Toren Atkinson » Comic Book

Gangland comic

Toren — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:51:03 +0000

A couple years back I did some pages for a comic proposal called “Gangland” for a Neil Kleid. He has been shopping the project around, and just gave me permission to publish my work here. So, here are the pages! This was one of my earliest forays into sequential art, please pardon the newbie errors.

Jesus Hates Zombies III (and Final)

Toren — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:16:15 +0000

Jesus Hates Zombies pinup by Toren Atkinson

Spoiler Alert!

Jesus Hates Zombies II

Toren — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:34:28 +0000

Octopussycat (action pose)

Toren — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:43:08 +0000

Octopussycat of the World Wildlife Federation of Justice

Click to make this rough colour drawing of Octopussycat in action big.

Raw Canvas

Toren — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:25:53 +0000

I’ll be at Raw Canvas Gallery downtown today around 8pm for a reading from Spaceship Zero the Roleplaying Game (yes, I’ll do all the character voices) and to sell you my books, t-shirts, CDs and misc. What do you think of that?

Click here to learn more

WWFJ Collectible Cards? Yes!

Toren — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:52:33 +0000

For the 2010 Chicagoland Entertainment Collectibles Expo this year I was asked to draw some cards for the Treasure Chest of Art charity project, benefitting the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. Among the other artists are Mark Texeira, Jeff (D&D) Easley, Norm (Batman)Breyfogle, Dan (Nocturnals) Brereton, Evan Dorkin, Arthur (Heavy Metal) Suydam, and Adam (Wonder Woman) Hughes, among many others. This is the first time the World Wildlife Federation of Justice characters will appear in the same project as the Star Wars universe. Here are my submissions – it’s a veritable Who’s Who of the WWFJ universe!

May 22: Acts of Violence Comic Launch Party

Toren — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:37:22 +0000

Launch party for the new crime comic anthology Acts of Violence. Creators Toren Atkinson, Ed Brisson, Todd Ireland and Kevin Leeson will be on hand and we’ll also have some original art in the gallery.

For more info on the book, visit http://www.actsofviolencecomic.com/

8pm-10pm

@ Lucky’s Comics: 3972 Main St

Saturday May 22

June: Acts of Violence Comic Anthology

Toren — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:26:36 +0000

I’ve finally been given the go-ahead to announce the comic project I was working on for so long. The story by Critical Hit Comics’ Todd Ireland & Kevin Leeson* called “Reggie-Town”will be one of four stories in the anthology “Acts of Violence” – in fact it’s the longest story of four. The book is going to be in the April previews so order this sucker from your local comic book store and pick it up in June.

Here are a couple of preview pages which unfortunately do not show the lettering by the ever-perspicacious Ed “New Reliable Press” Brisson.

*(Those of you who remember my covers from Outnumbered #5 and #6 will recall they were published by CHC)

Click on the pics below to make them LARGE. And yes, Aaron and Chris, my handsome and talented models of users and pushers, I’ll have a copy for each of you!

Exploded View launch at Ayden Gallery

Toren — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:16:32 +0000

For the Spaceship Zero lovers among you, I plan on having some original art hanging at this art show to promote the book that the SSZ comic story will be in. See below for details, and CLICK HERE for more information on the comic itself:

PRESS RELEASE
Exploded View Saturday March 6 | Launch Party at Ayden Gallery | 7pm

Vancouver, Feb, 16, 2010
For immediate transmission – Cloudscape Comics is pleased to announce the launch of their fourth publication, Exploded View. A science fiction anthology featuring twenty-five artists, all current or former residents of Vancouver, Canada. This book showcases the broad range of talent in the comics artist community. Notable contributors include Camilla d’Errico, who has been making waves with her manga influenced paintings in and outside of Vancouver, and is the artist for notable titles such as “Burn”, “Tanpopo”, and “Sky Pirates”; Children’s book Illustrator Scot Ritchie; Angela Melick, creator of the acclaimed “Wasted Talent” Webcomic; John Christmas, the artist on the recently released “Barack the Barbarian”; Jonathon Dalton, creator of “Lords of Death and Life” and “A Mad Tea-Party”; Edison Yan, whose work can be
seen on “Scribblenauts” on the Nintendo DS; Colin Upton, who has been pioneering mini- comics in Vancouver since 1985; Local Rocker, actor, and Illustrator Toren Atkinson; and Jordyn Bochon, a contributor to the independent comics anthology “You Ain’t No Dancer”. The group includes established artists, underground cartoonists, web comic creators, animators, illustrators, and manga artists all working together. Their focus is on telling meaningful, intelligent stories through the medium of comics.

This book represents the Cloudscape comics collective’s most ambitious project to date, with a huge roster of talented artists and their highest production quality. Motivated by a desire to see their work in print, Cloudscape is moving ahead without an established publisher or outside funding, raising the money it needs exclusively from the artists within the group.

Cloudscape will be launching their new book at the Ayden gallery in Tinseltown, Vancouver on March 6th at 7pm. Most of the artists will be in attendance to sign autographs. This will be your first opportunity to purchase this fantastic new book.

Contributors: Toren Atkinson, Jordyn Bochon, Aaron Bouthiller, Chloe Chan, John Christmas, Jonathon Dalton, Camilla d’Errico, Jeff Ellis, Lou Ford, Kevin Forbes, Megan Furesz, Jason Harris, Steve Lecouilliard, Christopher Leinonen, Wei Li, Colleen MacIssac, Angela Melick, Scott Ritchie, Scott Ritchings, Paul Soeiro, Curt Steckhan, Cat Tang, Colin Upton, Edison Yan, and Eric Zawadzki.

Ayden Gallery: 88 West Pender Street (2nd floor) International Village (Tinseltown) Vancouver, BC
Phone: 778 891 431 email: info@aydengallery.com website: www.aydengallery.com/

Press Contact: Jeffrey Ellis, email: info@cloudscapecomics.com
For more information, visit: www.cloudscapecomics.com twitter.com/CloudscapeComic
www.facebook.com/pages/Cloudscape-Comics/14079033969

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Source: Jeffrey Ellis Press Contact Cloudscape Comics Vancouver
www.cloudscapecomics.com
info@cloudscapecomics.com

WWFJ Death Wattle final

Toren — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:26:47 +0000

WWFJ – Astromandrill

Toren — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:22:58 +0000

Here’s a slick version of Astromandrill

WWFJ – Death Wattle

Toren — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:45:18 +0000

Click to make big

Here’s the newest (rough) colour sketch for the nefarious and wholly nasty villain Death Wattle

Earlier Version

He will be featured in the World Wildlife Federation of Justice

supplement for Mutants & Masterminds published by Atomic Overmind Press, which means you can read his secret origin, and compare his stats and power level against other WWFJ characters. And if you’re a player of Mutants & Masterminds the roleplaying game you can pit him against your superhero group. Sure…why not?

He is the arch-nemesis of Astromandrill, in case you were wondering, which makes him a fearsome foe indeed! He is also the leader of the Flock of Evil.

See more drawings of WWFJ characters by visiting

http://www.thickets.net/toren/category/wwfj/ and view the ‘official page at:

http://www.thickets.net/toren/world-wildlife-federation-of-justice/ for a preview of the cover of the book (which will be a pdf to start).