tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37974754330965198342024-03-05T13:22:14.243-06:00HEY, LOOK WHAT I FOUND! (The Art Of Michael Wurl)The Art Of Michael WurlMichael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-8241651981139143242014-06-18T06:49:00.000-05:002014-06-18T06:49:59.955-05:00A Quick Character Sketch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Taking a quick pencil sketch and turning it into a quick, rough digital study.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Planning several comic stories involving this fellow, a rather nasty crocodilian lizard alien originally seen in my <b>SLAM BANG</b> cover art <a href="http://michaelwurlart.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-sale-now-abe-and-alien-prints.html">here</a> and <a href="http://michaelwurlart.blogspot.com/2011/03/black-and-white-prelim-line-art-for-abe_30.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love classic comics and when I see something that strikes me the right way, I re-imagine it with different words, or perhaps different art. It is just a way I like to amuse myself, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I utilized the original artwork and rewrote the dialogue and recolored the panels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have done a lot of these, but this is just the 3rd one I have posted here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a panel from a Golden Age comic book by Harvey called <b>RACE FOR THE MOON #3</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, technically it's a Silver Age comic, published in 1958. The story is entitled <b>"THE LONG LONG YEARS"</b> and it features artwork by the dream team of <b>Jack Kirby</b> and <b>Al Williamson</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the actual panels as they appeared originally in 1958.</span></div>
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"THE LONG LONG YEARS" by Jack Kirby and Al Williamson</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you love classic comics and want to see the actual entire story, then <a href="http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2008/05/number-315-jack-kirbys-three-rocketeers.html">click here</a> and visit the best <b><i>Golden Age comics blog</i></b> on the internet, <b><a href="http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;">PAPPY'S GOLDEN AGE BLOGZINE</span></a></b>. Nobody shares their comics collection like <b><i>Pappy!</i></b> He has lots of comics and scans to enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finally found a few minutes to get back to a personal project that was both a joy and a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A month or so ago I posted <a href="http://michaelwurlart.blogspot.com/2014/04/inking-unpublished-jack-kirby-cover.html">this</a> explaining how I came across this unpublished<b> Jack Kirby</b> cover from the proposed <b>FOXHOLE #1</b> (1954). To see the original post <a href="http://michaelwurlart.blogspot.com/2014/04/inking-unpublished-jack-kirby-cover.html">click here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a joy in that it was art from comics legend Jack Kirby. I mean, what comic fan wouldn't want to be associated with the "King"?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a challenge for several reasons. One reason, the art as I received it from the website was only 72 dpi and not particularly large in size. I would have preferred 300 dpi and then I could reduce as needed without losing details. Having to enlarge 72 dpi to ink doesn't make it easier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another challenge was that Kirby pencil layout was relatively rough, that is, not excessively detailed in any way, and rather vague in certain spots. Without the benefit of being able to ask Mr. Kirby what he originally intended for these unclear areas necessitated some creative interpretation, as well as attempted trans-time warp psychic thought exchange. Yet, try as I might, I just couldn't read Jack Kirby's mind, after all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I wanted to achieve was to be as true to Kirby's lines as possible, to bring forth that which he originally envisioned as best as I could, without changing anything, as much as I might feel like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished inking it several weeks ago and put it aside until I felt like returning to add color. I had intended to add flourish lines and details to the inks, but I determined that the simple bold lines would suffice, as I didn't want to risk f@*#ing it up accidentally by adding too much. As I looked at the inked page I noticed one thing: the left side of the image seemed to be missing something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a depiction of a beach landing, yet the only craft visible was the lone landing craft (with ship behind it). Where were the other ships? These guys couldn't accomplish much success alone. So after looking at a similar Kirby cover done about 10 years after this one, I saw what I needed to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">SGT. FURY #3, 1963 - cover by Jack Kirby (inked by Steve Ditko)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like Kirby did in this SGT. FURY cover, I needed to add at least a couple of battleships to that empty sea. Also, I re-checked Kirby's pencils and noticed I had omitted a couple of shots of the strafing gunfire beyond the prone soldiers legs. So, I added that in as well. Now, it was ready to color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, soon, you <b><i>will enjoy</i></b> my new <b><i>comic!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You will, and that's even if <b><i>Alien Fa-Ree-Mun</i></b> didn't command it!</span><br />
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Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-78025803210882678652014-06-08T06:24:00.000-05:002014-06-08T06:24:52.699-05:00Saint Obama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Entitled <b>"SAINT OBAMA"</b>, it pictures our current President, a unique individual who apparently never does anything wrong, is smarter than most of us poor yokels, and even though he seems to be surrounded by incompetence, anything that ever goes wrong is never his responsibility. Don't ever criticize him or his policies, or you may be labeled as a racist in the next wave of administration propaganda. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our glorious leader floats high above the mediocre populace and as his wondrous head breaks through the top of the clouds, his rapidly tarnishing halo magically appears and a chorus of angels begin to sing, held aloft by baling wire and duct tape. So bow down and shut up, and realize he knows better than you what you need. One day you may understand, but probably not. We're just not as smart as him, and we never will be, but it's okay, he's resigned himself to that fact. Now get in step!</span></div>
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Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-51928709370237948972014-06-07T16:13:00.000-05:002014-06-08T02:24:20.926-05:00"KREEE-GAAHH!" Revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just slappin' a little color on a panel taken from my story <b><i>"A Message From The Editor/Publisher Allen Freeman"</i></b> from <b>SLAM BANG #2</b>. Originally done in black and white, This humorous story shows publisher Allen Freeman transform and reveal himself as <b><i>Alien Fa-Ree-Mun</i></b>, as he revels in his plan to take over the world. I'm working on coloring my previous B&W stories to include with new stories in upcoming comics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been padding my portfolio and honing all my various skills. One of the things i enjoy lately is <b>coloring comic art.</b> This can be done nowadays by almost anyone with a computer, but there are always varying levels of competency, and those who do it well take their work seriously. The professional colorists nowadays are true artists that, when using their tools correctly, add additional degrees of power and subtlety to the works they color. When done with skill, the storytelling is enhanced almost without the reader knowing it. When done wrong, it is at best a distraction, and at worst absolutely off-putting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, just for my own amusement, I'll take some awesome black and white comic art by an artist I admire, and I'll put color to it. Sometimes I'll go for realism, sometimes I'll go for symbolism, sometimes I'll just go crazy with expression and see what happens. Just a learning tool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The panel here is from a <b><span style="color: red;">Richard Corben</span></b> story called <b>HORRIBLE HARVEY'S HOUSE,</b> and features many panels of a voluptuous nude woman. What better story to look at for long periods of time, I ask you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here is a panel from the story, before and after color, for my own fun and recreation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over on <b>Ger Apeldoorn's</b> blog <b><a href="http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/">THE FABULOUS FIFTIES</a> </b>he posted a fantastic bit of unpublished <b>Jack Kirby</b> artwork <a href="http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/2014/03/kirby-challange.html">here</a> for the originally proposed cover for <b>FOXHOLE</b> comics #1 (October 1954).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ger challenged (invited is a better word) anyone who wanted to ink the pencil artwork, hopefully in Kirby's 50's style. I couldn't work on it at the time, but for the better part of the last two days (yes, two days!) I spent several hours attempting to bring about something near to the proposed achievement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I'm not 100% satisfied with my work (I'd like to re-do the water), I did my best to keep all of Kirby's lines and original work intact. I wanted to change many things, like Kirby's double door landing craft (there were such craft in WWII, but most personnel carriers were of the drawbridge variety), but I resisted most desires to change anything by the King of comics. It ended up being more of a daunting challenge than I had first believed, and I have gained a brand new respect for Kirby's art, as well as anyone who ever had the privilege of inking his pencils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The scene is an amazing action tableau with fantastic depth of field, with figures up close and extending back into the horizon, giving it a wonderful <b>3D</b> effect. I found one of the biggest challenges was trying to determine what Kirby's thoughts and ideas were for areas of the penciled art that was left fairly loose and vague. Without knowing exactly what his exact concept for these rough and loose areas, I had to do my best to interpret what I could.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have completed it to a degree where I can rest, and call it done, although I have yet to add the details to the figures (Kirby's trademark "hay", or feathered hatching). I will revisit it after a day or so of resting my eyes and my brain, and see if adding the finishing touches brings out more of Kirby's incredible scene.</span></div>
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Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-54146135709906035492014-02-21T16:47:00.000-06:002014-06-08T02:26:48.988-05:00COMIC BOOKS CAN ROT YOUR BRAIN!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-67897510960796419472014-02-14T02:11:00.000-06:002014-06-08T02:27:16.946-05:00THE ART OF MICHAEL WURL - Revised<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">basically fixed the hand, giving it a bit more realistic shadow</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pulling out my drawing table, pencils, pens, brushes, pads, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> and starting to finally come out of exile in order to produce some significant artwork.</span></div>
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Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-35980446588025008632011-04-17T07:57:00.001-05:002014-06-08T02:29:14.973-05:00MORE POLITICAL CARTOONING<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a statement about a certain President, and I'll leave it to your own perceptions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you love the guy, than you can perceive it as sincere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you hate the guy, you can perceive it as sarcastic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To find out for sure what I think, you can </span><br />
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Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-45635728353553621302011-04-08T06:48:00.000-05:002014-06-08T02:29:33.816-05:00POLITICAL CARTOON QUICKIES<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: large;">...another perversion of the great <b>Jack Kirby</b>'s artwork, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Original panel taken from <b>Fantastic Four #53.</b></span></div>
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</div><div align="center">What we see here are the front and back cover image, the first page after the cover (single page - right facing), and the subsequent double gatefold pages (left and right pages), laid out in a sequential design to illustrate an alien abduction, before, during, and after. As the book is opened, the abduction events are played out in sequence, page by page, leading the reader and setting the stage for the rest of the book.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-90842484953722825982011-03-30T03:12:00.000-05:002014-06-18T07:03:01.133-05:00BLACK AND WHITE PRELIM LINE ART FOR "ABE AND THE ALIEN" POSTER PRINTS - Part 2<div align="center">
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Here I go presenting my preliminary line art for my alien character, as featured in my popular poster print set </div>
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"ABE AND THE ALIEN", now on sale (see sidebar). This is part 2 where I highlight the two main characters B & W artwork, before I lavished glorious color and details and several realistic effects using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The full color, full sized 11" x 17" poster print is as stunning as it is beautiful as it is high-larious to see upon your very own wall...order your own 2-print set before they are sold out.</div>
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Set in some bizarre alternate universe, this alien lizard spaceman is a twisted surrogate for well-known Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth. As conceived by my considerably altered gray matter, this alien is in many respects an homage to the considerable Wally Wood space operas that appeared in various 1950's EC comics, as well as a touch of MAD magazine and underground influence.</div>
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Good Lord willing, there is a story written and pages laid out that will one day be completed and published, that is based on my original cover art concept. I will tell you more as this developes.</div>
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As you'll notice, I didn't need to finish the alien's entire body, meaning his legs (and tail?), since he would be depicted as emerging from the shadows behind Abraham Lincoln, preparing to deliver the fatal shot. </div>
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Alien as colored and published on SLAM BANG #3 cover</div>
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I am currently selling poster prints of my cover art of "ABE AND THE ALIEN"...</div>
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to order your set of two poster prints (one 11" x 17" color and one 8" x 10" B & W).</div>
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The small sizes shown online don't do it justice, but I can give you an idea of what it looks like up close by posting some of the black and white preliminary detailed line art before the gorgeous color and other fine details were added. Click on the image above to reveal the detail lavished more clearly.</div>
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Today I'm posting my version of our 16th president, ol' honest Abe, depicted in his last happy moments as he watched the play "Our American Cousin" from his private box in the balcony of Ford's Theatre. He is smiling rather uncharacteristically, and I chose to render him thus for the following reasons:</div>
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1) the civil war which had begun at the very outset of his presidency was finally over, and the country was beginning to heal</div>
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so that is why he is smiling. Even though most of the photos we have of him show a rather grim face, it is well known that the man actually had a wonderful sense of humor, so, yes, he did smile on occasion. This was one such occasion. He had no way of knowing that perhaps an angry actor, or in this case, an angry alien lizard, was sneaking up from the shadows behind him.</div>
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Even though it is a stylized comic book representation, I tried to be faithful to reality by including his trademark facial moles, his odd shaped lower lip, and his rather bizarre ears (take a look at his photos...they are strange looking). My original layout included Mrs. Lincoln, but after several redesigns I concluded that I wanted to focus on Abe and that space constraints determined that my revision had no need for her in the shot.</div>
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For the next post, we'll take a closer look at the alien lizard out to assassinate him.</div>
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</div>Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-33824979027511935402011-03-14T19:43:00.000-05:002011-03-14T19:43:23.846-05:00COMIC BOOK COLOR FOR A WALLY WOOD CLASSIC!<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Here's my take on colorizing a classic Wallace Wood story <a href="http://blacknwhiteandredallover.blogspot.com/2009/11/post-6-curse.html">"The Curse",</a> originally published in black and white, appearing in Warren Publications VAMPIRELLA #9, in 1971. I believe it appeared in color in the 1986 WORLD OF WOOD #1 by Eclipse Comics, with coloring chores performed by veteran Steve Oliff. I decided to exercise my coloring skills by creating my own color version. I specifically did not refer to Oliff's version, consciously avoiding it, but chose my own color palette independantly. The incredible Wally Wood has ever been one of my artistic influences, and now I can jokingly say that I worked with him. Here is the first page. </div>Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-30616093862930275092011-03-11T23:30:00.000-06:002011-03-11T23:30:02.832-06:00ART FOR CD - MOZART MESSIAH<div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Sb8EnyzttsIhyphenhyphenT-aEnvM9kCQbFGpzP7OyutieVoayOEnC7dpXx7xVlU7MvN1zfV8SYwqu0r9R1Jdm55dZUySsVfgcUNoid2klASD5je4rKWavMJV9uInvT-rrMwrLAoJyfirL0GEpDPy/s1600/mozart+messiah+CD+graphic+front+med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Sb8EnyzttsIhyphenhyphenT-aEnvM9kCQbFGpzP7OyutieVoayOEnC7dpXx7xVlU7MvN1zfV8SYwqu0r9R1Jdm55dZUySsVfgcUNoid2klASD5je4rKWavMJV9uInvT-rrMwrLAoJyfirL0GEpDPy/s400/mozart+messiah+CD+graphic+front+med.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center">This is the preliminary work for the front and back of their upcoming CD.</div><div align="center">The back cover will eventually contain type copy for song listings, band members, and any essential copy.</div><div align="center">More on this as details progress.<br />
(The music on the CD is an excellent eclectic blend ranging from heavy guitar rock to classical to folk to symphonic, with great vocals and harmonies...no rap...if you love great guitar you'll enjoy it. On sale soon.)<br />
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I've had a lot of people asking about my cover art for SLAM BANG comics, so due to popular demand I will be releasing a limited edition set of beautiful and unique poster prints.</div>
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Now available - you can order your own set today by emailing me at <a href="mailto:theapocolyte@hotmail.com">theapocolyte@hotmail.com</a> .</div>
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Suitable for framing, these gorgeous images will look amazing hanging on the wall of your home office, work cubicle, living room, dining room, and/or bathroom! I recommend one for every room in the house!</div>
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Originally published as the cover to <b>SLAM BANG #3</b> in 2007, this image is my playful take on the issues theme of <b>'Mostly True Stories'</b>, and depicts our 16th President enjoying a final show at Ford's Theatre as a would-be alien assassin creeps up from the shadows!</div>
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</div><div align="center">Quick and loose design for a paperback novel by well known author Lance Mustang.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Hello, it's me...</div><div align="center">Just stopped in long enough to post this. It's a cover for my presentation of one of my proposed comic strip projects, originally rejected in 1995. After some revisions and updating, I am again prepared to unleash upon the world the one and only, the original CREEPY CAT, coming soon as a comic strip and an animated cartoon. Creepy Cat is in fact an alien creature that only resembles an earth cat, and as he encounters the absurdities of what we call 'life on earth', hilarity ensues. No, seriously, it is really funny, and drawn well too.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(CREEPY CAT copyright 1995 by Michael Wurl)</span></div>Michael Wurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096630019811360269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797475433096519834.post-7921425918241295222010-04-23T15:23:00.004-05:002011-10-06T15:15:50.196-05:00SLOW DOWN!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center"><br />
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