Batman v Ra's Al Ghul, private commission.

ICE: The International Comics Expo 2015

Here's some of the sketches I did at the ICE comics convention in Birmingham (UK) this past weekend.

And here's a couple I did at a Showmasters event in Sheffield (UK) recently.

Con sketches for sale.

Yesterday (November 30) I appeared at the Wales Comic Con in Wrexham. The event (as is usual these days it seems) featured a few comic pros & a whole bunch of celebrities from film, TV & sport. Despite it being extremely well attended (the queue went around the block more than once before the doors opened) it was something of a quiet affair for me personally, unfortunately. As a result, in the frequent gaps in activity, I took the time to do a few unsolicited sketches, a couple of which did eventually find homes, but the six shown here were left like wallflowers awaiting a dance..... So if anyone reading this (does anyone still read this??) fancies having one (it might solve the Christmas present dilemma for that one particularly awkward relative) they are available on a 'first come first served' basis for the paltry sum of £22 which includes postage (UK residents only, if you're a damn foreigner ask for postage rates). Just leave me a message in the comments, or at staz.johnson@yahoo.com. Given that there are three 'Hulk' images, you'd probably better specify exactly which one you want, if you have a preference.

Iceberg Art Dump

Iceberg??? Yep! The body of work that most illustrators produce is like an iceberg, in that the bit most people see (the tip of the iceberg) is only a minor part of what actually gets done. To put it simply, that core goal of this blog from day one was to show that portion of the iceberg which usually stays below the water line.

So presented here, is a bunch of stuff I found in a box kicking around my studio. I almost never throw any sketches & prep work away, but by the same token, I don't keep it all nice & neat & in some kind of order.. they just get thrown in a drawer, or a box or something. So in this particular box was sketches from work I did fairly recently, alongside material from almost 30 year ago.It's presented here without individual explanations, if anyone sees something that they'd like to know more about, then ask in the comments section & I'll do my best to answer. Not that I'm expecting too many questions judging by the pitifully few comments this blog attracts on the whole.. ya bunch of ingrates!!.

Here's the art..