Owen likes to draw comics

I have an 8-page story called The Bushranger's Treasure in an upcoming comics anthology!

http://gurukitty.com/magento/comics/ghosttales.html

Ghost Tales is a 186 page anthology featuring 16 comics by creators from all over the world on the theme of ghost stories. The comics are all black and white, and each is between 4 and 15 pages.

At US$15 (less than a dollar for each comic), this is a bargain. Pre-orders can be made here: http://gurukitty.com/magento/comics/ghosttales.html

The money from pre-orders will be going towards the cost of printing the book, so any support/promotion will be much appreciated, I'm sure!

http://outtamyhead.24hourcynic.com/

So if anyone cares other than the spammers who seem to love commenting on this journal, I've started a new website for my comics and art. It will pretty much replace this livejournal as a repository for the various random stand-alone comics and cartoons that I do, as well as some of my art from various exhibitions. Hopefully it will even be updated more frequently than this LJ has been... is there even anyone out there still reading?

http://outtamyhead.24hourcynic.com/

Oh yeah, fair warning: It will often be NSFW. Enjoy! Or don't. It's a free country.

Here is the third of the seven pieces I have in the current Beards and Moustaches art exhibition. The facial hair-themed exhibition is on display upstairs at the Grace Emily Hotel (232 Waymouth St, Adelaide) until this Saturday (29 May 2010). The gallery should be open between 4pm and 8pm each day. Other artists in the exhibition include Jake One, Jake Two, Cassie Alvey, Tom White, Erick "E" Watson, Jayson Fox, Rebekah Beale, Kerri Wright, Joey Blackwell, Steph Morris and Annamarieke Van Den Heuvel.



This piece is still for sale (framed) for $125.

I'm kind of surprised that other pieces sold ahead of this, as it was by far my most popular piece in terms of positive comments I got about it. It doesn't really bother me, though, as it means I get to hang it in my own house.

I had the idea while doodling at work. Based on the feedback at least, I should daydream at work more often.

It's a mixed media piece painted on an overhead transparency (blue paint on the front, yellow paint on the back) laid over a sheet of colour card .

My scanner did some weird automatic colour correction thing that I tried to compensate for in Photoshop, but it still doesn't look as good here as it does in real life.

I have vague ambitions of doing some follow-up pics of other animals with moustaches, title Incognito II, Incognito III, etc.

Here is a photo of it in its frame (with me relfected in the glass because I am a terrible photographer), which may give you a better idea of its true colours. (I later had to take it out of the frame because I hadn't signed it.)

Here is one of the seven pieces I have in the current Beards and Moustaches art exhibition. The facial hair-themed exhibition is on display upstairs at the Grace Emily Hotel (232 Waymouth St, Adelaide) until this Saturday (29 May 2010). The gallery should be open between 4pm and 8pm each day. Other artists in the exhibition include Jake One, Jake Two, Cassie Alvey, Tom White, Erick "E" Watson, Jayson Fox, Rebekah Beale, Kerri Wright, Joey Blackwell, Steph Morris and Annamarieke Van Den Heuvel.



It's a mixed media piece painted on an overhead transparency (indian ink on the front, colour paint on the back) laid over a sheet of newspaper.

It sold on opening night (framed) for $75.

I don't have a photo of it in the frame, but here is a work-in-progress photo:

This is a piece I am working on at the moment. It still needs (1) a background, (2) colours on the foreground figure, and (3) probably a better title.




Yes, I am aware that only male antelopes have horns.

The sixth and final issue of Fist Full Of Comics (volume two) is now available!. Fist Full Of Comics volume two is a six-issue bi-monthly comics anthology zine that I edited this year, which focused primarily (but not exclusively) on South Australian creators. Here's the cover:



Cover art by Jake One and Jake "Two" Bresanello
Fist Full Of Comics logo designed by Clare Oakes

This issue is 36 pages and features comics by:

• Nick Skeer
  


• Dave Hodson
  


• Jake "Two" Bresanello
  


• Sione Bouts
  


• Erin McGregor
  


• K
  


• Catherine Brittle (writer) and Loren Morris (artist)
  


• Robin Tatlow-Lord
  


• Ian C Thomas
  


• Maree Mogg
  


• Simon Gray (writer) and Owen Heitmann (artist)
  
• Darren Koziol
  


• Jake One
  


• Greg Holfeld
  


• EvilDan
  

The fifth issue of Fist Full Of Comics (volume two) is now available!. Fist Full Of Comics is a bi-monthly comics anthology zine that I edit, which focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on South Australian creators. Here's the cover:



Cover art by Tim Pearson
Fist Full Of Comics logo designed by Clare Oakes

This issue is 32 pages and features comics by:

• Greg Holfeld
  
• Mark Hobby (writer) and Nick Skeer (artist)
  
• Sarah Milne
  
• Mark Selan (rescripter) and Owen Heitmann (artist) (two collaborative pieces, plus a one pager I did solo)
  
• Robin Tatlow-Lord
  
• Catherine Brittle (writer) and Loren Morris (artist)
  
• Sione Bouts
  
• Jake One
  
• Ian C. Thomas
  
• Jen Breach (writer) and Trevor Wood (artist)
  
• Janis Kalnins and Janis Pinkulis
  
• Peter Moerenhout (writer) and Pieter Rosseel (artist) (Belgium)
  
• Randy Leonard (Canada)
  

This is a stupid comic I drew last night (actually, I finished some details this evening) about my weekend.



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The fourth issue of Fist Full Of Comics (volume two) is now available! Fist Full Of Comics is a bi-monthly comics anthology zine focussing primarily (but not exclusively) on South Australian creators. Here's the cover:



Cover art by Clare Oakes
Fist Full Of Comics logo designed by Clare Oakes

This issue is 36-pages and features comics by:

• Sarah Milne
• Owen Heitmann
• Brendan Boyd
• Jase Harper
• Ian C. Thomas
• Catherine Brittle (writer) and Loren Morris (artist)
• Mark Selan (writer) and Colin Wells (artist)
• Stewart Cook (writer) and Tim Ide (artist)
• Sarah Larsen (writer) and Nick Skeer (artist)
• Simon Gray
• Darren Koziol
• Lucas House
• Randy Leonard (Canada)

The third issue of Fist Full Of Comics (volume two) is now available! Fist Full Of Comics is a bi-monthly comics anthology zine focussing primarily (but not exclusively) on South Australian creators (this issue features Fist Full Of Comics' first international contributor!). Here's the cover:



Cover art by Loren Morris
Fist Full Of Comics logo designed by Clare Oakes

This 32-page issue features comics by:

• Sarah Milne
• Owen Heitmann
• Dan McGuiness (whose full colour children's graphic novel Pilot and Huxley will be published by Omnibus later this year)
• Mark Hobby (writer) and Steve Colloff (artist)
• Ian C. Thomas
• Allan Sheldon (writer) and Nick Skeer (artist)
• Anthony Sherratt (writer) and Stewart Cook (artist)
• Benzin Bullock (writer) and Owen Heitmann (artist)
• Darren Koziol
• Jake Bresanello
• Rene Maisonneuve (Canada)