Joëlle Jones Art Blog

DR. HORRIBLE preview at MTV.com

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Check out this early preview of the Dr. Horrible one-shot. The comic is on sale November 18.

More by clicking on the photo.

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN CHARACTERS X2

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:16:00 +0000

Both of these were done for the same collector.

Molly from Runaways...

Yorick and Ampersand from Y the Last Man...

Bigger versions through the jumps.

Dark Horse NOIR - art for sale

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:15:00 +0000

My Etsy shop has just been updated with the four illustrations from the Noir anthology that Dark Horse put out last week.

You can buy any of the pieces here.

The anthology looks fantastic, with lots of great stories in it. Here are more details from the Dark Horse page. I did drawings to go with a prose story by Ken Lizzi.

OCTOBER COMMISSION

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:43:00 +0000

MADAME XANADU #19 in January

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Comic Book Resources has the early release of DC's January 2010 solicitations before the Diamond catalogue comes out in a week or two. This includes Madame Xanadu #19, the first of my two-month stint as penciller on the title.

Amy Reed Hadley and Richard Friend are doing the covers to keep continuity for the full story arc. #19 and #20 are an interlude back in time that reflects on the larger story.

MADAME XANADU #19
Written by Matt Wagner
Art by Joëlle Jones & David Hahn
Cover by Amy Reeder Hadley & Richard Friend
After the shocking conclusion to the previous issue, a 2-part story by guest artist Joëlle Jones begins a storybook look back at Madame Xanadu’s earliest days in ancient, pastoral Britain. The Elder Folk confront the coming of mortal man, and the rivalry between two ageless sisters takes root.
On sale January 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

Saraswati

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:41:00 +0000

A commission featuring the Hindu goddess Saraswati depicted in a modern incarnation.

UPDATE: MORE FOR SALE & A LITTLE HORRIBLE

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:32:00 +0000

Hey, all.

Busy times around here. Dr. Horrible is all done, and pencils for Madame Xanadu are well under way. Hence the lack of updates. It's all about the work these days.

In the meantime, Jamie has updated the side bar with more purchasing info. First, the art and commissions price list now includes all available pages for You Have Killed Me. Even the cover. [Edit: Never mind. The cover sold!]

We have also started a gallery at Comic Art Fans where you can look at the pages and see the prices. A bunch of pieces are already up, including pages from all the graphic novels and from the Popgun stories, same prices as they are in the sidebar pdf. Click on the link to the right, or just click here to see it. This gallery will primarily be used to display interior art, while the Etsy store will be more for single illustrations, etc.

Speaking of CAF, browsing around the "Joelle Jones" tag, this Dr. Horrible piece from Comic Con popped up:

Dark Horse's NOIR anthology

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:14:00 +0000

One of four illustrations done for Ken Lizzi's story in Dark Horse's Noir anthology, due in October.

More details here.

Thanks to Diana Schutz and Brendan Wright for bringing me on board. The drawings are spot illos for a prose story. The rest of the anthology features comics by a lot of talented people, including Eduardo Barreto, Sean Phillips, Ed Brubaker, Paul Grist, David Laphan, Brian Azzarello, and more.

NEW ETSY SHOP

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:40:00 +0000

I now have a small shop on Etsy.com to sell some of my art. I am currently putting up stand-alone pieces, and I have just posted all of the remaining art from my "Seven Deadly Sins" sketchbook.

Please visit and bookmark my shop: http://www.joellejonesart.etsy.com

We're also preparing the You Have Killed Me pages for sale and should be posting prices next week. If you have one(s) you want, feel free to send requests now. We will be handling those sales directly and not through Etsy. E-mail joellejonesart[a]gmail.com.

DR. HORRIBLE - solicited for November 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:26:00 +0000

Comic Book resources has the full solicitation for Dark Horse books shipping in November, including Dr. Horrible. All three of Kristian Donaldson's covers are featured in the link (including the one below). Kristian also has the covers on his blog.

DR. HORRIBLE
Zack Whedon (W), Joelle Jones (P), Dan Jackson (C), and Kristian Donaldson (Covers)
On sale Nov 18
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
One-shot

From the Joss Whedon-helmed webmovie Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog comes the origin story of the next greatest supervillain of all time . . . DR. HORRIBLE!

In this one-shot comic, Zack Whedon and artist Joelle Jones (Token) establish how a young, impressionable, but brilliant Dr. Horrible was drawn into a world of crime. Readers are reacquainted with the charming, brawny, crime-fighting superhero extraordinaire Captain Hammer when Dr. Horrible crosses paths with his greatest enemy in an all-out showdown of immeasurable proportions. Special guest appearances include Dr. Horrible's love interest, Penny; his sidekick, Moist; and a meter man.

Fans of Joss Whedon and the smash-hit musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog will not want to miss this!

- Includes two alternate covers by artist Kristian Donaldson (DMZ, Supermarket) and a pin-up from superstar artist Gene Ha (The 49ers).

JAZZ CHANTEUSE

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:38:00 +0000

The commission was for someone who was "like" Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald.

PORTLAND SIGNING THIS THURSDAY @ FLOATING WORLD COMICS

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:07:00 +0000

Come to Floating World, starting at 6 p.m., to get a signed copy of You Have Killed Me and to enjoy the celebration for the gallery opening, "NUTS & BOLTS – The Artwork of Robopocalypse and Teenage Dinosaur." One of the Robopocalypse team is my good friend Terry Blas, whose coloring work has been seen on this blog before and who I trade drawings with all the time.

Press release.

Floating World Comics is located in Downtown Portland at 20 NW 5th Ave, across the street from Upper Playground, Ground Kontrol and Backspace. Open everyday from 11-7pm.

phone: (503)241-0227

THE QUESTION

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:12:00 +0000

The Vic Sage version.

DR. HORRIBLE

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000

These are the character sketches I did as samples for the Dr. Horrible team. In November, Dark Horse will be releasing a one-shot comic book featuring an all-new story with the characters, which I will be drawing from a script by the awesome Zack Whedon.

Meltdown Gallery Show; "Seven Deadly Sins" online sales

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles is currently showcasing twenty-five original art pages from You Have Killed Me.

You can read the full press release at their site.

They'll be selling the art and have plenty of books, but sadly, we won't be able to stop in. Too much work to be done post-San Diego, I've got to get to drawing.

**

Thanks to everyone who saw us last week at Comic Con. It was a very good show.

Now that I am home, I will be selling my "7 Deadly Sins" sketchbooks via the web for those who could not attend. The book is $3 plus $2 for postage. If interested, drop a line to joellejonesart [a] gmail.com. Please be sure to indicate if you want it signed and/or personalized.

Lance & Sadie from THE EVERLASTING

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:44:00 +0000

I didn't do many con sketches at San Diego, though I was commissioned to do this piece featuring Lance Scott and his cat Sadie from Jamie's novel The Everlasting.

SPELL CHECKERS vol. 1 from Oni Press

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Oni Press made the official announcement today...

From their advance press release:

Spell Checkers: Mean Girls with magic. Buffy the Vampire Slayer without the do-gooder whining. The Craft without the crap goth clothes. The new graphic novel from the mind of Oni Press staple Jamie S. Rich, with art by co-creator Joëlle Jones and artist Nicolas Hitori de.

Look for it in 2010!

Cover colors are by Kimball Gray Davis, cover design by Keith Wood.

SAN DIEGO SIGNING SCHEDULE: UPDATED

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:18:00 +0000

UPDATED 7/17: Check Saturday for Joëlle's new Dark Horse signing.

Here is the official San Diego Comic Con signing schedule for Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich.

We will be appearing at the Oni Press booth (unless otherwise specified) at the following times:

Thurs - 3:00 - Oni Press Panel, room 10
4:00 – 5:20 - signing at Oni booth

Fri - 4:00 – 5:20

Sat - 11:30 – 12:50
3:00 - 4:00 (at the Popgun booth)
5:30 – 7:00 Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Joelle Jones (at the Dark Horse Booth, #2615)* [this is ticketed event: See Dark Horse employee for details]

Sun - 2:30 – 3:50

We will also be around for some of the Wednesday night preview night, depending on how quickly we can get from airport to hotel and get our badges, etc.

Our Thursday signing will immediately follow Thursday's Oni Press panel, which starts at 3:00 in room 10. We'll mainly be participating in the first half of that and will make our way down to the booth directly from there.

Additionally, on Saturday, we will be appearing at the Popgun booth from 3 to 4. Popgun is setting up right by Image Central, which is a big island of all of the Image Comics crew.

Mike Allred and Co. are also going to be at the Image island, and we may be over there from time to time. There is also a "Spotlight on Mike Allred" on Friday, 10 a.m., Room 8, and the description promises special guests. Y'know, just sayin'.

We likely won't be bringing original art, instead we will travel with notebooks featuring copies of pages Joëlle has for sale that we will ship out when we get home. If, however, you have a page you're interested in, please e-mail ahead to joellejonesart [a] gmail.com and we can bring it along. Joëlle will be sketching at the show, and she will also be debuting her Seven Deadly Sins sketchbook.

* Infer from this what you will. No more will be said here.

7 Deadly Sins

noreply@blogger.com (Joelle) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:27:00 +0000

I will be selling sketchbooks of the 7 deadly sins at SDCC swing by say hi and pick one up!

FOR SALE: Fables #59, page 11

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:55:00 +0000

Hey, all.

Jamie has put the page I drew for Fables up on eBay for me. With Comic Con approaching, it's time to raise some additional funds for the trip. Below is a scan of the page from the comic, and if you click on the picture, it will take you to the auction.

Please note that Madman pages are also still available, and they are mostly priced at $100. Please e-mail if interested.

Here also is a bonus Rose Red drawing, done at Emerald City in 2007. Sorry the scan is so light.

Con Sketch Sundays: Star Wars

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:59:00 +0000

Some old con sketches recently came our way, and so I'm going to feature some of them on intermittent Sundays leading up to my next convention appearance: Comic Con International in San Diego, July 22-26.

These two pieces were done at Emerald City in Seattle in 2007.

ATOMICS character sketches

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:00 +0000

Preparation for my story with Jamie in Madman Atomic Comics #16, which goes on sale today.

Thanks to the Allreds for having us on board. You can preview Mike's story from the same issue here.

SANDMAN: ORPHEUS & EURYDICE

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:26:00 +0000

Another piece for Rob Casteel as part of his project to have artists recreate favorite Sandman scenes. This particular painting is based on Sandman Special #1 by Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, and Mark Buckingham. Bit of trivia: Alisa Kwitney, who wrote Token, was an assistant editor on the series at the time.

Follow the link, and select "all sizes" to view the larger scan.

Watercolor on the back of bristol board, app. 11" X 17".

WASTELAND pin-up

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:34:00 +0000

For the upcoming Wasteland: The Apocalyptic Hardcover Edition, Vol. 1 by Antony Johnson and Christopher Mitten.

Click through to view larger versions.

12 REASONS WHY I LOVE HER/BLANKETS - The Crossover

noreply@blogger.com (LAZYBONES JONES) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:31:00 +0000

This was commissioned as a gift for someone whose favorite comics are 12 Reason Why I Love Her and Blankets. The basic concept was Gwen and Evan from 12 Reasons reading Craig Thompson's book. The final piece ends up using props from Blankets as background, too.

To go with the drawing, we also included signed copies of both books, and Craig drew in the Blankets:

It was tempting to forge his signature in a different copy and keep this one!