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

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!

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

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/03/dave-beaty/

Thanks to Jenny Williams for the opportunity. Also, DC Comics released the first Adventure Comics cover that Scott Clark, Hi Fi Colour Design, and I did together. It’s the cover to Adventure Comics #12. Check it out:

Don’t forget about the Art of Bushi Tales book. It’s available now from Indy Planet. 100 pages of full color BT goodness. You check out preview pages here:

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3397

More comic news soon.  So stay tooned.

I’ll be on to help promote the upcoming MidSouthCon (Olive Branch, MS next month: March 12-14).

I was on the show a while back talking about Bushi Tales with Alex and Marybeth and had a great time.

Should have some paintings with me and may do a bit of sketching live. Wish me luck!

You can also see one of my Superman paintings in an interview about the con on Fox13 here and here! (Thanks, Carlin!)

Don’t forget- the con is next month (March 12-14) and will have comic guests Gail Simone, Kevin J. Anderson, John Jackson Miller, and many more!

Lin

Here are a couple of his new projects that are coming out soon-

JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #7 (OF 7)

On Sale FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Written by JAMES ROBINSON; Art by MAURO CASCIOLI with SCOTT CLARK & DAVE BEATY!

This is the big one! After the catastrophes seen in issues #5 and #6, a hero loses control, leading to an unexpected ending that will fundamentally change the lives of the World’s Greatest Heroes forever. This issue launches a major storyline in the DC Universe and is not to be missed.

TITANS #23

On sale MARCH 17

Written by EDDIE BERGANZA

Art by ANGEL UNZUETA with SCOTT CLARK & DAVE BEATY!

Spotlight on Red Arrow! As Roy Harper lies in critical condition after the events of JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #5, his fever dreams show him the perfect future life he wants for the Titans. Unfortunately for him, it’s a life the Titans will never see.

Be sure to stop by the Bushi Tales table at the Pheonix Cactuscon this May to see what else Dave has been up to.

Hopefully he’ll be able to announce what else he’s got lined up soon.

Congrats, Dave!

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Lex Luthor For Sale

If you’d like one of my paintings now’s your chance!

I originally did this to show at the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL a couple years ago, and ended up donating it to the HERO Initiative art auction at the Phoenix Cactuscon. Noel Neill (the ORIGINAL Lois Lane) was kind enough to sign it for me before the auction (she starred with Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns).

Well, it’s back up for auction- this time on ebay by Brandon Ladd Burkey, owner of Crossroads Entertainment Co., LLC. and the guy who bought it in Phoenix. Minimum bid is $200 and apparently you get one of my sketchbooks, too.

Best I remember this one is approx. 2′x3′ and it’s airbrush acrylic on canvas.

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PHOENIX OR BUST!

Speaking of PHX, it’s official- Dave and I have been listed as guests for this May’s Phoenix Cactuscon. We’ll be there with Micah and Nicki and are looking forward to checking out the new con digs!

Oh- Noel Neill will be there, too!

Hope to see you there-

Lin

Jane (Bushi Tale’s #1 fan) showed me this drawing at the last MSCA dinner meeting and I asked if she would be nice enough to scan it and let me use it- she did!

Thanks, Jane!

Lin

The second part of the interview Wonton and I did with Shawn Pryor and Jon Carroll for The Black Box podcast is now available. We talk more about digital comics, distribution, web comics, Jetta, Bushi Tales, my B/W art show and Comic Whore site.

http://thepkdblackbox.podbean.com/

PKD Media’s Shawn Pryor and my fellow Memphian Jon Carroll (The Oblivion Bar blog) gave me and Antone Wade (Jetta:Tales of the Toshigawa) a call to talk about self-publishing comics, distribution, ninjas, M.C. Hammer pants and more on their new podcast The Black Box!

You can get it (Episode #3) at http://pkdmedia.com, http://pkdmedia.com/thepkdblackbox, or via iTunes.

We also discussed how we got into comics, Bushi Tales, Jetta, Diamond Comics, digital comics, Mike Norton, and more.

Since we talked shop so much Shawn had to split our conversation into two parts. Next one should be out next week and we discuss more self-publishing and my new ComicWhore.com site.

Thanks to Shawn and Jon for having us on!

Lin

PS- I’ve got Comic Whore banner ads up on the CGS site and forums.  You may even see some art I did for their home page! It changes artists each time you visit.