I was recently interviewed for The Force-Cast, the new weekly podcast program from The Force.Net. You can check out this week's show featuring part one of my interview right here or you can download the podcast directly to your iTunes by holding option and clicking or right clicking here.

My interview starts at the seventeen minute mark but be sure to check out the whole program and give it a listen. Thanks to Jason and Pete for all of the great questions and check out part two of the interview next week.
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Hasbro has released the images for their new series of classic Marvel Comics Star Wars series 2-packs. These new action fgures will be painted up in the same color scheme as the characters appeared in the panels of the original comic books, complete with shadows and highlights on the sculpts. These sets will retail for $9.99 and will include a reprint of the original comic, plus the 2 action figures.

I provided character illustrations as packaging art for these figures which you can view for each 2-pack set in this Rebelscum.com update right here.

My art looks like it's being used on the side panels of the blisters but I'm really hoping they show the full character illustrations on the card backs too. If you want to see the full artwork in pencil be sure to check out my Star Wars Sketchbook.

I grew up reading the original Marvel Comics series and also collected (and played with of course) all of the original Kenner action figures so this was an especially enjoyable project for me. This was also my first project for Hasbro which was pretty exciting. I can't wait to see these toys on the shelves!
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Star Wars Insider #89 is available for purchase in my Stuff to Buy section and I've added my artwork for the Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy feature by Star Wars authors Ryan Kaufman and Abel Peņa to my Star Wars Insider Art gallery and my Star Wars Sketchbook gallery.

You can also grab new desktop wallpaper featuring my artwork of BoShek Meets Prince Xizor in my Downloads section.
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I've added my new 24 gallery to my official site featuring my artwork for this new comic book series and right now in my blog at MySpace.com you can check out a sneak preview of my full color cover art for 24: Nightfall #3.

I'm providing covers for all six issues of this new 24 prequel series so keep your eyes peeled here and on my MySpace.com page for more news and artwork soon. And be sure to ask your local comic book shop retailer to order 24: Nightfall soon.

For more information on 24: Nightfall and for more about my artwork for this series, including a look at my variant pencil cover for the first issue, check out this link.
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You can also view my full color The Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces sketch card artwork in my MySpace.com blog. These six, special sketch cards featuring Aragorn, Arwen, Frodo, Galadriel, Gandalf and Legolas will be available for sale starting October 25th on eBay.com.

Head over to The Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces Sketch Card website to preview all 106 of my sketch cards for this upcoming trading card series. Just select my name from the "Select Artist" menu.
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Zombie Prom, the short film directed by Vince Marcello and featuring artwork created by yours truly along with Star Wars artists Justin Chung, Jan Duursema, Brian Miller and ZP Art Director Tom Mandrake, is now listed in indieWIRE's Ten of the Most Buzzed-About Films from Two of Southern California's Largest Shortfest. The film recently recieved an 8 out of 10 review from FilmGuru.Net and also picked up the Audience Favorite Live Action Short Award at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest)! You can check out the press release for the ShortFest winners right here.

Zombie Prom will play the Chicago International Children's Film Festival on the follow dates and locations:

October 20: Fri, 9:45am, Cedric L. Hampton Theater
October 23: Mon, 11:45am, Facets Cinema
October 28: Sat, 3:00pm, Facets Cinema

For more info, visit www.cicff.org. And be sure to check out the official Zombie Prom website to view the trailer and download artwork from the film.

Thanks!
~J

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