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News 2003
Today's
date 9th Sept 2003
Hello out there everyone in computerland
Haven't written for a while, as I've been
slaving away on Thor- Vikings for ages - there's about 2 weeks
to go on it and then I'll never draw another Zombie Viking
as long as I live. I ended up with RSI (Repetitive Strain
Injury) in my foream from drawing Zombie Vikings and now I
wear an elasticated bandage (on my arm) and a pair of ear
muffs(on my ears) so I don't have to listen to people saying
'repetitive strain injury in your right arm? How did you get
that? (snigger, snigger)' Zombie bloody Vikings that's how!
Anyway - anyone seen Daredevil on DVD yet?
On disc two in the comics section that's my (unused) cover
for Daredevil the Target #2 on Joe Quesada's desk, and they
show a fair bit of #1's artwork during the Kevin Smith interview.
I couldn't work out whether he was still working on the story
or not, but if anyone gets back to me on that I'll let you
know.
The Sandman Book 'Endless Nights' is now
out (I worked on the 'Destruction' story. First stuff-(apart
from a trading card of Destruction-that I have done for that
esteemed Vertigo mainstay.
The book itself is a treat and looks ravishing.
The other artists working on it are a bit
too bloody talented if you ask me, and Neil Gaiman's done
a fantastic job.
I'm just writing now because Shelley from
DC phoned this afternoon to say it's sold out of it's 100,000
print run in the first week - so my God I bet Karen Berger's
doing handsprings down 5th Avenue.
Many thanks to Chris Chuckry for supplying
the wonderful colours on my pages - well be working together
in a few months:- I've got the last few Zombie Vikings to
do, then book two of Kev for 'The Authority' (Wildstorm).
I've read Garth's script for issue 1 and it's a hoot: If you
like the last story, you'll love this one, and I promise I'll
tidy the inking up - for the first book I just banged out
the drawings because I hadn't done comic strip work for 12
years and didn't want to bugger up my deadlines, but now,
after a few books, I can do the stuff a bit smoother (I hope!)
over it's 4 issue run.
After that I've a six issue limited series
for Vertigo lined up, and after that some form of surgery
will probably be required (suggestions on the back of a £5
note to the above address).
PS Tony Luke's film 'Dominator' got it's
world premiere at the Duke of York's cinema in Brighton last
week. It's Britain's first wholly computer animated movie,
he made it in his shed and it rocks. There should be a link
to his website from here.
It was a great nite out. I spoke to Doug
Bradley who co-produced it (Pinhead in hellraiser 1, 2 and
3) at the pre-film party and Liam Sharpe turned up, all the
way from Derby with some copies of his possessed' out from
Wildstorm now. I think it's his best work yet and deserves
to be a huge hit. Incidentally Liam, his buddy Ben, and Gary
Lawford, who all appear in Kev#1 as various SAS soldier buddies
of Kev will all be back as conic strip characters in Kev#2.
many thanks to Gary by the way for helping me with the cityscape
backgrounds in the Thor books when my RSI caused problems.
Well that's it for now. Next time I write
I expect you to have watched Dominator and Daredevil on DVD,
bought a copy of 'Endless Nights' and Thor 1,2 ,3 and 4 -
I still to go, tidied up and done your homework and participated
in some form of physical exercise while cutting down on the
beer and chocolate. And no swearing.
All the best and see you soon!
Glenn
PS - I will be selling the
interior art from 'Endless Nights' as a job lot at some point
in October when I get it back so if anyone wants to email
me an outrageous offer for all 17 pages then I look forward
to hearing from you!
Today's
date July 2003
Hi Everyone. Just thought I'd let you know
how things are going.
Have just finished episode three of Thor - Vikings for Marvel
- see some miscellaneous bits and pieces here, Garth Ennis supplying the story. (Ah my old mate
Garth - what a lifeline he's bee to me!). The whole story
can be best destroyed as a romp. Zombie Vikings after 2000
years in Limbo finally arrive, cursed at Pier 17 in New York
and proceed to twat the place, and only Thor and Doctor Strange,
a mad Teutonic Knight, a six-foot five Scandinavian Chyna
- alike, and a 2nd World War (naturally) messerschmidt BF109
plane stand in the way of their indiscriminate carnage and
general bad manners. Blood is spilt a gogo. In order not to
short change anyone I've already drawn hundreds of bodies,
buildings and airplanes I've gone the Akira route. I can only
hope my efforts will please.
My hi-tech research facilities
go into overdrive (£1.50 eBay)
On a personal note I was pretty happy with
the b & w pages, and I've stuck a few on the site. I hope
they all come out OK in colour. No I've gone from 50-odd images
a year to 4-5 pages per week of average 5 pictures per page
my workload (and output) has increased exponentially and I
haven't kept up with the site as I should: I'm getting about
250 hits a week at the moment: I'm assuming they're all the
same 250 people, hoping week after week that something new
will be added. Why not add your name to the Guestbook We could
get a little club going. Oh and stick a question on the discussion
board if you like. If we all stormed Wigan pier like the Vikings
we could overthrow the government (maybe). I'd get t-shirts
printed at least. Other stuff: I've done an episode of 17
pages for the Gaiman/Sandman book 'Endless Nights' - great
colours by the way, and next on the line after two more Thor
books is a four part Authority story by the sainted Mr Ennis
featured the beleaguered 'Kev' and his misadventures with
Tigers, the Authority and war in general. In the meantime,
apart from just looking to keep up with the deplorable exchange
rate, I'll be looking at things by Gil Kane and Jack Davis.
How good were they!
Cheers, Glenn
Oh and you can have a look at some of my
sketches here
Today's
date April 2003
Sneak Previews from Thor: Vikings with Garth Ennis
- will do an update soon (deadline doom)
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