This weekend, on Saturday August 26th, I'll be appearing with my Star Wars art along with sketch card artist Justin Chung for Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination at COSI in Columbus, Ohio. Stop on by and say hi this Saturday and check out this amazing, interactive exhibit one last time before it leaves Columbus on September 4th.

Also appearing at the exhibit this Saturday will be three very special guests - Darth Vader, Chewbacca and Wicket the Ewok! These Star Wars characters are hitting the road in celebration of the September 12th DVD release of the Star Wars Trilogy and the LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy game from LucasArts.

Its their first-ever trip across the U.S., and its progress will be chronicled on Star Wars.com, where visitors can also view photos from the tour and submit their own. The photographer behind the best photo, as judged by Star Wars fans online, could win a trip for four to Celebration IV, the ultimate Star Wars event, which will be held in May 2007 in Los Angeles.

You can read more about thier tour and the contest right here.

Vader, Chewie and Wicket will begin their Columbus appearance with a visit at Columbus Childrens Hospital and then they'll be at the COSI Star Wars exhibit from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. From there they'll be heading over to the Easton Town Center from 2:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m.

We look forward to seeing some of you at COSI this weekend!
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Right now you can get a sneak preview of my cover art for issue #2 of 24: Nightfall at my MySpace.com page here. I've also updated my MySpace blog with the final color artwork for the issue #1 cover. I'm providing covers for all six issues of the new IDW Publishing series and the first issue ships this November. Head over to your local comic book retailer and order your copies today

Spike Vs. Dracula #5 from IDW Publishing is out in stores now and you can check out my cover art for the final issue of the series right here.

I recently completed new artwork for Topps' upcoming The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces trading card series and you can view my full color sketch cards featuring Frodo, Aragorn, Arwen, Gandalf, Legolas and Galadriel at my MySpace.com page right now also.

These six exclusive color sketch cards will be available for sale on eBay this October. In the meantime you can view more of my new LotR sketch cards at The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces Sketch Card website. Just select my name from the artist menu to see my artwork for the set.
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Keep your eyes peeled on Star Wars.com *very soon* for my new Hyperspace feature, "The Art of Underworld", detailing the behind the scenes process of my latest artwork for the Star Wars Insider #89 article, "Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villiany".

I hope everyone enjoys the new artwork and I'll be back with more news on these projects soon.

-Joe

JoeCorroney.com


UPDATE: I'm just posting to say thank you to everyone who came out to today for Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination at COSI and who stopped by my table and purchased artwork or just to say hi. It was an amazing turnout and just an incredible day. Seeing all of the kids go crazy for Darth, Chewie and Wicket (and a clone trooper and scout trooper from the 501st) was just icing on the cake

The exhibit remains in Columbus, OH for one more week until September 4th (next stop Portland, OR). It will most likely sell out *again* next weekend so be sure to order your tickets in advance soon.

It was great fun and some great memories, thanks again everyone!
~J