The GSD #5 Christmas Special Sneek Preview!

Ho, ho, h- cough, cough.

Sorry I've been sick for a few days and definitely not loving it. Despite my ailments and the large amount of soup I've consumed over the past 72 hours, I was still able to make it to the Comic Vault on Saturday for Lance Briggs' Holiday Comic Drive. I had a blast despite not being able to speak (my Yeah buddy, No buddy signs worked wonders for communication). I met some great people, great fans and got to meet the big man himself. He wasn't that scary. I just wanna say big ups to Matt Sardo for pretty much just being really awesome. And thanks to everyone who donated their old comics, you're helping a great cause.

So as I promised (although a bit late) here is the preview of the Great Sandwich Detective #5 Christmas Special, aka Toasts Of Christmas Past. I did it a bit differently this time around and did the issue in the style of a storybook. So each page is one big painting with a caption. I know, I know. I just blew your mind. Merry Christmas.







Issue #5 will be in stores December 22nd. It's 32 pages of story, 36 pages total including guest pinups by Art Baltazar and George Rizok.

And as an added Christmas bonus, I am putting the Christmas issue up for sale a week early over at IndyPlanet.com. That's right, this Wednesday, December 15th, you can order the GSD #5 a whole week early! Oh, is that not enough? Also this Wednesday, for one week only I'll also be putting the Chicago Comic-Con 2010 exclusive variant of Issue #3 up in the store as well. Everyone calm down.

Phew.

In non-GSD-related news, I'll be on the artists panel again this Thursday for the December edition of Atomic Sketch at evilOlive in Wicker Park. I'll be joined by other great artists including my brother Danny. Be there.

And that should be my last event appearance of 2010. Man, what a year. But I'll wrap that up later. I'm currently working out my convention schedule for 2011 and I can already tell it's gonna be a great year. New places. New people. Also familiar places and people. All awesome. Good times.

Dave!

Early Christmas Present

Hot off the Photoshoppes, here's the cover for The Great Sandwich Detective #5, my first Christmas special. This one is called "The Toasts Of Christmas Past" and features a take on A Christmas Carol with our hero considering retirement after failing to catch a toy thief. Of course ghosts come and talk to him. Of course. Another treat is that this is an extra long issue, clocking in at 32 pages of story & art. And possibly the best present of all? No raised prices! Save that money for other Christmas gifts. $3.99 for a 32 page book? I know, I'm just giving it away! And you think that's it? Nope.



Super limited sketch cover variant! BAM! That's right. Buy your GSD Christmas Special and have a better artist sketch on it! Merry X-mas!

There will also be another surprise popping up on the inside as well. Who knows?

In a couple weeks I have some holiday events going on. I will be part of Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs' holiday toy drive on December 11th at The Comic Vault. Lance and a buncha great local artists will be there signing and sketching and taking your comic book donations that will go to children in need and soldiers overseas. It's an awesome cause. And Atomic Sketch has invited me back to be part of their December show on the 16th. Really looking forward to it as I had a lot of fun at the November show. Come out, have a drink and see some great art. Even my brother Danny will be there drawing his art of questionable content. Fun for everyone over 21.

I guess that's it for now. Busy, busy!

- Dave!

The Admiral

Here's a poster I did for The Rails' show at The Metro on December 19th. I'm gonna be printing some of these up on nice 100 lb. paper and the dudes will have them on sale at the show. So if you want one of these bad boys, stop by and pick one up. Some lower quality copies will probably be popping up around the city in the next couple weeks.

- Dave!

Light Bright!

This is a poster I did for a screening of Gremlins my friend is hosting in December. I continued with the style I did for the Star Wars screening we had a while back. I'm gonna print some of these up on nice paper to give away at the show. Total size with border will be 11x17.


Click to enlarge.

- Dave!

Happy Thanksgiving/ Oh, Black Friday!

Hey everybody. Just stopping by to say hello and Happy Thanksgiving. I'm infinitely thankful for all the people who bought my comics and/or came to my table at a con and gave me a chance this year. You are all incredible. I am so lucky to be making comic books at all but to hear your kind words about my work makes it all the greater. So thank you. Hopefully you all have a great and safe holiday and you eat all kinds of food!

If you need a break from the chaos of Black Friday tomorrow, stop by the Comic Vault tomorrow starting at 11 for their Post Apocalyptic Thanksgiving Sale. They're going to have RIDICULOUS deals all day like 35% off everything and $1 back issue. I know I'll be blowing quite a bit of my paycheck tomorrow. There will also be great local talent there all day like Jim Terry (Lie Down Low), Robert Rodi (Astonishing Thor) and myself! I will be there from 5-7 signing comics and doing sketches. I'll also be coming straight from a 12 hour workday, so bear with me if I'm on the verge of passing out. Anyone who brings me an energy drink, coffee or rubs my back gets a free sketch! Yeah!

So hope to see you all there tomorrow!

And finally, a little sneak peek of The Great Sandwich Detective Christmas Special, in stores December 22nd:



Dave!

National Sandwich Day!

Happy National Sandwich Day! I hope you're having a good one. To celebrate the holiday, I did a special release of some limited edition sandwich prints. I did four different paintings and made prints of each and scattered them at four different locations in the city. If you haven't gotten one already, you should head over to the following locations. They are totally free and extremely limited!

"The Classic"
Available at The Comic Vault
Olive green ink on light green watercolor
Printed on Bristol, approx. 7.5 x 10
"Corned Beef On Rye"
Available at Brainstorm Comics
Dark purple ink on light purple watercolor
Printed on Bristol, approx. 7.5 x 10
"The Hoagie"
Available at G-Mart Comics
Sky blue ink on light blue watercolor
Printed on Bristol, approx. 7.5 x 10
"Grilled Cheese"
Available at Challengers Comics & Conversation
Red ink on red-orange watercolor
Printed on Bristol, approx. 7.5 x 10

All prints are signed and numbered. Some stores are giving them out randomly and some if you buy a Great Sandwich Detective issue. If you're one of the lucky few, high five!

I unfortunately have to move back the re-release of Issue #0 again. I'm currently tied up with working on the Christmas issue of GSD as well as preparing some other pitch properties. I will be releasing it in January as a sort of annual. This also gives me some more time to get some more awesome pinups and prepare some more awesome stuff for it. Again, sorry for the delay but I want to make sure I have time to do the best work possible on the Great Sandwich Detective #5 Christmas Special.

And for anyone who has gone out and picked up a copy of The Halloween Issue, thank you. You're awesome and I hope you had an awesome Halloween.

Keep checking back for more goodness. I'm gonna try to get back on track with posting up sketches and whatnot. Yeah buddy!

Dave!