Childhood Art Gallery.

Childhood Art Piece #1

This is some of my earliest childhood art. I did it when I was 10 years old. It is a picture of my favorite character, BATMAN.

I used to memorize drawings like this in the evening and the next day at school I would casually reproduce it- totally amazing my friends! It's an easy way to get a reputation as an artist!

HB pencil on copy paper.

Childhood Art Piece #2

This is some of my earliest childhood art. I did it when I was 10 years old. It is a picture of my favorite character, BATMAN.

Some of my earliest memories of drawing are me sitting at my small attic desk, with a very small goose-neck lamp illuminating my sketch-pad.I remember paper, pencils, crayons, and pretzels. Don't ask me why! I'm still a HUGE pretzel fan to this day!

HB pencil on copy paper.

Childhood Art Piece #3

This is some of my earliest childhood art. I did it when I was 10 years old. It is a picture of my favorite character, BATMAN.

I remember telling my friend that one day I was going to be Batman. He laughed, and I got mad. So instead, I wrote a letter to the tv station that aired the Batman & Robin TV show, making my case for why I should take Burt Ward's place as Robin. I had it all figured out - even explaining how I could effectively wear/remove my glasses as need be during the action shots! For some unknown reason, I never heard back from them. Burt, you'll never know how close you came to losing that sweet gig.

Technical pen and felt-tip marker with colored pencils on sketch paper.

Childhood Art Piece #4

This is some of my earliest childhood art. I did it when I was 10 years old. It is a picture of my Mom's favorite character, SWAMP THING.

Well, I was a BIG Bernie Wrightson fan, and I made several drawings based on his awesome work, including one HUGE piece of Swampy coming up out of his swamp, the murky water streaming off him! Mom framed that one!

Incidentally, Mr. Wrightson's Frankenstein illustrations are among some of the most arresting and hauntingly beautiful pieces I've ever seen!

Colored pencil on sketch paper

Childhood Art Piece #5

I did this drawing when I was 14 years old. It is a picture of one of my favorite monsters, YMIR, from 20 Million Miles to Earth.

I was a HUGE fan of stop-motion animation at this time (thanks Mr. Harryhausen!) - and I even made a few super 8 stop-motion movies featuring my Mego super hero dolls! Maybe someday I'll turn 'em into digital movies...

HB and B pencil on Grumbacher sketch paper.

Childhood Art Piece #6

This is the cover to my first superhero comic book! I was 14 years old. This is the awesome debut of TETRAWARRIORS! Look out!

Inked and colored by me.

Felt-tip marker with colored pencils on Grumbacher sketch paper.

Childhood Art Piece #7

This is a sample of the heart-stopping action in my first superhero comic TETRAWARRIORS!!Oh the humanity!

Already a master story-teller at this tender age! Move over, Shakespeare! (Well, OK, maybe not Shakespeare. I konked out at page 6. I consider it akin to an Unfinished Symphony.)

Inked and colored and lettered by me.

Felt-tip marker with colored pencils on Grumbacher sketch paper.

Childhood Art Piece #8

I guess this still qualifies as childhood art. I did it when I was 17 years old. It is a picture of IRON MAN, a character really brought alive by the awesome art of Bob Layton.

Inked and colored by me.

Felt-tip marker with colored pencils and markers on copy paper.