Friday, October 30, 2009

GAS Represents for the Hero Initiative Wolvie #1 sketch cover auctions!

What's up, y'all?  Chris Moreno here to let everyone know that the eBay auctions for the Hero Initiative's 100 Wolvie sketch covers is on like Donkey Kong!  Fellow GAS-er, Tone Rodriguez, along with yours truly, contributed to this year's auctions, a follow-up to our showings for the Hulk and Spider-Man covers, respectively.

For mine, I started to do an ink drawing of the Ol' Canuckle-head going mad-ass on a bunch of Hand ninjas, but when I started laying it down the card stock on the cover repelled my ink like Brad Pitt fleeing a paparazzi!  Not one to let rejection stop me from getting the job done (watch yourselves, people,) I decided to try markers.  No dice.  This Wolverine cover was playing hard to get!  So I decided to change things up on it.  I blew the dust off my acrylics and got to painting it up.  At first, Wolvie was resistant, but once things got going, it started to loosen up a bit.  Then we were really jammin'.  Bingo-bango, nine months later, we gave birth to a bouncing baby painted cover. 



Ok, so it's a little more than a sketch. Sue me.  But it's already starting to rack up quite the pretty penny for the Hero Initiative, which is what's really important, because Hero gives financial aid and assistance to older comics creators, to help with medical expenses, bills, cost of living expenses, etc.  It's our way of the industry giving back to those who've given us some of our favorite characters and stories, hours and hours of lazy afternoons lying on the back porch escaping into the realms of fantasy and adventure!  I think a few bucks here and there is the least we could do, right?

So check out the link, and keep your eyes peeled-- this is only the first few covers being released with more on the way.  Loads of super-cool, talented artists contributed to this project.  Some guys you know, some you don't know too well, but all who've done some kickass art for a wonderful cause.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Bakersfield Comic-Con 11/8/09

Welcome back everybody!

So the news this time out is, The whole gang from Garage Art Studios will be in attendance at the 2nd Annual Bakersfield Comic-Con in Bakersfield, CA.

Here's some info:
DOUBLE TREE HOTEL
3100 Camino Del Rio Court, Bakersfield, CA
Bringing Back the Future!

SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 8th, 2009
Sun. 10:00am TO 4:30pm

Admission is Only $5.00
(Children under 8yrs are Free)


For more info, check out the Bakersfield Comic-Con website.

And check back here soon for some new art from a bunch of new secret projects and some pictures of the Studio guys teaching some Pasadena library kids how to make comics. Until then...

Monday, October 26, 2009

Welcome!


Congratulations!

You've found your way to the official GARAGE ART STUDIOS website (the comic book Garage Art Studios, not the painters). You are clearly a discriminating internet using art enthusiast.

Garage Art Studios (founded in 2009, year of our Lord) is a collective of professional comic book artists based in North Hollywood, CA (right near Circus Liquor).

Tone Rodriguez

Studio mortgage holder and artist of The Simpsons, Radioactive Man, Violent Messiahs, Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem!, UTF, Snake Plissken Chronicles, Urban Monsters and many other wonderful comics.

Chris Moreno

Whose work you've seen everywhere from Toy Story, World War Hulk: Frontline, Paul Jenkins' Sidekick & Dracula vs. King Arthur to Image's Popgun, Outlaw Territory and 24/7 anthologies.

Mark Dos Santos

Artist of Boom! Studios' Eureka series (based on the popular SyFy television program) as well as Grimm Fairy Tales, Western Tales of Terror and a series of promotional comics for Duncan Yo-Yos amongst many others.

Tony Fleecs
Writer and artist of the autobiographal critical darling (read: low selling), In My Lifetime (originally published by Silent Devil productions, now published by the fine folks at Terminal Press) artist of the Li'l Firebreather backup stories in Image Comics' FireBreather ongoing series and contributor to the Postcards, Wonderlost and Pulp Tales anthologies. Also the writer of one of the most beloved porno to comics adaptations of all time, the penetration-less Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here.

And also Lauren Perry
Whose custom made Blank-ees paintings are adorable and affordable.

Please bookmark Garage Art Studios or RSS or whatever, just so you can check back often for new art, Convention schedules, commission info and news on G.A.S. books and events!