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CGR Infinity the Book! Exclusive look.

Yo, dear Patrons! I don’t think I posted this before, actually I can’t remember. A lot of stuff from the past few years blends together, but did you know that CGR Infinity was intended to be a series of videos and a simultaneous print book?

I’m going through a massive hard drive cleanup and archive and forgot that I drew roughly 9 pages of CGR Infinity based on the show, or maybe it was the other way around. As you may remember, the short-lived CGR Infinity ran for a few months in...

Newest art with Commentary. Enjoy the pierogies!

Hello everyone, I hope you are staying safe and doing well. I’ll drop a few colorful drawings on you and attempt to brighten your day with my newest collection of work.

For the past few months, I’ve been primarily doing cover design and commercial art rather than my traditional black and white sci-fi stuff. Though somewhat out of my element, I’ve experimented with bolder colors and more kid-friendly designs, as well as a lot of 19th-century inspired pieces for covers and interior ...

Omega Ronin V2 First Look

Hello friends! 

At long last, I bring you the first look at Omega Ronin, the science fiction novel. 

Join me on a writing and artistic journey over the next several weeks and months as I create a massive, epic space adventure that takes place thousands of years in the future. This is my writing process. Idea in brain, fingers to keyboard.

Do you like murderous robots? Yes. Do you like space explosions? Yes. Do you like murderous robots who create space explosions? ...

Some End of Days Humor. Also Coming Soon...

The end of days may be upon us, and everything sucks, and everyone is horrible, and people are idiots, but that doesn't mean we can't laugh about it!

Here's the final batch of [early access] Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions cartoons from Volume 3, which just released this week. Those looking for signed copies from the website will have to wait a few more weeks for our stock to come in, but it's a gut-busting good time.

NEXT WEEK!

Be part of the evolution of OMEGA RONIN...

More EARLY ACCESS Old Timey Filth!

Hey Patrons, how goes it!? Hopefully good. Remember to watch The Road Warrior and Mad Max a few times, and you'll be all prepared for our terrible future.

In the meantime, enjoy some more early access Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions!

Someone once said "Mark, there's a lot of things wrong with you."

I disagreed, but they were probably right judging by the awful content contained within this b...

Early Access - New OLD TIMEYS and more!

Hola patrons! Mark is here, Mark is still alive (or living in a virtual fantasy...aka hellish dystopian nightmare)

I hope you are all well. I present three new, never before seen Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions cartoons.  I showed the upcoming book to a few close friends who said "None of this will play well in the modern era. It's all offensive" which is the point, I guess!

I am a man out of time. I belong in the 1970s. I hate 2020. I hate social media. I hate influen...

Download a COMPLIMENTARY Book! Old Timey Volume 1

Dear Patrons, download the complete 200+ page Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions Volume 1 right now! Enjoy with some absinthe and a talking horse. FYI, this version has some compression so that it fits within Patreon's file size limit, the real book does not. Also, it is NOT child appropriate. For anyone, really... it's not appropriate at all.

Celebrate the upcoming release of Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions Volume 3 by reading and laughing a...

NEW Old Timey Pictures for 2020! Enjoy :)

It's just what our awful dystopian future needs, more Old Timey Pictures with Silly Caption! Enjoy a look at three unpublished ones that will soon appear in the print edition of Volume 3. Many, many more on the way.

Sex, murder, drugs, and sea monsters. Maybe I'm the only one who finds these funny but whatever, we need more drinking and absinthe jokes with old fashioned people!

Mark

A Big Look at Robot Kitten Factory 2

Hello from Space! (just kidding, I'm on Earth but I WISH I was in space.)

Here's several pages of art in progress for Robot Kitten Factory issue 2, which will hopefully be complete this month. This is a very fun project because I can really experiment with wild artwork using Procreate in a classic manga style.

What we're looking at here is four pages of art. The first one is the monster getting sucked into a black hole. That's the first pass of inks, which is good but awaiting det...

Early Access - Silver Hawks #2 review!

Enjoy an early access review of Silver Hawks issue 2 from 80s Comics!

https://vimeo.com/424987588/ab94bfa3f5 

Heads up that I am probably going to take a week off of 80s Comics daily production/posting. It has been going very well. I'm enjoying the production and the end results are (in my opinion) informative and entertaining.

It's a hobby project, but unfortunately given recent events, I ca...

Mark Goes Feral - Also 80s Comics Pro!

Stuck in quarantine for a millennia, Mark goes INSANE-er than he already is. Actually, he stays more or less the same. 

How about a sweet new EXTENDED CUT 80s Comics PRO review of Shogun Warriors #7? Crack a beer and relax, this one is good. 

https://vimeo.com/420838923/e541fa6a21 

Mark

Mark Art Update 5-19-2020

Here's a look at two of my projects in development, Robot Kitten Factory #2 and Magnum Skywolf #2, both going through various completion stages. Check out the sketch/storyboard vs. finished artwork when done!

https://vimeo.com/420420774/4a6cda3959 

Enjoy and take care! I'll have more updates on these jobs soon. 

Mark

New 80s Comics PRO - Transformers Headmasters #3

New 80s Comics PRO review of Transformers Headmasters #3, enjoy! This series is silly good fun and features some cool Transformers that I didn't know about! Also, Frank Springer's art is great.

https://vimeo.com/417801238/17e19145b9 

Enjoy the extended cut PRO review.

Peace out, stay safe.

Mark

80s Comics PRO - Shogun Warriors #6

Patreon and 80s Comics Pro Exclusive - 80s Comics PRO review of Shogun Warriors #6!!

https://vimeo.com/417388965/a0b8e67a30 

This series is great and I hope I convince a few of you to check it out, or at least enjoy the videos :)

Not much new to report otherwise. Buried in work, living in my dungeon, all safe and well. Been tinkering with what may be the final Omega Ronin art style but haven'...

NEW PRO review! Exclusive - Shogun Warriors #4!

YOOOO PRO! Patrons,

How about a new extended cut 80s Comics Pro review with MORE professionalism-lack-thereof! 

https://vimeo.com/414073782/62e49c1f94 

Enjoy a look at what the 80s Comics Pro series is shaping up to be. Taking a while to get these rolling, but as this series progresses certain comic reviews will get these longer cuts with exclusive content for Patreon and 80s Comics Pro ...

Patreon Early Access - 80s Comics PRO Conan #58 review

Enjoy another 80s Comics PRO! https://vimeo.com/409243970/2a133d3e4f 

I've got a bunch more of these in the works. It'll take a few weeks to get the website caught up with all the new content but there's so many more PROFESSIONAL 80s COMICS on the way.

Stay PRO. Stay home. Stay frosty.

Mark

80s Comics PROFESSIONAL - G.I. Joe #29

How about some early-access 80s Comics AND a special 80s Comics PRO for Patrons. I am looking into adding a members-only section to the website for these as well (since a lot of people hate Patreon.) That may take a week or so though. In the meantime, enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/409242182/1ce402a659 

Dig it.

Mark

MARK BACK on screen! 80s Comics Pro test / bunker update

https://vimeo.com/409024611/5b05c51be7 

Patrons, thank you for being here. Here's a special advance look at what may become 80s Comics Pro. Patreon and Website Subscriber exclusive bigger videos with more 70s Space Bar and the return of on-screen footage.

Also beer.

Stay safe, friends.

Mark

Early Access Darkhawk review & more!

Darkhawk! It's Darkhawk! And Alpha Flight...

https://vimeo.com/406929866/79aeacc154 

Alpha Flight #40 review - https://vimeo.com/406923717/2542ae20f8 

Hey kids, enjoy an early access 80s Comics review. Fun fact, 80s Comics reminds me a lot of the early days of Classic Game Room. Short, simple, and fun. Back wh...

Mark's Bunker Update 2

Patreon exclusive! The year is 5983. The robot invasion is upon us. Join Mark in isolation. 

https://vimeo.com/404799250/b62b777958

Seriously though, I hope this finds you, your friends, and family safe and well. I'm doing what I can to stay away from others, which isn't too hard considering I just work all the time and don't have exciting hobbies!

Enjoy a look at my current workflow and a fe...

Update - Patreon Exclusive Bunker Video! 3/20

It's like an apocalyptic future without any talking cats or cyborg police officers. It's Mark reporting from 2020 in a bunker! 

https://vimeo.com/402381932/16cbcae41d 

Seriously though, stay as safe as you can and I hope you are all well. Here's a little update from my studio and a look at some behind the scenes work for Patrons. Thank you again,

Mark

Early-Art, Omega Ronin

Hello everyone and I hope that you are safe and sound. Stay inside and play video games or read or watch TV. What a strange time we live in...

I wanted to drop some early art for one of my upcoming creative projects titled Omega Ronin (the guy on my avatar.) I don't have anything near a release date at the moment due to the world chaos at large and a few other things, I may even decide to tackle it in a written format rather than comics.

The story line is very cool and stars an en...

Bunker Update & How Are You?

I lead this off with one of my favorite Old Timey Pictures cartoons from Volume 3. That biker gang is SUPER CUTE!

Seriously though, I hope this update finds everyone well. Strange times we live in. I am fine, pretty well secluded in my bunker (studio.) For the past few years I have been working from a basement office, "social distancing" is nothing new to me, I never cared for crowds anyway. I love waking up and hiding in a cave all day and working, it's weird! I know!

I just rele...

Magnum Skywolf page

The world is in chaos, but a helicopter from the 1980s can save the future.

So close to being done.

Everyone stay safe and be well. As it turns after, after five years of working on Magnum Skywolf on and off, this is the time that we need it most.

Mark

Early Access - Old Timey: Idiocracy

This is pretty much how I feel every single day. Also I think it's funny (the comic, not reality), and you get it early.

EARLY! Laugh it up fuzzball, it's Friday.

Mark

Final Physical Sets 20th, 2085, Supreme etc...

Yo, we are clearing out the remaining physical edition sets of CGR 20th, 2085, and Supreme from the website. They will not be restocked, so now they're limited editions!

The black USB drives are sold out. Orders will be filled on signed gold memory cards (key shaped USB drives) with the same packaging and clamshell cases. If you've been holding out for a physical set act now or be vaporized by lasers (not really, but kinda.)

Does not apply to books or any digital products, those a...

Who shot down what now? More Magnum Skywolf goodness...

I don't have a date yet because there's some exciting behind the scenes stuff going on, but I'm happy to drop some more Magnum Skywolf teasers. 

I'm wrapping up final artwork and final writing QA now. Still a lot of work ahead but it's so much fun.

Mark

Early Access - Magnum Skywolf Opening Titles

Like an 80s TV show, like Star Wars without Jar Jar, like the freakin' A-TEAM.... enjoy the opening spread for Magnum Skywolf (in development until it reaches print of course, I only spell checked it once so far... it has much QA to go.)

This entire week is Magnum Skywolf week. I haven't been able to devote a full week to a comic book in.... well, ever. But issue one is nearly complete and I finally found the break point for issue #1 and issue #2. 

Get ready to meet Mr. Skywo...

Oh the Horrible Places We'll Go

I must admit that I've been enjoying the creation of The Horrible Octopus. The character is a lot of fun to draw and I love working with a 19th century style that is finding its way into all of my artwork. The rough paper, blotted ink, and old-fashioned lines work well on the octopus and Edit-Station 1 (of course)

The comics have been running on Webtoons, (perhaps that is why you're here.) It has been well received but I want to get away from the single punchline panels...

Early access - BETSY THE MAGIC COW!

There's little that I can add here to improve or explain this in any way. Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions is currently off the rails - just as it should be.

Mark