Nice number! I should do something special... suggestions?

Thanks to you all!

Girls and boys, it's been a while...

Well, these past two months have been really hectic. But then, they usually are.

On the not so good news, it turns out this past issue of Hoax Hunters (#8) is my last one. Oh, well, it was fun.

On the good news, we have a new issue of Elephantmen, probably the hardest one to draw yet. These scripts juts keep pushing the envelope...

A full preview here:

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All that, and gearing up for SDCC already. Lots to do.

Have a nice week, folks.

Buried among the sheer awesomeness of the new releases of this week (Saga, Savage Wolverine and Batman among them), there are a couple of books drawn by yours truly... not top sellers like those, but made with a lot of love.

Elephantmen #45, written by Richard Starkings:

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Hoax Hunters # 6, written by Michael Morecy and Steve Seely:

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Have a nice comic day, folks.

Well... as Dickens wrote, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Maybe not exactly, but there certainly were a lot of highlights in this year, and a lot of times I wished I could just teleport anywhere else.

I'm very grateful for the good things. My wonderful family still puts up with me (that is a claim to sainthood if there ever was one!) and the drawing thing is kind of working better, I thing. I'm very grateful for the chance to continue doing Elephantmen, and the new projects that arrived, like Hoax Hunters and The Line it is Drawn. I've met and worked with great and talented people. Hopefully better things will come.

Thanks to all you new watchers, and to all you who took time to favorite or comment any of my deviations. This is the first year I've been regularly posting after two or three of being away. My purpose for this year is making this a better DA page, and getting better art to more places. Let's see.

Hang in there, world, here is the secret: it's not the economy or the violence or the looming doomsday. It's us. So, let's try and improve something a day a time. It's not always easy, but it's rarely that hard.

Have a great new year, all year long, folks.

This has been quite the season... the first arc of Hoax Hunters was finished a couple of weeks ago. Strangely, reviews seems to be better with each issue. As a special treat, you can read issue one for free at Comixology. Right here:

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Well into the next issue of Elephantmen. Yes, it's a lot of work, but I like the chance of flexing different artistic muscles with each series. Besides, time enough to sleep in the grave...

Have a nice weekend, folks.

Girls and boys, a year ago, for no special reason, I started the personal project of doing a daily sketch. Great artists like Chris Ayers do that and it does wonders for their skill and state of mind, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

What do you know, here we are a year later... it's a fun exercise, and I hope to keep it as long as possible.

Some of you have seen them, but for everyone else, please be my guests. A year's worth of sketches:

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Have a nice week, folks.

Girls and boys, fun never stops when you are a freelancer.

(And there are great moments too, like the heiress calling the flag of France "Captain America" due to its colors)

These past weeks have been hectic. But productive. Since last week, Hoax Hunters 2 has been out in the world, and reviews have been mostly positive (except from the girl at Multiversity... she doesn't like it, and she writes a LOT telling us why). Since this wednesday, Elephantmen 42 appeared at your local comic book store, and response has been fair. Everything moves forward.

Now, if I could just remember what a vacation looks like.

Still missing Joe Kubert, the world feels emptier somehow.

Have a nice weekend, folks.

... Well, feeling mostly human, I guess.

Great con, overwhelming as usual... Elephantmen vol. 5 sold out, the same as Hoax Hunters 1... lots of sketching, great seeing some fine folks, not enough Slave Leias...

Back after humanizing some more...

Girls and boys, it's that time of the year again...

This year it feels weird, since I didn't have time to get into the mindset... it seems it was just yesterday that I was still working on the latest EM issue (hey, it WAS yesterday), and suddenly we have to pack for tomorrow. Oh, well.

As usual, we are looking forward to the biggest show yet.

I'll be based most of the show (that is, with shopping and geeking escapades now and then) at the Elephantmen/Comicraft booth, #2106. You can't miss it, it's right in front from DC. Richard Starkings has lots of cool stuff, including the world premiere of the Elephantmen Volume 5 Hardcover (And I might point I drew about 200 pages in that one, and has to be the work I'm proudest of so far). I'll be there doing free sketches through the day, and we hardly ever bite, so stop by and say hi.

And, of course, you can get the brand new Hoax Hunters 1 at the Image Island, written and hosted by Michael Moreci and Steve Seely, and drawn by yours truly. I'll be going there from time to time too. But should I be at EM, thell them I sent you!

See you there!

OK... I think it's time to brand the art better...

Actually, when I set up the DA account, I thought one had to use made up names, I never assumed I could use the real one.

Anyway, from now on I'll be using my human name of AxelMedellin. Thanks for watching so far, I hope you'll stick around...

Thanks everybody!

I'll make some nice "thank you" picture as soon as I wrap up Elephantmen 39... almost there.

Have a nice weekend, folks.

Girls and boys, I really didn't see this one coming.

As it turns out, yours truly somehow made the final round for the Eagle Awards. I have a nomination in the "Best Newcomer Artist" category.

Here's the complete list of nominations:

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This is an open vote event, so, if anyone feels like voting, you can do it from today till April 2nd.

Even if it doesn't go further than this, I'm so shocked and grateful of having made it so far...

Have a nice weekend, folks.

Girls and boys, after all the turmoil, the Line is Drawn ended up with 16 artists uploading something cool every Thursday. These are the After Watchmen pieces. One by yours truly somewhere there:

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Wrapping up and issue of Elephantmen... hectic days.

Have a good weekend, folks.

Girls and boys, the fun never stops...

Since I never have too many reasons to draw, I've been applying for the The Line is Drawn art blog at Comic Book Resources. After five rounds, this is the final voting week. There's actually no prize, but the chance to have some new art on display every week. To vote and check the five entries of all the finalists, please go to:

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Back to draw... more Heavy Metal coming soon...

Have a nice week, folks.

Girls and boys, strangely, yours truly is in the pre-selection for the Eagle Awards, as Newcomer Artist, Pencil Artist and Colorist...

Now, I don't know how this works, I suppose the open voting is just for getting the actual nominations... but anyway, votes are appreciated:

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Thanks!

Have a nice start of the year, folks.

...and a great new (hopefully not last) year to all.

Have fun, folks.

Girls and boys, out in the world today is the January 2012 issue of Heavy Metal, where you can find "Dreamz", a short story written by and drawn by yours truly. A really, really short story. But, well, that's our sixth story published together.

You can check a sample of the issue here:

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Have a nice weekend, folks.

Girls and boys, I wasn't expecting this one, but it's really appreciated. It's been more than a year since my last DD.

Zombie girl has her charm, it seems!

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Thanks so much!

Just what it says, girls and boys... after a four month hiatus, we're back with lots of human-hybrid goodnes...

Check the cover and the first five pages here... all written by Richard Starkings and drawn by yours truly. Except the cover, pencilled by Moritat:

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Have a nice week, folks.

Oh, well, out of a sudden, it seems there's more than a page or illo to turn out every day. Daily chase for a living, I guess.

Today, out in the world from Image Comics, the collected edition of Man and Elephantman, including the Man and Elephantman special, and Elephantmen 31 and 32. That's lots of pages by Starkings and yours truly!

Released with two covers: A by and

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And B by some unknown wannabe:

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Back to draw... have a nice week, folks.