Frank Cho Apes and Babes

http://apesandbabes.com/?p=5563 Man, this summer has been a busy one for me. Ever since I left the Wonder Woman gig, I've been bombarded with job offers. (Thank you everyone for the outpouring of love and support, and the fantastic job offers.)

Lucky for me, I already have a steady job writing and drawing my creator-owned book, Skybourne, at BOOM! Studios. So I can pick and choose my side jobs.

One of the side jobs that I decided upon was Reborn #1 variant cover because I'm a huge fan of Mark Millar and Greg Capullo, two of the top talents in the business at their creative peak. And also, this cover gave me an excuse to barbarians, dragons and hot women. All the stuff I love to draw.

So here's the pencil sketch of the cover thus far. I'll post the finished inks later.

-- FRANK CHO

Wow. I can't believe this is happening. My creator-owned book, Skybourne #1, is completely finished and in the can. It's set to debut at my hometown show, Baltimore Comic Con in September.

http://baltimorecomiccon.com/

Here's the exclusive Baltimore Comic Con cover of Skybourne #1. I'm so excited right now. I've been itching to tell this story for over 10 years and now it's going to see print.

If you haven't preordered your copy in the Diamond Previews, do so now. I promise you, it's gonna be a fun ride.

-- FRANK CHO

http://apesandbabes.com/?p=5469 Finishing up the latest Skybourne cover for Baltimore Comicon. This is Grace Skybourne, one of two main heroes in the brother-sister team.

People are asking me what I'm doing now that I'm no longer the cover artist on Wonder Woman. This is it. I'm writing and drawing my creator-owned book, Skybourne, at BOOM! Studios.

Skybourne #1 will be out this September.

http://baltimorecomiccon.com

-- FRANK CHO

Yikes! Still under the deadline gun as I plow through my work list. The good news is that all the stuff that needed to get done before the show will get done.

I still haven't started packing for San Diego Comicon next week, but here's a rough list of what I'll be bringing to San Diego:

* New art print by me Yikes! Still under the deadline gun as I plow through my work list. The good news is that all the stuff that needed to get done before the show will get done.

I still haven't started packing for San Diego Comicon next week, but here's a rough list of what I'll be bringing to San Diego:

* New art print by me and Brandon Peterson * Original art for sale including my Wonder Woman covers * "Drawing Beautiful Women" art book. (In the oversized edition, I'll be doing small head sketches for money.)

I'll be sitting at booth 4901 with Geof Darrow, Steve Purcell and Mike Mignola. * Original art for sale including my Wonder Woman covers * "Drawing Beautiful Women" art book. (In the oversized edition, I'll be doing small head sketches for money.)

I'll be sitting at booth 4901 with Geof Darrow, Steve Purcell and Mike Mignola.

-- FRANK CHO http://apesandbabes.com/?p=5466

San Diego Comicon is just around the corner, and I have a work list a mile long of all the art I have to draw before I leave for San Diego next week. On that list is "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" pin-up for the Baltimore Comic Con Year Book. It's focus this year is the Archie Universe. They needed the art now so they can get the book printed in time for the September show in Baltimore. http://baltimorecomiccon.com

I wished I spent more time on it and got a proper colorist to color it but deadlines are deadlines, so quick flat colors by me will do.

One more project off my list. Now, back to the grindstone.

-- FRANK CHO

Heads up, gang. My Wonder Woman #3 variant cover is coming out this week. So order your copy today.

Very busy week. I'm trying to get all my stuff done before I leave for San Diego Comicon next week. As for San Diego Comicon, I'll be sitting at Booth 4901 with Geof Darrow and Mike Mignola. I'll have a new art print, but no new sketchbook. (Just didn't have enough time.) I'll also be selling original art at the booth including my Wonder Woman covers.

Okay, enough chit-chat. Back to work for me.

-- FRANK CHO

Wow! I got the final cover image from Geof Darrow. Everything Darrow draws is magic. From his masterpiece, Shaolin Cowboy to his classic Hard Boiled, Darrow is a giant among men, literally. Again, he hits it out of the park with my Skybourne #1 variant cover. I'm just speechless.

Thank you, Geof Darrow. You've made my year, big guy.

Don't forget, folks. My creator-owned book, Skybourne #1, published by BOOM! Studios will be out this September. So order your copy today.

-- FRANK CHO

One more of the finished commissions I did during the shows: Scarlet Witch.

-- FRANK CHO

Supanova Comicon in Perth and Sydney, Australia, has been a blast. Australia in general must be the friendliest country in the world. The people were generous, upbeat and down-right nice. The show itself was well organized and fun. This trip has been simply wonderful.

I've stayed busy throughout the two shows, Perth and Sydney. I managed to do 10 art commissions during the shows. I forgot to take photos of all the art but here are two of the finished art commissions that I remember to take photos of.

-- FRANK CHO

This past Sunday at Supanova Comicon at Sydney, I was part of a weird and funny panel, the Supanova Sketch-off. This panel consisted of me, Arthur Adams, Joyce Chin and Cully Hamner. The audience would call out a character, however ludicrous or silly, for us to draw on stage. All of us had 30 minutes to crank out this sketch while they filmed us. No pressure. After much back and forth, the audience chose "Sexy Swamp Thing" and away we went.   Arthur and Joyce drew a female Swamp Thing. Cully went one step further and drew female Swamp Thing in a black lingerie. I decided to think outside the box and drew Groot looking at a nude spread of Swamp Thing. The audience loved all the drawings. You'll probably see some of the drawings posted online soon.

And... I just heard, we're doing the sketch-off in Perth, too. Again, no pressure.

-- FRANK CHO

Things are going great here in Supanova Comic Con. I've just finished the first half of the Supanova Comicon, the Sydney portion. Now I'm on my way to do the second half at the city of Perth which is on the other side of the country.

Fans and the organizers are absolutely marvelous. I've taken a very small commission list and diligently been working on them throughout the show. Here's one of the few commissions I remembered to take a photo of: Death, from the Sandman series.

I'll try to post more as the show progress.

-- FRANK CHO

The first leg of my 2016 Australian tour, Supanova in Sidney, is over. The convention floor was packed, my full report will follow on Wednesday. Next leg: Supanova in Perth, on June 24-26 at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre. See you monkey boys & girls there!

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FRANK CHO

http://apesandbabes.com/?p=5334

Well gang. I'm branching out at DC. Besides Wonder Woman covers, I'll be doing a short stint on Harley Quinn and her Harley Gang as the new cover artist. Once it's colored and finalized, I'll post the image.

Now, I'm off to Supanova Comic Cons in Australia (Sydney and Perth). I'll be selling original art and art prints at both shows so ask my art dealer, Steve Morger, about them. See you guys, Down Under.

-- FRANK CHO

http://apesandbabes.com/?p=5322 WARNING: NSFW

I've been a huge fan of Budd Root and his opus, Cavewoman, since the beginning. For years, I've marveled at his delightful and saucy art. Budd has an amazing ability to capture the shadowy and primal feel of O'Brien's masterpiece, King Kong, on paper, which I can attest is hard as hell and next to impossible. But Budd does it with ease and fun. His women are sexy yet innocent with a healthy dose of curves in all the right places. Budd Root is my kind of artist.

Over the years, countless Budd Root fans and I have waited for a big coffee table art book. Unfortunately with Budd's insane workload and other circumstances, no Budd Root art book was coming.

So I've decided to damn the torpedoes and print the book myself. I can attest Budd Root art book is long overdue and need to be released to the world. I'm happy to announce that I'll be publishing a giant hardcover Budd Root art book this year. The book will be released sometimes in the autumn under my Monkeyboy Press imprint.

More info later as things progress.

All hail, Budd Root!!! :-)

-- FRANK CHO

http://apesandbabes.com/?p=5322 WARNING: NSFW

Starting a new chapter in my career - Drawing Wonder Woman covers for DC.

-- FRANK CHO

Greetings, fanboys and fangirls! After 6 months of hiatus, Apes and Babes is back. Our trusty webmaster, Culo-Boy _UgoM!_, decided retirement just plain sucks and came back to run this nut house. So, please excuse us as we get the boiler going and get this crazy train moving again.

I'll be posting my art blogs (roughly) every Mondays and Fridays. Also be sure to check the forum (Dean's Pig Pen in the message board) for all the uncensored naked art that I can't post on my Facebook pages.

See you guys on the board.

- - FRANK CHO

ABOUT TIME! After a long hiatus, that begun January 1st, we uploaded the daily Liberty Meadows strips, over 120 of them, for January-May 2016 and already scheduled those for the whole month of June (from June 6th a new strip will be published, automatically, in the early morning of weekdays, Mon-Fri) So head over apesandbabes.com and start reading, beats the crap out of the re-run of 'Friends' you're watching on TV now...doesn't it?... and you'll feel sorry for Frank Mellish's broken heart, laugh at Ralph's crazy experiments and Dean's attempts to  romance babes using his chauvinist pig inspired hook-up lines. And Jen and Brandy...such gorgeous babes, only Frank Cho can draw babes that hot ;) Enjoy!

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