Thor

Never had the chance to draw THOR for Marvel back when I worked for them. The opportunity came up at the latest Bristol Comicexpo when we were sketching for charity for Draw the World Together. Without noticing when I was doing it it it kind of came out with a bit of a Barry Smith vibe. Fun :-)

Final Heroes

All remaining Signed 'City of Heroes' Sketchbooks in the Draw the World Together charity shop http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/drawtheworldtogether
Make a bid, Make a difference. Or pass it on :-)

Visit Draw the World Together at: www.drawtheworldtogether.com

Another eBay auction

A second chance to grab one of these limited edition City of Heroes sketchbooks.
All are signed by a whole host of artists;
Dave Gibbons (cover),
Doug Braithwaite, Misako Rocks Mark Buckingham, Andie Tong, Phil Winslade Jon Haward, Mike Collins, Bryan Talbot Simon Williams, Andrew Wildman, Neil Edwards,
Al (Astral Gypsy) Davidson and Boo Cook
Link to the auction HERE

Bristol Comicexpo

No cards to post today.
The weekend saw the forst Draw the World Together sketching event without the sponsorship of games company NCsoft.
Artists, David Lloyd, Kat Nicholson, Jason Cardy, Neil Edwards, Andrew Wildman (me), Stephen Baskerville, Lee Bradley, Laura Howell, Andi Tong and Simon Wyatt sketched for the fans on Saturday and took donations. On the Saturday evening there was a small auction of donated items and art. We are still counting but proceeds are looking like being in excess of £600. Not bad for a small convention.
Pictures to follow.
What was great fun for me was meeting up with old collaborator Stephen Baskerville. I havent seen Stephen for quite a few years. We worked on many comics for Marvel a number of years ago such as Transformers and GI Joe. During the sketching event I did pencil sketches and Stephen 'inked' them up with black marker pens. would be cool to get some of these images emailed back. If any turn up I will post them here.
Also met up with Simon Furman for a curry in the evening. Haven't seen him for a while either so lots to chat about.

Todays sketchcards

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The Auction of cards for the March of Dimes charity continues. Just up are my next two. Optimus Prime and Ratchet

Transformers Sketchcard auction

The first of three TRANSFORMERS sketchcards are being auctioned for the March of Dimes charity NOW.
Check out the listing HERE

Comicexpo

the DtWT event for BRISTOL COMICEXPO is now sorted. We have a venue in the form of the Summit Room at the Ramada Hotel. There will be artists sketching to raise money for EveryChild from 2pm-5pm. Those currently scheduled to appear include, among others Mike Collins, Neil Edwards, Kat Nicholson, Emma Vieceli and James Hodgkins.
There will also be sketching happening on behalf of DtWT at the Insomnia Comics stand in the Small Press section Where Simon Wyatt and others will be doing their stuff.
Its been a little while since we have done one of these and its the first one with us doing it without our long time sponsors NCsoft. That said, we do have the help of Stephen 'Rockjaw' Reid and Mat Keller (now ex NCsoft) who use to run the shows for us, so its pretty much business as usual.
Will post next week as to how it all went.
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March of Dimes

Last year I was asked to do a sketch for 'March of Dimes'. It is a charity sketching event to raise money for the March of Dimes campaign that raises money to give babies a healthy start in life. All info can be found on their site. The sketching event was put together by Stephen Frank who has a personal interest in the project. Inevitably I was asked to do a picture of Optimus Prime. To check out all the other sketchcards done take a look at the Flickr site. There is some amazing work there.