Back Issue Spotlight #26: Moon Knight Begins

Bob Bretall is joined by DC inker Dave Beaty to discuss the early days of Moon Knight, from his beginning in Werewolf by Night through the initial teaming of Doug Moench & Bill Sienkiewicz as a back-up in The Hulk magazine. Give it a listen, I think you’ll enjoy it.

http://www.comicbookpage.com/Podcast/?p=518

More comic news soon.

Today I team-up with John Mayo for a Back Issue Spotlight episode of the Comic Book Page Podcast.

This episode we talk about Marvel Team-Up issues #80-85, other favorite comics from our childhood, and the differences between comics then and now- and not just the cover prices!

Also out this week are the Topps Star Wars Galaxy 6 trading cards I worked on.

I did 100 regular sketch cards and 39 special “Sketchograph” cards signed by the actors.

More info on these sketch cards can be found on my site- www.LinWorkman.com and in our forums.

And Happy Birthday to our own Dave Beaty!

Lin

I talked about working on the Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Galaxy 6 card sets, and who would win in a fight- Batman or Vader?

I had a lot of fun drawing and joking around in the Bat-Cave (my studio) with Fox13′s Tom Dees and Derric Curran.

I did a total of 106 sketch cards for each set (mostly in markers) and hope to do more in the future.

The Empire Strikes Back cards are available in stores now. The Galaxy 6 cards should be out in stores this spring, and the above Topps promo featured my Anakin card.

You can see more of my sketch cards on my site- www.LinWorkman.com, and see the Fox13 video here.

May the force be with you always! Yub-yub!

Lin

Grand Opening Celebration at Alternate Reality Comics’ New Location!
Date: 11/13/2010 – 11/13/2010
Time: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Location: 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy. #8, at the Maryland Pkwy & Flamingo intersection
Contact email: ralphmathieu@gmail.com
Contact phone: 702-736-3673

Join us for a fun filled day with guests Jae Lee (Dark Tower) 12pm-1pm and Scott Clark & David Beaty (Brightest Day) 12pm-3pm, free food, hourly raffles, and a HUGE sale! We are also having a Three Square food bank benefit and anyone bringing in nonperishable food items will get an additional raffle ticket, which includes your chance to win the grand prize of a piece of original art!

And here’s the art by your’s truly:

If you’re in the area stop by and say hi.

October 15-31, 2010
Theatre Memphis lobby area
In tandem with the play “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure”

As a tribute to those who have played Holmes on stage and screen, artist Lin Workman will have a one man show running in tandem with Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. “Elementary: The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes” is a show built specifically around the Theatre Memphis production. Workman’s art in this show represents many of the real life people who came to fame playing Sherlock Holmes. “I started off doing my favorite Holmes- Basil Rathbone,” Workman says, “ but wanted to show a variety of Sherlocks from different times and with different looks. I have Basil, Peter Cushing, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Brett, Michael Cain, and a few surprises including James Bragington- a studio employee who was promoted to actor for the first full length British Holmes feature A Study in Scarlet because he looked like Holmes.” The show has been over a year in the works with the first contact being made in 2009 to Workman about a show to run with the Theatre Memphis production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. That show did not materialize due to a schedule conflict but the communication channels were left open to discuss a show in 2010. The work in the Theatre Memphis show will all be in black and white acrylic paint airbrushed on canvases that are approximately 3’ x 4’.

Workman is an accomplished cartoonist and muralist and has work that has appeared in the Memphis Flyer and The Commercial Appeal locally. He has been published nationally in Airbrush Action Magazine and Amazing Figure Modeler. He has completed murals for Pancho’s Restaurant, McDonald’s, Haunted Web of Horrors haunted house and Fitzgerald’s Casino in Tunica. Formerly an artist and screen printer in the t-shirt industry and a graphic artist designing tombstones and other monuments, he is the creator of the web-comic Scared Silly and is the co-creator of the self-published comic book series Bushi Tales. He was recently a Star Wars sketchcard artist on The Empire Strikes Back 3-D card set by Topps. Workman has also served as President and Vice President of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association.

An artist’s reception for the collection created by Workman for this show will be held October 20, 2010, from 6pm – 8pm at Theatre Memphis, 630 Perkins Extended, in the upper and lower lobbies. The event is free and open to the public with the artwork available for purchase. Theatre Memphis will receive a portion of the proceeds from the sales.

Performance dates for Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure are October 15-31, 2010.

Theatre Memphis is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization located at 630 Perkins Extended (corner of Perkins and Southern) and is a community theatre whose mission is to provide outstanding theatrical experiences to enrich the lives of our audiences and participants.

Visit their website at http://www.theatrememphis.org for more info, or check out more of Lin’s work at his site- linworkman.com.

Maximum Comics 2.0 is located at 520 s Marks St #130 Henderson, NV 89014

Dave says,

“I’ll be attending this event signing comics and sketching with Scott Clark. Should be a good time, so if you’re in the area be sure to stop by and say ‘hey’.”

Dave and Scott have been working on DC’s Brightest Day comic series. Issue 11 goes on Sale October 6, 2010, issue 10 in stores now.

Looks like MaximuM Comics will have plenty of food, drinks, music, and prizes for everyone. Grand Opening party is from 7:00pm Friday – Saturday at 12:00am, Dave and Scott’s signing will be from 12-4pm on Saturday.

For more info click here or here.

http://www.maximumcomics.biz/

I’ll be attending the grand opening at Maximum Comics in Henderson, NV on Saturday Sept 25th from 12-4pm. Scott Clark (Brightest Day, Adventure Comics), Dann McNerney (Bag & Bored), and Colby Bryant (cutey!) will also be there. I’ll be signing comics and doing sketches. So if you’re in the area be sure to stop by and say ‘hey’.

Maximum Comics 2.0 is located at 520 S. Marks St. #130, Henderson, NV 89014.

While we were in Huntsville we decided to see if there were any comic shops in town and there was…

The Deep!

It’s kind of your typical looking comic shop, but very organized with a good product mix.

They have a large selection of current comics, back issues, toys, tees, and more.

No individual Hero-Clix, but lots of other gaming figures and cards to be had- and played.

They have a large gaming area in the back right corner behind the graphic novel and gaming book section.

They have a kids/all ages friendly section.

Lots of cool sketches.

A few of the DC lead figures came home with us.

As well as some back issues and a Blackest Night Wonder Woman figure.

It was Mama Howe’s first time in a comic shop so Nicki showed her how to find some treasures by digging through back issue long boxes and the $1 bins.

I found a few good ones, too!

Stargods #2 (alternate cover) and Stargods Visions.

And a copy of Bushi Tales #2 (regular cover)- all at cover price or just slightly higher!

We had a great time visiting The Deep and will stop by whenever we’re in Huntsville. If you’re out that way I reccommend stopping in.

http://www.comicbookpage.com/Podcast/?p=423

The Bushi Tales team will be at table T39 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

We’ll have copies of the new “Art of Bushi Tales” book available for sale at our booth.

Dave and I will be on a few panels including:

From Fan to Professional

David Beaty revolution of INKING!

Character Creation & Design Comic Book Style

Hope to see you there!

Lin