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Art tips and techniques, reviews and interviews from my studio. Archived here and at World Famous Comics. Comics 101 for 10/07/2004 The Horror Art of Bryan Baugh, Bill Bronson and Tom Mandrake For all of this month and just in time for my favorite holiday, Halloween, Comics 101 will be featuring articles of the more macabre variety as we focus on the theme of 'horror' (one of my favorite genres of comics and film). So here each week in October, sink your plastic fangs into a horror flavored Comics 101 feature!For this week's feature I thought I'd shine the moontlight on some of my friends artwork from all corners of the Weird Wide Web. These 'horrific' illustrators specialize in tapping the darkest corners of their twisted imaginations and to get you primed for the unholiest of holidays I'm inviting you do some cadaverous cavorting at the following links. First up, we have my pal Bryan Baugh, scare-meister extraordinaire, who recently launched his official website called Crypt-Logic. Bryan is an animation storyboard artist for Sony Pictures having worked on Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, Men In Black and Batman to name a few. His characters, Wulf and Batsy, will be appearing in their first graphic novel, titled We Have No Home, slated for publication by Chanting Monks Studios in Winter 2004 with a cover illustration by renowned artist Joe Chiodo. Be sure to keep an eye out for it but in the meantime visit his Wulf and Batsy gallery. Brian recently informed me that the second issue of Zacherley's Midnite Terrors from Chanting Monks Studios featuring a new 12-page Wulf and Batsy story should be out this week or next. Then his book, Scared!: How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comics, from Watson-Guptill comes out November 1st. Next up we have my fellow CCAD grad and arch-nemesis, Billy 'The Squid' Bronson. He's more tentacle now than man, twisted and evil. His first publication from SQP Publishing, Chicks and Monsters, collecting his illustrations and original stories will be shipping soon but you can check out this sneak preview. If you enjoy these tasty morsels then whet your monstrous appetite at Bill's official site. Saving the 'creepiest' for last, I dare you you to explore artistic mysteries of Tom Mandrake. You've seen his work recently in Marvel's Punisher, Weapon X, The Hulk: Unchained and not to mention his fantastic work on DC's JLA: Destiny, Martian Manhunter and The Spectre. But if you haven't read his creator owned series from Image entitled Creeps, then you are definitely missing out! Chitter, Booger, Gelulite - these are just some of the creep-tastic characters you'll find lurking in the pages of this enjoyable spawn of comic evil from artist/creator Mandrake and his partner in crime Dan Mishkin. Sneak a peek at Creeps in his Buy Stuff section. If those pages don't freak you out then shamble on over to his portfolio page. And keep your eyes peeled for his upcoming run on Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. Finally, if you need to cleanse your palate after getting your freak on with those twisted talents of comic-dom then I invite you to check out the fabulous artwork of Mindy Timpone and her online webstrips at DoomNStuff.com. I hope you enjoyed this week's Comics 101 and remember... he is, she is, you are and I AM ZOMBIE! -Joe Recent Columns:
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