Hi Everybody,
Here is where I’ll be this year (so far):
MARCH:
Toronto Comicon, March 16-18
APRIL
MAY:
JUNE/JULY:
AUGUST:
Fan Expo Boston, August 10-12
OCTOBER:
Dallas Fan Days, October 19-21
Fan Expo Vancouver, Dates TBD
Hi Everybody,
I hope to see many of you this weekend at C2E2 in Chicago; I’ll be at Table E-1 in Artists Alley!
Before I forget to mention this, if you’re not already watching HAP & LEONARD on the Sundance Channel (Season 1 is on Netflix), please check it out. My author friend Joe R. Lansdale wrote this really fun, pulpy series of books, all of which I’ve read, and he is executive producer on the show. It’s pure genius in its acting, casting and execution. I hope it never ends. (Joe’s steampunk series is really fun, too. Can you tell I’m his biggest fan?)
If you haven’t heard already, I’ve been doing live paintings on Facebook Live. I plan to expand this to Twitter’s Periscope and YouTube eventually, but here is a link to my most popular one so far, of me painting Darth Maul. According to Facebook, it has gotten 56,633 cumulative views so far! The visitor stamp you see at the bottom is how many folks were watching it when I actually did it live. I am honored by your time and attention. (If only I had 50 cents for everyone who watched it!)
DAVE DORMAN CONVENTION SEASON SCHEDULE
I wanted to let you know my schedule, booked thus far, for what I affectionately call “Convention Season.” I will add updates as more shows get added, but here’s what I know now:
April 21 – 23: C2E2, Chicago, IL — Artists Alley, Table E-1
April 27 – April 30: Calgary Expo, Calgary, Canada — Table # TBD
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May 19 – 21: MotorCity Con, Novi, MI — Table # TBD
May 26 – 28: Alamo City Con, San Antonio, TX — Table # TBD
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June 3, 2017: Star Wars Day, Joliet, IL (World’s Largest Star Wars Public Library Show)
June 16 – 18: HeroesCon, Charlotte, NC — Table # TBD
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July 19 – 23: San Diego Comic-Con, San Diego, CA–Booth #4500 (End cap booth facing the lobby, first row in, between Doors F & G, closer to Door F.)
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October 5 – 8: New York Comic Con, NYC, NY — Table # TBD
October 18 – 22: IlluxCon, Reading, PA — Table # TBD
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SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDBACK: With social media, I’m always listening. Sometimes the feedback is rather unpleasant, like this exchange below. That being said, if I’ve ever come across as unpleasant to any of you, I want to take this opportunity to apologize to you, as I did to these gentlemen. From what I gather from their latter remarks, these two gents haven’t ever actually personally interacted with me, but if this is the current zeitgeist on me, I’d like to nip it in the bud. Shows are exhausting and physically taxing, and you may see my occasional grimace, especially with my current sciatica and neuropathy issues, but I don’t ever want any of you to feel like I don’t want you to approach me or that I don’t value your friendship, feedback and encounters, because I do. Without your feedback, good or bad, my work doesn’t feel complete. You all help me to “close the loop.”
Some disgruntled observers.
Dear Friends,
I am a featured guest appearing at Pensacon in Pensacola, Florida this weekend, February 19, 20 and 21. If you are in the area, I hope to see you there! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Autographs are ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE.
I’m excited to offer up some of my original art for sale–a Star Wars piece, and three Dungeons & Dragons pieces, for the tabletop gamer fans out there! Here is the link to buy this art: http://www.davedorman.com/DnD%20MM%20originalartsale.shtml
Without further adieu, here are the images for you to check out:
An exclusive Star Wars original Dave Dorman painting of BB8 and Chopper from “A Force Awakens,” done for the 501st Midwest Garrison Droid hunt card game. $500, and includes worldwide shipping. Link to purchase:
http://www.davedorman.com/originalartsale020516.shtml
An aged Han Solo from “A Force Awakens” – original pencil art by Dave Dorman. $100, includes shipping worldwide. Link to purchase:
http://www.davedorman.com/originalartsale020516.shtml
Link for purchasing my original Dungeons & Dragons 2014 Monster Manual paintings:
http://www.davedorman.com/DnD%20MM%20originalartsale.shtml
Original D&D Monster Manual Artwork by Dave Dorman! This art was done for the 2014 D&D Monster Manual titled “Pegasus.” It appears on Page 250. The price is $450, and includes shipping worldwide.
Original D&D Monster Manual Artwork by Dave Dorman! This art was done for the 2014 D&D MM titled “SCARECROW.” It appears on Page 268. The price is $450, including shipping worldwide.
Original Dave Dorman D&D Art – Ice Devil, from Page 75 of the 2014 D&D Monster Manual – $450 and includes shipping worldwide.
As always, I thank you for reading, and for your interest in my art. I hope to see you this weekend!
Dave.
Dear Friends,
Punxsutawney Phil tells me Spring is just around the corner! And with Spring comes the beginning of CONVENTION SEASON. I will be doing at least one show per month in 2016, so please keep your browser set here for updates.
And no, that goofy guy Scott Roush from the Bleeding Cool News article is NOT my rep (thanks for the heads up, Rich Johnston!), nor is he booking me at any conventions. For the record, my only booking agents are Denise McDonald Dorman of WriteBrain Media and Mike Alexandropoulos.
My first show of the year will take me to Pensacola, Florida for PENSACON, February 19th – 21st. I will have prints and books for sale, and as always my autograph is FREE!
I’ve just produced a special edition of my sketchbook series LEADWORKS. This year I will be doing a Star Wars-centric edition. This book will feature all pencil drawings.. roughs, finished art and many unpublished pieces going back 25 years to my first SW works with Dark Horse Comics right up to my current work with Marvel and some NEW never before seen drawings from SW: The Force Awakens.
LEADWORKS by Dave Dorman, Ltd. Edition
This special book will be 36 pages (previous editions were 24 pages) with a card stock cover and high quality interior pages to show off the detail in the pencil renderings. It is 5.5″ x 8.5″ same size as previous editions. For those of you who love Adult Coloring Books, here’s your chance to color my work! I’d love to see what you do with it and I hope you share it here!
Unlike the previous editions, I will be doing a LIMITED SIGNED AND NUMBERED run of this book, limited to 400 copies. This will be the only version I will be printing. However, I am not raising the price. It will remain at $20.00 (postage included, worldwide). The book will be ready to ship the 3rd week of February.
You can order your copy at this link on my website http://www.davedorman.com/leadworks3.shtml (If you would like to order more than one, the Paypal cart will let you choose how many you would like).
Han Solo original pencil sketch by Dave Dorman
Poe Dameron original pencil art by Dave Dorman
All of my art is pencil on 11″x 14″ on Bristol board. The art will be sent flat with a tracking #. The price includes shipping worldwide.
TO ORDER any of my original pencil drawings, please click here:
http://www.davedorman.com/originalartsale020516.shtml. You will find Paypal buttons for each one.
Dave.
Happy Halloween everyone!! No Tricks, Just TREATS today… and thru’ the weekend!
Starting today, I will be offering for PRE-SALE two very anticipated upcoming Dorman cover Variants. These variants are being offered in 2 forms: A full color painted version and a a black and white pencil version. And now… THE REVEAL!
Vader Down!
The Dark Knight 3!
I once again have worked with M&M Comics in San Antonio, producing variant covers for two of the most anticipated books of the season... Marvel’s VADER DOWN and DC Comics’ DARK KNIGHT 3.
The main reason I am offering these together at this time is to allow you, my valued fans, the opportunity to make your purchases wisely with the holiday season coming up quickly , and not be surprised by a new book coming up that you might not be able to afford because you bought another book earlier. These are the last set of variants I will be producing thru’ the end of the year, so there will be no other Dorman variants upcoming after these (at least for now)
I am offering the books as individual purchases, sets of each title, or a complete set of the 4 books at a discounted price. The pricing is as follows (includes shipping and tracking):
DARK KNIGHT 3 Color Variant $15.00
DARK KNIGHT 3 Pencil Variant $25.00
VADER DOWN Color Variant $15.00
VADER DOWN Pencil Variant $25.00
VADER DOWN Both books $30.00
DARK KNIGHT 3 Both books $30.00
VADER DOWN & DARK KNIGHT 3 Full set of 4 books $60.00
AND… as a special HALLOWEEN TREAT (and extended thru’ my son Jack’s birthday,… the boy needs new shoes) all orders of the full set of 4 books will get a copy of my ARCHIE # 1 Variant AND my SPIDER-GWEN #1 variant for FREE!!! 6 books variants for $60.00!! Now THAT’s a treat if I ever heard one!
All books will be signed by me, of course. They will be bagged and boarded unopened directly from the distributor. Books will be sent out by me the week after they hit the stands; however, if you ordered the set of 4, I will send them out after VADER DOWN is released (the week of Nov.30)
Here’s the order page:
http://www.davedorman.com/DK3VADERDOWNvariant.shtml
Thanks again for all your support of my work and I hope everyone has a safe HALLOWEEN and continued health and safety through the upcoming holidays!
Dave.
Dear Friends,
I’ve added some new sketch covers this week, as you will see below. Each one is $150 plus $20 for shipping worldwide. The link to order is here:
http://www.davedorman.com/SWsketchcoversale082615.shtml
And here is the fresh art, hot off the drawing board!
Chewbacca as Sentry, by Dave Dorman. $150
Slave Leia by Dave Dorman. $150
Darth Maul by Dave Dorman. $150
Chewbacca On the Hunt by Dave Dorman. $150
ARCHIE COMICS Variant Cover #1 from Dave Dorman for M&M Comics
Dear Friends,
ARCHIE Comics has just revealed all of their Variant ARCHIE #1 covers. I am happy to say M&M Comics had me do the art for their shop’s variant! (We worked together on the Marvel STAR WARS #1 Variant as well!!) So, I am now able to post the artwork for all of you to see!
ARCHIE COMICS Variant Cover #1 from Dave Dorman for M&M Comics
It was a whole lot of fun working on this cover and great to be able to give ARCHIE a more realistic look for his fans. He and the gang at Riverdale are such famous pop culture icons, and I hope I did him justice. Both M&M Comics and I will be offering this Limited Edition Book for sale. Keep your eyes here for an announcement coming very soon! And please enjoy “something completely different” from the Studio of Dave!
If you would like to connect with me on social media, here’s where you can find me:
http://linkedin.com/in/thedavedorman
http://facebook.com/davedormansstudio
Dear Friends,
Denise found that Behind the Panels had mentioned my Lantern City variant cover for Boom! Studios as one of the Top Covers for May 2015, so I am sharing that with you here. If you haven’t heard of Lantern City, do check it out – it’s Bruce Boxleitner’s very cool, gorgeously rendered world – a Steampunk action adventure tale. Here is the variant cover art for you. Let me know what you think of it.
Lantern City Cover Art
Star Wars Variant Comic #1 Pencil Art by Dave Dorman for Sale
STAR WARS Variant Comic #2 Pencil Art by Dave Dorman, On Sale Now!
Han and Chewie Pencil Art by Dave Dorman, On Sale Now!
Luke and Leia STAR WARS Pencil Art by Dave Dorman, On Sale NOW!
Han Solo STAR WARS Pencil Art by Dave Dorman, On Sale NOW!
Dave Dorman 