The 2000 AD Weekly Droid Watch: Keeping an Eye on What Tharg’s Minions Are up to Whilst They Should Be Hard at Work! - November 7th 2009
Occasionally, Tharg permits some of his script & art droids to leave 2000 AD headquarters. In the Weekly Droid Watch, I’m going to be keeping an eye on what present and former droids have been up to each week. 2000 AD droids tend to go on to produce some of the most phenomenal U.S. comics, so I’ll also be listing what comics released each week have that extra special shot of thrill-power.
Droid Personal Blog Updates
- Art droid Leigh Gallagher has only gone and bought himself one of those AWESOME Judge Helmets from the amazingly talented guys over at Termight Replicas!! Words cannot describe how jealous I am!
- Art droid Rufus Dayglo has posted the the coloured final Art for the Trade Paper Back Collection of Tank Girl - Skidmarks. The series starts shipping in mid-November, so make sure you pre-order your copy now!!
- Art droid Chris Weston has revealed that he is going to have a story in 2000 AD 2010, the annual Christmas special! Th story is titled “Whatever Happened to the Green Pedestrian Palm?” inspired by the star of Seventies Public Information Films, The Green Cross Code Man.
Art Blog Updates
Eclectic Micks
Eclectic Micks are a collection of Irish professional comic book artists. They include Stephen Mooney (Angel; After the Fall), Stephen Thompson (Star Trek; New Frontier, Presidential Material: John McCain), PJ Holden (Fearless, 2000AD), Nick Roche (Transformers, Doctor Who), Will Sliney (Farscape), Bob Byrne (Mr. Amperduke, 2000AD) and Declan Shalvey (28 Days Later, Frankenstein). Every day there is a new sketch posted there, with each artist posting on a certain day. Apart from regular updates by art droids Holden and Byrne, this blog is packed full of gorgeous art from insanely talented individuals, including the amazing Declan Shavley, who is currently working on Boom! Studio’s 28 days Later title – so check it daily!
- Art droid PJ Holden posted a sketch of Robocop that he did on his new Cintiq:
- Art droid Bob Byrne posted another new Amperduke image! He also mentioed that the new Amerduke site is finished, so go check it out at http://clamnuts.com/comics/amperduke/
Scotch Corner
Scotch Corner is a collection of Scottish professional artists. They include Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Andy Hepworth, Jon Hodgson and Graeme Neil Reid. Every day there is a new sketch posted there, with each artist posting on a certain day. Much like Eclectic Mick’s, you should check this blog every day, to check out amazing new artwork!
- This Thursday, art Droid Gary Erskine posted a piece called Trip-Tick, from an art anthology he contributed, put together by Liam Sharp:
Webcomic Updates
Written and drawn by art/script droid Bob Byrne Spazzmoid is a weekly webcomic with very weird, very random, and very funny updates.
This week Bob posted an older strip called ‘Lowdown Download’.
Misc
- Episode #14 of the Sunnyside podcast was release on Monday. This week the guys chat a bit about Viz, a lot about creating comics digitally and then somewhat distractedly about Maus.
Other Comics Out This Week That have a special Dose of Thrill-Power
- Script droid Garth Ennis, has The Boys #36, The Boys: Herogasm #6, and The Boys Vol. 1 Limited Ed HC out from Dynamite Comics ( Herogasm also has art from the John McCrea droid!):
- Script droid Dan Abnett has Nova #31 and Nova Vol.5 TP out from Marvel Comics, and Authority #16 from Wildstorm:
- Art droid Sean Phillips has Criminal Omnibus HC from Marvel:
- Script droid Peter Milligan has Greek Street #5 and Hellblazer: Scab TP out from Vertigo:
- Art droid Sam Keith has Lobo: Highway to Hell #1 out from DC:
- Art droid Steve Dillon has Doctor Who Classics: Series 2 # reprinted by IDW:
Related posts:
- The 2000 AD Weekly Droid Watch: Keeping an Eye on What Tharg’s Minions Are up to Whilst They Should Be Hard at Work! - October 24th 2009
- The 2000 AD Weekly Droid Watch: Keeping an Eye on What Tharg’s Minions Are up to Whilst They Should Be Hard at Work! - October 31st 2009
- The 2000 AD Weekly Droid Watch: Keeping an Eye on What Tharg’s Minions Are up to Whilst They Should Be Hard at Work! - October 16th 2009
- The 2000 AD Weekly Droid Watch: Keeping an Eye on What Tharg’s Minions Are up to Whilst They Should Be Hard at Work! September 26th 2009
- The 2000 AD Weekly Droid Watch: Keeping an Eye on What Tharg’s Minions Are up to Whilst They Should Be Hard at Work! September 19th 2009
