Zub Tales

At the one day Toronto Comicon yesterday I hung out with friends and sold some Skullkickers issues. It was a pretty relaxed day. While I was there I also started sketching out the mercenary boys.

I didn’t make a big deal of it when I posted the issue 6 solicitation last week, but if you look carefully you’ll see that I’m listed as one of the artists for the issue, not the writer. I’m actually going to be drawing one of the short stories in that special issue. I’m excited and intimidated by the rest of the artists on board, but I really want to contribute and am hoping I can push through to a new level with my work on it.

Anyways, here are my first-ever sketches of the boys, exploring their basic construction and shapes:

I don’t want my version to be a poor copy of Edwin’s but I’m using that as a starting base and then will push in to a slightly different direction as I get more comfortable.