Luke Skywalker is sent on an undercover mission to wipe out an Imperial port, and all his Jedi skills are put to the test by a new enemy he never expected to face! With this story, my "kid comic" years culminated with me publishing my very own Star Wars fanzine! See it here!
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In the asteroid belt, the mysterious voices haunting Glenn Taback get louder and stronger. Driven past the breaking point, he tears through one marauder after another as attacks increase in ferocity. At the end of this bloody path lies an enemy no one expected and a revelation that challenges the perception of reality itself!
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Royal Rumble was the title of my fourth episode in season 1 of Xiaolin Showdown. It's also a good descriptor for the process of directing it. This turned out to be the last episode I directed, though I was still heavily involved in the show for its subsequent seasons. Why? Because there were some lessons I hadn't learned yet.
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In November 1983, a significant event shifted my path: I bought the first issue of Judge Dredd and gradually became hooked on a massive body of science-fiction comics that started in 1977 and continues to this day. If you're pursuing a 2000AD collection of your own, or just want to look at some wild and crazy art guaranteed to entertain, you'll find a lot here to like.
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You've known it as Speed Racer probably your entire life, but what do you know about its Japanese origins? What was going on in the Japanese auto world in 1967? Do you know who designed the Mach 5? Have you ever heard of a manga called Pilot Ace? If not, adventure's waitin' just ahead!
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Armored Trooper Votoms is my favorite mecha anime of all time. It's one of the things that made me what I am today. I participated in its import to the US and various other projects, but never got the chance to take my fandom online...until now. This right here is a website-within-a-website that will explore Votoms like never before. Keep watching as new content is added!
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Most of what I've presented in this section of ArtValt has been one-off comic stories of one kind or another. This page rounds up a mishmash of Star Wars projects drawn during my fanzine years, including my second parody comic of the first movie, drawn when I was 18.
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When we last saw Glenn Taback and the Arkadyne support team, the first stage of Cybersuit training ended on the moon with the revelation of a mysterious alien artifact. Now, the story moves to Mars where flight training begins - and then into the asteroid belt where the enemy waits to strike! Read issues 3 & 4 and the story behind the story here!
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Never heard of this one? That's probably because it didn't get past the pilot stage. It was a 3-minute Looney Tunes-type showdown, based on a Mattel toy line, between top-tier WWE wrestlers Kane and John Cena. Since the project was so short, I'll take the opportunity to present something people outside the animation biz rarely see: multiple drafts of a storyboard as it goes through notes and revisions.
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This small collection is just a brief dip into what was one of the weirdest rollercoasters of my comic book career, working on staff at Malibu Comics from December 1992 until spring of '94.
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Shortly before Return of the Jedi arrived, my mindset inexplicably shifted from Star Wars to Indiana Jones. I'd already drawn plenty of Han Solo stories and a Blade Runner tale, so I thought maybe I could tack another Harrison Ford merit badge onto my uniform.
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Return of the Jedi gave me a lot of new elements to factor in, and I had the pleasure of drawing some characters and mecha for the first time. Now that Luke/Vader confrontations had an endpoint, the continuity for pre-Jedi stories was completely clear, and this would end up being my last one set in that time frame.
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The first two issues and the story behind my original SF series from Ianus Publications! Glenn Taback is the first pilot chosen to operate Arkadyne, a process that links him directly to the machine via cybernetic implant. Using an experimental system called the Gravitic Drive, he will be able to outfly and outfight anything imaginable ... except himself.
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Our third episode of this series was where we took command. We'd already taken to the show like fish to water from the beginning, but now that the 2-episode shakedown was behind us, our funniest stuff was pouring out, and we drew the best-looking storyboards we could. See them all from start to finish here!
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This was another one of those unusual projects that was never meant to be seen by the greater public. Its target audience was very narrow and very corporate. It was another example of how a career drawing comics can take you to some unexpected places.
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1982 was the year that truly paid off the gambles taken by Lucas and Spielberg in the 70s. In just a short, 4-month period, we got more A-level fantasy and SF movies than we'd ever seen before. For me, the one that rose above all the others was Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. It got so deep into my bloodstream that it had to come out as a fanzine comic.
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As the crew of Arcadia deals with new members of all types, they are drawn deeper into conflict with each other and learn that not all of their enemies are cut from the same cloth. Especially one particular inflitrator whose path will bring him face to face with Harlock himself. Meanwhile, a new path opens up for Earth when a new power appears to challenge the Illumidas empire. Who will stand and who will fall? Find it in this 4-issue miniseries!
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Following my five-season tenure on Avengers Assemble, I took on a new role as the “go to” guy for special projects while working on the next Spider-Man series, titled Maximum Venom. Those project are presented here for your general amusement.
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At the age of 17 I learned and discovered many of the things that would propel me into adult life and my dream career. One of those things was Douglas Adams' eternally brilliant Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I absorbed everything I could from it, practically memorizing every word. And if you've learned anything about me by now, you know what this level of devotion leads to.
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Imperial TIE fighters strike the rebel fleet out of nowhere in a surprise attack? How did they get through, and who let it happen? This was the tenth Star Wars fanzine comic I drew since jumping into the pool in late 1981, and the first to sort of get me into trouble. Find out how here...
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