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Update

Thanks Sun Cobra . New Limp Bizket is called Golden Cobra. “Just Saying.”
The Snow has broken my back but jump started so me new sequentials.
Bring it on Mother Nature.

Ill be finishing up some Building Detail tonight . Happy Shoveling!

Knight Seeker issue 1
Pages 12-22

[i]Page 12[/i]: 3 panels 2 side by side panels top half and one panel bottom.

[b]Panel 1[/b]: Sting and Spycon falling from window, Spycon riding Sting down.

[u]Dialogue Box:[/u] No! Not out the window! I’ve got to get down there fast!

Sting: No no no no no!!!!

[b]Panel 2[/b]: Sting lands back first onto the top of a limo, crashing through it. Spycon still on him.
[b]
Panel 3[/b]: Sting standing, baseball throws Spycon towards reader yelling.

Sting: I will NOT go out like a [b]CHUMP![/b]

Pg 13 Panel 1.
I like to direct the reader with the angles. In this one Sting looks up to action on the roof.

Which will start the helicopter shooting at him scene. Poor Sting, what did he ever do?
[b] 1 .[/b] [i]Besides the string of Robbers and Jewel hiests. What has been Stings biggest hiest Eric?[/i]
[b]2.[/b] [i]How About A little Background Bio on Your Character Sting for our Readers?[/i]

Eric Cooper : Let me answer those questions for you Blair.

A little back ground on Sting. Sting’s real name is Allen Sharp. Allen was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised by his mother
and has an older brother. Their living conditions were near poverty
and they barely had food on the table. Times were tough and then
Allen’s father was drafted to serve in Vietnam. Unfortunately, he
never made it home, and ten-year-old Allen and his older brother
were now without a father. Their mother who was diagnosed with lung cancer worked as much as she
could to keep food on the table; the government had offered little
support for their daily needs.
Allen was usually left alone, and his mother and brother hoped he would
stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, that did not go as planned…
Allen had started finding unique ways of getting into trouble. He
started stealing for no apparent reason, and then he could not help it.
He was becoming a kleptomaniac, and gravitating towards shiny
objects.
Later an altercation occurred in high school with one of the football jocks that nearly beat the hell out of Allen, that was the point where his body transformed and Allen discovered that he was a mutant and able to defend himself.
As time went on he became a thief for hire, and at times a personal body guard since he was able to switch back and forth from his human and mutant form.
Sting is a fast healer, and skilled in conventional fighting. He has the strength to lift 5 tons and his skin while in mutant form is able to resist small arms fire. He is also able to climb walls like and insect, has a nerve toxin that secrets from his razor sharp tail, and lastly he can secrete bio acid from his finger tips.

This panel (pg13p2) Called for Sting to start running. I kept thinking about the Bigfoot. The films of him walking w/ the arm swinging.Allen is a big brut. An Ape. Savage in Nature.There Something Primal About Allen.(STING)
It reminds me also of my son Brandon, when he runs with the arms all stiff.

starting pg13 today.

Writer/Turn-Arounds

I first would like to Welcome our new writer Keith Thomas to the KS-Staff. Here is the Outline that Keith came up with for the first 3 issue Arc.
It is a rough outline he will use to script out the issues. Hes got his work cut out for himself. I gave him a half finished Project with alot of holes in the story/concept for the Arc. Keith has really brought this story together, Thank God. It has a flow i am really diggin now. Now I can’t wait to get the second half started for issue #1.

Issue 1: The mysterious Agent FADE brokers a deal with the notorious mutant known as Sting to capture the heroic Knight Seeker. Sector 51’s Spycons aggressively seize Knight Seeker and then reveal a double cross when abducting Sting as well. As Sting is taken away, Agent FADE quickly joins him to stow away on the space ship. Knight Seeker puts up a fight but after having his compass viciously removed, he falls to the Spycons and Omicron and is taken away to a ship.

Issue 2 :Knight Seeker finds himself locked in a mass cell with different alien species. An alien woman named Amara (translates to meaning Unfading) takes an interest in him but finds him to be broken in both body and spirit. Sting in the mean time discovers that the point of their abduction is to further their scientific research to develop the Alpha Seeker, the ultimate Seeker. Agent Fade appears to Knight Seeker and explains that his situation is only temporary and that his abduction was a necessary tool for him to retrieve he will set something. Amara is taken away for experimentation leaving KS to ponder his life. Sting escapes his captors when the ship mysteriously loses power.

Issue 3:Sting fights his way through the ship as prisoners and experiments escape. He finds Knight Seeker and forms an alliance to get home. Agent FADE appears with Compass in hand and makes KS promise to send him home. Once he does, KS insists on freeing Amara before they leave. When they reach the lab, she is trapped in one of many glass experiment tubes. The tubes begin to shatter as experimental Seekers escape and fight KS thinking him to be their enemy. Amara fights him until he reveals his identity to her. Just then the ship shakes violently and the viewing window shatters, sucking Amara out into Space. Knight Seeker desperately tries to save her, piercing her with his spike bones but the pull is too strong. Sting tries to convince him that it’s no use, he can’t save her, but he can open a rift port and save them. Sensing the same thing, Amara unleashes her sonic sword and slices the spike bones, leaving herself plummeting rapidly towards the
planet. Compass opens a rift port and takes Nygel and Sting home safely, but with much to think about. Back on Earth, Agent FADE meets with a couple men in an alleyway. He hands them a case and they hand him a case which glows red at the seams. He opens it and sees a glowing jeweled scepter head. He is asked about it and hje says “We are square. Good Day gentlemen.” In the meantime, Amara climbs out of a smoldering crater on the debris riddled surface of the alien planet, cut, smoking, bleeding and her Seeker costume a wreck. With a deep breath she restores herself to full health. She looks to the stars and says ” I’m coming home.” The End

Here are some quick 1st thoughts/thumbnails for the Covers.Ill post these as they come along , plenty of time for that.

Scanned this morning:

Eric Cooper Was smart enough to get Shawn Alleyne to Do the Pencils for Knightseeker. I’m hoping to see more for the story.
Love to see a turnaround of Sting.Hint Hint Eric.
I think that people should hire Shawn Alleyne for
Full turnarounds to establish a quality Blueprint for your character. Shawn Is the Man for the job.
shawn LINK
I did the colors in Corel Painter X this weekend. I will color your projects also.
Color Jobs - [b]Email me at[/b]
blairsmithcoverart@yahoo.com

Full Body
Colors Blair
Pencil Shawn

Close Call

This is pg 4 of 7 in a story by Lee Keller, Close Call.
We will be submitting this to Heavy Metal Mag for print.
It will be colored by Mike Colston. All of us are a part of
the Xion Comic Creators of Philadelpia.

More to come…..

NYC COMIC CONVENTION

I will be appearing at the NYC Comic CON.
February 6th - 8th 2009
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
I really am looking forward to painting at the show. I met so many great people last year.
I’ll be at the Knightseeker Booth.

XION, Comic Book Networking of Philadelphia

Welcome to XION, the newest Philly based Comic Book Networking/Social gathering. This is a group intended to be a haven for those involved in the comic book industry, those who want to be or those who just have a casual interest in the arts. One and all are invited. Whether it be to collab, pass a business card to network or just to hang and meet some other creative, motivated individuals, this is designed with you in mind. Mission Statement?: To build a support group for individuals who are thinking of operating in the comic book industry and those who actually working on that goal, as well as to build strong friendships and possible good future business relationships. To promote the hobby and the artform of comics. Brought together by Philadelphia artist Shawn Alleyne, the first meeting was held on Saturday November 1st, at Bucks County 40th and Locust, and the second was December 6th. So we’re young but we’re definitely growing with meetings once a month. Please stay tuned for future get togethers and join us in this movement. To paraphrase a great quote: Ask not what your network can do for you, but what you can do for your network.

Now the broad umbrella view for this group would be a social club for comic book fans and creators but the actual structure would be composed of a creator workshop/ networking group/ comic book gathering. Breakdown: CREATOR WORKSHOP: This was put together primarily as a creator workshop. You can’t exist in a vacuum, and this is somewhere where other artists can come together and encourage each other through sharing their work; challenging each other( monthly themes- challenges- art battles); sharing tips( photoshop knowledge-special guests-tutorials); showing your stuff to get advice, feedback or plain ole’ love. NETWORKING GROUP: Now from the friendships come the networking. You’re showcasing your work and that’s advertising and a friend is more likely to speak encouragingly about you. Of course some people are more business oriented than others and it doesn’t have to be a giant love fest, that’s cool too. Hand out business cards; make announcements if you have something going on you want people to know about. Getting to meet new people is what leads to collaborations. THE COMIC BOOK GATHERING: Now this is the social club part where people who already know each other can meet and hang. If you don’t know anyone you meet new people who share the same interests, shoot the breeze. There can be screenings; bring in the latest batch of comics and chill; if you want to take a break from drawing, stop and chat it up. And this can be open for writers too( they can pitch challenges; share some writings; get feedback and once again, maybe have future collabos) as well as other kinds of artists.

myspace.com/xiongroup

New Comic Con 2008

I would like to thank all of you who had such kind words to say about my Artworks. Also I’d like to thank the NYC Comic Con and their staff . I love my first New York Con
Please feel free Email Me If we talked at the show.

blairsmithcoverart@yahoo.com

THANKS TO - Knight Seeker Author Eric Cooper :

See you Feburary 6-8 2009
WE GOT OUR HOTEL RESERVED Already
Check Out KNIGHTSEEKER.com
This is the Finished piece from the NYC CON

I painted Friday 10am to 6:30pm, Saturday 9:30am to 7:00pm, Sunday 10am to 1:30pm

Congradulations to the NEW OWNER of
THE KNIGHTSEEKER: the Sonic Sword 1
Enrique Duran : THANKS

3rd day Antonio Ask me to sketch the ninja turtles in his Ninja Turtle Only Sketchbook. I give you: Mount Turtlemore.

I will have 2 chapters of artwork in this novel
to be published this Spring . I will be appearing at the Knight seeker Booth w/ Eric M. Cooper

Tales of the Starlight Drive-In

My First Published Comic Book Work
Writer Mike San Giacomo presents 32 stories taking place over 50 years at a Drive-In Theater, featuring 21 artists from around the world. Mirroring life and the cinema with tales of crime, romance, science fiction, musicals, even a western, each stand-alone story combines to create a single novel with a powerful, shocking finale you won’t forget!
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Wizard Universe Article
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/052708imagespotlight.html
Product Description
Tales of the Starlight Drive-In is journalist-comic writer Michael San Giacomo’s tribute to that great American institution - the drive-in theater with 26 stand-alone stories set in a drive-in theater from 1955 through 2005. While each can be read separately, together they form one complete tale of the rise and fall (and rise?) of a drive-in through stories that cross all genres including humor, romance, crime, horror, adventure, western and even super-heroes. Each story has a relationship with the movie playing at the time. Most are in color, except for those before 1962 and a few special stories that just needed to be black and white. Characters come and go, but Neil the projectionist is the rock who is there all the way through from the beginning to the end.

Mike also wrote (PHANTON JACK )

Newspaper reporter Jack Baxter can turn invisible. Not exactly a hero, Baxter uses his powers to scoop other reporters. His test of fire comes when his brother is captured in Iraq. Jack rescues his brother with the aid of the beautiful Madison Blue, an invisible secret agent for the group ‘Miscellaneous’. Stories lean toward realistic portrayals of characters in modern world, not typical super-hero fare. The series ran in 2005 from Image and returned in November, 2007, from Atomic Pop Art Entertainment with ABSOLUTE PHANTOM JACK, which collects all the previous Image comics and about 80 pages of new stories. The all-new, 110-page graphic novel PHANTOM JACK: THE NOWHERE MAN AGENDA, where Jack confronts his evil opposite and faces his final fate, will be published as soon as a new publisher is found.