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Preview art from Marvel's latest DEADPOOL

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:19:38 PST

Due to the spectacular fan response to his work in DEADPOOL 900, KB returns to illustrate another adventure of Marvel's indestructible psychotic assassin in the new issue of DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #7 The CBR website has posted some preview pages from the new book, so check it out!

While we're on the subject, here's a panel from a work-in-progress, the upcoming PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORP. Watch this blog for more DEADPOOL info in the future!

BEHOLD! A BELOVED HOLIDAY MIRACLE! Digitally Restored!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:18:28 PST

The heartwarming family tradition continues with our annual presentation of Kyle Baker’s beloved holiday classic, “I DIE AT MIDNIGHT.” Gather the kids around the monitor, and read them an old time Holiday love story. FOR FREE! You lucky puppies!
The beginning of 2010 is now officially AWESOME! By the way, if you’re hung over and at work right now, you TOTALLY need this break. Read this bad boy on the boss’ dime! Hell yeah! That’s our New Year’s Revolution, baby! FOR THE PEOPLE!

Holy Crap! The NEW YORK TIMES gets KB!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:37:01 PST

"Kyle Baker’s graphic novel SPECIAL FORCES (Image, paper, $16.99) reads at first like a nearly straightforward military fantasy, drawn with a peculiar hybrid of hyperrealistic precision and nutty exaggeration. Eventually, though, Baker bares his fangs: the book is the harshest, most serrated satire of the Iraq war yet published. These forces are “special” as in “Mama says I’m special” — the unstoppable American soldier Zone is severely autistic, which is why he’s so good at following orders. And the story’s plot, it gradually becomes clear, proceeds from the premise that every lie the Bush administration told about the war was true. So terrorists declare, “We hate your freedom”; felons forced into military service become brave tactical geniuses who wouldn’t dream of hurting children; and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction are not only real but concealed in an oil refinery, where Americans would never think to look because of course the war wasn’t about oil."DOUGLAS WOLK, THE NEW YORK TIMES

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:13 PDT

This week we're rendering a new DEADPOOL adventure for Marvel, and the script necessitated the creation of a Deadpool Zombie Head. The image seems appropriate to the date, so here it is. BOO!

DEXTER

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:58:34 PST

NAT TURNER WINS HARVEY AWARD!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:22:06 PDT

Thanks to everyone who voted to elect Kyle Baker's NAT TURNER the BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM - PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED in this year's Harvey Awards! Thanks also to the great folks at ABRAMS BOOKS for turning this "previously published" material into a beautifully re-designed edition whose thickness we would compare to a phone book if anyone still remembered what a phone book was. Thanks also to all the schools and churches who have been using NAT TURNER as an educational tool in their classrooms. That's what it was intended for all along.

A complete list of this year's Harvey Award nominees can be found here.

Feel free to obtain your own copy of Nat Turner today!

Dinosaur Island!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:36:39 PDT

This blog hasn't been updated in a while, because we're super-busy working on a bunch of stuff for a bunch of clients. Fortunately, you can get your weekly Baker fix in DC Comics' smash hit series, WEDNESDAY COMICS. The page above is from a couple of weeks ago. This week, Hawkman battles the T-Rex armed with only a mace and sword! Run out and snag your copy of Kyle Baker's most popular work in years!

Meet President Obama, Colin Powell, and Kyle Baker on Monday!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:35:15 PDT

The NAACP will hold it's landmark,Centennial Convention, this July 11-16,
in New York City.

Speakers slated to appear include:

President Barak Obama
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
New York Governor David Patterson
New York Representative Charles Rangel
Ret. General Colin Powell
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Rev. Al Sharpton
Republican National Committee Chairman
Michael Steele

Also on hand will be our own Kyle Baker, who will participate in a distinguished
Forum of Black Authors.

Kyle also has a new graphic novel in the pipeline, for publisher Harper Collins,
covering the life of Barak Obama, and his rise to the Presidency of the United States.

For more information, visit http://www.naacp.org/events/convention/

Kyle Baker will be at the Author Pavilion Monday, July 13^th, 4-6pm.

The location is:

The New York Hilton

Hall of the Americas II
1335 Avenue of the Americas (btwn. 53^rd & 54^th street)

New York, NY

Bad boys, Nasty Girl

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:34:44 PDT

Like many cartoonists, I have more ideas than time to execute them. When deciding what my next project will be, I often go to my files and choose a great unpublished idea from years ago. Today I was working out my production schedule for the next three animated cartoons of 2009. I decided it was time to shoot a cartoon I wrote a story for in 2002.

These drawings were in that file from 2002, and I'd completely forgotten I did them! They're idea sketches, and I've changed the story a lot since 2002, so these characters probably won't be in the cartoon. It seemed a shame to let these drawings go to waste (I like them!), so I'm posting them on the blog for your amusement.

He's The Best At What He Do.

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:18:30 PDT

Still Marveling this week. Almost done with the story. Such things they tell me to make!

Some Marvel Deadpool Pages

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:29:18 PDT

Click the images to enlarge.
While I'm waiting for Bob Morales to deliver the Captain America script he's writing for me, Marvel editor Axel Alonso assigned me a Deadpool story to illustrate. Charlie Huston wrote the script, and it's one of the weirdest cool stories I've had the pleasure of working on. A special Marvel No-Prize will be awarded any True Believer who can identify the big green Monster. The pirate hat was in the script. As a matter of fact, everything in the illustrations was in the script, including the bidet.

That Tigra design I spent so much time on a few days back ended up being only an inch tall in the finished art, and also naked (it was in the script!). Maybe I'll do a Tigra story in the future so I can use the design. I like the way she turned out. There's also a naked She-hulk and Shanna on the same page, although if Shanna's naked, I'm not sure how anyone will know she's Shanna. But it was in the script.

It's fun to be doing so much Marvel work lately. They were really impressed by the Hawkman job I did for DC recently, and Axel asked if I could do some work for them in the same style. I used a similar photo-realist approach on my recent Obama bio for Harper-Collins, which has been well-received by the folks over there, so I think I'll stick with this style for a while as long as the job offers keep pouring in.

Judging from the fan mail I've been getting, readers like the new style, too! Thanks!

More Marvel Character designs

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:40:30 PDT

Here's some more character sketches for a Marvel job I'm working on.
It's a different job from the Captain America art I posted a couple days ago.
I'm doing a lot of Marvel work right now.

Character Sketch

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:45 PDT

For an upcoming Marvel gig.

SPECIAL FORCES PAPERBACK IN STORES NOW!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:01:06 PDT

The Comic Book That Ended The Iraq War! Finally in a convenient 200-page paperback from IMAGE COMICS! This is your first opportunity to read the entire story in one sitting without having to wait months between chapters. Digitally remastered to showcase some of Baker's most detailed labor-intensive artwork in years! The individual issues have long been sold out, and now's your chance to find out why! Don't miss it!

You can read the opening chapters online for free! Then, run out to your local comic shop and grab your own copy!

HOOAH!

BAM!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:39:32 PDT

Art from my upcoming Harper/Collins graphic novel, "BAM! The 44th President". I just turned it in this week to my editor. I had a great time doing the book. The president's life story is truly inspirational, and through my research I came to understand that it's his positive attitude that makes him successful. Most people who grow up surrounded by poverty with no father let the experience make them cynical and pessimistic. This crazy guy saw no good reason to believe his past was anything but past. I realize now that if a guy like him could make it through Harvard and become president, I can attain any goal I focus on with faith.

I read both of his books, and even though this guy encountered many things folks would view as obstacles, he doesn't write a single complaint. By contrast, I read a long interview I gave for a recent book called Modern Masters, and I must have used the word "problem" on every page at least twice! I mean, I'm living my dream job, the title of the book I'm interviewed in is called "Modern Masters," a real compliment to be sure, and all I do is complain for a hundred pages! Wow! The illustrations in Modern Masters are great, by the way. The editors picked some fantastic illustrations from the last 25 years.

But I digress. This Obama story inspired me to clean up my attitude. From now on, I'm staying positive! I have no complaints!

Here's another illustration from the book. Enjoy!

SPECIAL FORCES 4 PREVIEW AT NEWSARAMA

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:28:07 PDT

NEWSARAMA has an exclusive preview of SPECIAL FORCES 4 from Image Comics. IN STORES TOMORROW! Be astounded!

SPECIAL FORCES 4 IN STORES THIS WEEK!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:19:27 PDT

That's right! The long-awaited conclusion to the first story arc is finally here! Enjoy some preview art below!
CLICK HERE FOR FULL SCREEN PLAYER

Also, if you're new to the series, please enjoy these FREE digital editions of the super-rare and out-of-print First Two Issues of SPECIAL FORCES, published by Image Comics.
CLICK HERE TO READ SPECIAL FORCES #1
Read SPECIAL FORCES ISSUE TWO!

Coming Soon

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:45:38 PST

KB, Interior Decorator.

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:54:46 PST

I was too busy to update the blog lately, so here's a background test for the Obama bio I'm doing for Harper.

Hip-Hop Yalta

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:44:09 PST

George Clinton - Martial Law

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:01:10 PST

My pal Overton Loyd sent me this video today. If you've ever wanted to see me assaulted by a swat team, enjoy 1:01. I'm not sure who's a finer actor, me or Flea as camcorder guy.

Read SPECIAL FORCES #2 For Free!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:02:53 PST

The Kyle Baker New Deal economic relief program continues with
SPECIAL FORCES ISSUE TWO! Read it now, Absolutely Free!

Another quality gift from Kyle Baker, the Cartoonist Who Cares.

By the way, your friends would think you were so cool if you sent them the link.

INT. THE WHITE HOUSE - INAUGURATION DAY

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:50:46 PST

The small murmuring crowd of Secret Service agents and Joe Biden parts to make way for Barack Obama. He knocks on a closed door.

Knock Knock.

"Dick? It's the President. Unlock the door."

Silence.

"Come on, I know you're in there, Dick. Unlock the door so we can talk."

A muffled voice is heard through the locked door. "You have to call me Mr. Vice-President. It's the law."

"It's not, Dick. I looked it up. Just open the door."

"I'm not leaving."

"It's time."

"I have a gun."

"I've seen how you shoot, Dick. I'm not scared. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."

KABOOM

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:33:35 PST

Another Double-page spread from SPECIAL FORCES 4.

Let's Go Waterboarding!

kylebaker@kylebaker.com (Kyle Baker) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:08:49 PST

From SPECIAL FORCES 4. Feel the comedy!