Mike Maihack

Hey, Miles!

With the new Spider-Verse film opening this weekend (woot!), I thought I might share a little Miles Morales doodle I posted here, jeez... all the way back in January. Haha. Wow. Never let it be said you don't get an advanced look at art!

Anyhoo, after glancing at that past doodle agai...

Bonus Wallpapers!

Hi, friends! Today is my birthday! So thought a fun gift would be to make some additional wallpapers for y'all.

Originally was just going to give you Kara and Babs but there were so many folks who wished Wolvie was included in the last batch that I made one for him as well. Plus these alternate ones without the word balloons for those who might have clocks in different places:

Each of th...

Sabine Wren

Hi friends! Hope everyone's been having a great week so far. And a big space cat welcome to any new folks. :)

Finally managed to get to that new Star Wars art I promised you. I know that I had a few requests for Bo Katan but I'm ashamedly only two episodes into the latest season of Mandalorian and have remarkably avoided spoilers thus far (at least major ones). Didn't want to ruin things by looking up reference for her so maybe later down the road.

Thankfully, there was also a req...

Phone Wallpapers - WAVE 8

Greetings, all!

Finally got a new wave of phone wallpapers put together for you! Decided to try making a few of them from some past watercolor sketches this time around. Let me know what you think! Plenty more watercolors where those came from.

Both iPhone and Galaxy-sized bundles are attached below as well as downloads for all past waves (including all the Batgirl/Supergirl ones). Plus lots of alternate bonus versions like the three below to make for over a 100 wallpapers now! In...

Convention stuff!

Hi all! Apologies for the lack of new art this week. Taking some time off at the beginning of this month sure was great (and needed), but coming home I slammed into a wall of high-priority stuff that's unfortunately been keeping me from doing any non-essential stuff (like fan art). The biggest thing on my plate this week has been the script for my third Spider-Man book. It is slogging along slower than I'd have hoped. Pretty imperative I get it finished by this weekend so please send me some ...

Tears of the Kingdommmmm!

Happy Zelda TOTK release day to everyone celebrating! I couldn't function properly until I drew something for it so here's the quickest of fan art. Uploaded a short 1 min time-lapse of it it HERE for y'all.

Hope everyone has an amazing weekend! Gotta feeling most of mine's going to be spent on the couch. :)

Beach Vibes

Hi, all! Back from vacation!

At least physically. Mentally I still wish I was disconnected from everything, lazily relaxing on a beach chair or drifting upon open ocean waters without a care in the world. Trying to hold on to that, which hasn't been easy. Drawing the above wind-down sketch last night helped a little though. :)

Now I'm back in the whirlwind of Too Much To Do Land (made even more Too Much To Do having been away for a week) and can feel the anxiety that comes with th...

Happy Star Wars!

Hi all! Still off cruising around the Caribbean (probably sunburned) but thought it'd be fun to advance schedule a post with a bunch of past Star Wars art to celebrate Star Wars Day! I should be packing right now though so I'll make it quick.

Above: Rey! I love her.

In fact, here's a force-balanced Rey from last year:

An older watercolor of Rey (and BB-8):

2023-05-04 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Babs

Managed to find time to draw a Batgirl portrait to go along with the Supergirl one I shared about a week ago. This time I remembered to save a few steps along the way so included those above.

Also a quick note to let y'all know I'll be heading off on vacation later today! My wife and I are liter...

Literature Squiditure

A few years ago, Scholastic published a book full of ten original short stories from various creators in their Graphix line. It was called GRAPHIX GOES TO SCHOOL and was an exclusive giveaway to only a few schools and libraries. It was never sold in stores.

Since this week marks the ninth anniversary since TARGET PRACTICE hit shelves, I thought it'd be fun to share the Cleopatra in Space story I drew for that G...

Spider-Man: Quantum Quest!

Marvel surprised me yesterday by revealing the cover for the 2nd Spider-Man team-up book I wrote/drew. It's called Quantum Quest! This is for two reasons: One, Spidey has a quest to find something in the Quantum Realm; and two, I liked the alliteration. Here's the cover sans the title:

2023-04-25 21:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Ivy

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Here's some Poison Ivy art to tangle your way into the work week. With Earth Day this past Saturday, guess I was sorta in a plant mood when I drew this yesterday afternoon.

A few process pics above, but I also uploaded a short time-lapse. The most interesting part of it is probably seeing me working out a pose and composition as well as trying to get her face just right. Aft...

Kara

Happy mid-week! Been a busy one for me--except for yesterday where I got to take my seven-year-old to LEGOLAND for a class field trip. That was fun. Besides that, more writing going on than drawing which can sometimes be a bit of a slog.

Took a break from the keyboard late this afternoon to draw the above Kara portrait. Experimented with something a little different by quickly shading my flats with some digital gouache brushes in Clip Studio and then going in with my usual textured brus...

Weekend Girl (PJs Edition)

Another (very) quick little wind down pinup sketch to end the work week. Hope it's a relaxing weekend for everyone!

UPDATE: I decided to give this girl some cozy PJ pants. Compositionally, I still like the undies, but PJs were my original plan when drawing this and realized this afternoon I should have stuck to my instincts. They just say "weekend" better.

Although, because it's now Monday, I also changed her word balloon. So happy Monday! Get back to bed. :)

Rocket & Groot Sketches

Happy Thursday, everyone!

I've been working on writing my third and final(?) Spidey team-up book this week, a fun space adventure that'll feature the Guardians of the Galaxy. Of those featured Guardians, looks like Rocket and Baby Groot are [so far] going to get the most book time.

Usually I figure out most of my character designs directly on the page, but because I had a feeling Rocket might give me a slight headache to get right (I tend to struggle with anthropomorphic forms), I...

Signed Comics

Hi all!

I was cleaning up a few things in my studio and realized I had a bunch of comics I either did covers or interiors for just sitting in a cubby. I saw no sense in me holding on to them so I put them up in my online shop. Wanted to make sure you knew about them here first before mentioning on the socials (if I mention on the socials--not entirely sure I will).

All are signed, in good shape, and priced between $5-$25 (Stargirl and WW are priced kinda high because I only have f...

A Batgirl Supergirl Easter

Hi, friends! Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start. 

I realized Easter was one of the few holidays I hadn't celebrated yet with a Batgirl Supergirl comic. I also needed to unwind yesterday after a busy couple of weeks and drawing these comics can be a great way to do that. So, well...here one is! Wanted to give you guys a first look before posting it anywhere else tomorrow.

Hope your Easter is as bright and colorful as a Kara decorated Gotham skyline! :)

Flower Hat

Semi quick little wind down sketch. More springtime vibes. 🌸

No initial rough sketch for this one btw (for those wondering why it's not included). Just noodled away at the above linework before coloring it. Sometimes that's cathartic and sometimes its a huge stressful mistake. Thankfully the former for this one.

Also thank you to everyone who already filled out my little 2023-04-05 23:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Content poll

Hi, my friends! If you don't mind (real quick) filling out this little poll for me. You can check multiple reasons and all answers are totally anonymous from other patrons.

Any further thoughts and comments are appreciated as well! Would love to know why you signed up, what's keeping you here, even if you're planning on leaving for any reason.

Over the next few weeks, I plan on making a ...

Babs also says, "Hi!"

As well as me, Mike. Hi, everyone! Hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start!

I know I don't normally post here on Saturdays (I do try my best to spend these couple of days out of the studio), but I started this lil' Batgirl to match the Supergirl I posted a few days ago, finished i...

Kara says, "Hi!"

Happy Monday, everyone! Here's a little 4-color Supergirl to get your week going. She's excited to see what you do. :)

Star Mug

G'evening, all.

Drew another little pinup piece. Still keeping the future idea of a printed art book in the back of my mind.

Originally meant the primary color for this one to be blue:

...to maybe go along with the previous red and green ones I did:

2023-03-23 23:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Tawky Tawny

Hi, all! Happy Tuesday.

Messed up a bit when I posted a week ago that I finished up all the watercolor sketches in my queue. One of the most patient patrons in the world reminded me of a certain talking tiger on my list I completely forgot about! So here's a Tawky Tawny to go along with these previous marvelously cheerful family members.

2023-03-21 15:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Batman

Happy Friday!

Since I started the week with Superman, seemed fitting to close it with Batman. Batsy is another hero I tend to struggle a bit with when it comes to drawing. I'll probably forever be influenced by the animated series when I do take some time off, like here, to do so though.

Also, for those curious how long these drawings take me, I honestly never know. I'm usually working on them between all sorts of other stuff so it can be tough to gage. However, in this c...

Super Monday

Happy start of the new week, everyone! I recently reread All-Star Superman (coincidentally, before James Gunn started plastering the book all over his socials) and have had an itch to draw the big blue boy scout ever since. Finally got around to that a bit of yesterday afternoon and this morning. Uploaded a quick time-lapse of it HERE.

Supes has always been a tough one for me to draw. My style always...

Clea Strange

Happy Friday! Here's the final character sketch that I had in my queue: Clea as the new Sorcerer Supreme from her recent Doctor Strange run. Had fun with this one (some process pics above).

I also finished coloring the 2nd Spider-Man book today! Yay! Looking forward to having absolutely nothing on my plate for an entire weekend before jumping into writing the completion of my Spidey trilogy on Monday. Looking forward to it.

Wishing y'all a great one! Summoning great vibes and weat...

Yona of the Dawn

Hi all! Here's a character sketch of Princess Yona from Yona of the Dawn which, honestly, I'm not familiar with at all. So hopefully I captured her okay for your fellow Space Cat who suggested her! Was fun nonetheless. Kinda on a cherry blossom petals kick right now I guess.

Only one more of these character sketches to go and then maybe I'll open up some more after I take a small break.

Spider-Man Animals Assemble Cover Process!

I recently finished up the cover for my 2nd Spider-Man book and it made me realize I never shared the process of creating the first cover with y'all!

For those unawares, I've been working on three Spider-Man books for young readers (although truthfully I think old readers will enjoy them too). The first book, ANIMALS ASSEMBLE, will be out on June 13th. 2023-03-03 17:57:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Phone Wallpapers - WAVE 7

Hi all!

I felt we were well past time for a new wave of phone wallpapers! In fact I had so much art to choose from that the next wave may come sooner rather than later.

Like usual, there's a few bonus wallpapers bundled up with this new batch for those who prefer not to have the word bubbles (or would rather have the word bubbles).

Both iPhone and Galaxy bundles are attach...

Lil' Ant-Man

Hi friends!

Here's a quick, little Ant-Man (literally) to start out your work week! Was finally able to get out to see Quantumania yesterday and felt like warming-up to another straight week of coloring Spidey pages by sketching this other bug related Marvel superhero this morning.

Speaking of Quantumania, I don't know if it's just Paul Rudd bias, ant bias, sci-fi/fantasy bias, or the fact that the majority of the aforementioned Spidey book takes place in the Qua...