Blade Runner: Will a Soul Survive, 1983

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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Captain Harlock: Fall of the Empire, 1992

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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Marvel Oddjobs, 2018-2019

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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The Hitchhiker’s Guide Companion, 1983

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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The Armored Trooper Votoms Hub

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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Star Wars: Infiltrator, 1983

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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Robotech: Invid War issues 5-8, 1992

When I got involved in drawing Robotech comics, it initially felt like being trapped. That's how it was for the first four issues. To my surprise, the next four set me free. Find out what I mean by that and see all these issues from cover to cover!

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Xiaolin Showdown Episode 5, 2003

I've spoken before about "magic scripts" in the cartoon biz. At least once on any given season, I get a script that I can see play out like a movie in my head the first time I read it. Then the storyboard flows out of me with seemingly no effort at all. That's what this one was like. The art was sharper, the gags were funnier, and more personality made it into the finished show. In many cases, the storyboards were better than the finished animation.

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The Sprites of Mannu, 1989

This oddball project comes from an APA I was involved in from the late 80s into the late 90s. I got an idea that a bunch of us could participate in. One of the writers would come up a short script (any concept, any genre) and all of the artists would draw their own version of it. I thought it would be fun and interesting to see how many different directions we could take it.

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Captain Harlock Christmas Special, 1991

Captain Harlock and Christmas might seem like odd bedfellows, but they were actually combined in Japan before we did our thing. There was a Christmas episode in the 1982 Endless Road SSX TV series that remains a fan favorite for its blend of sweetness and tragedy. When writer Robert Gibson decided to retread this ground, he used it to weave some signature tropes together.

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Tutenstein, 2003-04

Tutenstein was based on a comic by Jay Stephens and produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids. I drew six storyboards for the series in the spring and summer of 2003. And despite being completely outside the intended viewership, I enjoyed every minute of it.

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Men in Black, 1997

Somehow I wound up with an odd, sporadic history with the Men in Black franchise when it became the only IP that I encountered in both my comic book and animation careers. Afterward, any time I was asked what I'd worked on, eyes often lit up when I listed the MiB opening title. More than one viewer said it was the coolest opening they'd ever seen. I will go as far as to say it's the coolest opening I ever worked on.

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Anime fan art, Volume 2

In Volume 1, I explained the genesis of these drawings as something to share with fellow members of anime-themed APAs. But there were other purposes, too. Here's more of the same. Hope you like Fist of the North Star!

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Voyage to the Unbranded Planet, 1982

Ready for some hard-hitting social satire? From the mind of a 17-year old? Well, look elsewhere. Because this story isn't that. I thought it was at the time, though. And nobody ever told me it wasn't. So maybe you decide.

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Robotech: Invid War issues 1-4, 1992

Pretty much since the beginning of my work for Eternity Comics, the editor of the Robotech titles was nudging me to consider drawing one. And pretty much from the first time he brought it up, I shot it down. There was a time not so long before that I would have said yes in a hot second. But that time had passed. So what made me finally relent? Read that story here, along with issues 1-4!

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Xiaolin Showdown Episode 2, 2003

Of the many TV cartoons I've directed and storyboarded, It's hard to pick one that was more fun to work on than Xiaolin Showdown. It featured four kids learning martial arts, racing villains all over the world to find mystical objects called Shen Gong Wu. It was like we stepped out of a jail cell, blinking in the bright sunshine as our producer handed us the keys to a hot rod and said to drive as fast as we wanted. I love it so much, I'm doling it out one episode at a time so you can see exactly how much fun it was.

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Anime fan art, Volume 1

Like every anime fan with artistic proclivities, I took my turn at the fan art wheel. Most of what you'll see in this collection was done for one APA or another, but there's some other stuff too. If you're an anime fan but still completely baffled, remember what stretch of time this represents, and what the favorite shows were back then. If you recognize all of them, we're automatic friends for life.

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Star Wars: The Littlest Bounty Hunter, 1982

Of all the Star Wars comics I created back in the fanzine days, this one is my absolute favorite. It was effortless to write, as if it came together all by itself, and had just the right balance of light and heavy moments. Rough edges notwithstanding, it seemed as solid to me as anything Marvel was doing. Plus, it featured a bounty hunter. I loved those guys.

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Captain Harlock: Deathshadow Rising #5 & 6, 1991

As spring approached summer in the year 1991, Emeraldas arrived to even the odds against the Deathshadow and help get Harlock back to the captain's wheel of the Arcadia. With the playing field growing ever more complex, Alexander Nevich reveals the next phase of his vendetta: taking down the Illumidas occupiers of Earth!

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