• Archives
  • Contact
  • Drawings
  • Meteor Mags
  • Music Albums
  • Paintings
  • PBN
  • Sea Monkeys
  • Secret Origin

Mars Will Send No More

~ Comic books, art, poetry, and other obsessions

Mars Will Send No More

Tag Archives: Dracorex

Sauratopia, Episode One: The Launch

03 Saturday Aug 2013

Posted by Mars Will Send No More in dinosaur, first issue, indie

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

Brian Bowhay, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Dracorex, pachycephalosaurus, Sauratopia

Millions of years ago, terrible reptiles ruled the earth.
They also ruled… Outer Space!

Two years ago my Project Management 101 instructor approved my proposed special project: creating a mini-comic from scratch. I already had the rough draft and a series of storyboards breaking down the action. My friend Brian agreed to collaborate with me on this project. Brian and I went to high school together, and our parents attended the same church. Working with him on a comic book fulfilled a lifelong dream, and his character design especially brought this piece to life.

Originally I wanted to also hire a letterer, but met with no success through the college’s channels. So, in a matter of weeks, I learned from ComiCraft’s brief but powerful guide how to letter comic books in Adobe Illustrator. This project turned out to be a lot of fun, and I wouldn’t mind producing the next half-dozen “episodes” hiding in the filing cabinet.

Short “backup” stories like you used to find in the back of comics provide the model for this project. But for the class, we laid it out as a 1/2 sized comic book, complete with a wrap-around cover and a double splash centerfold. I always enjoy public speaking, so telling the class how we made this and what I learned felt really good. They all got a printed copy, signed at their request – as have some of our friends here in the blog-o-verse, and anyone who sends me dinosaur books.

Without further ado, we present the pilot episode of Sauratopia.
1 Sauratopia Wraparound Cover

2 Sauratopia Interior Cover

3 Sauratopia pg 1

4 Sauratopia pg 2

5 Sauratopia pg 3

6 Sauratopia pg 4-5 double splash

7 Sauratopia pg 6

8 Sauratopia Relics

Mutate Everyone:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Extreme Dinosaurs!

12 Saturday May 2012

Posted by Mars Will Send No More in dinosaur

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Amargasaurus, dinosaur, Dracorex, Masiakasaurus, national geographic, Styracosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus

The December 2007 issue of National Geographic featured a ton of cool dinosaur illustrations. While the entire article is worth checking out, we’d like to share with you our favorite illustrations here. This includes a 3-page fold out of Amargasuarus, and some great double-page spreads, too. You know how much we love reconstructing double splashes to fry your mind!

Not presented here is the two-sided poster from this issue. But if you can find it, it’s well worth the price of admission. It breaks down the dinosaurs into two groups based on which super-continent they inhabited: Laurasia or Gondwanaland. If you never heard of those before, it’s because they don’t freaking exist anymore! They split up to eventually become our current continents through the miracle of plate tectonics.

Enough science and big words for you there?
Okay then! Let’s rock these extreme dinos!




Mutate Everyone:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Mars Will Search No More!

Mars Will Stat No More!

  • 5,566,426 minds warped since 2011
Follow Mars Will Send No More on WordPress.com

Mars Will Advertise No More!

My Comic Shop banner

Mars Will Categorize No More!

  • ads (25)
  • art studio (127)
  • cooking (1)
  • crime (38)
  • dinosaur (238)
  • educational (146)
  • first issue (117)
  • golden age (150)
  • humor (14)
  • indie (194)
  • jungle (58)
  • MeteorMags (6)
  • music (38)
  • occult (80)
  • poetry (60)
  • postcards (34)
  • quarterly report (13)
  • science fiction (420)
  • superhero (433)
  • war (46)
  • western (10)
  • writing (14)

Mars Will Tag No More!

2000AD abstract acrylic ads Alan Moore Alex Nino alien Al Williamson animal inside you art Avengers Batman big box of comics black and white Black Panther brains Brave and the Bold Cat Chris Claremont collage collection comic books crime Dark Horse Comics DC Comics dinosaur dinosaur comics Dr. Doom drawing dreams EC Comics EC Comics reprints Fantagraphics Fantastic Four first issue Flesh Flesh the Dino Files Galactus George Perez golden age guitar Harvey Comics Image Comics indie box Indie Comics Jack Kirby Jim Lee Jim Starlin John Buscema John Byrne jungle Little Nemo Little Nemo in Slumberland lizard Marvel Comics Marvelman MiracleMan monsters music occult origin painting pastel Pat Mills pen and ink planets poems poetry postcards prehistoric mammals Race for the Moon Ray Bradbury Robert Kanigher Satans Tears Savage Land science fiction self publishing Silver Surfer sketchbook sundays Spider-man Stan Lee Steve Ditko Strange Tales Superman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles time travel Turok Turok Son of Stone tyrannosaurus rex underground comix war war comics Warrior Weird War Tales Winsor McCay Wolverine writing X-men X-men covers Young Earth

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
%d bloggers like this: