Vincent Price—✍🏼 “I am Frederick Loren, and I have rented the house on Haunted Hill tonight so that my wife can give a party. She’s so amusing. There’ll be food and drink and ghosts, and perhaps even a few murders. You’re all invited…” from House on Haunted Hill #inktober #vincentprice

“I made a bad joke. You’re not a replicant. Go home.” -Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, BLADE RUNNER #harrisonford #bladerunner #doandroidsdreamofelectricsheep #philipkdick #ridleyscott #sciencefiction #sketch #portrait #vangelis

MODESTY BLAISE, movie poster concept inspired by the 1969 film The Italian job starring Michael Caine. Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip written by Peter O’Donnell and first illustrated by Jim Holdaway that made its debut May 13, 1963.

Valentine Episode 26 is now live on @Patreon! Subscribers will receive the new Valentine 64 page comic strip Taste for Death before it’s made available to the public. #Valentine #comicstrip #creatorownedcomic #penandink #cartoonist #patriotpictures

Finishing up inks on Valentine episode 26.

“My skin is like a smooth baby pumpkin. Ah... I didn’t mean to talk erotic.”—Jim Ignatowski aka “Reverend Jim,” played by the incomparable Christopher Lloyd from the tv sitcom Taxi. … #taxi #christopherlloyd #sketch #portraitdrawing #draweveryday

Italian actress Claudia Cardinale—Pen and ink RIP #ClaudiaCardinale #onceuponatimeinthewest #pencildrawing #sketch #penandink #inkdrawing #sablebrush #twsbi #fountainpen

“Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?” 💥 -Sundance played by the great Robert Redford. Thanks for the memories. RIP #penandink #portrait #robertredford #ButchCassidyandtheSundancekid #sketch #draweveryday

One of my fondest memories as a kid was watching this with my dad. Thanks for the memories Robert Redford, the first of many of his movies (acted/directed) I’ll be watching this month. RIP

WIP-Valentine episode 26 Catch up on the latest story www.patreon.com/DanCooney?ut... #patreon #valentine #comicstrip

Rickey Henderson—pen and ink. Henderson, nicknamed “Man of Steal”, was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including his original team, the Oakland Athletics. #penandink #sketch #mlb #rickeyhenderson

Inking Modesty Blaise and her loyal lieutenant Willie Garvin. I’ve been looking forward to this as a warm up for my next commission of Modesty for a while now. #modestyblaise

I’m excited to share a finished page featuring Frankie and Rose from The Tommy Gun Dolls V2: Double-Cross on Maiden Lane. Hand drawn and inked on @strathmoreart 500 series 2ply Bristol vellum.

Circling. #Trump

In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen

Wrapped up a six month illustration gig for an author’s book and the first week back to teaching in the classroom. Bring on the long weekend. Looking forward to sharing when published. And excited to return back to my own books and finish a few commissions.

Elizabeth Taylor sketch as Cleopatra, from the film written and directed by Joe Mankiewicz. I’ve been enjoying @tcm #ThePlotThickens movie podcast hosted by @BenMank77 —Season 6 focuses on the making of Cleopatra.

Reworking this pencil draft of Modesty Blaise as a warm up to drawing and inking today. #sketch #modestyblaise #poster

This character has a very decorative Spanish flamenco dress and I found this cool vector art pattern. I was able to work it into Photoshop from the hand drawn line art. I’m looking forward to seeing this comic book colored by my longtime collaborator Lisa Gonzales for a client.

Rachel Brosnahan sketch as Lois Lane from Superman. #loislane #rachelbrosnahan #superman #sketch

Completed illustration for crime fiction author, Aaron Hilton. I’m looking forward to seeing the coloring and picking up a copy of the book when finished! I always enjoy getting to play with characters from his crime fiction world.

Hey everyone! New time lapse video posted of inking a book cover for long time collab with author Aaron Hilton coloring by Lisa Gonzales. #drawing #comicbooks #artist #crime #howto #penandink #1950s #fictionbooks #timelapse #aaronhilton

Commission currently on the drawing board this evening.

A live action movie, hell or an animated film is what I’d love to see in theaters. Micronauts! Art by Jackson “Butch” Guice! (RIP)

Morning warm-up sketch—actor David Corenswet as Superman. My kids and I really enjoyed the new Superman film. Great stuff @jamesgunn #superman #davidcorenswet #sketch #dccomics #comicbooks

This may just be my favorite page from this comic book.

Morning sketch — @haileesteinfeld as Mary Louise from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners 🩸#sketch #portraitdrawing #haileesteinfield #sinners #vampire #horror #draweveryday

Time-lapse video of inking my comic book character, Valentine. #creatingcomics #comicbookart #comics #inkingcomics #valentine #timelapse #art #pen #drawing

“Just a friendly reminder that in other countries, you are not allowed to criticize the government and in doing so, you can face imprisonment or worse. So unless that changes, be grateful for your freedoms.” - Rachel Smith

“It's okay to work in your studio in the midst of uncertainty. We're not Nero fiddling. Art is your voice. And it's very much needed.” -Paddy Johnson, Image credit @inspiredtowrite

Happy Fourth! 💥 The sultry Sherilyn Fenn, pencil sketch inspired by Douglas Kirkland. Did you know the mole (beauty mark) on my comic book character Dana Valentine’s left eye was a homage to Sherilyn Fenn’s?

Pencil draft illustration of a book cover for crime fiction author Aaron Hilton.

Happy 80th birthday to the legendary Blondie vocalist Debbie Harry!

Bride and gloom @pinuppalmer as The Bride. Graphite on @strathmoreart #gwengoolie #horrorhosts #houseofsvengoolie #frankenstein #classichorror #brideoffrank #pencildrawing #portrait #sketch

Sneak peek from Touched - comic book series by Christopher Allen and Shannon Appelcline, looking forward to seeing the colors on this.

If I Won The Lottery I Wouldn't Tell Anyone But There Would Be Signs. #patricknagel #Rio #DuranDuran #rare #promoposter

Work-in-progress comic page.

Inking comics.

So it’s a bit warm today here in hilly Connecticut. Stayed inside, cleaned house, chores, etc. while my kids are away. Now, treating myself to nice, hot cup of coffee before heading back downstairs into the studio. Cheers. ☕️✍🏼☀️

Client work-due out for publication later this year.

It’s been a year since the boys and I moved to Connecticut from Martha’s Vineyard. Maybe now we can finally settle in, hang a few pictures on the walls, and call it home. The one constant over the years? The drawing table — it’s always felt like home. 🏠✍🏼☕️☀️

Valentine book sketch for a book order. The comic series made its debut in 1997 at Comic-Con international in San Diego. I have a few signed copies of the second edition available through my online shop.

Finally nearing the completion of this client’s (a very patient one) comic book story arc.

Last week, I was saddened to learn from my best friend, Josh, that our dear friend Chris Urewicz had passed away. My heart goes out to his loved ones and everyone who knew him well. I’ve known Chris since high school, and over the years, he has always been a great friend—

About that #Duster title sequence... collider.com/duster-openi...

Time to catch up on commissions and get back to making comics. ✍🏼🥳🤘🏻

Happy Father’s Day. I’ll always remember this as if it was yesterday driving down hwy 101 to Santa Barbara for my first year of college, circa 1988. Wow, the shit I can share with my 18 yr old self of what lies ahead for him. Ambitious, stubborn and naive as hell.

No Kings, but two One of Comics One of Cartoons