Fiona Staples

Dark Horse Presents #10 variant cover

2012-01-23T21:06:00.000-08:00

Politics!

Spartacus

2011-12-31T16:08:00.001-08:00

My favourite show comes back soon.

SAGA #1 cover

2011-12-07T21:32:00.000-08:00

(As seen in a funny post on Eric Stephenson's blog!)

grey sketches

2011-11-24T11:55:00.000-08:00

I haven't used markers since college, but I'm trying to practice with them for upcoming cons. Doodled these at drink & draw last night- they are actually the same set of Prismacolors I used SEVEN YEARS ago in school, I can't believe they haven't dried up!

FF Tactics Advance on the brain. And yeah, cons- I'll be at the IMAGE EXPO in February! Can't wait! Hopefully by then I'll have mastered the markers and will be doing competent sketches for people! (I love working digitally, but it makes it harder to prepare for the demands of con-sketching)

Covers

2011-11-12T14:14:00.001-08:00

Been doing covers for a few Steve Niles books!

CRIMINAL MACABRE OMNIBUS Vol. 2:

30 DAYS OF NIGHT #1:

Fire, pestilence, etc

2011-08-10T11:35:00.000-07:00

Reimagining of Egyptian goddess of war Sekhmet for this thread on Whitechapel. (check it out, lots of cool interpretations!)

SAGA

2011-07-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

What am I working on for the next eternity (hopefully)? An epic new fantasy/sci-fi series with Brian K. Vaughan! It's entirely creator-owned and will be out from Image in early 2012. This is one I can sink my teeth into.

And another

2011-06-11T21:48:00.000-07:00

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #4 cover:

More CAL McDONALD covers

2011-06-11T21:29:00.000-07:00

"No Peace for Dead Men" one-shot:

Criminal Macabre Omnibus Vol. 1 (and a shot of the complete cover):

These are written by Steve Niles and feature incredible interior art by Chris Mitten. Published by Dark Horse.

CALGARY EXPO June 17-19

2011-05-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Hope to see you there! Here's a little WIP-style preview of the piece I did for the traditional souvenir artbook.

Dollhouse: Epitaphs #1 variant cover

2011-04-25T21:33:00.000-07:00

Another cover for Dark Horse! Also out in July.

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #9 cover

2011-04-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

Criminal Macabre/The Goon: When Freaks Collide alternate cover

2011-04-25T14:42:00.001-07:00

The only thing cooler than getting to draw Cal McDonald covers is getting to draw The Goon and Franky, too! This one-shot is out in July from Dark Horse.

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #8 cover

2011-03-17T11:46:00.001-07:00

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #7 cover

2011-02-03T17:23:00.000-08:00

Featuring Iron Maiden and Dynamo! The Source did a little writeup on it with some of my process.

2011 Joe Shuster Awards

2011-01-31T22:08:00.000-08:00

I've been nominated in two categories! I'm so excited! Very stiff competition- Canadians have been busy this year making awesome comics.

Outstanding Comic Book Artist / Dessinateur Exceptionnel de Bandes Dessinées

CAMILLA D’ERRICO – Sky Pirates of Neo Terra #4-5, “Little Red Riding Hood” from Fractured Fables (Image Comics)
STUART IMMONEN – New Avengers #61-62/Finale/Vol.2 #1-7, “The Avengers” from Origins of Marvel Comics #1, “Second Coming: Prologue” from X-Men – Second Coming: Prepare (Marvel Comics)
JACQUES LAMONTAGNE – Aspic 01: La naine aux ectoplasmes (Soleil)
FRANCIS MANAPUL – Adventure Comics #6, The Flash #1-6, Superman/Batman #75 (DC Comics)
JULIE ROCHELEAU – La fille invisible (Glénat Québec)
FIONA STAPLES – Mystery Society #1-5 (IDW), Northlanders #29 (DC/Vertigo), Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #4 (DC/Wildstorm)
CAMERON STEWART – Batman and Robin #7-9, 16 (DC Comics), Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm (Disney Press)

Outstanding Comic Book Cover Artist / Dessinateur Couvertures Exceptionnel de Bandes Dessinées

KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY – Action Comics #887, R.E.B.E.L.S. #12- 19 (DC Comics), Dazzler, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update #2-5 (Marvel Comics), Artifacts #3 (Image/Top Cow), Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero #3 (Boom! Studios)
CHRIS BACHALO – Amazing Spider-Man #630-633, Secret Avengers #4 Variant, X-Men: Curse of the Mutants: Storm & Gambit #1 Variant (Marvel Comics)
JACQUES LAMONTAGNE – Aspic 01: La naine aux ectoplasmes (Soleil)
MIKE DEL MUNDO – Amazing Spider-Man #626, 628 Variant , Daredevil #506 Variant, Heroic Age: One Month to Live #1-5, Hulk: Let the Battle Begin, Klaws of the Panther #1-4, Marvel Heartbreakers, Marvel Zombies 5 #5, Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men #1, Spider-Girl #1 Variant, S.W.O.R.D. #4-5 (Marvel Comics)
JEFF LEMIRE – Sweet Tooth #5-16 (DC/Vertigo)
FIONA STAPLES – Mystery Society #1-5 (IDW), DV8: Gods and Monsters #1-8 (DC/Wildstorm), Superman/Batman #79 (DC Comics), Acts of Violence: An Anthology of Crime Comics (New Reliable Press), Magus #1 (12 Gauge Comics)
ZVIANE – Apnée (POW POW)

The full list of nominees here.

Doodles

2011-01-30T12:08:00.000-08:00

The fruits of a lengthy brainstorming session: what would happen if the school cafeteria was staffed by moogles?

And some character sketches for an upcoming personal project:

Jonah Hex

2011-01-15T23:29:00.000-08:00

I'm working on a one-shot (written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey) that should be out in April! This is the final version of the cover; a little different than the one that appears in Previews.

Squall Leonhart

2011-01-09T22:47:00.001-08:00

FFVIII, good times. Irvine was my favourite but Squall has the best look, no question.

Hal Jordan

2011-01-09T22:41:00.000-08:00

This was commissioned as a Christmas gift. It was a bit tricky because I don't know if I "get" Green Lantern, so I think it might lack conviction... kind of like this sentence...

But it was fun using some of my drawing techniques in colour for a sketchy sort of painting.

MAGUS #1

2010-12-15T09:47:00.000-08:00

MAGUS, by Jon Price, David Norton and Rebekah Isaacs, comes out today! I helped with the #1 cover... these are Rebekah's pencils that I painted over.

Hey look!

2010-11-09T16:59:00.000-08:00

"The Rev" kindly sent me this photo of his new tattoo, based on my Dazzler pic! So awesome! The work was done by the talented Jamie Cross from Nitemare Tattoo in Westfield, MA.

NORTH 40 TPB

2010-10-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

The horror series that snagged me an Eisner nom is finally collected! Available Nov. 10!

Kid Bell Comix

2010-10-24T21:29:00.001-07:00

Today over coffee, Ben (nothing really at link) and I were critiquing the Sunday comics. We decided it looked easy and we could draw some, so we did a comic-jam style Sunday Funnies page. The groundbreaking "Kid Bell" is ready for syndication!

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #80 cover

2010-10-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

For DC's ICONS month, all the books have white backgrounds and big logos. I'm not crazy about the composition I used here, but I kind of like the colouring.

FRINGE: Tales From the Fringe #4

2010-10-02T13:18:00.001-07:00

I just realized this is out! I have a short story in the latest issue of WildStorm's FRINGE comic. Here's a preview.

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #79 cover

2010-09-18T16:00:00.001-07:00

If you'd told me four or five years ago that I'd one day draw a cover of these guys (future, present, or any other version) I would have been very skeptical.

I guess in comics, anything is possible! You can take "Robin the Toy Wonder" as further proof.

SPACE TEEN SUPER TEAM

2010-08-17T20:14:00.000-07:00

For an upcoming IFX Q&A.

Mystery Society sketch cover

2010-08-02T13:55:00.001-07:00

This is a variant cover I did a while ago, for a special run of MS #1 that went to the 13 stores which ordered 1000 copies. They got their logo on the cover and an in-store visit from Steve! Huge thanks to:

Alakazam Comics
Irvine, Ca.

Larry's Comics
Lowell, MA.

Midtown Comics
New York, NY.

SSALEFISH Comics
Winston Salem, NC.

Heroes Aren't Hard To Find
Charlotte, NC.

Hometown Comics
Edwardsville, IL.

Lone Star Comics
Arlington, TX

Madness Games and Comics
Plano, TX.

Bedrock City Comics
Houston, TX.

Hastings
Amarillo, TX

New Dimension Comics
Ellwood City, PA.

Coliseum of Comics
Orlando, FL.

Harrison's Comics
Salem, MA.

DV8 #7 cover

2010-07-14T10:43:00.001-07:00

Freestyle:

Northlanders #29

2010-06-29T09:56:00.000-07:00

"The Sea Road" one-shot is out this week! Here are some more pages from that:

And another sample of Dave McCaig's amazing colours:

Zack Keosaian

2010-06-27T10:38:00.001-07:00

Up-and-coming artist Zack let me request a drawing from him, so here is the resulting space teen! I love the jetpack design and hip space-fashions.

You can see more of his work on his flickr.

NORTHLANDERS #29 one-shot

2010-06-17T12:27:00.000-07:00

"The Sea Road"

Written by Brian Wood, and out next Wednesday!

Some of my pencils:

The incredible Dave McCaig's colours:

DV8 #6 cover

2010-06-14T09:58:00.001-07:00

Concept by Brian:

DV8 week on The Bleed!

Mystery Society #2 cover

2010-06-03T17:20:00.000-07:00

DV8 #5 cover

2010-05-14T16:49:00.001-07:00

Sublime and Evo:

Taikonauts

2010-04-26T22:59:00.000-07:00

The Calgary Expo was last weekend! It was great. As usual, they produced a souvenir artbook, and this year's theme was "sci-fi." Here's my contribution.

This, by the way, is my "go-to" design for robots.

Cons!

2010-04-22T13:52:00.000-07:00

So I was at the Denver Comicfest last weekend, and this weekend is the Calgary Expo. I'll do a report on both shows sometime next week. In the meantime, here's part of a comic jam from last night's drink & draw.

Neil apparently didn't "get" my panel. The bird ate the hat!

Before the Tide

2010-04-15T00:21:00.001-07:00

My friend Jason Mehmel is producing this play, and I'm doing some art for it. Here's a quick "teaser" poster. Forgive my type, design fiends.

GUESS WHAT

2010-04-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you know all about it, but I've been nominated for an Eisner under Best Penciller/Inker, for NORTH 40! Unbelievable!

Such an honour to be placed in the same category as J.H. Williams III, Steve McNiven/Dexter Vines, Michael Kaluta and Danijel Zezelj.

Here's some sketches from the pub:

Sketches

2010-03-30T21:21:00.000-07:00

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are a couple of them.

(Probably the first in a series or something)

Secret Skull

2010-03-30T12:44:00.000-07:00

Some character sketches I did a while ago for Mystery Society, of Steve Niles and Chuck BB's character Secret Skull.

It's very very rare in comics to have a heroine who isn't supposed to be even a little bit sexy. Even badass chicks like Tank Girl are thin, white and pretty; and Big Bertha, the fat superhero, is of course a supermodel by day. Secret Skull is a bony ghoul in a skull mask, who everyone thinks is a man. I love her.

NORTHLANDERS

2010-03-24T16:33:00.000-07:00

I'm going to be doing a one-shot for Vertigo's awesome Viking series by Brian Wood (#29). I haven't started yet, but here's the beautiful cover by Massimo Carnevale. Stunning painting!

IFX stuff

2010-03-15T00:36:00.000-07:00

Over the past few months I've been doing little tutorials for ImagineFX Magazine's Artist Q&A section. It makes me feel pretty important!

I realized I've never posted anything from that, so here are a few assorted items. Each one demonstrates the answer to a reader's question, although you wouldn't know it. You'll have to buy the magazine if you hope to learn anything from these.

Update

2010-03-14T21:39:00.000-07:00

Site's back up and running, as much as it ever was (the link to my gallery is back). I learned html in high school and haven't learned anything since, so let me know if something seems like it doesn't work, or looks weird.

The image above is pieced together from a comic strip I'm working on in my "spare time!"

Acts of Violence

2010-03-12T12:37:00.000-08:00

Cover for a crime comic anthology put together by Ed Brisson and co. I love straight-up crime fiction and these four short stories are top notch!

Wraparound:

PS: I'm into their sharp new suits, but I hope Lupo and Bernard grow their beards back on Law & Order.

Denver ComicFest Apr. 16-18

2010-02-21T19:43:00.000-08:00

I'll be a guest!

They're putting together a sketchbook giveaway with pieces from all the attending artists. The theme is "sequels."

site change

2010-01-30T00:39:00.000-08:00

Switched over to hosting on blogger instead of my own server, so I can finally have that vital "older posts" link and list of extremely useful labels. Um... everything should work, but please tell me if I need to fix something. RSS followers may need to re-subscribe?

Eventually, I will probably get around to making a new header image, too. And updating my gallery page and putting that back up. All in good time, friends.

Archie Andrews

2010-01-29T23:54:00.001-08:00

This is an unfinished piece from a while ago. Obviously Betty and Veronica were supposed to be included, but realistically, I'm not likely to finish this so I thought I'd just post it as is.

Besides, is Archie not just in love with the concept of love?

HEAT

2010-01-29T17:18:00.001-08:00

Jeff Martin from Edmonton has a new webcomic called HEAT: The Space Age of Pro Wrestling. It's off to a great start and I suggest you jump on now!

Pea to the Nut 3

2010-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:00

My friend Chad Veinot started this webcomic called "Pea to the Nut," but so far he's only made one.

Vince Smith recently drew another installment.

Last night at drink & draw I decided to get in on the action, but of course I couldn't remember the proper format of the strip or really what the characters were supposed to look like. Oh well!

Oh oh oh!

2010-01-27T12:08:00.001-08:00

You can see a page from the new book I'm doing for IDW over at Chris Ryall's blog. He doesn't name the title or writer, but internet sleuths could figure it out if they really cared to.

I will name the editor. It's Bob Schreck! Holy cow!

BANKAI tour art

2010-01-24T18:03:00.000-08:00

EEPROM:

BANKAI:

Poster by Will Dayble:

Kevin Seccia, fanfiction writer

2010-01-15T12:59:00.000-08:00

My friend Kevin saw the portrait I did of Mike Costa and became consumed with envy. He wanted one of himself that captured his "roguish charm and zeal for life." But it was hard enough just to get it to look remotely like him... the best I could manage was an expression of deep self-satisfaction. I may not have done his roguish charm justice, but it's there in real life.

Anyway, I don't work for free, so in the mercenary spirit I made Kevin write a Big Trouble in Little China fanfic in exchange for his picture. I gave him an hour to write it. I just thought it would be funny to see a professional writer struggle with a stupid task, but joke's on me, because his story is actually VERY entertaining. You can read it HERE!

DV8 #4 cover

2010-01-07T17:31:00.000-08:00

Design by Brian, art by me!

Induced #2

2009-12-18T19:32:00.001-08:00

Cover for an indie comics anthology, featuring characters by Paul Lavalee, Brian Guay, Jay Bardyla, Trevor Frick, Chris Hawkins and Tony Esteves.

This second volume of Induced should be available from Happy Harbor by Indie Comic Week.

ImagineFX mag

2009-12-16T13:40:00.000-08:00

I did another workshop for the current issue of IFX (#52), this time on comics storytelling.

I've also been a regular contributor to their Q&A section, where readers send in questions like, How do I draw the wet end of a severed limb? and How can I make my zombie look sexy? I couldn't make up better questions. Their readers are great.

Mike Costa

2009-12-02T13:07:00.001-08:00

This handsome fellow is the writer of Hawksmoor (remember?), and also Resistance, G.I. JOE: Cobra, and Transformers. He wanted a drawing for his Facebook or something.

Mike looks roughly this intense in real life, especially if you get him talking about Cerebus (very easy to do).

it will also be my epitaph

2009-11-30T11:35:00.000-08:00

Marvel just put out this one-shot, a collection of the various Wolverine Art Appreciation variant covers and bios/interviews/comments from the contributing artists.

Anyway, the important thing is what they came up with for my bio:

I didn't send them that quote, they found it on their own- which means it's my OFFICIAL REPUTATION now. Thank you Scott.

Prince Charles cake

2009-11-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

Nick and Vince share a birthday with His Highness and used his photo on the Facebook event thingy, so I made this themed cake for the party last night.

It's all edible except for the crown:

Don't say it looks like George Bush! This cake took freaking forever and you're not allowed.

Coffee run

2009-11-10T00:29:00.001-08:00

This is a piece for a Wolverine-themed art auction to raise funds for the Joe Shuster Awards. They should be putting the prints on eBay sometime this month.

I wanted to draw Wolverine doing something mundane and Canadian, and I wanted to draw a leather jacket. Also, pay attention everyone- I've found a new way to avoid drawing feet!

Postcards

2009-11-05T10:14:00.001-08:00

I did some small oil paintings for a comic-themed art show that Happy Harbor is hosting, "Visions of Comics." The show is a tribute to the medium and to past creators, and tons of local artists contributed pieces.

Postcard from Shadizar:

Postcard from Drakulon:

Postcard from Mingo City:

Dritwood's War

2009-11-04T22:45:00.001-08:00

This is a quick painting I did for a cover mockup for Driftwood's War, a children's novel by my friend James Davidge. We needed something to use in a catalogue, but this image isn't finished... composition sucks and I'll probably redo the background completely.

But it's still fun drawing flying creatures.

Boba Fett

2009-10-09T23:46:00.000-07:00

I won't listen to anyone who says the Star Wars Christmas Special "isn't canon."

Unicorn

2009-09-21T20:46:00.000-07:00

A friend commissioned a Beautiful Unicorn for his website (beautifulunicorn.com).

Lots more NORTH 40 stuff

2009-09-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Are you sick of my yakking yet? Comics Bulletin just posted an interview with me and Aaron!

They also showed the cover for #6 so I guess I'll repost it here:

I've never done a comic that's gotten so much press! I'm a bit surprised and really pleased that NORTH 40 seems to be getting a lot of attention, especially for a book with no big names attached and no familiar characters. But anyway, from now on it will be less talking and more art!

So here's a preview of issue 4!

Ah, the gory stuff is so much fun to draw. Andrew Foley can be blamed for giving me a taste for it. I have yet to draw another scene as sick and disgusting (and funny) as the thing that happens in the back of the limo in Done to Death #1. And I've drawn torn up bodies since then, but none as thoroughly dismembered as the ones in D2D #5. Memories.

Sequential Tart interview

2009-09-13T21:58:00.001-07:00

Suzette Chan interviewed me for Sequential Tart!

For many years it was a vague, half-formed dream of mine to appear on that website. I mean, I don't really set specific personal goals for myself because I never have any idea what I'm doing, I just stumble through life and desperately claw at things that happen to come my way (hello boys).

But around the time I started doing comics, I definitely looked at sequentialtart.com and thought, "How cool would it be to appear on that website?"

beach

2009-09-10T12:26:00.001-07:00

At drink & draw last night I thought I'd indulge a North 40 fan from Catalonia, who wanted to see Amanda and Sheriff Morgan in swimsuits at the beach.

I thought, "I will never have another valid excuse to draw this," so here you go, Antoni!

Synthosaurus tees!

2009-09-09T22:31:00.000-07:00

Maybe you remember the dinosaur artwork I did for Brendan McGuigan's album cover? Well, he made some t-shirts which are now available on his website, beautifulunicorn.com! While you're there, you can download the album for pay-what-you-can. I can attest that it is worth every penny that you may potentially spend.

This is the first time my artwork has been on a t-shirt since my puff-paint birthday party (I was 7), so it's pretty exciting.

barbarians

2009-09-03T17:26:00.000-07:00

North 40 #5 cover

2009-08-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

I've seen this around the web recently so I'll assume it's ok to post it. Miss Amanda Walker! The owl on the shoulder is a loving tribute to anyone who's ever been drawn with an owl on their shoulder (there have been many).

Alter Ego Comic Cast

2009-08-28T11:13:00.001-07:00

David, Jason and Austin interviewed me for this week's podcast, which you can listen to at Fan Off! They're funny guys and their questions weren't too hard. I can't listen to my own recorded voice without my eyes watering in discomfort, but hopefully no one else will have that problem.

God, my voice is so weird!

Drink & Draw Calgary: the blog

2009-08-21T12:56:00.000-07:00

We're more legitimate than ever before!

The local drink & draw has been going strong for about 3 years, according to Nick's math. The above blog is where we'll post our boozy sketchings from now on. So I guess I'll have to come up with some other type of filler for this one.

Thanks goes to Dan Andrews for setting up the thing!

Wolverteen

2009-08-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

I have two excuses for this picture. 1: I didn't think of it, someone on Canadian Geek came up with the word, and 2: it's from drink & draw.

And this is a movie called "Planet of (the?) Dinosaurs" from 1978 that my brother and I watched all the time as kids. Aaaalll the time! Now you can watch the entire thing on youtube.

Sketching

2009-08-14T15:12:00.000-07:00

From drink & draw last night:

San Diego

2009-07-20T18:30:00.001-07:00

I'll be at the WildStorm booth at these times, come say hi!

THURSDAY
12-1pm

FRIDAY
12-1pm

SATURDAY
11am-12pm

SUNDAY
1:30-2:30pm

Fanart

2009-07-17T00:01:00.001-07:00

This incredible drawing of Dyan from North 40 is by Phillippe Sherding, a very talented French illustrator:

And here's one I did of his cool character, Miss Satan:

DV8 covers

2009-07-16T14:08:00.000-07:00

Brian Wood and Rebekah Isaacs are relaunching WildStorm's DV8, and I get to do the covers!

Here are the first 3 (of 8). The illustrations are based on Brian's designs.

Scott Speaks

2009-07-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

Editor Scott Peterson at WildStorm, on the making of NORTH 40:

Part 1
Part 2

Issue #1 is out today!

Um actually, this is the N40 #3 cover

2009-07-02T14:29:00.001-07:00

The one I posted previously (with the robot) appears in Previews, but will actually be used for issue 4. THIS is the one you should look for in September! And I think it's my favourite out of the six...

North 40 #3 cover

2009-07-01T13:24:00.000-07:00

The first issue comes out NEXT WEDNESDAY! And you'll see the one above in September. I'll leave it to you to guess from the cover what happens in that issue.

Trick 'r Treat graphic novel!

2009-06-09T11:59:00.000-07:00

Woo! I worked on the comic adaptation of Michael Dougherty's horror flick Trick 'r Treat (along with Mark Andreykos, Grant Bond, Mike Huddleston, and Christopher Gugliotti) back in 2007 when it was first supposed to come out. Despite rave reviews across the board, WB kept shelving the movie, but now it seems Trick 'r Treat will be released on DVD this Halloween.

The graphic novel comes out from WildStorm on October 7. Here's one of my pages, and Slashfilm.com has a few more.

Also, in CBR's "Month of Art Stars," June 8 belongs to me! Yeah, that was yesterday, but I just saw it. This is the best part:

"As you can see, she has a particular knack for drawing teens."

Thanks CBR, and big thanks to Fraze for picking me!

Drag Me to Hell

2009-06-09T00:52:00.000-07:00

NORTH 40 process on Comic Monsters

2009-06-08T20:19:00.000-07:00

Comicmonsters.com asked for a little run-down of my process, so you can see it here. Thumbnails to finished page, and also some concept sketches I did in like 2007 for the original NORTH 40 pitch.

If you pick up the series, you may notice that the old Sheriff gradually becomes more handsome as I work my way through Aaron's awesome scripts and become increasingly impressed by all the cool shit the Sheriff does.

ImagineFX workshop

2009-06-04T21:20:00.001-07:00

Heads up! I did a painting tutorial for the July issue of ImagineFX magazine, on sale now-ish.

Also, DRAG ME TO HELL was really freaking scary, and I sat between two screamers.

Drink & Draw catch up

2009-06-01T20:10:00.001-07:00

What do all these things have in common? I've never had to draw any of them for an actual job. Okay, I get paid to draw robots all the time, but they're always huge ones and almost never shaped like bells, cats, or Reggie's little cousin that he dressed up in paper cones to play a prank on Archie.

Bots:

Everybody drew Cable last week. I don't know exactly what he looks like, but I have a general idea:

(the stunning background explosion was rendered by Caleb, whose name is almost Cable)

An "ugly pinup girl" for Laura:

Zombie Abe Lincoln

2009-05-27T11:53:00.001-07:00

Little sketch for How to Beat Up Anything.

Newsarama: Aaron Williams feature!

2009-05-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

He talks in depth about NORTH 40 with greater eloquence and less nervous laughter than I. It makes ME want to read the book. Great interview here!

Newsarama feature

2009-05-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

I talked to Jamie Trecker from Newsarama about NORTH 40, finding employment, artistic influences, and other stuff! HERE IT IS

And here's the cover for NORTH 40 #2! My personal favourite character, the cool-headed old Sheriff:

To summarize

2009-05-11T10:31:00.000-07:00

Ok, well, it's been a really busy few weeks! Three weeks ago was the Calgary Expo, where Vicious Ambitious's ROCKET JUICE debuted:

That's the sci-fi anthology in which my first TEENS IN LOVE IN SPACE strip appears! I hope to do many more.

I also did a Wolverine "Art Appreciation" variant cover for War Machine #5- a tribute to John Singer Sargent (kind of a daunting task). I painted him as Patch:

Last weekend, of course, was FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, and I went up to Happy Harbor in Edmonton with Nick, Steve Gervais and Chris Peterson for a dinner, movie, all-day sketching/signing, BBQ, party, interview with Ed the Sock and Liana K, hotel room gambling, and fried breakfast. Steve Rolston won all my laundry money again with one of his handcrafted games of chance. And Steph Chan did a really good writeup of the day for CBR.

(Steve R, me, Nick, Chris P, Steve G at Happy Harbor)

Diddley Daddy

2009-04-21T23:20:00.000-07:00

NORTH 40 #1 solicited in this month's Previews!

Drink & Draw

2009-04-09T12:23:00.000-07:00

I went to Seattle last weekend for the Emerald City Comic-con! It was really great and we went to a bar that had a "wheel of drink specials" so now I think Teens in Love in Space is going to have something similar.

Drink & Draw last night at Dickens Pub was EXCEPTIONAL because Brendan McGuigan (Synthosaurus, Teens in Love in Space: The Song musician) and his friend James were DJing there. We are hoping that will become a regular thing.

Mehmelblog

2009-04-07T21:18:00.000-07:00

My buddy Jason Mehmel- writer, theatre director, and comics fan- has started a blog covering all kinds of topics that you are probably interested in. Check it out!

NORTH 40 on CBR!

2009-04-01T16:40:00.001-07:00

There's the issue #1 cover! Here's a great interview with writer Aaron Williams, and a couple of preview pages!

People keep asking me what this comic is about and Aaron gives a way better description than I do.

Hawksmoor TP! North 40!

2009-03-27T14:57:00.001-07:00

Yep, you can now buy Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor in one convenient, glossy-covered volume. I've been told it smells good, too. A multi-sensory treat!

And my super-secret current project was recently announced, meaning I can talk about it now! Says Hank Kanalz of WildStorm:

“North 40,” by Aaron Williams (”PS238″) and Fiona Staples (”Secret History of the Authority”):

This is a miniseries about a Midwestern American town that holds a secret in its library — a book that brings dreams and nightmares to life. It launches in June.

I know you guys are going to love NORTH 40 because I love it, and I have impeccable taste. It's scary, gory, gross, wacky, funny, and charming... and it combines the Lovecraftian mythos with cowboys, mutants, killer robots, and teenagers. It is truly a blast to draw. I might say that about everything, but that doesn't mean it's not true.

PS: You can follow me on Twitter @fionastaples if you're into boring, meaningless tweets about what I'm drawing or eating.

The 45

2009-03-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

A little preview of the page I did for Andi Ewington's "The Forty-Five" comic. More about that here.

Dr. Thaddeus S. Venture

2009-02-28T04:12:00.001-08:00

Drink & Draw

2009-02-26T11:56:00.001-08:00

Joker:

Star Wars: X-wing and Salacious Crumb courtesy of Lee, nugget of wisdom courtesy of Nick

Drink & Draw catch up

2009-02-22T17:45:00.001-08:00

FYI: We've settled on the Hop In Brew: 213 12 Avenue SW. If you've never been there, it looks like a small house with a sign that says, "PUB." Wednesdays at 7.

I'm pretty terrible at drawing characters' costumes from memory... I gave Matt a big DD logo on his forehead until Nick yelled at me.

Daredevil

Doc Ock

Kingpin

Red Sonja

Bossk, Luke, Leia

Some guy...

And MAJOR kudos to anyone who knows what this is a fanart of:

Rei

2009-02-20T11:22:00.001-08:00