The most important part of every comics page starts with the layouts. For me, that's where the energy and excitement of the page is created. Picking the right shot, angle and gestures is part of solving the puzzle that makes the page sing. Below you'll find a few pages from Brigade in their roughest form. From this point on, the trick is in successfully transmitting that energy found in the layouts throughout the entire production … [Read more...]

  So my Brigade kickstarter was successfully funded in July 2013 and after several stops and starts on the production line, the book is in its final stages of completion. I'm going to share several stages of the production process, pencils, inks and colors. Pictured above is the pencils prior to going to inks. Above is the inks by Adelso Corona and myself. Adelso traditionally handles figures and some backgrounds and I always ink … [Read more...]

So, its been a week since San Diego's Comic-Con International and as anyone who works or attends the show, I'm still in recovery mode. I had a blast this year, same as the last and the one before that and the one before that one and. well....you get the picture. What can I say, I LOVE COMIC-CON. Highlight's of the show for me start with attending Hall H with my teenage son, continue on through many lunches and dinners I shared with friends and … [Read more...]

  The Uncanny X-Men continued to surge forward, building momentum with every new issue by the creative team of Chris Claremont and John Byrne. The intrigue and danger was further enhanced as an old nemesis, Mesmero, was elevated to a formidable threat in an issue that found Beast returning from the pages of the  Avengers to track his former teammates who had gone missing. Beast finds the team as featured players in a travelling carnival … [Read more...]

I come here only to praise what I sincerely believe as the greatest run in comics over the last 40 years. My love of the Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont and John Byrne is never ending. It inspires me to this day, the story, the characters, the ideas and most of all the unbelievable art of Byrne and Terry Austin. First let's address the idea that everything is "Of A Time". Books, music, films, television and comics are "Of A Time". For … [Read more...]

As most of you are probably aware, I'm running a Kickstarter campaign in order to provide FREE copies of my new BRIGADE series launching this fall  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649924296/brigade-returns It has been an enlightening and thrilling experience so far. I am so humbled by the overwhelming support from so many generous benefactors. I have done a number of interviews covering the campaign as well as the new BRIGADE series. I've … [Read more...]

I am writing and drawing a new BRIGADE series and I want to give you FREE copies! A radically re-imagined and re-designed Brigade series is coming your way and I want to launch it with this FREE comic initiative and get as many free copies into as many hands as possible. Follow this link to see the new characters and rewards involved with the BRIGADE kickstarter! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649924296/brigade-returns … [Read more...]

EXTREME TALENT CONTEST! LIEFELD DRAWS YOUR STORY! I want to help out young writers and give them a chance at having a short story published in an issue of Youngblood and Bloodstrike. Here's how you participate. Step 1 - Write a short story featuring one of my EXTREME CHARACTERS. the story MUST BE EXTREME CHARACTERS ONLY.  You are submitting a brief few paragraph's pitching your idea for a short 5-6 page story. Step 2 - HIT THE BUTTON. … [Read more...]

Here's a sequence from the upcoming BLOODSTRIKE....rough pencils. More soon.... … [Read more...]