As promised, one of my finished sketchbook pieces is now up on Ebay! Check out the auction, and good luck! I’m a huge fan of Paul Smith, and his work on the X-Men is one of the main reasons I got into comics. So when it came time to draw a piece for the Splash Page Art Sketchbook, I had to take a shot at these 80’s X-men characters. Coming up with the image was surprisingly tough. I wanted to draw as many of the characters as I could and emphasize their teamwork. So it was either the Danger Room or softball! My only regret is that I couldn’t fit in Cyclops, but I did get most of the New Mutants in there. This was definitely a labor of love, and it brings back a lot of memories. Like that summer when I helped save the community center with my friends Turbo and Ozone. Pop and lock!

For those of you attending the San Diego Comic-Con this year, a bunch of the participating artists (including myself) will be signing the books on Friday and Saturday at the Splash Page booth (#5101&5200). Come and pick up a copy!

Here’s the press release for the artbook, and click on the cover to go to a listing of all the available art auctions!

Splash Page Comic Art has collaborated with 19 of its represented artists to produce its first art-book titled “The Artists of Splash Page Comic Art”. The book will feature 53 exclusive, fully finished images by a number of the industry’s top artists including a painted front cover by Marvel’s Mythos artist Paolo Rivera, and a painted back cover by Marvel Zombies Artist, Sean Phillips.

“The Artists of Splash Page Comic Art” book will be limited to 3000 copies, and will go on sale for $25 at the San Diego Comic Con International on July 25th, 2007 - Splash Page’s Booths 5101 & 5200. Splash Page will host signing events at its booths on Friday & Saturday afternoons between 3-5 PM. Several of the participating artists will be on-hand to greet fans and sign copies of the book.

The artists participating in this project are Charlie Adlard, Lee Bermejo, Mitchell Breitweiser, Dave Bullock, Cliff Chiang, Chris Cross, Duncan Fegredo, Marcelo Frusin, Michael Lark, Paul Lee, Jay Leisten, John Paul Leon, Jorge Lucas, Jim Muniz, Sean Phillips, Pablo Raimondi, Paolo Rivera, Cameron Stewart, and Ben Templesmith. This fantastic group of artists have worked on a number of the hottest titles in the industry by Marvel, DC, Image, IDW and others, as well as many of their own popular creator owned series.

Any remaining copies will be sold through the www.splashpageart.com website for $30.00 + shipping.

Mark Hay
Splash Page Comic Art
www.splashpageart.com