Happy Birthday George Romero

This was for Drawbridge's blog today!

I just thought I'd share it around!

31 Days of HIGH MOON: Steve Ellis on The Beat

While we re-build some of the blog posts that Blogger ate, please check out HIGH MOON'S Steve Ellis on The Beat, which also spotlights the fine folks of Comic Social Club.

31 Days of HIGH MOON: NYCC Goodies

As we mentioned yesterday, Steve Ellis and & I will have a brand new limited HIGH MOON print for the New York Comic Con -- but what we didn't mention were all of the other cool things we'll have - HIGH MOON and otherwise:

For starters, Steve Ellis will have 10 slots available detailed art commissions!

Steve will be doing 10 x 15 or 8 x 10 pieces in your choice of 3 mediums: watercolor, pen & ink, or pencil. These will go quickly, but if you want to make sure YOU get one, send him an email with what you want here: steve@hypersteve.com

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We'll of course have copies of HIGH MOON, prints, and genuine werewolf teeth necklaces - along with a a few things for the HIGH-END HIGH MOON collector. We'll also have copies of BOX 13, DARKSTAR & THE WINTER GUARD, copies of SCREAM and sketchbooks.

You'll find all this and more at BOOTH #2641 during the NEW YORK COMIC CON --
We hope to see you there!

31 Days of HIGH MOON: Tribute Art

As a tribute to HIGH MOON, the fine folks at Drawbridge decided to draw themselves some werewolves and cowboys.


Here's what they came up with!

If you are an artist (of any caliber) and would like to share your tribute of HIGH MOON, drop us a link on twitter or by e-mail at: david dot gallaher @ gmail dot com.

High Moon Art offerings at SDCC!

Hey High Moon Lovers!

Steve Ellis will be offering two Limited Edition prints at this year's San Diego Comic Con. ( see attached!)

These dynamic prints will only be offered at his Artist's Alley table (JJ-06) and they will be limited to 25 a piece at the convention! One features Conroy the other a surprise guest! They will be priced at at $20 a print or $35 for the super cool diptych.

He will also have beautiful original High Moon art with him for sale as well! To see some of the art, head here!

YES! Steve will be doing commissions at the show, they are limited to 3 per day and he will be charging $100 for a single inked figure of your choice.

Stop on by and get your free wanted poster!

We 're looking forward to seeing all you Desperadoes at the Show!

THE HIGH MOON $50 ART SALE

THE HIGH MOON ART SALE has begun!



This is an incredible opportunity to own a piece of the critically-acclaimed series.
We have a lot of awesome and affordable pages - nearly ALL of them priced for $50!

You can view our online store, right here!

Expect a full listing - with over 100 more pages - on Monday!

Young Raven progression

For those of you hankering for more High Moon, I decided to let out a few more sketches of things. Here is the progression of how Young Raven came to be. The first sketches date back to almost a year ago.....


Young Raven is meant to be a Cherokee character, so she is dressed in a version of a Cherokee raven costume. As she developed, I wanted her to have the black shining eyes of a Raven. So black the light is sucked into them. They glimmer with light from reflection. It's amazing that so much research can be distilled into as simple images as these...

Appaloosa

I just saw the new Ed Harris film "Apaloosa" the other day. It was a pretty decent western, it had all of the prerequisite western tropes, but it had a much different take on the relationships of the characters. Clint Eastwood used to have the enigmatic "Man with No Name" thing, but this one has a name and has feelings. It's kinda weird watching two hired lawmen talking about their feelings....

Overall, I liked it and it gave me a lot of inspiration for details in the visuals for High Moon. I sat and took notes in the theatre from things like details of clothing to wallpaper textures to vegetation and other stuff that if you don't focus on a little tends to make your book seem less and less a period piece.

The devil is in those details...

Page in process

High Moon Season Two: Update

Hey everyone, I'm working hard to bring you more High Moon Goodness. Once again, David has written and excellent script and I am struggling to keep up with the art. David sends me script with so much ref in them I feel like I'm shooting a movie, with all of the detail thrown in. But it's a labor of love, so I'm working like crazy getting ready for the upcoming High Moon second rising.

Later!

SteveE

P.S.: Come back here for some preview sketches as they come....

Oh, and I vote for music to be added for inspiration for High Moon....Hot Rod Lincoln has been playing here non stop today.

Steve Ellis draws the NIGHT OWLS (plus news!)

Over at the Twin Comics Blog, Bobby Timony posted a sketch of Mindy Markus having tea with a werewolf - drawn by none other that Steve Ellis!

So go check it out ...

And if you are in the New York City area, you can see the Timony Twins talk on Tuesday at the Comic Book Club! It'll be awesome - and tickets are only $5!

COMIXOLOGY profiles HIGH MOON creators!

In the fourth NYCC Special podcast, writer David Gallaher and artist Steve Ellis join David Steinberger of COMIXOLOGY to discuss High Moon, a werewolf western webcomic hosted at zuda.com and the first competition winner chosen by zuda's users.

Give it a listen here!

Gallaher and Ellis on the Zuda Panel

Click to listen to the podcast, where Steve and I talk about the HIGH MOON process. You'll also have a chance to hear the other awesome zudaites talk about their strips.

So, give it a listen already!

Inks!

Here are some of the inks for High Moon...

Just thought I'd post up some fun!

More Sketches!

Hey all, here is some other artwork I've done lately...

When I'm not doing High Moon art.