I’ve been reading the magazine for years now and have had a few of my paintings and tees featured in their Reader Gallery before.

But I’ve never been THE Reader Gallery- much less have it be a two page spread!

More info about this issue on my site- linworkman.com.

Stay tuned for more info on my upcoming Sherlock Holmes art show at Theatre Memphis this October.

Lin

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

This an all the other DC Comics I’ve posted are either available for Pre-order or are available in stores. In Convention news- Lin and I will be guests at the Phoenix Comicon on May 27-30, 2010. You can get all the info and a complete guest list at the official website http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/. Also we will also be guests at the Superman Celebration on June 10-13, 2010 in Metropolis, IL. Full guest list and additional info a thttp://www.supermancelebration.net/. More news next week.

Brightest Day #1 comes out tomorrow. Be sure to pick up a copy and you get to choose between two great covers. This is my first regular series work for DC Comics. Although there’s nothing “regular” about this series. You can get additional info and see preview pages here:

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/05/04/brightest-day-1-hits-tomorrow/

 Also Lin and I were mentioned in an interview with Matt Soldberg about the Phoenix Comicon. Here’s a link to check it out:

http://www.andrewlongshow.com/

My Golden Age of Comics Heroes & Villians sketch cards are starting to show up on Ebay. Here are a couple of links to check those out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/BREYGENT-Golden-Age-Comics-Sketch-DAVE-BEATY-100-Holo-/370373666114?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563bfda542

http://cgi.ebay.com/BREYGENT-Golden-Age-Comics-Sketch-DAVE-BEATY-100-Holo-/370373666333?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563bfda61d

http://cgi.ebay.com/Golden-Age-Comics-DAVID-BEATY-Sketch-Card-Spy-Smasher-/310217083333?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483a6109c5

http://cgi.ebay.com/Golden-Age-Comics-DAVID-BEATY-Sketch-Card-Green-Lama-/310217073684?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483a60e414

More news later in the week.

My artist returns for the Topps Empire Strikes Back 3-D card series.

Here are a few more of Dave’s sketchcards for the Golden Age of Comics set which hits stores tomorrow.

This weekend is my favorite holiday-

What is Free Comic Book Day?

Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year,  when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your local shop for their participation and rules.

Here’s where Dave and I will be this weekend for FCBD-
OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW SAMURAI COMICS SUPERSTORE & FREE
COMIC BOOK DAY CELEBRATION!

Saturday, May 1st 2010
10am-8pm
Located at the NEW Samurai Comics Superstore: 1051 E. Camelback Rd.

Brighest Day artist Dave Beaty (appearing after 2:30pm), Garrison writer Jeff Mariotte, Grimm Fairy Tales artist Mike Debalfo, and many more comic guests! AZ 501st Dune Sea Garrison! Lots of free comic books Iron Man, Owly, Archie, Superman… something for everyone in the family to enjoy.

CAPE-CON

Cape Comic Con is partnering with FCBD (Free Comic Book Day) and will be giving away free comics Saturday, May 1 from 9am-6pm while supplies last.

It’s going to be held at the Osage Community Center (1625 N. Kingshighway) on May 1st & 2nd.

Guests include DC Comics artist Ethan Van Sciver, Ghost Rider writer/creator Gary Friedrich, TV’s The Flash John Wesley Shipp.

Also attending are Jay Chuppe, Martheus Antone Wade, and me!

If you’re in the Memphis area stop by Comic Cellar or Comics and Collectibles.

And don’t forget that Dave’s issue of Brightest Day #1 hits stores next Wednesday- Cinco de Mayo!

Here’s a couple more of my Golden Age of Comics sketch cards. Spy Smasher and The Hood.

Also available fro Pre-order is Adventure Comics #12 which is my first DC Comics cover.

And last but not least, Brighest Day #3 & #4 are available for Pre-order this month as well. So don’t miss those. More comic and sketch card news next week.

Dave and I have been working on some sketchcard sets so this week instead of Sketchbook Wednesday we’re going to do Sketchcard Wednesday.

First up are two cards Dave’s done from the Golden Age of Comics series by Breygent Marketing.

Dave’s “Captain Flag” sketchcard (inks and markers).

Dave’s “The Black Terror” will be an actual printed card in the set.

These will be available early May 2010.

I’m currently working on the Empire Strikes Back 3D set for Topps.

These are widescreen cards.

The top ones are my pencils, and the bottoms are the finished makers/inks.

These cards will be shipping in May and 1 artist sketch card is guaranteed per box!

More to come next week!

Lin

Here’s how our Mikah temple print started off.

It was a bit “sketchy” at first…

Then Dave tightened up the figure and added the background.

Then came the inks. Dave then sent me the b/w digital file over the internet.

I opened it up in Photoshop and dropped flat colors in. I mostly used the select and fill tools at this stage and colored in channels- this helped keep the file size down.

Then I used the airbrush and gradient tools to do the shading and effects. I also added snow and some blurring effects on a separate layer.

There are lots of great books out there on coloring comics and working in Photoshop. A couple I’ve used are Hi-Fi Color for comics by Brian and Kristy Miller and The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering. Both are available on-line and in most comic shops and book stores.

I’ll be posting more how-to’s over in our Bushi Tales forums. If you have a tutorial you’d like to share please do!

Hope to see you there-

Lin