...speaking of Cryptopia...

Here's the cover to #4. 

Nice Cryptopia review

Check it out, the nice people at Pop Culture Zoo gave Cryptopia a very nice review yesterday. Thanks to those folks! Give their website some hits:
http://popculturezoo.com/2012/09/benjamin-raab-pat-quinns-cryptopia-is-an-amazing-adventure
You can still pick up your copy on iTunes, Amazon for Kindle Fire both by Graphic.ly.

Sequential Art Faculty and Staff show!

Tonight was the big show...thanks again to Nicole Dabbs for putting this together!!!! Thanks to all the family, colleagues, students and alumni that came out to the reception. I'm really proud of this crew...just look at the diversity of styles in the work...awesome.

Sequential Art Faculty and Staff show!

Here's a preview os the Sequential Art department (ATL) faculty and staff show.any thanks to Nicole Dabbs for putting this together!!!

Cryptopia #4 cover roughs

Blue pencil on 11" x 17"

Sequential Art faculty show

Our SCAD Atlanta Sequential Art department is having a faculty/staff show featuring:
Shawn Crystal
Chris Schweizer
Nolan Woodard
June Brigman
Doug Dabbs
Jackie Lewis
and me

This was put together by Nicole Dabbs!
...don't forget other department news and student work is available at The Temple of Cartoonmojo!

Vote!...and then spread the word!...please!

Hey interwebs! Please do me the huge favor of registering and then voting for the above presentation to be included in the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) 2013 conference.
Comic writer and marketing genius Buddy Scalera is discussing visual narrative as the key to effective communication. He will be comparing modern marketing messaging systems to their roots in the stone age.
I will be doing the comic work accompanying his talk.

Vote and feel free to spread the word!...please! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/4802

Thanks!

Cryptopia #2 available on iTunes...now!

Hey interwebs, Cryptopia #2 is available on iTunes...now...cheap! So go check it out!

Cryptopia #4 cover thumbnails

Here's the thumbnails for Cryptopia #4's cover. What do you think?

Blast from the Past - Squadron Supreme pitch

Here are some character re-designs for Marvel Comic's Squadron Supreme characters. This was part of a pitch from like 2002ish...I think. Writer Shaun Behrens and I had been developing a relationship with a Marvel editor (who is no longer there) and asked if we could pitch him some Squadron Supreme ideas, and he agreed. Shortly after submitting our pitch, the editor got back in touch and said that while he thought our stuff was great, he couldn't move on it because another Squadron Supreme pitch had come in from a name person...maybe it was people? Either way, this got shelved, but it was a great experience and that editor was very kind to look at our work and very friendly and professional about the whole experience.
These character re-designs were penciled by me, inked by John Lowe and colored by Moose Baumann.
I'll post these and some other sketches over on my Deviant Art page.

Post Heroes Con 2012

Day 2 of post Heroes Con recovery...still tired.
I haven't been to a con in 3 years, and the last time was Heroes Con. Being back in that environment was a great thrill to me in the ways that only fellow comic nerds can understand. Thanks to all the people that came by the table to look at work, have stuff signed, etc.

The ride up (and back) with Nolan Woodard and Doug Dabbs was Geek 101, as expected, and just a blast. I'm glad I got to spend some quality time with those guys. Not to mention all the faculty, students, alumni and old friends I got to see at the con.

Of course, none of that would have been possible without the support of my awesome wife Pilar. Te amo mucho!

More Heroes Con prep!

More for Heroes Con 2012

Inks are starting to happen.

Expanded Banner Panels a.k.a. Heroes Con Preview

 Here are some of the expanded (or non-cropped) images from my Heroes Con 2012 banner. At the top Cryptopia (copyright 2012 Ben Raab & Pat Quinn), in the middle M.O.N.S.T.E.R.S. (copyright 2012 Pat Quinn) and at the bottom the Blue Flame (copyright 2012 Pat Quinn).