COMMISSION PRE-ORDERS are now open for Megacon, Emerald City, and C2E2! Drop me a line at jeremyhdale@yahoo.com if you’re interested in getting some original art!

- jeremy dale

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February 17-19th:
Megacon 2012
(Orlando, FL)

March 30th-April 1st:
Emerald City Comicon 2012
(Seattle, WA)

April 13-15th:
C2E2 2012
(Chicago, IL)

May 5th:
Free Comic Book Day signing @ Acme Comics
(Greensboro, NC)

June 22-24th:
Heroes Con 2012
(Charlotte, NC)

July 11-15th:
Comic-Con 2012
(San Diego, CA)

August 31st- Sept 3rd:
Dragon*Con 2012
(Atlanta, GA)

Sept 8-9th:
Baltimore Comic-Con 2012
(Baltimore, MD)

Oct 10-14th:
New York Comic Con 2012
(New York City, NY)

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Here’s a small gathering of some of my favorite 2011 convention sketches–  A few of ‘em, anyway. Turns out you can’t upload anything over 2 mb to the WordPress here, so a lot of my camera shots are over the limit… and I didn’t have the time to resize the ones I liked a lot that didn’t fit the parameters. Enjoy nonetheless!

True story: Outside my studio window at this exact moment workers are drilling and breaking pebbles or something off the building facade to replace with a newer, tres chic look. My head is exploding.

- jeremy dale

Here’s a small gathering of some of my favorite 2011 commissions–   the best part being it’s fun to look back on the previous year and see things I like about my work for a change, hehehehe. There’s a lot of fun, great pieces I did in 2011– in my mind, anyway. Your mileage may vary. Seeing the stack of completed 2012 commissions grow on the scanner next to me makes it even better! Stay tuned.

People that watch me over at deviantArt won’t be surprised by the next several Skratchadays, but after that is some new stuff for you guys. Enjoy the new year of Skratchaday!

- jeremy dale

Just a heads up– I’m taking a few days off from the daily Skratchaday blog so I can finish the move to our new place and the new studio space. I should be back in no time, though, so stay tuned! In the meantime:

Here’s an interview with yours truly from Sequential Tart!

http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=2105

Here’s a review of Skyward #1 from Liberation Frequency!

http://www.liberationfrequency.co.uk/skyward-review/

Here’s a preview of Skyward issue one from Comicbooked:

http://www.comicbooked.com/skyward-1-preview/

Here’s an interview with me from Fan-Expo Canada 2011!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here’s a video of me at C2E2 2011 in Chicago (starts at 2:00 in)

Click here to view the embedded video.

Enjoy!

- jeremy dale

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Now playing: Hawk Nelson – Recess
via FoxyTunes

I just walked out of the comic shop yesterday with a hefty stack– many of those nuDCU books. My current favorite of the bunch is Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s BATMAN so far. To think that I’ve never really collected more than 2 DC books for an extended period of time before, this is pretty impressive. I’ve also never read such a mainstream list of books before. Yesterday’s stack had Flash, Batman, Justice League, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Thor, Captain America, and several other comic book icons, as well as several other creator-owned titles that I adore. More on that soon.

On with the sketches!

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Spider-Man

Hey! That’s my artwork! Where’s my money, shirt makers and/or Hasbro?!

Harley Quinn

Black Adam

Superman

Tomax & Xamot, the Cobra Twins

Cute Supergirl cosplayer loves discount graphic novels!

Captain America

Colossus

Bonnie, Firestar’s high school nemesis

Plastic Man

Green Arrow and Aquaman

Lex Luthor

Jeremy right before attending  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!

We. Had. An. EPIC. Show. New York was great to us, and we couldn’t have ended the convention season better. Thanks to all the fans and friends that swung by, bought us drinks, hung out after-hours, or, y’know…

… Invited us to a live taping of Saturday Night Live as a special guest! Anna Faris was hosting, and we had a wonderful time. Even got a backstage pass afterward and saw a bit of how the magic is made every week. Thanks, Scott!

CLICK THE IMAGE TO MAKE IT ALL BIGGIE-SIZED!

Enjoy! Let me know what you think.

- jeremy

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Now playing: Switchfoot – Chem 6A
via FoxyTunes

That said, I thought I’d kick off the post-convention SKRATCHADAYs with a slightly altered banner (only because I was tired of seeing the old one), and waking you guys up! Comment more or puppies will continue to suffer in ASPCA commercials. That’s just how it works, folks.

On with the sketch!

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Okay, this was my favorite of the pre-show commissions for NYCC last weekend, and I have to admit… the request was “Draw the LEGION’s Light Lass from DC’s Legion Threeboot”. I kind of went overboard on this one, didn’t I? I can’t help it. I had an entirely different backdrop all planned out and drawn in the preliminary stage for the Legion’s Lady of Lightning, but when I think Legion, I think… well, A MILLION ZILLION TEENAGE SUPER-HEROES.

So that’s how we got here. I just reread the Shooter/Manapul run on the book, and it’s still some fun, fun comics– don’t get bogged down by the drama llamas on the interweb talking trash about it (I’m looking at YOU, Shooter).

CLICK THE IMAGE TO MAKE IT ALL BIGGIE-SIZED!

Enjoy! Let me know what you think.

- jeremy

I could really go for another round of Wednesday Comics. How far off are we talking, Chiarello? Hurry it up!

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This is an image I’m getting colored for the Kokomo Humane Society, who just received (I believe) a hundred puppies that desperately need care and funds to do so. All the proceeds of the sale of this print (once colored, of course) will go straight to them.

Interested in getting a copy?

If you Paypal $20 to jeremyhdale@yahoo.com , I will send you a print of both the pencils AND the colors– and hey, you’ll be helping out a great cause! Click BUY NOW!

- jeremy dale

BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

I’m just about wrapped on a project right now– then it’s back to Skyward!

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At the behest of a few guys at Dragon*Con last weekend (looking at you, Shane and Andrew), I’m posting this quick Batman sketch I did one morning. They happened to see it, and asked if it was going to be a future Skratchaday…

Well… Okay. Sure. Enjoy!

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN!

- jeremy dale

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BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

Congrats to several pairs of friends on their upcoming babies! It must be the season for that sort of announcement. I’d name the happy couples by name, but there’s several that are holding the information back for now. CONGRATULATIONS!

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Every now and then, I get someone that shows up at my table at a convention that just wants to talk about what they’re doing artwise. Not professionals, not even amateur status illustrators… typically, it’s guys that “did art in high school” and “haven’t drawn in 11 years” and “can’t understand why Marvel and DC don’t hire guys that only do paintings on vans of dragons and nekkid ladies” and the like. True story. This sort of individual tends to come back to the table several times over the course of the weekend.

It’s cool, I love hearing people’s stories, but it can become draining after a while. Just one of the hazards of the job!

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- jeremy dale

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BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

Apologies for not posting this earlier in the morning– I slept in a bit, which was amaaaaaazing. hehehe The past three weeks of doing shows and working triple-time on a secret project on a “tighter-than-tight” deadline have left me completely exhausted in every way.

Thanks to all the fans for coming out and seeing me at Dragon*Con! Several blog commenting regulars and many more besides helped make this quite possibly the best show I’ve ever done. I haven’t run all the numbers yet, but if the level of activity I had at the table and the # of con sketches and commissions I did are any indication, it ruled.

Also, thanks to Peter David for being a great table-buddy– we had lots of fun. Thom Zahler, my letterer on SKYWARD and who also stayed with us all weekend? What a gent. Nothing but praise. I also have to give a huge “Woo-Hoo” to those close friends of mine who may or may not have dressed as the characters from ARCHER and won a spontaneous costume contest Sunday night thrown by the series own creators! Wowza.

Watch my Facebook tonight or so for the photos we took at Dragon this year (and the annual Dragon parade– always a fun time).

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Jean Grey as Phoenix! Always liked that she didn’t wear a mask. In the past two weeks, I think I’ve drawn her three or four times for fans at shows– in all generations of her uniform. Bizarre, too– I rarely if ever get a Jean Grey request.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN!

- jeremy dale

ALSO, BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

Back from Baltimore Comicon, and we leave for Fan-Expo TOMORROW. Clearly, this is insane.

Nevertheless, I’ll be at Fan-Expo Canada in Toronto this weekend– I THINK I have enough stuff scanned to keep the blog updating daily through the trip, so no down time!

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I’ve been fascinated by the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES ever since I was a kid, but beyond picking up a few issues here and there whenever a new creative team interested me, I didn’t get really into it until Jim Shooter and Francis Manapul’s run on the series a few years back. Good friend Sanford Greene also did some fill-in issues during that storyline as well. The redesigns were fresh and interesting, Manapul was clearly on the rise as an artist to watch (and I’m glad I started there– his FLASH run has been stellar)., and the plots were great looks into interpersonal relationships and politics (the former of the two I study at great length). I couldn’t get enough!

THEN THEY CANCELLED THE LEGION RUN MID-STORYLINE to facilitate another relaunch of the concept, this time with Paul Levitz. I’ll be honest: I dropped the book like a rock and haven’t been back since.

Can I also note a personal pet peeve of mine? I hate HATE hate when an artist draws a group of teenagers like they’re 30-somethings. Let’s just say that’s been the case with a couple of the illustrators on the book since Manapul was on it. Not cool, DC.

Anyway, here’s Colossal Boy and Timberwolf from the LEGION! Enjoy.

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- jeremy dale

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It does! Some of the biggest news out of San Diego this year, too– I was there in the panel as they unveiled it. Very exciting stuff.

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One of my favorite pieces I’ve done live at a convention– this Magik piece at 11 x 17 inches is right up there among my all-time favorites of my own stuff. It was also the first time I’d ever used Copic markers on a commission before, really– if I remember correctly. The subject matter isn’t something I’m typically known for (I think), but it turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN!

- jeremy dale

ALSO, BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!