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About Me

I draw comic books for a living. I've always wanted to do this and have had the good fortune to have worked on books like Batman, the Justice League, and the Legion Of Superheroes for DC Comics; a Star Wars series for Dark Horse(Splinter Of The Mind's Eye); and most recenty I co-created and drew a couple of great series for Wildstorm Productions, Tom Strong(with Alan Moore) and Ocean(with Warren Ellis).Plankton Studios is the workspace I use and share with my wife Xan wherever we happen to be living, which is currently a great apartment in Columbus, OH. It's where I do all of my drawing(except when I'm on the road sketching furiously away at comic conventions) and where I spend most of my time. It's full of items and objects that can be used as inspiration or reference for work--or just for play: books, comics, computers, reference material, movie props, photos and various kinds of art and art supplies.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Alan Moore is the only person I can think of right now...I worked from his scripts for years but never met him. Lou Reed, maybe...? I think either would be a little intimidating! I've actually been lucky enough to meet quite a few of the people I admire or find fascinating: R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock, Elvis Costello from pop music; Michael Golden, Walter Simonson, Al Williamson, and countless others from comics.

My Blog

Art Sales Site Update

I just finished a massive overhaul of my art sales site, SprouseNet Art Emporium. I added a huge image gallery that features every single piece of art I currently have for sale. Check it out!--C
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:52:00 GMT

Happy Holidays!

Hope everyone has a good holiday season!..Above is one of the two Tom Strong holiday cards I drew and mailed to family and friends back in the day. I plan to do a new one every year, but I never seem ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:41:00 GMT

Original Art Sales Update

Just added a couple of pieces to my art sales page: an alternate unfinished pencil version of the cover of Number of the Beast 2 which I accidentally removed a while back(technically not a new piece, ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Original Comic Art For Sale!

I just created a second blog site where I'll be selling original comic book art from throughout my career. Check it out HERE. You'll find everything from Tom Strong pages to Number of the Beast l...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:19:00 GMT

Recent Stuff

Hey, everybody--head on over to SprouseNet where you can read about some new projects, including a Superman project that didn't happen. I've posted art, including the only piece of Superman art that I...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:48:00 GMT

Long Time No Blog...

It's been forever since I wrote anything for or posted anything new on this site--if anyone cared, then I offer my apologies. Number of the Beast, the series I drew for DC Comics/Wildstorm this past y...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:03:00 GMT

Rant

Has anyone reading this ever found out a movie he/she really wanted to see or a much anticipated album will be released later than originally announced? Ever gone to a store to buy a new DVD on its re...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:43:00 GMT

New Project News

I can finally talk about/show art from the new comic I've been drawing since the middle of last year, an eight-issue series called Number of the Beast, set to debut in April. Newsarama.com ran a short...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:23:00 GMT

Mid-Ohio Con Update

We posted a blog on this year's Mid-Ohio Con over on Sprousenet, including lots of photos!Other than the con, not much else to report...still plugging away on the comic I can't talk about yet...soon!-...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:32:00 GMT

Digital Sketching

Click HERE to see some drawings I've done recently on my new tablet PC. It'll never replace real pencil and paper for me, but it's made sketching for the heck of it fun and interesting again!--C
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:58:00 GMT