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New York Comic Con 2011

Todd Nauck — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:52:08 +0000

I’ll be at NYCC next week, Oct 13-16. Find me along with pals, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, in Artist Alley at table M-20.

I’ll be doing commission sketches and selling original art, prints, and sketchbook Vol. 1.
I don’t usually take a commission list, so get to the table early and beat the line!

And I’m signing at the Marvel Comics booth on Sunday from 12-1pm.

See y’all there!
Todd

1960′s X-Men: Jean Grey

Todd Nauck — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:45:55 +0000

I drew this Jean Grey piece for fun during some downtime last week.
The original X-Men class uniforms are a great design!

Drawn with Copic warm gray markers and Pigma Micron markers.

Todd Nauck draws Dazzler

Todd Nauck — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:40:49 +0000

With my new comic, Iron Age #3 coming out today starring Dazzler, I thought it’d be fun to whip this up.

Enjoy!

Apocalypse from X-Factor… or “Ol’ Blue Lips is Back…”

Todd Nauck — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:53:26 +0000

I was a kid when Apocalypse first appeared in the pages of X-Factor.
He was such a simple bad guy back then: morphing, stretching, some experimenting, and world domination planning…
Ah, the good ol’ days….

Drawn with Copic, Pigma Micron, and Tria markers.

Todd Nauck at Phoenix Comic Con May 26-29, 2011

Todd Nauck — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:48:45 +0000

I’ll be appearing at Phoenix Comic Con this weekend, May 26-29, 2011, at TABLE #446.

I’ll have original art/commissions, sketchbooks, and prints for sale. I’ll also be drawing my convention commission head shots and signing comics.

Be sure to come to the Saturday Sketch-Off May 28th at 10:30am in ROOM #126A where I will be drawing your requests along with Mark Texeria, Joe Jusko, Steve Scott, Travis Hanson, and more. Some of the art will be give-aways at the Sketch-Off to some lucky attendees and the rest of the art will go to the Saturday night auction at 7:30 in ROOM #125 to raise money for charity.

Sketch Card: Psylocke

Todd Nauck — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:10:02 +0000

Okay. I’m just gonna say it. I prefer British Psylocke over Ninja Psylocke. There. I did it.

Psylocke was a part of my favorite X-Men era, the Australian Outback X-Men. I liked her new armored costume during that time. Just recently learned Art Adams designed that costume.

Now, I’m not against Ninja Psylocke. She’s great in Uncanny X-Force. I just like Betsy Braddock more before she went through the Siege Perilous and came out the other side as a ninja.

And when they brought in Revanche and had this whole “who’s really who” conundrum… Well. I’m still confused. Maybe I was over-thinking it and someone can break it down for me in a few simple sentences. Anyone?

Sketch Card: Cannonball

Todd Nauck — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:56:41 +0000

Back when I was in high school, my favorite comic books series was New Mutants. I had a mail subscription to the series because we didn’t have a comic shop in my small East Texas town at the time.

Cannonball was a character I could relate to: tall, gangly, goofy looking, unsure of himself, and Southern. I really liked that when he “blasted” into the air he could only fly straight. Turning was his weakness. It was fun to watch this character mature, learn how to control his mutant abilities (i.e. turn!), and grow into a leader. Glad to have him back leading his fellow New Mutants again.

Sketch Card: Iceman

Todd Nauck — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:22:20 +0000

Iceman has to be one of my favorite X-Men. As a kid, I first discovered Iceman on the cartoon, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Once I got into collecting comics, Iceman was a regular in the Defenders comics. But the local grocery store, where I bought my comics off of a spinner rack in the cereal aisle, rarely ordered Defenders comics. So I pretty much missed out on those stories as the series ended shortly after I began collecting comics.

But I remember the day I found X-Factor #3. There he was on the cover along with Cyclops and Angel. I didn’t know who Marvel Girl was at that time since she had already died before I started to read comics and had just recently come back to life. X-Factor was originally a series that reunited the first five X-Men as a team once again. They posed as humans for hire to hunt and eradicate the mutant menace but were actually rescuing mutants and training them to control and use their powers.

I often would buy whichever comic issue interested me at the time, but X-Factor immediately became one of the few books I began reading regularly (along with Uncanny X-Men and Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham). I became a huge fan of the book when Walt Simonson took over as regular artist. His dynamic storytelling and figure work along with his unique design style easily made him one of my earliest influences.

Sketch Card: Longshot

Todd Nauck — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:32:57 +0000

I remember, back in high school, getting the first 3 issues of the Longshot mini-series from a friend. I read those over and over again blown away by the Art Adams art. But growing up in a small East Texas town, I couldn’t easily or affordably get the last 3 issues to finish the story. So I kind of just forgot about it. I was very glad Marvel put him in the X-Men Annuals, then into the Uncanny X-Men series to get a monthly dose of a cool character.

Recently, friend and fellow comic artist, Jonboy Meyers, gave me the Longshot hardcover. I love seeing all the thumbnail, prelim, penciled pages and character designs by Art Adams, one of my earliest and biggest influences. Now I know the whole story. Thanks, Jonboy!

ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown, Lance Briggs, X-Men

Todd Nauck — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:53:10 +0000

Just recently Marvel contacted me to draw Chicago Bears’ linebacker, Lance Briggs, as a composite X-Man. Lance is a huge comic fan and ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown did an interview with Briggs about his passion for comics on Dec 13, 2010. My art, as well as me drawing it, is featured in the video on the ESPN website.

This is the original black and white line art. See the color art, by John Rauch, on my DeviantArt page or Facebook Fan page.