posted by Allan Haverholm on May 31

Rumors of single not coming out for MoCCA were grossly exaggerated. Still crossing fingers for printers to come through though!

posted by Allan Haverholm on May 28

Here’s a few samples of today’s inking session on Engine City.

The vigil observer will notice that I’ve focused on the characters in most panels/spreads. True, I started with the fun part Read the rest of this entry »

posted by Allan Haverholm on May 28

Working ass off on Engine City in way overdue prep for MoCCA. Alas, inks are a far cry from Mike Royer’s. Previews up later!

posted by Allan Haverholm on May 28

It’s a week before I’m leaving for MoCCA’s Art Fest, and the material for the singles isn’t done yet by a long stretch. Head is literally spinning with stress.

Don’t worry though, the book(s) will be out. Printers work fast these days

posted by Allan Haverholm on May 25

So starting today I have 12 days to finish three works in progress, prepare them for print, get them back from the printer, and drag them to New York for MoCCA’s Art Fest.
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posted by Allan Haverholm on May 11

Here’s a couple of shots I took on the move.
One is a bull that I might use as an inspirational piece for Dry Spot or Ariadne (there’s a lot of cross referencing all across the book)

The other just struck me as funny the way it forms a Venus from Willendorf-like figure in the formal language of emotica. I guess it’s a shape that fascinates across the millennia, which just fuels my pictorial fundamentalisms

posted by Allan Haverholm on May 11

I have passed the old railroad hotel by Copenhagen Central more often than I can count, but not until I was well into my work on the Astoria sessions did I notice that it was an Astoria hotel.

The signs are beautiful, late Art Deco (-influenced?) rising against the usually drab Danish sky, and the winged wheel that was the logo of then-national Danish railways balances one end of the roof like a 12 feet, concrete hood ornament.

It goes without saying that I went right past those and photographed the tacky secondfloor neon sign instead