Woo. Yeah woo. APE was awesome.  Thanks to every single person that came by our table and for the awesome reception you all gave Pins N Needles. We’ll definitely be back next year! Here are some pictures from the con:

I started off with a Reptile sketch…

Got my picture taken…

Drew and then sold this Nausicaa piece (SUPER COOL but also super sad cause it turned out nice)…

Said bye bye to APE in the classiest way possible…

And made Lindsey sit next to some cranky old guy on the plane…

When can we go back?!!!

So here’s what it looks like after some scrubbin:

And here’s the black and white version of my Game of Thrones piece! I’ll color it up this week and post as soon as I can!

I picked up Bionic Commando: Rearmed for $5 on the PSN store yesterday. The NES game is still one of my favorite games ever, so it’s pretty much making my day. Today’s piece is done in my moleskine sketchbook with a red pencil and Pentel pocket brush pen.

I’d also like to apologize for the lack of Vapor Trails this week. I injured my shoulder and almost blacked out at work on Wednesday so that put a damper on the coloring. We’ll be back next week with 2 pages. For now, enjoy some Nathan Spencer or Ladd Spencer or whoever the hell is swinging on his robot arm.

We’ll miss you Bonesaw, you were always ready.

If anybody wants to color this, leave a comment…otherwise hopefully I’ll have time to get back to it next week.

Big thanks to Chris Samnee and Roger Langridge for making me like a superhero comic again.

I have to say, it’s a totally different beast. Characters that were relegated to tiny appearances in the film play a major role in the unfolding apocalypse. Main characters also play out very differently…especially Tetsuo and Kei. Both of them are a lot more sympathetic and interesting with thousands of pages to get to know them. Also, the APOCALYPSE…or at least the one in Neo-Tokyo…is like the last 3 books. It makes me wonder why they didn’t break the movie into two parts. The story is so much richer because of the second destruction of the city.

But I don’t want to sound entirely disparaging of an incredible film. I got the Blu-Ray version this week and it is jaw-droppingly beautiful. The smoke and liquid effects are enough alone to warrant a purchase. Good old-fashioned hand-drawn 2D animation. Awesome. So here’s a fanart:

I never got to see Bullitt, though I’d heard all the great reviews and love thrown at it over the years, so I decided to throw it on Wednesday while I doodled for today’s post. That movie is SLOW AS HELL. There are probably 45 good minutes of hanging out in a hospital doing paperwork. Maybe that sort of thing was really exciting in the 60′s.

BUT, even with all the crazy slowness, Steve McQueen manages to be a total badass. For a film with very little actual action, he somehow still manages to be physical and tough. And of course that car chase (below). The shots done from inside the car while he races over the San Francisco hills, the long squealing drifts through crowded city streets, and the final gigantic explosion…freaking awesome.

So here you go, the scan could have been better but I’m running on like no sleep so this is what you get. I’ll do a color piece next week! Hit me up on twitter if you have something you’d like to see!

Work Noise:

It’s come to my attention that some people might not have the superhuman vision I seem to possess and have been having trouble with the font on Vapor Trails, so I’m going to go back and enlargenate it or something to make it more readable. In related news, please take a moment to go over and check out yesterday’s page done by my longtime cohort, Lindsey Lea. It’s neat and should be a treat for you GBM fans.

Finally I want to give a shout out and hearty good luck to everybody at the Long Beach One Day Expo this weekend. Let’s hope they get some crazy attendance! Go buy shit from Lance, Woody, Dan, Ryan, and all the other talented creators out there!