Fubar: Empire of the Rising Dead

Since we're heading to Ingenuity today I figured I'd post up a little something to promote one of my favorite projects I've had the pleasure to work on. Fubar: Empire of the Rising Dead was a dream come true for me. A chance to draw zombies. However once I read writer pal Ron Montgomery's script, I was looking at more than just a brain eating tale of the undead. Ron's story was more about a man fighting with not only the ghosts of his stint in a zombie infested jungle, but also his struggle with the ghosts of his families past. It's only an 8 pager...but it had the heart of an encyclopedia. I'll have copies at our booth at Ingenuity this weekend. So stop by...grab a copy...and say hi.

Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday.....

..droppin' beats, eatin' brains. 

..., ..., something something something.......

ok, I can't rap but I do like drawing Solomon Grundy. 

 The pants eatin'- ist, rootin' tootin' ist, zombie to ever crawl out of a swamp and make things mildly challenging Kryptonians and Gothamites alike!  He just won't stay down and unlike other mobile dead he's prone to the occasional haiku!  The man's a bard! A swamp Emily Dickinson prone only to evil and talking about himself in the 3rd person! 

You can enjoy this and other comic covers drawings by my fellow RBMCers at Carol and John's Comics later this month as part of their Superman appreciation event, keep an eye on their site for details.

The most observant monster of them all?

Can't put anything past this one!

Got brains?

....or milk, either way it's all good.

Monsters Exchange Program

Ben Alien - Craigified

The Rust Belt Monsters have been doing a lot of live drawing lately.  The fun comes from creatining one massive expression of our group.  An artist will start drawing something, the person next them will draw their own idea, and so on.  But after a while, the piece stops being these separate entities and starts merging together.  You start drawing objects/characters that are reacting to what your friend is drawing.  Maybe one of the monsters will start filling in an environment that better serves your drawing.  And sometimes you pass the baton and let one of the monsters continue with what ever your were drawing.

Its a fun evolution of your character in a direction that you might not have expected.  We each have specific strengths and its always a joy to see your idea put through that person's artistic filter.  The other night I was drawing in my iPad and discarded some Alien drawing.  Craig picked it up and went forward with it.  Its a fun little exercise that I really suggest everyone try.  I did the same thing back in November.

-Ben (NeedYourDisease.com)

Craig Zombie - Benified

Ben's Original Alien Post

Craig's Original Zombie Post