Joe Eisma - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am a video game artist. I graduated from the Guildhall at SMU in 2005, where i worked on titles such as Eclipse, Dark Territory and Red Wake. I've been doing freelance work ever since i graduated, working on titles for the Nintendo DS and PC.
i am also a comic artist, and my latest work is Serpo, a graphic novel due out in August from Devil's Due Publishing, and it's about the supposed 'true story' about what happened after the Roswell UFO crash. The story, written by my supafriend Jason 'Mr. Indie Sensation' Burns, follows a group of scientists/explorers involved in an exchange program with the alien planet, Serpo, and what they encounter in their journeys.
serpo cover by roger robinson
My first published work, A Dummy's Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea is out now! It's the sequel to the original series that came out in 2006, and it finds intrepid investigators Alan Sirois and Mr. Bloomberg in the middle of a murder investigation on a mystery cruise.
I am available for cover and pinup work, and will consider UP FRONT paying comic book projects (no back end deals, please).
My former career path was film, with aspirations for screenwriting and editing. As an undergrad, I'm most proud of the variety talk show I co-created, The Fight Club Variety Hour. One day, I will post video of this, as I wrote, filmed segments, built the sets and starred in it.
I appreciate tasteless humor and nothing offends me. Except pigs eating bacon.
i should note i will not approve comments that contain graphics/videos or music. i've got enough of that on here as it is!
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My Interests

Animation, video games, comics, films by Akira Kurosawa, indie films, the James Bond series, trip hop, electro, alternative and lounge music, 3d animation, 3d modeling, texture art

I'd like to meet:

comic and game professionals for networking; will arnett; ricky gervais; david wain; gregg araki; larry david

Music:

Sneaker Pimps, I am X, Goldfrapp, Esthero, Client, Air, Povi, Burt Bacharach, Scissor Sisters, Stone Temple Pilots, Duran Duran, The Cure, Black Sabbath, Eisley, Radiant, Pinback, The Shins, Morcheeba, Ester Drang, The Hourly Radio, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Yasunori Mitsuda, Hooverphonic, Dio, Alice in Chains, Pink Floyd, Queen, Thievery Corporation, Frou Frou, Massive Attack, Faith No More, Ben Folds, Leaves, Soundgarden, frank jordan, Oasis, the Cardigans, OK Go, Mew, Beck, Interpol, Elastic July, Pm Dawn, Biz Markie, Placebo, Portishead, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Talk Show, Slowrush, the Silver Jews, Camaro Hair, No Doubt, Orbital, Death in Vegas, Phoenix, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Veruca Salt, Kent, Mad Season, Fountains of Wayne, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Hot Hot Heat, Queens of the Stone Age, Nobuo Uematsu, Jamiroquai, Soulstice, Ladytron, Testament, Catherine Wheel, UNKLE, Deftones, Autolux, Robin Guthrie, Hall & Oates, the daysleepers, the brother kite

Movies:

Rashomon, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, High & Low, Red Beard, Yojimbo, Ran, The Empire Strikes Back, Lost in Translation, Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, House of Flying Daggers, Death to Smoochy, Garden State, Anchorman, Team America, Return of the King, the James Bond series, The Devil Rides Out, Hellraiser, Event Horizon, Cannibal the Musical, Orgazmo, Halloween, Mysterious Skin

Television:

Lost, South Park, Family Guy, the Simpsons, Heroes, Frisky Dingo, X-files, Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, American Dad, Veronica Mars, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Soup, 30 rock, the office, shin chan , arrested development, the wonder years

Books:

Choke, Lullabye, Casino Royale, Survivor, Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, The Invisibles, Channel Zero, Demo, Kitchen Confidential, anything by Brian Michael Bendis, Grant Morrison and Brian Wood

Heroes:

kristen bell's butt masseuse I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Blog

Serpo is Dunzo!

around 11 pm monday night i finished drawing the very last page to Serpo, the graphic novel i've been working on for the better part of five months. what a relief! all told, there's 73 pages of story ...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:49:00 PST

In stores this week!

In comic shops this week, you will find my first published work, A Dummy’s Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea 1 from Viper Comics. I got my copies the other day, and it was quite surreal to s...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:21:00 PST

STAPLE thoughts..

I am back and fully recovered from STAPLE 2008 this past weekend in Austin, Texas. It was such a great show. It was my first time exhibiting, and I couldn't have imagined it going better than it did. ...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:14:00 PST

Update

wow, i can't believe how long it's been since i updated this thing. anyhoo, here goes:Just a quick update today. A Dummy's Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea is now available for pre-order through Dia...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:39:00 PST

NUMB3RS

wow, it's been forever since i posted a blog here! anyhow, i wanted to share that some of my art was on the cbs show, NUMB3RS, for the episode 'Graphic,' which took place at a comic convention.&...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:30:00 PST

my drawing process for a dummy's guide to danger

i had talked about doing a blog like this once my book, a dummy's guide to danger: lost at sea (out this fall from viper comics, kids!) was announced. this is a little breakdown in how i approach a p...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Sun, 20 May 2007 08:54:00 PST

CAPE: A review

i just got back from the third annual CAPE free comic book day con/shindig in dallas, texas. i had more fun this year than any other, mostly because i knew more pros and actually had some comic pages...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Sat, 05 May 2007 12:24:00 PST

update numero dos!

i finally reveal the other big thing i've been working on. i'm currently the artist on 'a dummy's guide to danger: lost at sea', a comic book miniseries debuting this fall fro...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:45:00 PST

update numero uno

got a couple things to announce/talk about this month! i haven't mentioned it here yet, but for the past two weeks, i have been teaching 3d modeling and video game art at the local devry university, ...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:14:00 PST

settled and stormy

so yeah, i've uploaded some new pics, because i realized i don't have much in the way of visual representation of myself here. so i threw some photos from over the years on here. thankfully, there a...
Posted by Joe Eisma on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:25:00 PST