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Conventioneers

June 5, 2022July 26, 2008 by James Baker
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In celebration of all the glory that is the San Diego COMIC CON, here are some sketches of Con denizens that I drew a few years back… These drawings were all done for the “Field Spotters Guide to Gomers” that a few of us from Maverix Studios published a few years ago to aid in … Read more

Categories Conventions, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Comic-Con, Gomer Guide, Maverix Studios 16 Comments

Gomer Away Team

October 12, 2022May 21, 2006 by James Baker

This is an old drawing, done a few years ago for the 1st edition of the GOMER GUIDE (that I mentioned in the previous post about OBI-Wanna-Be). Like that sketch, this one is based on something I saw at Comic Con. The context was this: after a few hectic days within the walls of the … Read more

Categories Projects, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Gomer Guide, Star Trek 6 Comments

Obi Wanna-Be

October 12, 2022May 9, 2006 by James Baker

I actually saw this scene take place at Comic Con one year. This illustration is for the next edition of the Field Guide to Gomers, a catalog of comic-convention goers, (and other dorky folk) that a group of us card-carrying nerds are compiling, in the spirit of “it takes one to know one.” The first … Read more

Categories Conventions, Projects, RIGHTY Drawings, Updates Tags Comic-Con, Gomer Guide 18 Comments

APE 2002: Fat Batman

April 24, 2023February 15, 2002 by James Baker

This is an image from the “Field Guide to Gomers” which was Maverix studios’ hot seller at last year’s Comic Con and one of the wares that we hawked from the Maverix table at the APE convention here in San Francisco last weekend. Once again Bosco Derek and I valiantly tried to push out books … Read more

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    Hey Charles! I'm glad that you enjoyed this one. I had a great time researching & writing it and doing…

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    Charles Santoso on Wasteland RoninDecember 1, 2023

    What an enjoyable read as always, Jamie!

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    JD! I’m glad you commented on this one. Am I right that you had some sleep walking episodes in our…

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    Deft treatise JB and superb illustration - thank you. Most of my dreams are vivid, in colour & fortunately err…

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    Hey Dan! Glad you liked this one. I've been thinking about dreams a lot lately, and just WHAT they are…

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