Richard Moore

Abbey Apologizes

I'm currently putting together portfolios to try to get some work in the sci-fi/fantasy/gaming fields. Some will be older pieces that fit the genres, but there will be new work as well. I'll post some here, including some process images. And speaking of work process, I wanted to address the subject of videos.

 Patreon creators who do videos tend to do much better than those who don't, and I'm still trying to get to a point where I can just focus on the kind of comic art you all wan...

Abbey Looking Sharp in Tux with Tails

Did anyone here ever see the "Women of Boneyard  " folio I did, way back? It was a collection of nude and semi-nude pinups of Abbey, Nessie, and yes, Hildy. I only made twenty or so folios, so I doubt many have seen them. This low-rez scan is all I could find of this piece. I did what little cleaning-up I could. I'd love to see whatever dance routine went with this costume. Any interest in me doing more folios like this in the future?

What'cha Think?

I have a decision to make, and I was all prepared to lay out the situation for you all to get your input, but then I realized--we, here, are so simpatico, so on the same page, that we don't need all that. You just get it. So here's the question: Nipples or no nipples?

A Hockey-Masked Killer I Wouldn't Run From

Another in my series of small pinups. I'm actually doing several versions of each piece--sketch (refined), black-and-white, colored black-and-white, and painted--to see which I most enjoy doing and which produces the best final product. If there's enough interest I might eventually collect them in a book. And if it's of any interest, not all pieces make the cut. So far in this series about one in three has been good enough to pursue and share here. The rest remain in my sketchbook in their pr...

Paris Doesn't Like Spiders

Here's a good example of the limitations of the medium. This page plays okay, but not great. To make maximum use of space, I've used different clothing, settings, and  "thought balloon"-shaped panel borders to communicate that Paris is flashing back to instances when his fear of spiders was obvious (and should have been remembered by Abbey). Not ideal, but workable. However, coming out of the flashbacks, there ideally should be at least one panel of just Paris, staring incredulously at A...

I Seem to Like Werewolves

     I'm not aware of having any particular affinity for any one creature from supernatural legends, but awhile back I happened to notice that, among all the projects I was working on, four of them featured a werewolf of some sort. I've also done a number of werewolf drawings (including the one above), and several pieces in my little pinups series have been werewolves.  What the hell. I have yet to have anyone complain, though, so it can't be th...

I Don't Even Know

     I have no idea who these characters are. I don't remember if they were characters the commissioner had created, or if they're established characters he just liked.  (No offense to the commissioner; I just do too many commissions to keep track of, and I'm not familiar with many adult comic characters.) Does anyone recognize them? And did I get the likenesses anywhere close to right? They're not like my designs, so I'm assuming I had reference. 

Paris Responds to Abbey's Request (2 of 2)

     I don't like spiders, I'll admit it. And the bigger the spider, the greater the ick- factor. But there's a weird bell curve when it comes to spider size and scariness: Tiny spiders, harmless; not scary. Big enough to harm a human, scary.  Even bigger, scarier still. But when you get up to Bob's size, or, say, the tarantula in Tarantula, you enter an abstract, impossible-to-believe level that I can't engage with. In a short story, Stephen King once w...

Here's a Weird One

     Sometimes customers come up with ideas that would simply never have occurred to me. Can you figure out what this commission depicts? Note the hair, the broom, the hat...  That's right, this is Boneyard's Hildy, suddenly transformed into a hot, essentially normally-proportioned woman. Don't get your hopes up, though.  This is pure fantasy; in Boneyard stories, Hildy will remain her normal, adorably roly-poly self.  And if you're cu...

Abbey Asks for a Favor (1 of 2)

       We'll be wrapping up the "Bob intro" pages soon, after which there will be a few more shorts, followed by some longer story arcs.  I want to keep the shorts visually consistent, but when the longer arcs start, I'll be introducing gray tones, as in "The Bigenning".  I'm just more comfortable with a range of tones, and I want to convey atmosphere better than I can with inks alone. It also helps greatly with adult content, as you can see if you...

A Refined Southern Lady

     I actually didn't have a scan of this for some reason, but the commissioner was nice enough to send me one. This is one of my favorite pieces of Meg, mostly because of her expression. I haven't the faintest idea what could have forced her into that dress, but she is clearly not happy about it.  And I'd hate to see what would happen to the first person to make fun of her for it.  You just know she's got a knife and at last one pistol under there.

A Commission of Death

      Someone commissioned this piece, then stiffed me. Can you believe it? This piece and a second one, in fact. Completely ghosted me; never heard from him again. It's weird, but that's always the way it happens. Well, I shouldn't say always--it's only happened to me twice. But why be so dickish about it? If your finances change after you commission a piece, I'll usually understand. I'll likely be disappointed, but no one understands changing finances better th...

Deja Vu in Daylight

     It's a rare daylight sighting of Deja Vu. Not a T-shirt design or anything; I just always liked this piece.  Something about it just speaks to me. Must be 'Wulf's sunglasses. Yep, that's a nice couple'a handfuls of sunglasses, there.

Finally! Actual Comics Resume!

      Did you ever think you'd see the day? Comic pages appearing on a comic Patreon page? How innovative!  All hilarious self-deprecation aside, I finally got a few pages ahead on Boneyard , at least enough of a buffer to start posting again. Going forward, I'm dropping Creep's End for now.  Producing two titles, plus the other content, just makes progress on those titles too slow and difficult to follow. I think...

A Somewhat Obscure Couple

     Okay, anyone recognize these two? Anyone besides the person who commissioned it, I mean. Give up? Yeah, I wouldn't 've gotten it either. She's a waitress at The Dark Corner (the interdimensional bar that connects several of my titles), and he's a regular there.  They've each appeared in at least one Fire & Brimstone mini-series. It's a good thing I have so many characters for readers to connect with...and that people are willing to pay ...

Abbey and Death again

     When I posted the pinup of Abbey and Death in bikinis, I believe someone (Jose?) commented that it was an unexpected pairing. I just wanted to share an earlier commission of the two, in rather different setting and dress. I suppose it says a lot about my hermitic existence that I'm almost as covetous of the locales as I am the beautiful women.  (Okay, that's an exaggeation, but you get my point. I like beaches and old cemeteries.)