>Art is Long, Life is Short
Origin Story:
A lifelong Atlanta, Georgia native.
Weaknesses:
My little daughters (Daddy's girls), pepperoni pizza, early '70s DC comics, and the combo of #3 Kolinsky Sable brushes/India Ink.
When no one's looking, I like to:
Draw in ink, paint with acrylics and watercolors, keep my own counsel.
Favorite Artists:
Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Alex Nino, Jim Aparo, Jorge Zaffino, Wilfredo Torres, Nick Cardy, The Hernandez Bros., Ho Che Anderson, Trevor Von Eeden, Al Hirschfeld, Frank Robbins, Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, Jenny Saville, Bob Peak, John Singer Sargent, Rembrandt, Alberto Breccia, Sergio Toppi, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Gene Colan
Favorite Movies:
Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, Assault on Precinct 13 (the original), Halloween (the original), Sunset Boulevard, The Wild Bunch, The Big Red One and almost any film by Sam Fuller, Pulp Fiction, Das Boot, Blade Runner, The Third Man, Citizen Kane, The Terminator (the first one), Wings of Honneamise, The Warriors, 48 Hours, Nighthawks (WUUUULFGARRRRR!), Apocalypse Now, Die Hard, The Last Boy Scout, Lethal Weapon (the first one), Forbidden Planet, The Thing From Another World(the original 1951 version), The Thing (1982)
Music of Choice:
Huge fan of classic Hip Hop instrumentals from the 1994 to 1997 era! Pete Rock, the RZA (prior to Bobby Digital), Organized Noize/Dungeon Family, Teena Marie, The Beatles, Public Enemy, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, The Who, original motion picture soundtracks, Steely Dan (Aja)
Favorite Comics:
Daredevil #181 (favorite single issue ever!), Batman Annual #8 (1982), all of Jack Kirby's early 70s DC work, Death Flies The Haunted Sky by Toth (Detective Comics #442), Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans (first series through The Judas Contract), Love and Rockets, The Legend of Mother Sarah, any books by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, The Invaders by Frank Robbins
