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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Ibu Kota Jakarta Siap Berbenah!





Jakarta adalah pusat ekonomi, bisnis, budaya, dan pariwisata modern yang sedang rajin-rajinnya berbenah dan memperbarui fasilitas dan beberapa hal untuk menuju kota yang maju dan modern. Ibu kota kebanggaan sedang melakukan proyek besar mulai dari transportasi, gedung dan sarana atau prasarana.



Sebagai Ibu kota negara Indonesia yang paling maju, Jakarta memulai beberapa proyek besar untuk lebih memfasilitasi masyarakat Ibu kota dengan membangun beberapa sarana transportasi dan gedung yang lebih medern. Keseharian Jakarta yang memang biasa dengan macet dan polusi udara mungkin akan terhapuskan dengan beberapa solusi pemerintah seperti proyek transportasi MRT.



1. MRT (Mass Rapid Transit)







MRT atau biasa disebut Mass Rapid Transit adalah proyek transportasi di Ibu kota untuk mencegah terjadinya kemacetan dengan membangun dan menyediakan beberapa sarana tranportasi masal semisal Transjakarta, KRL atau Monorel. Proyek ini telah dijalankan dan mungkin masih belum berhasil seperti yang diharapkan. MRT sendiri telah diterapkan di beberapa negara di Asia, semisal Singapura dan Malaysia yang berjalan dengan sangat sukses.






MRT (Mass Rapid Transit)






Transjakarta Busway






Jakarta Monorail Sky (Project)





Maka dari itu, dalam beberapa waktu dekat, pemerintah membuat peraturan dan perundang-undangan seperti dilarangnya truk dan kendaraan berat masuk ke jalan tol pada waktu tertentu, atau pembatasan mobil pribadi dan kendaraan lain di Ibu kota dan sekitarnya. Dan mengajak masyarakat untuk menaiki kendaraan umum seperti Bus atau kereta dan kendaraan umum sejenis untuk menanggulangi kemacetan dan kendaraan di jalan yang berlebih.






Gubernur Jakarta Fauzi Bowo Dan Proyek MRT





Proyek MRT ini masih terus berjalan dan mungkin akan selesai dalam beberapa waktu mendatang. Proyek yang sedang dan akan berjalan seperti kereta lintas darat, layang, dan bawah tanah (subway). Jalur kereta akan melintas di seluruh area Jakarta membentang ratusan kilometer dengan beberapa stasiun pusat dan koridor utama. MRT diperkirakan selesai dan berjalan seutuhnya di seluruh Jakarta pada tahun 2016.



2. Beberapa Bangunan Dan Icon Ibu Kota

Indonesia diprediksikan dan mungkin akan menjadi negara adidaya ekonomi 10 besar dunia pada tahun 2025. Jakarta sebagai Ibu kota dan pusat dari semua pemerintahan dan metropolitan di Indonesia dikabarkan akan mempunyai proyek bangunan icon baru yang megah dan menjadi lambang yang mewakili Indonesia dan Asia selanjutnya.



Beberapa merupakan icon yang tidak terbayangkan sebelumnya, ini adalah mega karya dan impian besar kota megah seperti Jakarta. Berikut beberapa proyek besar icon bangunan Jakarta :

1. Regatta Hotel







2. Area 24 Office Tower







3. The Senayan Archipelago










4. Indonesia Movieland







5. Jakarta Tower







Beberapa bangunan dan icon sudah selesai dan beberapa masih dalam tahap konstruksi dan pembangunan. Masih banyak proyek konstruksi dan transportasi Jakarta yang belum dibangun (sebanyak puluhan dan masih berjalan).



Beberapa perbaikan penting seperti penanggulangan banjir, pembersihan sungai-sungai, perbaikan jalan yang rusak juga sedang dilakukan untuk memperindah dan mempernyaman Ibu kota, Jakarta.



Pembedahan beberapa jalan dan lalu lintas Ibu kota juga sedang dijalankan untuk mengatasi kemacetan yang sering terjadi. MRT, Busway, KRL, berbagai bangunan dan icon akan selesai dalam beberapa tahun ke depan. Menjadi icon dan lambang baru adidaya ekonomi dan modernisasi bagi kejayaan Jakarta selanjutnya.





Untuk Melihat Beberapa Proyek Masa Depan Jakarta Bisa Di Lihat Di Sini.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Gene Colan 1926-2011


Sadly artist Gene Colan passed away last night at the age of 84 following months of declining health. You can read more about it here at Cifford Meth's blog.

I'm sure in the days ahead people far more eloquent than I am will be writing tributes to his art and career, so I'll share a small personal story instead.

The above picture was taken in San Diego in 2009, where I was fortunate enough to get the chance to spend some time with Gene over the course of the weekend. In fact, at a dinner Marvel hosted one night his wife Adrienne came to my table and told me that Gene wanted to meet me. It turns out he had been referencing issues of Captain America that I had drawn while he was working on issue #601 and wanted to tell me how much he admired my work. Needless to say I was (and still am) floored by this. I sat and talked with him about art and sequential storytelling for longer than I probably should have, but he was still so enthusiastic about what he was doing and saw something of a kindred spirit in me I suppose, particularly in the way we both approached shadows and spotting blacks. I could never hope to be in Gene's class as an illustrator or storyteller, but I can try to live up to the praise he gave my work, even if he was being overly generous in giving it.

I doubt he knew how much it meant (and still means) to me.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Broken Frontier Awards 2010


I'm not sure who to thank, but someone nominated me in the best artist category of this year's Broken Frontier Awards. If you're inclined, go here to cast your vote, but make it quick because voting ends tomorrow night (Sunday, Dec 19th) at midnight!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Sergeant Dan - SPACE RANGER!


Here's another painting I found lurking on the hard drive - an imaginary Pulp cover for a character that never existed. It was a lot of fun recreating the painting and typography style of the old pulps. Hope you dig it!

On another, more timely note, Fantastic Four #585 is in stores today! Look for the Alan Davis cover pictured below.




Have a great Thanksgiving holiday everyone!

Friday, November 19, 2010

FANTASTIC FOUR #585 Preview


Hey everyone, CBR has an exclusive preview of FANTASTIC FOUR #585, which is due in stores next week. Head on over and check it out here.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Fantastic Four #584


In stores today is Fantastic Four #584 featuring Alan Davis' regular cover (above) and a host of variants. There's a bunch of cool stuff in this issue and I especially enjoyed drawing the last 3 or 4 pages.

Also this week is the second printing of Fantastic Four #583 with a cover put together using my art for the promo images to the "Three" storyline. If you missed it the first time around you now have a second chance. Don't blow it!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

New York Comic Con


New York Comic Con is this weekend at the Javits Center in Manhattan, and for those of you who plan to attend, you can find me at U5 (that's table U, seat 5) right in between Ron Garney and Jimmy Cheung.

I'll be doing sketches all weekend and have prints and sketchbooks for sale. Also, I will be signing at the Marvel booth on Saturday from 5 -6pm and participating in a panel on Sunday called Next Big Thing at 2:45pm (I have no idea what this is all about, but I guess I'll find out when I get there!).

If you're in the area come by and say hello!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Crossgen: Resurrected


Broken Frontier has recently released the latest copy of their e-magazine The Frontiersman featuring a cover story on Marvel's recent announcement about the return of Crossgen properties. The article includes a creator roundtable discussion with several former Crossgen creators including Chuck Dixon, Ron Marz, Jim Cheung, Greg Land, and myself among others. Also inside - two unpublished El Cazador covers that I drew for issues 7 and 8.

The Frontiersman #10 is now available for download at brokenfrontier.com or at the iTunes store for the iPad.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

FANTASTIC FOUR #583 Preview

Marvel has released a 4 page preview of the upcoming Fantastic Four #583 featuring the return of Doctor Doom to the pages of FF. It probably won't surprise any of you to hear that I LOVE drawing Doom, and look forward to doing a lot more of it.

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

THE MARVELS PROJECT Hardcover


The Hardcover collection of THE MARVELS PROJECT came out this week collecting all 8 issues of the mini series I did with Ed Brubaker. It's available with three different covers to choose from. The two variants are covers I did for issues 6 and 7, one featuring the titanic battle between Namor and the Human Torch and the other showcasing the Red Skull (with a cameo appearance by Hitler naturally). You can check them out in the Marvel catalogue here:

HUMAN TORCH/NAMOR VARIANT
RED SKULL VARIANT

Monday, June 14, 2010

FIGHT! New print now available!



For those of you who have expressed interest in buying the new Captain America print, It's now available in the sidebar over to your right -------->

Check the pull down menu for various discount options if you would also like to purchase the 2009 Sketchbook, The Captain America #600 print or all three items.


One day I'll get an online store set up properly but for now this will have to do. Also, I should mention that this is for US orders only (another thing I have to work on for the future).

All prints ship priority mail, but I'll only make the trip to the post office about once a week, so don't be alarmed if it doesn't show up right away. Okay, commercial's over. Back to regular posting next time.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Fantastic Four



As you may have heard yesterday, I'll be following up The Marvels Project by working with Jonathan Hickman on Fantastic Four. You can read various articles and interviews with Jonathan and me at the following links:

Artist STEVE EPTING Talks Cosmic FANTASTIC FOUR & "3"

UPDATE: The FANTASTIC FOUR Become a Terrific Trio in Sep

Jonathan Hickman welcomes artist Steve Epting to FANTASTIC FOUR

HICKMAN AND EPTING'S FANTASTIC "THREE"

And here are the original drawings that were composited together for the teaser images that ran with the announcements and articles. These are my first real drawings of most of these characters as a professional aside from a trading card I did back in the 90s. If I can dig it up I'll post it later.


Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Heroes Con and New Print


Hey everyone, I'll be at Heroes Con this weekend in Charlotte NC at table AA-301. You can see a seating chart here. Come by and say hi if you're in the area. I'll be doing as many sketches as time allows and have sketchbooks and prints for sale. Speaking of prints, I have a new one featuring Captain America in a WWII style propaganda poster. If you can't make the trip and still want a print, don't worry. I'll be making them available for sale here on the blog just like the other items are. Look for them to be available next week after the show.

Hope to see some of you there!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

THE MARVELS PROJECT #8 Cover


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The final issue of THE MARVELS PROJECT comes out tomorrow, wrapping up the eight issue mini series. I had a great time working on the book and will miss drawing all those Nazis. In the meantime, I'm at work on my new project for Marvel, which should be announced soon. Have a great week everybody!

Click here for a preview of THE MARVELS PROJECT #8.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Modesty Blaise - Good News, Terrible News



I hate having to break this news now, of all times, but the 17th volume of Modesty Blaise reprints - Death in Slow Motion - is now out from Titan Books and I'm thrilled to say I contributed an article and some artwork. The book features three complete stories: The Balloonatic, The Alternative Man, and Death in Slow Motion, which was the first Modesty Blaise story I ever read. For this volume I wrote an article about Modesty Blaise artist Neville Colvin and contributed an inked drawing of Modesty and Willie Garvin. This is a thrill for me because I've been a huge fan of the strip ever since I first read that story over 25 years ago, and in the time since I've managed to read every strip and every novel - all of which were written by the great Peter O'Donnell.


Which brings me to the terrible news - Peter passed away over the weekend at the age of 90. Ellie Graham at Titan Books broke the news today:

Titan Books is hugely saddened to report the passing of writer Peter O’Donnell, who died over the Bank Holiday weekend at the age of 90. “Peter O’Donnell was respected as one of the greatest writers in the comics medium today and had a devout following amongst comics professionals and fans alike”, says Titan’s Managing Director, Nick Landau. “I am honoured to have known him – and published his greatest creations, Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin – for almost 40 years.” Born in South London in 1920, O’Donnell had a long and illustrious career, the highlight of which was his creation of classic crime character ‘Modesty Blaise’. The smart and sassy comic strip ran daily in the Evening Standard newspaper during the 1960s. O’Donnell retired from writing in 2001, but had continued to oversee Titan’s release of more than a dozen Modesty Blaise collections, contributing introductions and commentaries to his classic stories.


O'Donnell wrote Modesty's daily strip adventures from 1963 to 2001, and also penned a series of 13 novels and short story collections beginning in 1965. If you've never read Modesty Blaise, I highly recommend it, particularly the first 7 years or so of the strip which were drawn by the incomparable Jim Holdaway. I place these as my all time favorite adventure strip, even edging out Prince Valiant and Terry and the Pirates. In the words of Chuck Dixon - "O'Donnell is in a very, very small club of writers who were masters of writing clear, concise, compelling action." I believe Titan has 4 volumes scheduled to come out this year (in addition to the 16 already published), and for my money you can't go wrong with any of them.

Monday, April 12, 2010

C2E2 Cancellation


Unfortunately, some unforeseen personal issues have arisen and I have to cancel my scheduled appearance at this weekend's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. My apologies to all who were hoping to get at sketch at the show. I know a good time will be had in Chicago and I regret that I won't be there to be a part of it. For anyone who's going - have fun and be safe. Maybe I can join you next year.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

THE MARVELS PROJECT #6 Cover


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THE MARVELS PROJECT #6 ships next week (Feb 24th) and features an epic battle between the Human Torch and Prince Namor in the skies of 1941 Manhattan. As with the previous issues, this one has three variant covers, and I think this is the first time mine has been shown. Hope you all dig it!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

THE MARVELS PROJECT #5






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In stores tomorrow from Marvel Comics - THE MARVELS PROJECT #5.

Click here for a preview.