Hellboy Pages

Last summer, I was gearing up for Heroes Convention. I decided to bring some pages that would be fun to work on, so Hellboy it was. I pieced together a six-page story, one with a throwaway plot, and with various shots to test what I could do. I took a week off from work to work on it, and as time wound down I decided to cut it down to four pages. When you show stuff at a con, it's a good idea to be concise. 

I worked my ASS OFF to get done, but as I was puling an all-nighter the day before I would head out, I knew I wouldn't get it done in time. Crushing. I took what I had, even though I knew that taking incomplete work was pretty much instant rejection when it comes to getting work. I gave it my best, but I just wasn't fast enough to pull it off. 

I decide it would be a waste of time and money to go to the show empty-handed, so I took what I had and showed to everyone that would look. I got a very favorable response, considering that only one page was %100 complete. It was very difficult to believe anything nice that people said about the work, because my own insincerities as I praised the work of others have made me skeptical of flattery and applause. When someone asks you, to your face, if you like their art, you say yes, even if you hate it. I think the golden mean lies in how much you care what people think. I have always cared way too much.

 A few months later, giving this stuff a fresh look, I think these are the best comics pages I've done yet, so I thought I would post them. Robots, evil babies, motorcycles: fun stuff to draw. Also an evil Freddy Mercury disposable goon. 

Also, for fun, here are the thumbnails, in various stages of revision.