Mike's gorgeous LTB cover! [Archive] - Comic Book Resources Forums

Mike Bullock

11-02-2005, 07:00 PM

Check out this gorgeous cover Mike did for Lions, Tigers and Bears v2 #1:

http://www.runemasterstudios.com/mike/LTBv2_FCb.jpg

Figaro

11-02-2005, 08:38 PM

I still say that Joey and Ares here bear a slight resemblance to Jarek and Koj from TELLOS...and that's fine with me! Gorgeous job on this, Mike, and Jack complements you very nicely.

By thy side,

Figaro

Deathstroke

11-03-2005, 04:12 AM

It looks great.

Jack's rocks as well!

Tre Styles

11-05-2005, 03:13 AM

It's awesome!!!! I've been looking for this series. Is it in trades yet? :cool:

Figaro

11-05-2005, 07:49 PM

It's awesome!!!! I've been looking for this series. Is it in trades yet? :cool:

Volume 1 is. If you can't find it at the local comic shop, perhaps the Runemaster Studios Store (http://www.runemasterstudios.com/store.php) has a few copies.

By thy side,

Figaro

Winslow

11-09-2005, 11:58 AM

Mike Wieringo

11-23-2005, 06:54 AM

Looks sweet.

Can't wait to see "the saga" continue . . .

And I'd love to see Ringo on another all-ages fantasy genre. I think Mike's style is perfect for it, and his backgrounds and renderings are way under-rated (in other words they rock).

I'll eventually get back to doing something in that genre, Winslow. Whether it's more TELLOS work or something I create 100% on my own... I love fantasy and the way it connects with a kid's growing sense of wonder and imagination. And that kind of thing helps keep ME young, at least inside. With all the dire things that reality thrusts on us in every day life, the escape of an engrossing all-ages fantasy story is just what the doctor ordered...!
:)

davidhopkins

12-14-2005, 07:20 AM

That's a great cover. (I love your Tellos stuff. I'd be excited to see more.)

Mike Wieringo

12-14-2005, 09:30 AM

Thanks, David...!

And keep up the good work on FANBOY RADIO...! :D

davidhopkins

12-15-2005, 09:03 AM

Will do! Actually, I haven't been on Fanboy Radio in awhile (been busy working on other stuff), but I really need to! Scott's the greatest guy.

Once again, love the cover. You're one of the few comic book artists I've seen who is really able to draw children and do it well.

Val

12-25-2005, 02:28 PM

Ah!
This is the worst LTB cover ever!
:D

Whether it's more TELLOS work or something I create 100% on my own...

Hey, you just remember who you need to e-mail *COUGHMEDAMMITCOUGH* when you hopefully start on your creator owned project!
That's been in the back of my mind ever since you mentioned the possibility of something like that back at Randy's cookout.

Until then, I'm going to continue diggin' on these SM:TO variant covers.
Spider-Ham! How freakin' cool is that?
These are not the worst Spidey covers ever!
:p

Robert Kirkman

12-28-2005, 07:04 AM

Ah!
This is the worst LTB cover ever!
:D

Fuck you Val Staples. Who the fuck do you think you are?

Jerk.

-Robert

Val

12-29-2005, 04:37 AM

Fuck you Val Staples. Who the fuck do you think you are?

Jerk.

Hey, F you buddy, and the zombies you rode in on!
Worst zombie comic ever!

Mike Wieringo

12-29-2005, 07:18 AM

This is hilarious.... the only two people posting on my forum are two COMICS PROFESSIONALS.

Thanks for being here, guys.... how 'bout dragging some other folks over here...? ;)

Sketchpad

12-29-2005, 06:00 PM

This is hilarious.... the only two people posting on my forum are two COMICS PROFESSIONALS.

Thanks for being here, guys.... how 'bout dragging some other folks over here...? ;)

Oh ... we're here Mike ... we're just waiting for the fists to fly between Robert and Val ...
<munches on some popcorn>

You want some popcorn?
<offers popcorn to Mike>

Val

12-30-2005, 04:27 AM

The only thing flyin' around here are the chilli bombs Robert is attacking me with in the studio.
It's like the guy thinks that just because it's his house, he can stink as much as he wants... sheesh.
They should send this guy into enemy territory to clear a site.

-----

I agree, Mike. More people need to post here!
I think I just saw a tumble weed in here!
...of course, that could have been Robert's belly button lint.
...or maybe it's because they know if they come here, they'll find the worst art ever!
:p

Mike Wieringo

12-30-2005, 04:44 AM

Just do what Clarisse Starling did in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Val, and put Vick's Vapor Rub (or whatever that stuff is she put under her nose) and you won't smell Kirkman's air buscuits any more.

I've been to dinner with Robert enough times to see what kind of things he eats. I can imagine his emissions must be quite toxic... :p

Mike Bullock

12-30-2005, 03:00 PM

Like always, Val shows up and everything goes to pot.

Mike Wieringo

12-31-2005, 07:13 AM

Yeah.... Val is always the WORST. FORUM. PARTICIPANT. EVER.

EVER. :p

Val

01-05-2006, 09:46 AM

I aim to reach new heights of craptacularness!

Mike Wieringo

01-05-2006, 12:11 PM

Yeah.... a more pressing subject is.... where are those forum folks I asked you to bring over...?

You suck. ;)

Mike Bullock

01-06-2006, 04:12 AM

I aim to reach new heights of craptacularness!

Point that thing a little more to the left. :p

Val

01-06-2006, 06:10 PM

Yeah.... a more pressing subject is.... where are those forum folks I asked you to bring over...?

You suck. ;)

I tried to bring over a lot of girls, but then I realized this is comics and I was on a snipe hunt... especially for girls who will talk to me.

So then I tried guys. But I couldn't find any... I think they were out trying to find girls too.

Mike Wieringo

01-06-2006, 06:41 PM

...Figures..... :o

Quicksilver

01-10-2006, 08:04 AM

Wow, its so cool that you actually post here Mike :D

I have all your sketchagraph cards from the 1998 marvel creators collection card set, and they rock. You rule! Keep up the good work

Mike Wieringo

01-10-2006, 10:17 AM

Thanks, Quicksilver.... I stopped posting for a while... and I guess everyone left and forgot to come back. Hopefully things will pick up.

And thanks for the compliment...! :D

Quicksilver

01-10-2006, 11:27 AM

Thanks, Quicksilver.... I stopped posting for a while... and I guess everyone left and forgot to come back. Hopefully things will pick up.

And thanks for the compliment...! :D

Whoa, Mike Wieringo talked to me, thats awesome :D

It's great you take time to recognize the little people Mike

I'm a huge marvel card collector, I have over 10,000, and I really liked your sketchagraphs...the only one i'm missing is the extremly rare and hard to find Spider-man one that you could redeem for one of one hundred cards hand signed by you, and Stan the man Lee! I'd kill for one of those lol

Mike Wieringo

01-10-2006, 01:44 PM

In all the time since I did those cards, I've only had one person come up to me at a con and show me one of those.....

Heck-- I'd like one of them myself.

They're rare indeed..! :D

Quicksilver

01-10-2006, 04:39 PM

They didn't let you keep one? That doesn't seem fair lol you drew it after all! I wish I had at least one of the sketchagraphs signed because that'd be the highlight of my collection :D

Rae Rodriguez

01-11-2006, 07:43 PM

Thanks, Quicksilver.... I stopped posting for a while... and I guess everyone left and forgot to come back. Hopefully things will pick up.

And thanks for the compliment...! :D
I found this forum through your site, and I'm hoping it'll pick up, too.

I just want to add that because of your art I've rediscovered my love of drawing (especially comic book characters). :) I posted a picture of yours I replicated in marker somewhere in the forum; sorry to say I didn't do it any justice.

Okay, that's all I have to say for now. Thanks for your time. :o

Mike Wieringo

01-11-2006, 08:24 PM

Well, thanks, Rae...!

It's incredibly gratifying to hear something like that! I'm thrilled that my work had any kind of affect on you-- but especially in getting you to start drawing again. That's just the BEST....! :D

onizuka

01-18-2006, 09:30 AM

hmmm, there seems to be some sort of bandwagon building up, and i can't think of much else i like to do more than jumping on bandwagons.

if there's more posting to be done round these parts i might just stop by a little more.

Mike Wieringo

01-18-2006, 01:41 PM

You mean in the amount of posting being done, onizuka....?

It's a trickle.... but I'd like to see it become a steady stream.

:D

onizuka

01-23-2006, 02:37 AM

i'm sure we'll get there.

Mike Wieringo

01-23-2006, 05:01 AM

It's getting a bit better already.... :)

bls-79

01-28-2006, 10:13 AM

Hi Mike,

Didn't realize you had a forum over here. I've been following the blog on your website, but I guess I should have checked those links.

Any idea what conventions you'll be attending this year?

Brian.

kjetass

01-29-2006, 04:06 PM

I'll guess I'll join the fray in here (I have been lurking here for some time, just to lazy to register :D ).

Been 'following' your work since I discovered it on Sensational Spider-Man some time back (any chance of a Hornet-sketch in the blog :cool: ) Really love your style, even got an original hanging on my wall next to a Bone-litho (I don't care what people say, comic art makes great decorations).
Just wonder if I can ask you a question: how has it been working with three different writers on the same story? Is it any different than 'regular' when you only work with one?

Sorry for coming off as a regular comic book geek, but then again that's what I am :D

Keep up the good work!
-ronny-

Mike Wieringo

01-30-2006, 10:49 AM

Hey, Ronnie... welcome to the forum!

Working with 3 different writers..... well, I could certainly tell the difference in their styles. Peter's script was the most 'traditional' of them all... Hudlin's was more like a movie script with more emphasis on clever dialogue and not so much on heavy plot... and JMS's script was more... philosophical, I guess. It was heavy on emotional content... but not so much on plot. Of course, it was pretty jarring to draw them anyway, since it was only every third part of the crossover. That's the main thing I didn't like about it. All three writers had their own strengths and weaknesses... but it was all pretty standard.

derrickfish

02-01-2006, 02:06 PM

I'm getting older. I started reading this thread, and completely forgot what it was all about by the time I got to post. Frankly, I blame Robert Kirkman. Not for any real REASON... just because it's the easiest way to go.

All seriousness aside, have you two ever worked on anything together, Mike? If not, I think an arc on MARVEL TEAM-UP would be a perfect pairing.

Rae Rodriguez

02-04-2006, 08:31 AM

Any idea what conventions you'll be attending this year?
That's a good question. I'm quite sad about you not being at the NY Comic-Con. :(

Mike Wieringo

02-04-2006, 11:12 AM

I completely missed the original question..... :o

I'm going to be at MEGA-CON in Orlando, FL (which is happening the same weekend as that NYC show, Rae) this month. Other than that, I'm scheduled to be at HEROES CON in Charlotte, NC this July. But I'm actually thinking about skipping it for the first time since I started attending in 1985. I think I'm beginning to experience 'HEROES CON burnout'.

And I'm supposed to be at CAPE in Texas during the FCBD weekend. But I have to see if my schedule is going to actually allow me to make that as well.

I'm really not much for going to shows, to be honest. It takes way too much time out of my schedule.

derrickfish

02-04-2006, 02:54 PM

Megacon!? Woo!!!

I'll have to stop by your table and say "Hey".

Rae Rodriguez

02-04-2006, 11:43 PM

Mike Wieringo

02-05-2006, 05:29 AM

Megacon!? Woo!!!

I'll have to stop by your table and say "Hey".

It'll be nice to put a face to the comic strip, Derrick.....

bls-79

02-05-2006, 01:37 PM

I'm scheduled to be at HEROES CON in Charlotte, NC this July. But I'm actually thinking about skipping it for the first time since I started attending in 1985. I think I'm beginning to experience 'HEROES CON burnout'.

Too bad. I had originally asked about your con schedule in the hopes that you might be coming up for Wizard World Boston, but when that show was cancelled, the point became moot. I had started thinking about Heroes Con, but now that it looks like you're not going, and the hotel closest to the site is sold out of the special show rate, I might just wait another year and hit a show a little closer to home in '06.

Thanks for the heads up on Heroes.

Brian.

Mike Bullock

04-04-2006, 07:21 PM

I finally got a copy of this to hold in my hand and I gotta say, Mike's cover is even more gorgeous in real life than it is on the 'net. If that's possible.

Thanks again, Mike! :D

Winslow

04-05-2006, 12:38 PM

I picked it up too Mike.

Looks awesome.

Any chance this will be available as a poster/print?

I'd buy it.

Mike Wieringo

04-06-2006, 07:44 AM

I finally got a copy of this to hold in my hand and I gotta say, Mike's cover is even more gorgeous in real life than it is on the 'net. If that's possible.

Thanks again, Mike! :D

Thank YOU Mike..... it was fun to do-- and having someone as talented as Jack Lawrence color it was a thrill to see....! :)

Mike Bullock

04-06-2006, 02:08 PM

Thank YOU Mike.....

No, Thank YOU. ;)

And yes, Jack's colors are stunning. It's just not fair for one guy to be that talented... :)

heavysoul

04-25-2006, 01:46 PM

I'll eventually get back to doing something in that genre, Winslow. Whether it's more TELLOS work or something I create 100% on my own... I love fantasy and the way it connects with a kid's growing sense of wonder and imagination. And that kind of thing helps keep ME young, at least inside. With all the dire things that reality thrusts on us in every day life, the escape of an engrossing all-ages fantasy story is just what the doctor ordered...!
:)
Mike, I purchased the final (reveal) page of Tellos from you a few years back. I love your work on that series and it's good to konw you're going back to that or another fanstasy series. Beautiful cover, man.