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Livestream Drawing, High Strangeness Title Change and Latest Art Prints

Livestream Drawing, High Strangeness Title Change and Latest Art Prints

Yesterday on the livestream I started work on the cover art for Secret Powers #2. I'm not quite sure if...
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Week Round-Up of Comic Art Things

Week Round-Up of Comic Art Things

Better late than never! I’ve been slammed this week with work and haven’t had time to get this week’s posts...
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Orion and Superman

Orion and Superman

I'm releasing more limited edition original art prints soon, here's your exclusive preview before these are available for sale: This...
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Godzilla Original Comic Art Page Prints

Godzilla Original Comic Art Page Prints

This week I created several new art prints reproducing some of my Godzilla pages from Dark Horse Comics. These are...
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Friday Flashback

Friday Flashback

It's time once again for some golden oldies! I'm sharing never-before-seen art from the before times of the 90's. First...
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Avengers Assembled Pt.2

Avengers Assembled Pt.2

I finished this sketch card drawing this morning, here's the final image in high res:And some pics of the comic...
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Today’s Livestream: Avengers Assembled!

Today’s Livestream: Avengers Assembled!

This morning I started drawing the back side of an Avengers sketch card cover, featuring most, but not all of...
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Daytona Beach Comic Convention

Daytona Beach Comic Convention

I'll be there! If you're local in the area, stop by Daytona Beach Comic Convention and head over to my...
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New Patreon Rewards Are Here!

New Patreon Rewards Are Here!

I'm excited to roll out several new rewards to Patreon members:Digital Editions of Saga of a Doomed Universe #1 (Tiers...
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The Overman #1 Digital Edition

The Overman #1 Digital Edition

There is a secret that will destroy the world. It is hidden in a rotting cabin in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It...
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Hark Poster

Hark Poster

Get a gigantic 13"x19" Hark poster print on gorgeous glossy photo paper for only $19.99! Free to Patreon Tier 4...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe Poster

Saga of a Doomed Universe Poster

Get a gigantic 13"x19" Saga of a Doomed Universe poster print on gorgeous glossy photo paper for only $19.99! Free...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe #3 Digital Edition

Saga of a Doomed Universe #3 Digital Edition

A Patreon-member exclusive reward! Saga of a Doomed Universe #3 is now free to download to Tier 3 & 4...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe #2 Digital Edition

Saga of a Doomed Universe #2 Digital Edition

A Patreon-member exclusive reward! Saga of a Doomed Universe #2 is now free to download to Tier 3 & 4...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe #1 Digital Edition

Saga of a Doomed Universe #1 Digital Edition

A Patreon-member exclusive reward! Saga of a Doomed Universe #1 is now free to download to all tier members! Download...
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Secret Powers Update

Secret Powers Update

This weekend, I'm inking the final two pages of Secret Powers issue 2! It's a big milestone, because each of...
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Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah Commission

Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah Commission

This was an appropriately gigantic 13"x19" commissioned art that I completed this week. My hand needs a break after drawing...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe #3 Print Edition

Saga of a Doomed Universe #3 Print Edition

$12.99 for Free members and non-members. Free to all Tier 4 members (1 issue per month of your Tier 4...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe #2 Print Edition

Saga of a Doomed Universe #2 Print Edition

$12.99 for Free members and non-members. Free to all Tier 4 members (1 issue per month of your Tier 4...
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Saga Of A Doomed Universe #1 Print Edition

Saga Of A Doomed Universe #1 Print Edition

$12.99 for Free members and non-members. Free to all Tier 4 members. Choose any one of the six variant covers....
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Mortal Kombat Art

Mortal Kombat Art

Back in 1993-94, I worked on-staff at Malibu Comics. I saw a lot of my art repurposed now and again...
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Secret Powers Project Update

Secret Powers Project Update

I'm full-steam ahead inking issue 2 of Secret Powers and almost at the mid-way point. If you haven't yet, I...
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Malibu Comics Ultraverse Unpublished Art & More

Malibu Comics Ultraverse Unpublished Art & More

I'm sharing a few archived pieces of art this week, including:1. Unpublished art from my time at Malibu Comics (1995)...
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Creating Comics Live-Stream 8/11/25

Creating Comics Live-Stream 8/11/25

I'm sharing Monday's live-stream, where you can see me creating custom comic book sketch card covers. My goal is to...
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Godzilla Commission

Godzilla Commission

I'm working on a Godzilla commission this week, here's the rough penciled art. Also included the latest before and after...
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Post Convention Roundup

Post Convention Roundup

That's a wrap! Tampa Bay Comic-con was amazing. I spent much of my time over the 3-day convention drawing commission...
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Tampa Bay Comic-Con Update

Tampa Bay Comic-Con Update

Stop by my table D14 today at Tampa Bay Comic-Con for original comic art, signed comics, commissioned sketches and free...
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SECRET POWERS Digital Comic

SECRET POWERS Digital Comic

For patreon members only, I’m publishing an exclusive sneak peak preview of Secret Powers #1 in digital comic format! The...
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Convention Schedule

Convention Schedule

I'll be in artist alley at Tampa Bay Comic-Con 2025 Friday, August 1-3rd! I'll also be a guest at Daytona...
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Captain America & Superman

Captain America & Superman

These are sketches I drew during brief downtime at New York Comic-con 2012. Held on to them until I recently...
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Latest Comic Commission

Latest Comic Commission

This was a recently completed private comic art commission for a client who was kind enough to allow me to...
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SECRET POWERS

I've been posting works-in-progress on the sequel to Saga of a Doomed Universe for the past year or more, but...
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Completed Uhura Commission plus WIPs

This week I finished a Star Trek Lt.Uhura private commission from eBay and am in the process of finishing up...
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Captain America Portfolio Samples 1994-1995

Direct from my archive, here's three of my early efforts which I sent to Marvel back in the early 90's...
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The Overman: The Collected Edition

The Overman: The Collected Edition is at long last back in print! https://www.indyplanet.com/the-overman-collected-edition This beautifully packaged trade paperback includes never-before-seen...
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Project Update: Saga of a Doomed Universe II

I hit a big milestone this weekend in completing the pencils on issue 2! I decided to waste no time...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe II WIP & Nightcrawler

Saga of a Doomed Universe II WIP & Nightcrawler

Only two more pages to go on issue 2! And then it's on to inking. Other items this week:I'm sharing...
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Work-in-Progress High Strangeness Redux

Work-in-Progress High Strangeness Redux

Could I have made more changes to this page? Sure, but all along I've held firm to the rule of...
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Latest Completed Commission

Latest Completed Commission

This was a fun one. I'm sharing the high res, printable color image of my latest commissioned comic art, along...
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Avengers Assembled! Digital & Analog

Avengers Assembled! Digital & Analog

This Avengers piece is one of the first fully digital illustrations I created on my first Wacom Cintiq tablet in...
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High Strangeness, Spider-Man, Moon Knight and Daredevil

High Strangeness, Spider-Man, Moon Knight and Daredevil

Here’s the digital re-ink of the latest page from High Strangeness Redux. I took a couple weeks or more off...
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Old D&D and Star Trek Art and New Commissions

Old D&D and Star Trek Art and New Commissions

Here's the latest original art sales from my archive, an old Dungeons & Dragons illustration from 1996 and a Star...
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Live-Stream Drawing

Live-Stream Drawing

Or to be more specific, coloring. I'm finishing up a set of portrait illustrations for a client this week and...
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Latest Commissioned Art

Latest Commissioned Art

I was a guest this past Saturday at Six Strings and Super Heroes celebrating Free Comic Book Day, and cranked...
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The Beyonder, Red Hood and Invincible walk into a bar….

The Beyonder, Red Hood and Invincible walk into a bar….

Sharing work-in-progress on my latest Etsy commission. It’s a strange combo, but I don’t ask questions about such things. Scott
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Swamp Thing vs. Star Trek

Swamp Thing vs. Star Trek

Not exactly. But I did at one point ink a Swamp Thing page on the other side of a Star...
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High Strangeness Update

High Strangeness Update

I decided to hand letter the spooky alien word balloons, since I can't find the original font I had used...
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Recent Art Sales

Recent Art Sales

I let go of these three pieces this week, they are now in the hands of fans and collectors, or...
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WIP Saga of a Doomed Universe II & Futurians

WIP Saga of a Doomed Universe II & Futurians

Getting closer to the end of issue 2 this week! Here's freshly penciled pages 48 and 49 of Saga of...
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Everyone’s favorite barbarian

Everyone’s favorite barbarian

I've drawn some Conan over the years and here's the proof of that! This collection includes a 2003 illustration of...
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High Strangeness Redux

High Strangeness Redux

In the before times of the late 1990's, when there were no vast range of online photo references, artists had...
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Greater Mercury Comics Archive

Greater Mercury Comics Archive

I'm adding my inventory of scripts and rare marketing sheets from my time at Greater Mercury Comics, the first publisher...
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Malibu Comics Archive: Hard Case Original Art

Malibu Comics Archive: Hard Case Original Art

I've held on to a lot of old art from my Malibu Comics days, mostly in the form of photocopies...
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High Strangeness & Saga of a Doomed Universe II

High Strangeness & Saga of a Doomed Universe II

High Strangeness: I'm not quite at the halfway point yet on the High Strangeness Redux, and I'm maintaining a 1 to...
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Alien Abductions, She-Punisher & U.S. Agent

Alien Abductions, She-Punisher & U.S. Agent

I sold these pages from my archives this week, via my ebay store (which, by the way, has new listings daily)....
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Dave Cockrum’s Futurians Homage

Dave Cockrum’s Futurians Homage

This little gem is fresh from my drawing board and up for sale at my new gallery at ComicArtFans.com I'll be...
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ComicArtFans.com Gallery & Advertising Art

ComicArtFans.com Gallery & Advertising Art

I officially launched my gallery over at www.comicartfans.com! You can find several showcase pieces there, plus links to a few...
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Work-in-Progress & Upcoming Comic-Con Appearance

Work-in-Progress & Upcoming Comic-Con Appearance

High Strangeness & SOADU II: I'm sharing a before and after shot of the latest re-inked page of High Strangeness, along...
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Superman, Star Trek & other old things

Superman, Star Trek & other old things

I sold these old pages in the past week, they include an unfinished Star Trek page from 2006 (Enterprise sketch...
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Week Round-Up

Week Round-Up

I'm sharing high res scans of recently sold original art from my archive, including pages from a Star Trek Animated...
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Malibu Comics Prototype

Malibu Comics Prototype

I was one of the inker's on Malibu Comics Prototype series back in the early 1990's and I'm just now...
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1995 Called

1995 Called

Here’s two recently sold items from my art archives, a Hulk and Captain America drawing from the bad old days...
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Quick Sketches & Star Trek

Quick Sketches & Star Trek

Sharing a couple of recent quick thank you sketches. I include these with every eBay order, whether it's for an original...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe II

Saga of a Doomed Universe II

Another two pages penciled this week. I'm intentionally steering my style away from early 80's era and firmly into Frank...
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Art Book Update

Art Book Update

The Art of Scott Reed ebook has undergone a major update this week, as I'm adding additional pieces plus a...
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The Art of Scott Reed ebook Update

The Art of Scott Reed ebook Update

I've added several additional pages to the ever-expanding art book! Now includes character art and pages from one of my...
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Creating Comics Livestream 01/23/25

Creating Comics Livestream 01/23/25

If you missed the livestream last Thursday, here's the recording. Most of it is my work-in-progress coloring a Human Torch...
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Quick Sketches and High Strangeness

Quick Sketches and High Strangeness

Posting a few of the quick thank you sketches I include with all eBay orders, plus the latest 2 re-inked...
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First Commission of 2025 plus other New Art

First Commission of 2025 plus other New Art

I just finished my first illustration of the new year, a Human Torch commission. Had a lot of fun with...
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Art from the Archive

Art from the Archive

As I'm selling off much of my old original art, I'm scanning the pieces as they sell, so I have...
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Comic Book Lettering & Packaging Template

Comic Book Lettering & Packaging Template

Comic Book Lettering and Packaging Template Everything you need to easily and quickly prep your comic for publication is here!I've...
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Latest Thank You Sketches

I have new items listed daily at my eBay store, so I hope you'll clickety click your way over there...
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Scott Reed Art Book Volume I: 1988-1992

At long last, I've completed Volume I of my Art Book! This digital edition clocks in at 70 pages and...
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Friday Art Drop

It's been a pretty productive week, here's the rest of the low-down:Convention sketch:I was a guest at DeLand Comic Con...
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Digital Tools

Comic Art Board Templates:Each are $3.99 at my Etsy shop, but they are free here for Tier 4 members. I...
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Latest Things

Happy Friday! Now then, let's get right to it!High Strangeness:A before and after view of the latest re-inked page.Quick Sketches:These...
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Final Completed Art of 2024

Final Completed Art of 2024

Here we are in a new year, but I'm posting my final illustrations of 2024. I'm also including my sketch...
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Spinner Rack Wallpaper Mockup

Spinner Rack Wallpaper Mockup

I've started creating new digital products for purchase over at my Etsy site, but for Patreon members, these will be...
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Unpublished Malibu Comics page 1993. Also, Happy Holidays!

Unpublished Malibu Comics page 1993. Also, Happy Holidays!

When I was working on-staff at Malibu Comics as an inker, I was also trying to sharpen my penciling skills...
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Wonder Woman inked

Wonder Woman inked

Wonder Woman Commission:I finished inking this private commission and planning to color it later this week. I'm sharing some of...
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Dave Rawlins R.I.P

Dave Rawlins R.I.P

The older I get, the more I lose old friends. It's the hard reality of this life we're all in,...
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Unpublished Works

This little 8-page comic, 'Starburst', was probably one of my first full-fledged efforts to write and draw a comic in...
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Wonder Woman commission plus other things

Wonder Woman commission plus other things

I started on a new privately commissioned illustration this week, the first one I've done in a long while. I...
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Wolverine Through The Years

Wolverine Through The Years

I've always been a huge fan of Wolverine and have periodically sketched or drawn the character over the years, either...
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Malibu Comics Art Archive Update

Malibu Comics Art Archive Update

In 1994, I was admittedly a much better inker than I was a penciler. But I was trying, and exploring...
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I had planned to prepare and schedule this post yesterday, so I would have a full day off and away...
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Commissions Now Open at Etsy Shop!

Commissions Now Open at Etsy Shop!

I've officially launched my Etsy shop! Lot's of options to choose from for comic art commissions in this holiday season....
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Holiday Discount!

Here's your chance to join for 50% off on any of the three membership tiers! I'm working very hard to...
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Etsy Shop

It's a work in progress, but I've launched my comic art commissions Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeyondForwardComics. I hope you'll give it...
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From the Archive: Malibu Comics!

My 'big break' in comics happened in 1993 when Malibu Comics hired me to join their art dept in Southern...
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WIPS Plus Batman vs. Punisher

High Strangeness:This is one of those pages where I could have devoted extra time to reworking the figures, but decided...
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FREE POST: Works-in-Progress

Once in a while I unlock a post, just so everyone who hasn't yet become a patreon supporter can get...
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MALIBU COMICS ART ARCHIVE

Malibu Comics Archive: This latest addition to the Malibu Comics archive includes:1. A page from Star Trek:DS9. Pencils by Rob Davis and...
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Coloring

Coloring

I had to get a shingles vaccine today, which has given me some temporary flu symptoms that should only last...
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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Dark Commandos:In keeping with the theme of the holiday, I'm sharing an old comic strip commission 'Dark Commandos', which probably...
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Creating Comics Livestream! 10/25/24

Creating Comics Livestream! 10/25/24

If you missed today's livestream, here's the Patreon-exclusive recording. Today I was drawing page 24 of SOADU II, issue 2...
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New page completed!

New page completed!

Today was productive. I finished the layouts and pencils for page 24 of SOADU II, issue 2 and sharing the...
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Latest and Older works

Latest and Older works

Saga of a Doomed UniverseHere's a look under the hood of Saga of a Doomed Universe II, issue 2, page...
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High Strangeness and… Elvira?

High Strangeness and… Elvira?

With Hurricane Milton literally on top of me right now, I won't be posting new art or doing any Creating...
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This week’s works-in-progress

This week’s works-in-progress

I'm chugging along on both of these projects this week, here's the current process shot of a page from SOADU...
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SOADU II Issue 2, Pages 18-19 Pencils

SOADU II Issue 2, Pages 18-19 Pencils

This was a fun double-pager to pencil. I've left out quite a bit of detail on this one because I'll...
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Process Shots & Hurricanes

Process Shots & Hurricanes

I've uploaded a before and after shot of the latest re-inked page of High Strangeness, plus a WIP of the...
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Works-in-Progress (with the help of AI)

Works-in-Progress (with the help of AI)

Here's a peek under the hood of this week's comics – a rough draft of a double-page spread from SOADU...
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New Pages

New Pages

Here's the latest penciled pages from Saga of a Doomed Universe II, issue 2. These two pages are intended as...
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Art of Scott Reed

I've added a few additional pages to this ebook, focusing on some of my art college portfolio pieces from 1990....
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Project Updates

Project Updates

Another two pages inked this week on Saga of a Doomed Universe II, issue 2. Also sharing a couple of...
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Creating Comics Livestream 9/5/24

Creating Comics Livestream 9/5/24

In case you missed it, here's this week's livestream, where I'm penciling the next page of my upcoming comic book...
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Malibu Comics Art

Malibu Comics Art

This is a new category devoted to high res scans from my archive of art from Malibu Comics. I was...
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Milestone

Milestone

I just finished re-inking the last two pages of High Strangeness chapter 1 this week. It's a small but important...
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Latest High Strangeness pages

Latest High Strangeness pages

This week I had to put comic-related projects on the back-burner for the most part, and focus my energy on...
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Creating Comics Livestream!

I finished page 12 and started page 13 of SOADU II, issue 2 in today's livestream! If you missed, here's...
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New Pages & Preview double-pager from SOADU II Issue 1!

New Pages & Preview double-pager from SOADU II Issue 1!

I managed to get almost 3 pages penciled this past week and am sharing the WIP of these. And just...
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High Strangeness page 19

High Strangeness page 19

I thought this page would be a quick job but when I finished inking it, I realized it needed punched...
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Ren & Stimpy

Ren & Stimpy

My old friend and colleague Patrick Owsley, artist at Hanna Barbera, Dreamworks, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Disney and so many...
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Creating Comics Livestream 8/2/24

Creating Comics Livestream 8/2/24

I had a very productive livestream today penciling a new page from my upcoming comic mini-series. If you missed that,...
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High Strangeness & SOADU WIPS

High Strangeness & SOADU WIPS

I had a productive week and have 2 newly re-inked pages of High Strangeness to share, plus the penciled art...
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Creating Comics Livestream 7/26/24

Creating Comics Livestream 7/26/24

In case you missed today's livestream over at my twitch channel, you can watch it here in this Patreon-exclusive YouTube...
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Art of Scott Reed ebook Update

I've added 8 additional pages of sketches to this ebook, all from my archives dating back to 1989-91. These are...
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Inked double-page spread in high res! Plus WIP art.

I finished inking the first two pages of SOADU II this week and here's a high res of that double-page...
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Creating Comics Thursday Livestream

In case you missed it, here's the livestream recording from this week, where I ink the first two pages of...
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Creating Comics Livestream

Here's today's recorded livestream, where I delve into penciling the first two pages of Saga of a Doomed Universe II!...
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The Overman

I'll have some exciting news soon about this book, which I alluded to in previous posts. In the meantime, I've...
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High Strangeness page 13

I'm experimenting with adding subtle and simple gray shading to this comic, which I think adds an ominous tone to...
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Inking and Coloring Gene Colan’s Dracula

Here's my inks and colors over the great Gene Colan! After finding what seemed like a fairly obscure drawing by...
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Works-in-Progress

This week I’m sharing several WIPs from current projects Saga of a Doomed Universe II and High Strangeness Redux.High Strangeness:In...
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Livestream Friday the 21st at 10:30am (EST)

Stop by the studio and hang out with me as I work on my next graphic novel! I wasn't able...
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Lettering!

I spent most of today lettering the next chapter of Saga of a Doomed Universe II and am sharing a...
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From the archive: Defenders, Iron Man and Sunfire

In 2006 I was working hard to develop a retro 1970's/80's comic art style for a project that eventually evolved...
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Creating Comics Livestream Thursday June 13 at 10:30am (EST)

This week's livestream will be from my twitch channel. You can either watch the livestream here on Patreon or click...
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Prelim Roughs for Saga of a Doomed Universe II

In case you missed the livestream yesterday, here's the prelim roughs I completed during that session. The livestream recording is...
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From the archive: Machine Man & Saga of a Doomed Universe sketches

Here's a couple of never-before-seen sketches from 2006, Machine Man and his cast of characters from the 1970's comic and...
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High Strangeness Page 10

Digitally restoring this graphic novel is like stepping into a Time Machine to 1998. As I'm faithfully following my own...
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Winding Down Sketches

I often wind down for the evening with a bit of sketching, here's a couple from this week, drawn on...
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Creating Comics Livestream June 6 at 10:30am (EST)

I'm planning to complete the preliminary layouts for the sequel to Saga of A Doomed Universe tomorrow morning. This is...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe II Preliminary Layouts

This is how it all starts, with very loose, very sketchy preliminary layouts that help me determine the composition of...
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High Strangeness

Here's the latest re-inked pages of High Strangeness, in all their high-res glory. For page 14, I've included the original...
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From the archive: Avengers poster illustration & Modok sketch

Here's a gigantic 22" x 30" Avengers pencil illustration from 2019. I had intended to ink this and auction it,...
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Kirby’s Conan Completed!

It's finally here, my finished inks and colors of Jack Kirby's penciled Conan drawing. In addition to the high res,...
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Creating Comics Livestream Thursday, May 30 at 10:30am (EST)

I finished the Kirby Conan inks and colors this week, so I'll be sharing that in the livestream plus working...
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New Art Listings on eBay: Batman, Wolverine & More!

Over the past few weeks, I've opened my archives and started the process of selling off a lot of my...
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The Two Kings! Jack Kirby & Conan

I finished inking this gigantic 13" x 19" Conan illustration by Jack 'King' Kirby this morning. I plan to color...
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From the archive: Sketchbook 2006

Posting a few sketches of various character studies from 2006. More to come!
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Work-in-Progress: Jack Kirby’s Conan and High Strangeness

Here's two partially inked pages I'm working on this week. The Conan piece is a gigantic 13"x19", traditionally inked at...
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Creating Comics: Livestream Thursday May 23 at 10:30am (EST)

I'll be traditionally inking an illustration by Jack Kirby, so get ready for some Kirby Krackle...with a sword! This is...
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The Overman: The Collected Edition FIRST LOOK

Just a quick flip-through of my printers proof which just arrived in the mail today. Excited to share this because...
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Layouts for Saga of a Doomed Universe II

If you missed this mornings livestream where I sketched out these pages, you're in luck because I'm sharing them here....
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New Poster Art & Character Designs

I've added never-before-seen concept designs for a few of the character from Saga of a Doomed Universe, plus poster art...
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Livestream Thursday at 10:30am (EST)

I'll be drawing pages of my next comic, a sequel to Saga of a Doomed Universe! See you there!
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Digital Inking Demo: Jack Kirby’s Conan

Enjoy this patreon-exclusive inking demo, where I ink Jack 'King' Kirby's drawing of Conan the Barbarian! Inked in Clip Studio...
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High Strangeness WIP & Six Strings and Super-Heroes

DIGITAL RESTORATION: I'm up to page 7 digitally restoring High Strangeness, here's a process shot. I'm calling this a 'restoration project'...
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Live Stream Thursday May 9 at 11:30am

I'm working on the preliminary layouts for issue 2 of my next comic! Get in on the ground floor of...
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High Strangeness Page 4 Re-Inked

Here's the high res jpg of page 4, digitally re-inked with the iPad Pro and Clip Studio app.
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High Strangeness Revisited

High Strangeness was my first graphic novel self-published in 1999 under my Webs Best Comics label. Like all of my...
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Patreon-exclusive live stream! Creating Comics Work-in-Progress

Set your reminder for Thursday May 2 at 10:30 AM for my first Patreon-exclusive live-stream! I'll be sharing my creative...
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Patreon Relaunch!

It's been a minute since I've been here. Actually, it's been about 2 years! A lot of amazing things have...
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Hark #2 Page 19-20

Here's a big double page spread for you this week. As for issue 3, things are a little nebulous right...
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Hark #2 Page 15-18

Halloween is just around the corner, and I've been streaming old horror movies this week in the studio while chugging...
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Hark #2 Page 13 & 14

I should have started working on Hark #3 by now, but you know, LIFE. Regardless, my hope was to be...
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Hark #2 Page 12 Plus Sneak Peak at other projects!

Hark #2 Page 12 Plus Sneak Peak at other projects!

Here's the latest page of Hark! I'm also sharing a couple of projects that are in development. Like Hark, I'm...
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Hark #2 Page 11

I'm planning to get started on issue 3 later this month. I have two smaller projects I want to focus...
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Hark Book III

This morning I finished a bit of fine-tuning on Hark Book III script as well as creating a production schedule...
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Hark #2, Pages 6-10

So, I'm making up for some lost time, since I didn't get new pages posted here for the past few...
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Hark #2 Page 5

This was a fun page to draw. I got a little carried away with the details, though. On another note,...
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Hark #2 Page 4 Plus New Patreon-Exclusive Art!

Here's page 4, I'll be posting page 5 later this week since I missed getting one uploaded last week. I've...
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Hark #2 Page 3

I'll be a guest at this summer's C2E2 convention in Chicago and looking forward to promoting Hark as well as...
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Hark #2 Page 2

I know I posted the first 4 pages here last year, but now that I'm posting a new page every...
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Hark #2 Patreon-Exclusive Digital Comic

For Tier 2 & 3 patrons, here's your exclusive pdf edition of Hark issue 2! Thanks again for your support...
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Hark #2 has arrived!

Finally, right?  https://beyondforwardcomics.com/hark  Digital and print editions are at the clickety click on that page, but as a reward for...
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Twitch Live-Stream

Even though I've been silent here on Patreon for a while, I thought it would be good to post a...
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Patreon Pause

I'm working hard to get several weeks worth of pages completed, so I can resume a weekly posting schedule here....
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Book II Page 5

Finally getting the latest page posted here. I've been super busy the past few weeks with various graphic design gigs,...
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Book II Page 4

I'm still trying to get back to a weekly posting schedule, but as you can see the detail in some...
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HARK Book II Page 3

This page took a lot longer to complete than usual, mainly because my day job as a freelance Graphic Designer...
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Book II, Page 2

Page 2 ended up as an unintentional blend of literal and non-literal imagery. I introduced what might look like a...
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Book II Page 1

Our world has changed radically since I posted the last page of Book I. There are more changes ahead. I...
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Hark #2 Cover

I hope you're doing well, staying safe and healthy during the Covid pandemic. Like many of us, I'm doing what...
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Hark #1 Print Edition is here!

Thanks for being patient and sticking around while I'm working on Hark #2. Part of my time away from Patreon...
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Happy New Year!

It's New Years Eve and I'm still in the midst of coloring the last few pages of Hark #2. Hopefully...
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24″ x 18″ Limited Edition Poster Print

Here's your signed, limited edition 24" x 18" poster print! Thanks again for being a part of this endeavor!SRDownload Poster
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Hark #1 Patreon-Exclusive Digital Comic

I'm releasing the complete first issue today exclusively via Patreon. This edition includes a few art corrections and enhancements, along...
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Fine-Tuning

I don't see any reason to show specific 'before-and-after' views of the various art corrections and improvements I'm currently working...
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Page 28-29

This wraps up the first issue of HARK! Without a major publisher onboard, making comics can be more than a...
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Page 27

We're almost at the finish line of issue #1! At the moment, I'm finishing the inks on the last 2...
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Page 26

Three pages left until the end of issue #1! Two of those will be a gigantic double-page spread, which I'm...
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Page 25

When I first began planning HARK, I created some ground rules for myself. First, I wanted to make sure that...
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Page 24

We finally get to see a little more detail on the mysterious Reactor on this page, although I'm saving the...
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Page 22-23

Another gigantic double-pager this week. Also, because I can make my own rules here, there's going to be an additional...
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New Poster Art & Desktop Wallpaper

Rewards for Tier 2 & 3 members! I've made a print-ready 16" x 20" poster available for download, plus some...
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Page 20-21

Go big or go home, as they say. Here's the cataclysmic double-pager you've patiently waited 2 weeks for, plus a...
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Livestream Q&A!

Hey, this is finally happening! Tier 3 members, the livestream includes a tour of my studio, and all your questions...
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Livefeed Q & A Tonight at 7:30pm EST

I'm hosting my first live feed Q&A this evening at 7:30pm EST, you can join in at the link below....
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Livefeed Q&A & Work-In-Progress

Reminder for Tier 3 members, I've scheduled my first live feed Q&A this evening at 7:30pm EST. Also, since last...
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Tier 3 Exclusive Art

One of the perks of being a Tier 3 member? Getting a fresh from the drawing tablet sketch, once per...
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Page 18-19

Tier 3 members: Next Wednesday at 7:30pm, I'll be running my first livestream Q&A from my studio. Watch for a...
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Page 17

My first draft script of this page included some heavy exposition, and I went through several rewrites to boil it...
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Page 16

I'm a mere 3 pages away from completing the first issue of HARK. That milestone is not to be confused...
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Page 15

The next piece of technology to break down this week? My trusty Wacom Cintiq tablet, which had been an indestructible...
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Page 14

This week's page has been uploaded courtesy my newly installed and 100% functional graphics card, which I successfully installed to...
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Back from vacation

I use a 2010 model Mac Pro and 2009 Cintiq drawing tablet for all of my digital graphics work. Bought...
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Page 12-13

Although HARK is being published online for now, my goal is to get the book into print at some point....
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Page 11

I originally had written dialogue/exposition for this page, but when the art was finished and it came time to letter...
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Page 10

I'm working from a completed script, but I always end up straying from it a bit during the art stages....
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Page 9

HARK includes weird, alien-looking technology that serves purposes we can't ever comprehend. It's my comfort zone. I figured if I'm...
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Penciling and Inking Video

Here's a short video showing my process, from initial sketch to finished art. The subject of this video is a...
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Page 8

Seems like just yesterday I launched this Patreon thing, and here we are 8 weeks later, at page 8. Behind...
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Work-In-Progress

Work-In-Progress

Here’s the usual suspects: the two main projects I’m working on, Saga of a Doomed Universe II and High Strangeness...
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Page 6-7

Since this week's page is a gigantic double-page spread, the next new page will be in 2 weeks instead of...
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Page 5

I've gotten to the age where I'm not only comfortable in my own skin, but with the writing and drawing...
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Video WIP Inking

Here's a short video that I shot on Wednesday, me rambling excitedly about my return to the traditional tools of...
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Page 4

This is the page that basically serves as my initial style guide for HARK's world. Although I had created a...
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Page 3

A little back-story about this comic. I wrote HARK as a manuscript about 2 years ago, so getting from a...
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Video Work-In-Progress

Here's a video glimpse into the work-in-progress on page 11, plus a thumbnail view of the finished page. I may...
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HARK page 2

I'm making the transition from posting these over at my website to the Patreon site, so I'm starting from the...
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Desktop Wallpaper Art

Download high res wallpaper art:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jyf0p9xq1a9q0yu/HARK_wallpaper_1024x768.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/w1e6fam99uqy8wy/HARK_wallpaper_1280x1024.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/hl2obspp9xrcfs0/HARK_wallpaper_1920x1080.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ty3ms0u8el2r2prcvpwaa/HARK_wallpaper2_1920x1080.jpg?rlkey=lu9nfnob7abcvhzs89fvn4hca&st=6yx47ova&dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bvqo4p9xzustviugujv97/HARK_wallpaper3_1920x1080.jpg?rlkey=gyxnq0fmjh9tejyoy5qgrb0jc&st=mzs5mizn&dl=0
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Work-In-Progress video

Here's a short time-lapse video of an upcoming double-page spread. Finished the rough layouts this morning on the Cintiq, printed...
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First post, first page, a morning of firsts.

Here we go! I'm posting the first page from HARK, with more to follow shortly. Bringing this comic book to...
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Special Guest at Silverline Sunday Livestream

Special Guest at Silverline Sunday Livestream

This was fun. I was invited to join Silverline Comics 'Silverline Sunday' livestream, where I dusted off my memories about...
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Jack Kirby’s Conan Re-Inked & Colored!

Jack Kirby’s Conan Re-Inked & Colored!

PERSONAL WORKS MAY 2024 I'm always on the lookout for obscure Jack Kirby drawings and found this one online. Actually,...
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Patreon Page Re-launch

Patreon Page Re-launch

MAY 2024 It's good to be back on Patreon and I hope you'll stick around for what's in store. As...
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FREEDOM FORCE VS. X-MEN

FREEDOM FORCE VS. X-MEN

PERSONAL WORKS APRIL 2024 – In some alternate universe, I hope there's an older version of me that worked at Marvel...
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CONAN: A REBELLION OF GHOSTS

CONAN: A REBELLION OF GHOSTS

PERSONAL WORKS MARCH 2024 – Back in 2021 I wrote a spec script for Marvel, when they had the Conan license...
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Project Update: Saga of a Doomed Universe sequel! Plus, commissions are open!

Project Update: Saga of a Doomed Universe sequel! Plus, commissions are open!

I just finished the first issue of my next comic mini-series, a sequel/prequel to Saga of a Doomed Universe. It's...
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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Here's my 2nd painting of 2023, because all of my energy was directed at comics this year. You can download...
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JACK KIRBY’S THOR

JACK KIRBY’S THOR

PERSONAL WORKS NOVEMBER 2023 – The last time I inked and colored a Jack Kirby illustration was probably back in 2008,...
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INCREDIBLE HULK

INCREDIBLE HULK

PERSONAL WORKS OCTOBER 2023 – I have an ever-growing list of personal art projects that I'm slowly chipping away at, but...
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GUEST APPEARANCE AT YANCY STREET COMICS!

GUEST APPEARANCE AT YANCY STREET COMICS!

Thanks to the fine folks at Yancy Street Comics for inviting me as guest for their Free Comic Book Day...
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ANTMAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA WORLD PREMIERE!

ANTMAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA WORLD PREMIERE!

Tina and I were guests at the world premiere of Antman & The Wasp: Quantumania yesterday and it was pretty...
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MICRONAUTS!

MICRONAUTS!

PERSONAL WORKS  – As usual, these sort of projects tend to take a lot longer than usual, because of other...
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Saga Of A Doomed Universe #3!

Saga Of A Doomed Universe #3!

The third and final issue of Saga of a Doomed Universe is currently available for pre-order from PreviewsWorld! When I...
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C2E2 2022!

C2E2 2022!

Next week, I'll be at C2E2, artist alley table X-2, with new things on that table: HARK issues 1 &...
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Saga of a Doomed Universe comes to CEX Publishing!

Saga of a Doomed Universe comes to CEX Publishing!

I'm thrilled to see my mini-series Saga of a Doomed Universe find a new home at CEX Publishing, starting in...
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Clearwater Comic-Con

Clearwater Comic-Con

What I love most about small, 1-day comic-cons is the community aspect to it, and the fact that it's usually...
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Press Release: The new issue of HARK on sale now!

Press Release: The new issue of HARK on sale now!

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**  Hudson, Florida 02/12/2022 – The second chapter in Scott Reed’s science fiction epic Hark is now on sale!...
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Two Geeks Talking – Podcast Interview

Two Geeks Talking – Podcast Interview

Kurt Sasso of Two Geeks Talking interviewed me in his recent podcast, where we talk about my current comic, HARK,...
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Emerald City Comics FCBD Event

Emerald City Comics FCBD Event

I had a great time yesterday as a guest at Emerald City Comics Free Comic Book Day event. This was...
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CONAN: A REBELLION OF GHOSTS PT.1

CONAN: A REBELLION OF GHOSTS PT.1

PERSONAL WORKS MAY 24, 2021 – Conan: A Rebellion of Ghosts is a Marvel spec script I wrote last year,...
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MACHINE MAN VS. IRON MAN 2020

MACHINE MAN VS. IRON MAN 2020

PERSONAL WORKS APRIL 2021 – This one has been languishing on my drafting board for the past several weeks, and I...
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TWITCH CHANNEL LAUNCH!

TWITCH CHANNEL LAUNCH!

NEWS MARCH 2021 – As of this writing, I'm penciling page 24 of HARK #2, so I'm getting a bit...
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DARK PHOENIX

DARK PHOENIX

PERSONAL WORKS JANUARY 2021 – Here's my first illustration of 2021. I'm a big fan of the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run...
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SWAMP THING

SWAMP THING

PERSONAL WORKS OCTOBER 2020 – My favorite issues of Swamp Thing were the Alan Moore & Steve Bissette/John Totleben run during...
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HARK BOOK II EXCERPT

HARK BOOK II EXCERPT

WORKS-IN-PROGRESS SEPTEMBER 2020 – Here's a little glimpse into the upcoming second issue of HARK, an unlettered double-page spread that...
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CAPTAIN AMERICA ON THE EDGE

CAPTAIN AMERICA ON THE EDGE

PERSONAL WORKS AUGUST 2020 – I'm outraged, angry and saddened at how many Americans have reacted to the pandemic and...
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HARK #1

HARK #1

Press Release 01/20/2020 **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Hudson, Florida 01/22/20 – Scott Reed’s Beyond Forward Comics presents HARK, the first issue of...
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