It's all in the coffee!

Parallel Team Up ROUGH CUT! As there is no team up books these days I, Alan Bennett of Black Box Comix have dubbed myself King of the Crossovers! In true old school Marvel Fashion I decided to work on a few ideas at the end of last year and the Crossover that has been worked on my me and my friend Adam Watson of Darkslinger and the current crossover of Tale of Two Jo(h)nnys with Jason Z. Pott of NEOtrash Comix I have a hankering for another.
Then my friend Ben Perkins (who is a god of painting LARGE SCALE) had to hit me with a character he calls Heavy Horse. And then it hit me while we were both raving why don’t we work on a crossover.
Damn before I knew it, there I was banging away on keypads of my PVA at work writing whatever came out of my head for a story.
This image is of Heavy and Corrax: The Seeker working to topple a tripod complete with a floating brain inside!
You can’t beat that! I love that stuff!
Next for images is a Corpse Cop pic that I am working on for press.
Looking good for the first of the year!

In the First Week

Well Sports fans the first week of 11 is already over and things are moving fast now as new work begins on the last of the crossovers (for now).

TALE OF TWO JO(H)NNYS CROSSOVER
The two pages that are featured are from the crossover with NEOtrash Comix’s creator Jason Z. Pott. Jason and I have been friends for about 3 years now and has a very quirky way of looking at life and we both share a lot of the same kind passion for the 70 movies and TV shows.
It was decided that we as small companies could work together on a project and just have a lot fun doing it. A Tale of Two Jo(h)nhnys came out of that.

JOHNNY VEGA #4 SOON TO BE DONE!
The conclusion of the Rock Apes Saga will wrap up by the end of this month! It’s about time.

And that's about it.

Welcoming in 2011

Well Sports fans Al here with the latest here on New Year’s Day.
JOHNNY VEGA #4 IS BEING WORKED ON!
Truer words have never been spoken by this kid as work on this long project are beginning to see fruit as this project grows to it ultimate conclusion.
Vega will be completed nearly half of the goal last year was to try to get the book done by the end of 2010 but that was not the case because I did not want the book to look bad. That's the truth of it with all the you always to make the best of what you’re working on .
And Vega is exactly that. So even though it may seem like a step backwards doing illustration but with the strength of the black and white along with the color backgrounds and everything.
So there you have it a nearly finished project. Good Times to be had by all.

The Latest for December

Well it has been pretty fun so far this month. Four of the five scratchboard images that I had developed for the BIG 100 art show up here was a huge success for the kid this month.
As well as two more scripts completed. One for the impending crossover of Corvis the Seeker and Ben Perkin’s Heavy Horse character.
The anthromorphic character is called War Ram. His first appearance is in the cross over but his origin is much different than the Ram he is now.

Just a New update

Just wanted to update with a new image before really locking myself into pages and all. But this kind of exercise helps me relax and get into the mood of the story I need to be working on. No different than when I put on a movie with a sci fi theme on in the background from the 50's or 60's.
Just lots of fun.

Well Gallery work Completed

Hey there sports fans, Al here with the latest:


THE GALLERY WORK COMPLETED!






YES that is true that the gallery work that I was contracted for is now completed! Nothing more than this artist brainy ideas spilling out onto the sketchbook and cranking out five pieces of scratchboard all falling into the size of an 8”X8”.
This was a big thing for me as I crank out the work for something other than a comic book.
each one of these works will be shown at the Po’Boy Art Gallery and Framing here in Portland Oregon.
These will go along with the previous piece of “Sting of Passion”.

JOHNNY VEGA #4 UPDATE:


But with the art of the Gallery out of the way it’s back to Vega and get this book done! Currently re penciling page 17 out 24.
I will say that that the penciling and inking that is going on is looking very nice and I am very pleased with the effect.

CORPSE COP “CORPSECILE” STILL ON HOLD!

With limited resources this fully illustrated scratchboard comic is still on hold until a large amount of money can be brought to the foreground before anything else can be done. Like so many other small comic book companies I am looking at the option of a Kickstarter to help defer the cost of the printing.

Gallery Work- Scratchboard Awaits

Hey there sports fans Al here with the latest:
Well Gallery work has been thrust upon us here at the Box and with the favorable response from the Curator of Po’Boy Art Gallery and Framing it looks like that the scratchboard you have been seeing me post up will finally get it’s chance to be seen as is it is intended.
In a show.
This does not mean that the comics will stop but it does mean that if the images of scratchboard do sell (and I know they will) it will help supply the funding for comics. That is to say that the art will support the art and hopefully me as well.
Some of the images I have made of recent times I can’t show because of the nature of the piece but if you go to this redirect you’ll see what I am talking about.
http://johnnyvega13.deviantart.com/#/d3253xb
Thanks
Alan