
That's Kirby Certified!
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I just wanted to wish everyone here a Happy Holiday season and also a Happy New Year....by the time most people read this, they'll be hung over, the gifts will all be open and broke...(or well played with) and the season will be all but over....
it's cool.
I still wanted to say it. I think we've been online for 3 years now....Will Year 4 bring something new and exciting to WS? We'll just have to wait and see.
:)
ricH
[Lopez]Howdy folks! This is too cool - I got a Gen13 cover gig! This is the first of 3 covers I'll be doing for Gen13.
I love being back at WildStorm. There are just too many cool things going on here! Along with being able to work with a crew of the most talented people here, there are cool opportunities to also do some COMICS!!!
Anyhow, thought I'd share my good news with you, hope you like the cover.
See ya next time
-Mike
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Here's a piece of fan art I did recently. I found a scan of the pencils online (obviously the piece is from the great Joe Madureira and his new Ultimates book) and it looked fun to ink.
I did it as a step by step so you can check out the entire process at: deviant
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[Eddy]Michael Lopez went beyond a quick warm up during lunch with this piece and took it all the way through dinner!
It's up now for auction and I think I might even be getting in on the bidding with this one!
[Eddy]Super heroes in the mainstream have never been more popular than they are today, but when I was a kid, it all came down to Christopher Reeve in the Superman movies, Adam West's Batman on TV and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman kicking and spinning her way on the small screen. DC's Big Three came to life and I just ate it all up.
The next best thing to watching those actors would be to meet the actual creators behind my favorite characters and now I get to work alongside them everyday. Some days are more larger than life than the next, but there's always something to make me feel like a kid again everyday.
All of this is my roundabout way of saying how cool it is to watch these pieces come together as we shoot the breeze at the office and now, they're available for all the fans out there to own! 
And if you act fast, you just might catch the Supergirl auction ending right now or, if you miss it, here are three more Wonder Woman auctions from Jim, JJ and Oliver.
[jimlee]
Hopefully, these will go to good homes rather than to dealers looking to flip them. If the latter, we will have to figure out other ways to get them into the hands of collectors and fans directly. We have been doing these as challenges in the studio with whoever is around, sitting down and jamming out their rendition of a character we all pick in common. The first was Supergirl. The next is Wonder Woman and will be posted up as an auction Monday. After that, Batgirl on Wednesday. Not sure how long we will be doing it so make your strategic bid today! Come Christmas day, we will do one which will go FREE to a gelatometti poster who first answers 3 trivia questions. How's that for service!
Each illo is usually a mix of pencil, pen and ink with whiteout on large 11x17 board. The 4 in this batch were done by JJ JKirby, Oliver Nome, Mike Lopez and myself. What do you like or dislike about em...let us know. There's always a lot of battletalk in the studio when it comes down to style and your comments help fuel the "discussions!"
Here's the link to the current Supergirl auction here!
Cheers~!
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