It's the 26th Anniversary of Ghostbusters! In honor of the special occasion, I'm posting up a haunted treat for all you GB fans! Why? Cause bustin makes ya feel good, that's why!

Here's a sample panel (NOT FINAL ART) from the upcoming 9 Page Ghostbusters comic short I am providing the art for. It is written by the great James Eatock and published by IDW.

I am also happy to announce that I will also be penciling a 22 page Ghostbusters Hallowe'en issue written by the awesome duo of Peter and Kathleen David. I'm very excited about that and can't wait to show everyone what's cookin.

My yearly Nintendo piece is in the works and I wanted to share some samples with you. This year was a toss up between the Donkey Kong and Star Fox universe. I decided to "barrel roll" with the latter, as I have always found the Star Fox characters to have good, distinct personalities, which helps immensely when drawing them. Don't get me wrong, DK is cool, but his mind set it's overly engaging. Hope you like these samplers!

Cheers,

Dapper

Ghostbusters comic book pitch!

UPDATE! See below image and click for new news!

All content © copyright: James Eatock and Dan Schoening

I would like to extend to you and yours a Happy Holidays! All the best, and here's to a positive and awesome 2010!

Cheers,

Dapper

"O hai Doggie"

Hey everyone! Hope November has treated ya well, and a Happy Thanksgiving to all my American buddies. I always preferred chicken to turkey. What is your preference? I recall one Thanksgiving I had sushi, yeah I'm crazy like that sometimes. Up here in Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. Interesting how far apart they are.

At work we are gearin up to watch one of my favorite movies, The Room. Now, if you haven't had the pleasure of seeing this, I highly recommend it. It is amazing! Take everything you know about film. Now, put it in a burlap sack, and toss it out the window. It's that awesome. Anyway, I was lucky enough to partake in a recent sketch jam with some great artist buddies of mine. Here was the result of my efforts. Hope ya digs, and I'll be posting some holiday art very soon.

Cheers,

Dan

One day late is better than never! Here are the 13 Ghosts of Hallowe'en! Hope you dig!

Cheers

Dapper

"Peter: Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?
Egon: That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."

It's that time of year again! Autumn, easily my favorite season. The crisp air, earthy tones and Hallowe'en of course.

I wanted to share some ghoulish links with you, to get you in the "spirit" of things.

James (Angry Video Game Nerd) is hosting a daily Monster Madness on his Cinemassacre site. It's an eye opener, as he reviews one horror film every day this month. I highly recommend checkin it out.

Branded in the 80's is also posting daily. They are showcasing an awesome collection of Real Ghostbusters Cels. I thought I had seen a lot of the RGB shows, but this site is showin off crypty creeps I have never seen, it's awesome.

Speaking of Ghostbusters, I'm currently cookin up this years 13 Ghosts! I'll give yee a lil sneak peek, and then post one a day closer to Halloween. Hope ya digs!



BOO!

Dapper

Some Hanna Barbera characters drawn as realistically as possible. It's always good to go beyond and try new things in art. Keeps things fresh! More to come :)

Cheers,

Dapper

It's that time of year folks! The Fan Expo in Toronto starts this week, from the 28th to the 30th. I will be in attendance with the talented Cale Atkinson, and you can find us at table #A66 in Artist's Alley (map below).

If you are going, stop by, it would be awesome to meet up. Here's a peek at a print I'll have at the Expo for sale:


See ya there!

Dan

It's been a busy month and a half since I last posted! Thanks to all the people watching the blog, it's greatly appreciated. I'm currently underway with some more DC books featuring Wonder Woman and Superman. Here's a illustration sample I did from a Batman book, due out this August 15th.


It's been an interesting process this time around, and I am enjoying the challenges.

I'm also in the midst of getting together a sketch book for the Fan Expo in Toronto this August. Here is the cover to said book.

Who is Ben Chalmer Stevens you ask? Well you'll have to buy the book to find out! (Shameless I know) He was kind enough to write a forward for the sketchbook. I will post more info on the con as it develops as well. I will be sharing a table with the awesome Cale Atkinson. Word on the street many cool cats from the Sketch Tavern will be in attendance, even the fabled Manotec (as pictured below.)

In other news, Red Fly was nice enough to post a thank you on their site regarding my name missing from the new Ghostbusters Wii game. Here's a few links if you care to read up on it;

Red Fly Dev Blog

Joystiq Article

So it seems that the SDCC is in full swing! One day I swear I'll pop down there! Some of my work will be at tables throughout the convention. One in particular is the Darkstalkers Tribute book. I was honored to come back and do another piece for Udon. The guys there are awesome. If you are in the neighborhood swing by the con and pick up the book. It's chock full of awesome artist's renditions on the infamous Capcom game. I wanted to roll with something opposite from what I thought you might see in the book. Instead of violence I went with love, something the world is in short supply of imho.

Last but not least, a big thanks to Randall Sly for featuring me on the Character Design Blog. You can check it out here if you haven't read it yet. It's a huge honor!

Til next time chaps, cheers!

Dapper