Category Archives: Life

Hero Initiative New Avengers 100 Project Art Cover

I’ve done an art cover for The Hero Initiative’s New Avengers 100 project! My New Avengers cover features two old Avengers, because that’s how I roll. Click on the image to see the front and back folded out. The comic … Continue reading

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Free Comic Book Day at Rogue’s Gallery this Saturday

Paul Tobin and I are winging down to Texas for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday! Rogue’s Gallery near Austin is hosting us and a mess of other creators (check out the list here). Paul wrote one of Marvel’s FCBD … Continue reading

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Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta

I contributed this pinup to Craig Yoe’s newest book; Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta! For the first time all of Dan DeCarlo’s rare three 1950s sexy Jetta comic books are collected in one large full-color hardback volume! Plus, rare and unpublished art … Continue reading

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Podcastin’

I am this week’s guest on Chris Sims and Eugene Ahn‘s comics podcast War Rocket Ajax! Download! Listen! Illustration by Rusty Shackles.

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Last Chance To Bid For Sight

Only ten FIVE hours ONE HOUR left to bid! Three 6″X9″ watercolor & ink sketches by me, auctioning separately, are on eBay to benefit Comix 4 Sight! Bidding is over! And you know, if we had civilized health insurance in … Continue reading

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Bid For Sight

Three 6″X9″ watercolor & ink sketches by me are on eBay to benefit Comix 4 Sight! (Click on this link to see all auctions for this benefit.) Comix 4 Sight is a benefit to help veteran comics writer John Ostrander … Continue reading

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NO H8

Several weeks ago I was invited by Project Fanboy‘s James Freeman to draw this piece in support of the NO H8 Campaign, a silent photo/art protest against California’s dumbass Proposition 8, by which California voters amended the state Constitution to … Continue reading

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Two Years (Plus 14)

Two years ago today, this marionberry pie was present and eaten at the wedding picnic of Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, who have been a couple since 1993. Life is good.

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Unpacking The Con

As is the custom in the Coover/Tobin household, the week that was San Diego Comic-Con 2009 was followed by days of wandering about with a dazed look of confusion on our faces, stepping around the still-full-of-stuff suitcases left on the … Continue reading

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Convention Sketch Advance Orders

I am taking advance orders for 6″ X 9″ black & white convention sketches. If you’re going to be at San Diego Comic Con and would like to request a sketch, write me an email or go to the Contact … Continue reading

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Getting Ready For San Diego Comic-Con 2009 (Part 5)

The ULTIMATE post! In addition to the buttons and cards and prints at my table (Artist Alley FF-15) I will have a selection of my original art from Marvel Comics and some small original color drawings of a variety of … Continue reading

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Getting Ready For San Diego Comic-Con 2009 (Part 4)

New Event Schedule Edition! A more complete look at what I will be doing in San Diego when I’m not at my table (Artist Alley FF-15.) All times are subject to change. Thursday 1:00-2:00 Attending the Mondo Marvel panel, where … Continue reading

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