So, out of the blue, my old friend Joey Nova asks me to draw some artwork for Shazam! — a new monthly party he’s throwing in NYC. If you haven’t guessed, its a superhero themed party.  The launch will be this Halloween and it’ll have burlesque dancers, a costume contest, and general mayhem.  Sounds good and trashy!  Joey wanted images of comic characters dancing, but I talked him into a series of 80’s record cover remixes to really push the music angle. I love the original Patrick Nagel illo, and I must admit it was nerve wracking to draw this thing.  Nagel’s design and line were so precise and just making these small changes required a lot of tweaking to look right. Kind of a tightrope act, but the next flyer is more “me.” I’ll post that in a week or so.

Green Arrow & Black Canary #13 is on sale this week. Date night! This is one of those covers that didn’t come together until the end.  I added the black sky and the burning fires in the background and suddenly there was a lot more depth and interest. Right before going to press, we also threw in some missiles to add to the mayhem. Note to self: explosions = good. I’m like the Michael Bay of comics. Boom!

Secret Six #2 is on sale next week! When I turned this one in, I also gave them 2 options for cover copy:

1. i can haz batmobile?
2. i’m in ur batcave stealin ur costume

We’ll see which one they go for…