Dickheads come to Zombietown, USA!

Hey there, Dickheads! Very excited to be heading to the Pittsburgh Comicon this weekend, Apr. 20-22, in beautiful Monroeville, PA. For those not in the undead know, Monroeville, and more specifically the Monroeville Mall were featured prominently in George A. Romero's horror classic Dawn of the Dead. So what better convention to bring my Zombie Dickheads to than the Home of the Zombie? This also presented a fantastic opportunity to show my love for Romero's zombie universe by doing an homage to the posters for those films featuring our Dickheads in a series of prints debuting at the show.

All three of these prints are going to be available at the show this weekend, along with copies of Zombie Dickheads Are NOT Coming to Get You. Hope to see you there!

Zombie Dickheads Crash Nashville Comics & Horror Fest!

Hey there, Dickheads! Just got back from the Nashville Comics and Horror Fest, and I'm still reeling from a whirlwind of emotions. Going into the show, I was a little bummed since, due to a printing error, I didn't have any copies of the Zombie Dickheads one-shot for the show. Add to this the fact that people were asking about it, and/or were sold on the concept from the title alone, and I had nothing to sell them. Add to THAT the fact that the Nashville crowd was hungry for all things zombie (seriously, every other word heard at the show was "zombie".) So, I was in a bit of a funk. I felt as if I had let the people down. That is, until I saw two very familiar faces making their way through the crowd towards my table...

Zombie Dickheads cover final

Here's the final art for the cover to the one-shot in all it's full-color gory, I mean "glory". Be on the lookout for this image when I hit the shows in Oct. and through the next year!

Dickheads progress - Cover WIP

Hoo boy! It's been a flurry of activity here at the Safe House, Dickheads. Some updates!

Just finished colors on the last of the interior pages for the brand-new 24-page Dickheads adventure, "28 Minutes Later". Now I'm on to the cover! Here's a sneak peek at the inks!

I wanted something bold and in-your-face to contrast with the action-less nature of the characters. Kind of passive-aggressive -- just like the Dickheads! Fun Fact: the composition of the piece is based off of the poster for The Lost Boys. Now, Josh is no Jason Patric, but Jason Patric wouldn't look so hot with half of his face ripped off, would he?

Also, the pinups keep rolling in. Here's a WIP on a pinup from my good pal Rob Reilly, the creator of the upcoming comic mini-series, "A.K.A."! Here, Rob envisions Josh feeling a bit nostalgic about when he used to eat food of any kind. I like to call this piece, "In Memory of Meat".

Some pics of the process behind this piece can be found on Rob's blog.

We're fast approaching the first show on the Zombie Dickheads Fall tour, Nashville Comic and Horror Fest! I've been burning the midnight oil, as well at the morning, noon and evening oil getting the book together. After the cover comes lettering and book layout. I've got an IV hooked up for meals so I don't have to leave the old workstation, so I think I'm good!

Later,
Chris

Dickheads progress: The Quickening

Well, Dickheads, the art is almost complete for the one-shot, and pinups are rolling in. Here's a work-in-progress from my very talented brother-from-the-same-mother, Zees! He was inspired by Zombie Dickheads to bring back his long-lost comic Zombie Cola. Could a crossover be far behind?

There's also some more big news on the way, but it's still too soon to tell. I will say that it's got everyone here at the safe house very excited. And you folks'll be the first to know!

Zombie Dickheads pinup by Chris Herndon

Greetings fellow Dickheads,

Just wanted to give you a sneak peek at some of the pinups for my very talented pals that I'm going to include in the Zombie Dickheads one-shot. This one comes from my good friend, Chris Herndon, co-creator of the hilarious Living with Zombies comic series, and one twisted so-and-so.

You can check out more of Chris' work at his website, www.christopherherndon.com

Zombie Dickheads one-shot progress

Production on the brand-new 24-page original Dickheads adventure is moving along swimmingly!  Pencils are complete, and as you can see, we're all very excited!

Zombie Tom Selleck

Here's a detail of a panel from the upcoming Dickheads one-shot.  Actually, it's not the real Tom Selleck, but it's a zombie who looks like Tom Selleck.  'Cause you know there's always one in every horde...