BUzZKiLL Pinup
I drew this pinup for the Dark Horse comic Buzzkill. This four-issue miniseries, both one of the funniest and the saddest I’ve had the privilege to work on as an assistant editor, is about a superhero named Ruben who derives his powers from drinking alcohol and who enters a 12-step program to get clean.
I really enjoyed throwing together this motley group of generic supervillains. The cowboy hippo in the upper right has been a big hit. Because of the way the colors fade, he looks a little bit like a ghost cowboy hippo. “Roooooben! You may have killed me, but I will haunt you till the end of yer daaaaays!”
Read MoreSavage Nobles in the Land of Enchantment
My first graphic novel, which was originally syndicated on its own website, now lives here at everettpatterson.com!
Read MorePanel layout doodles
I don’t usually post doodles here, because they’re not very constructive and they often make me look like an insane pervert. However, a good habit I’ve picked up from Andrew Loomis is the practice of sketching out little rectangular vignettes just to play around with composition. These are fun, since I often do not know what I’m drawing even as I’m drawing it. For some one with such a normally control-freak, Type A personality, it’s really relaxing! I’m particularly proud of the sun-drenched library at lower right.
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Scandalous Premiere
When I visited my parents in New Orleans last weekend, mom was asking me about the 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which famously ended in a small riot and mass exodus from the theater by the scandalized audience. This kind of reception has since become something of a modernist badge of honor – if only my work could provoke that kind of reaction! Well, all I can say is, Stravinsky ain’t got nothin’ on the premiere of “Symphony Number Six.” Here are some scandalous panels:
