I.C.E. - Indie Comix Expo

The 1st annual Indie Comix Expo is a convention, party and hangout w/ comic creators, food, booze and live music on 4/24/15 in Chicago. The Kickstarter campaign is now updated with new rewards! It’s the after party and convention after the convention!

Located at Reggie’s Rockclub  @ 2109 S. State St Chicago, IL!

Indie comics creators and publishers, tattoos, artwork, comics and comix!

Live performances by:

Adam Warrock

Cochise Soulstar

Check our Kickstarter campaign here for full details, current guest list and rewards! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1951016341/indie-comix-expo-part-convention-all-party-on-4-24?ref=nav_search


I will be there as a guest and as part of the King Bone Press crew.  Can't make it to the show but want to help grow the scene? There's digital comics rewards and original art rewards too. It's not charity, you're getting a whole lot of bang for your contribution buck.

I have two spots open for 9" x 12" full commissions available.

"Pledge $40 or more


TICKET AND COMMISSION BY BOBGAR ORNELAS- This will get you entrance to the show AND a 9x12 inch single character commission by Bobgar Ornelas. This will be a single character or bust sketch on bristol board. Just bring an ID to the door and we will have your name on a list!

This is a pick up item, but if you can not make the show and want it mailed, your admission will just go towards shipping instead (US Only) 
21+ event

Limited (2 of 3 remaining)"

As ever, thanks for reading and following my art and comics projects, Hope to see you there!
Bobgar Ornelas

b-one #8 - NOW AVAILABLE!

Hey, what do you know I finished b-one #8. Only the digital version is available now on the KBP store here.

Print to come in mid January.

Any way that you buy it, it's still was a blast to make. A long time coming, but it's been well received from the few review copies that I sent out. Enjoy.  

Thank you,

Bobgar Ornelas

Commissions and Original Artwork

As promised a couple of small sketches. A little bit of Babadook going on here. What can I say? I liked the flick.

5.5"x7" ink/inkwash on Bristol.

these are available for purchase from my store. I'll be posting more as often as I can. Thanks for checking out my blog.

Bobgar Ornelas

Commissions and Original Artwork

There was a little hiccup in the delivery of the Thor for the charity art auction and was not included there. Unfortunatly it's come back to me. I've decided to add it to my storenvy shop.

slurmo.storenvy.com/

I know that I haven't posted anything in quite a while. I've just completed all the interiors to b-one #8 ! It won't be long until the issue is available for purchase! Once that is complete I'll have more time to post illustrations and comics here. 

Thanks for the support,

Bobgar Ornelas

Commissions and Original Artwork

Seems like it has been a while since I posted. Lots of behind the scenes work on I.C.E. (Indie Comix Expo) as announced by KBP this week. I'm also working on cover and design work for a new, not yet unannounced series, plus the usual progress on the next issue of b-one. So what am I doing posting here, instead of working there? Well Jon Westhoff is involved with a nonprofit charity auction and I did this piece for them. A fun distraction from the grind. Hope ya'll dig it.

Thor
9”x 12” Ink on bristol board

Want to participate in the charity auction? Contact Jon here.

Commissions and Original Artwork

 

 



Batgirl in her all new New 52 costume! That's a lot of "new". This was a fun one.

5.5"x7" ink/inkwash on bristol.

This piece and all sorts of other art, prints and miscellanea are available for purchase on my shop.

http://slurmo.storenvy.com/

-Bobgar

Commissions and Original Artwork

Here's a quick little rendition of the Flash, classic comics version.

5.5"x7" ink/inkwash on bristol.

This piece and all sorts of other art, prints and miscellanea are available for purchase on my shop.

http://slurmo.storenvy.com/

-Bobgar

b-one #8 - process

 

Hello all. Just a quick little post here. Some of you may already know that I've struggled a bit with the writing aspect of the next issue of b-one. Some of the delays are King Bone Press publishing duty related, that and artwork on Bandthology III and Bullet Proof Chicken: Nuggets so I can't say that it hasn't been a fun ride. In any case I'm back and working diligently on b-one #8. Here's a bit of process, progress on the first Stonebrook story of the issue.

Please enjoy responsibly,

Bobgar Ornelas

b-one FUNZIES!

Last week I promised a brand new b-one FUNZIES this week and by gum I delivered! I intended to draw this up a while back, but time did not permit.

Please enjoy responsibly,
Bobgar Ornelas

Hardcore Days

Back in the day I was in a couple of hardcore bands; Deciding Factor and Egotrip. Both with lifelong friend and guitarist Rick and a few good friends. Looking up zine, flyer, band merch artwork in my boxes of original art and digital files I decided to release all the Egotrip recordings. I packaged them with original artwork from the time. The EP was part of a split CD so I repurposed flyer artwork for the cover. A buck for each demo or EP. There ain't no profit in it, it just pays for the online storage.

Yeah, I'm being a bit reminiscent today, but some of my favorite memories are from these days. Great shows, great music, great friends. Check it out if you're so inclined.

 

You can buy the music along with art, prints, buttons and other junk at my store here.

Hardcore Days

 

A while back I was in a hardcore band. That one didn't pan out as is usually the case with hxc bands of the time, so another band was formed. Nothing groundbreaking or interesting there. We had some great shows, we had some less than stellar shows. What was cool was creating content for our websites, and hxc zines, and flyers. Here's a few comics and comic style illustration that I did for the band and a couple of zines. The two color illos were recolored by me this week. A couple of these were posted as full color or printed in black and white.

 

 

I'll post more of this type of work as I find it and scan it. It'll be under the title of Hardcore Days but not all of these are going to be hxc scene inspired. Some illustrations and logos were done for pop punk bands or death metal bands. Some of it I'm not too proud of but it is a part of my life and it's fun to revisit the old days.

 

 

Hope you had fun with this trip down memory lane as well. New b-one comic magazine is underway. Look for new b-one FUNZIES web comics next week (if all goes according to plan).

 

 

Please enjoy responsibly,

Bobgar Ornelas

 

 

Comix Rx: Check these people out!



Some of you may know that I host a comics podcast (Earth 2), some may not. On the show we do a segment called Comix Rx that is intended to highlight a comic that may be below your radar. Since I have been pimping the opening of my store I thought that it was only fair to help out a few of my friends. This is by no means a complete listing, there will be subsequent postings under the Comix Rx banner. 

While the following have all worked with King Bone Press, they do so much on their own. Harry Moyer has curated and compiled three FREE western anthologies, Saddle Sore and has a unique run of mini comics. The Brothers O'Briant have a plethora of web comics and the all ages print series MAPS published through their Strips4 imprint.  John Boren is the hardest working man in non sequential art! He's always on a quest to do the next drawing and I'm happy to say that I have seen him impress me time and time again with the growth of his art. A little birdy told me that he is working on a sequential story so stay tuned.

So here are your links to free stuff and their stores. Take a gander and if so inclined please support the true independents.

Thank ye,

Bobgar Ornelas

Harry Moyer

http://harrymoyer.storenvy.com/

Saddle Sore

http://saddlesorecomic.tumblr.com/post/72454430875/saddle-sore-issue-3

Tim & Jon O'Briant

http://strips4.com/

http://strips4.storenvy.com/

John Boren

http://jdborenart.storenvy.com/

Commissions and Original Artwork

 

 

 

 

I've been enjoying the Gotham television series quite a bit so I decided to do these sketches. 

Selina Kyle, Penguin, and Fish Mooney.

Each are 5.5"x7" ink/inkwash on bristol.

They are also for sale at my store.  slurmo.storenvy.com

slurmo.storenvy.com now open!

Hey everyone, I opened up a store to sell original artwork, prints, pins and other miscellanea that isn’t a direct product of King Bone Press.  Go to the KBP store for all things KBP and go to my store for the sketches that I post on these blogs.  I’ll add sketches and artwork once a week to start off and depending on how things pan out either taper it off or add more products like the prints and buttons. I’ll be drawing this stuff regardless; it’s up to you as to whether I get the art produced as merchandise.

Well, thanks for reading this and thanks for your interest in my store.

You can find it here slurmo.storenvy.com/ 

-Bobgar Ornelas

Commissions and Original Artwork

 

 

Bride of Frankenstein

5.5"x7" ink/inkwash on bristol.

 

Commissions and Original Artwork

Commissions and Original Artwork

The Riddler. Jack Kirby Green Arrow.

I must have green on the brain.

5.5"x7" ink/inkwash on bristol.

Commissions and Original Artwork (with ordering information)

8" x 10"

5.5" x 7"

Commissions

Would you like an original piece of art by yours truly? We’ll all you have to do is commission it. It’s easy, just let me know what you want and I’ll draw it, with a few rare exceptions. All artwork is done with ink/inkwash on bristol board. Below are the basics, if you need something different I’m sure that we can come to an agreement.

 

11”x 17” Single figure inked. $60.00 Shipping Included*

11”x 17” Multiple figures/Team inked. $75.00 Shipping Included*

9”x 12” Single figure inked. $35.00 Shipping Included*

9”x 12” Multiple figures/Team inked. $45.00 Shipping Included*

5.5”x 7” Single figure/head shot. Inked. $20.00 Shipping Included*

2.5" x 3.5" Sketch Cards. Inked. $3.00 Shipping Included*

 

Oh, and please be specific about the iteration of the character you want commissions. For example if you want an illustration of “Sandman” let me know which Sandman (Spider-man’s Flint Marko, Morpheus, Logan 3, Golden Age DC, Punch-Out character, Mystery Theatre, etc. etc) The same thing goes if you want a specific costume that a character wears.

 

Original Artwork

If you’ve seen a piece of mine that you want to inquire about, please do, there’s a good chance that I still retain the original artwork. Just ask!

Please email BuyOrnelasArt at gmail.com for availability, this offer is only available for Bobgar Ornelas illustrated comics. If you are inquiring about specific King Bone Press publications drawn by a different artist please email me and I will get you in contact with the artist.

 

Payments

Paypal: email slurmo at gmail.com

www.paypal.me/slurmo

*Shipping is included for United States only.

Commissions and Original Artwork (with ordering information)

8"x10"

5.5"x7"

Commissions

Would you like an original piece of art by yours truly? We’ll all you have to do is commission it. It’s easy, just let me know what you want and I’ll draw it, with a few rare exceptions. All artwork is done with ink/inkwash on bristol board. Below are the basics, if you need something different I’m sure that we can come to an agreement.

 

11”x 17” Single figure inked. $60.00 Shipping Included*

11”x 17” Multiple figures/Team inked. $75.00 Shipping Included*

9”x 12” Single figure inked. $35.00 Shipping Included*

9”x 12” Multiple figures/Team inked. $45.00 Shipping Included*

5.5”x 7” Single figure/head shot. Inked. $20.00 Shipping Included*

2.5" x 3.5" Sketch Cards. Inked. $3.00 Shipping Included*

 

Oh, and please be specific about the iteration of the character you want commissions. For example if you want an illustration of “Sandman” let me know which Sandman (Spider-man’s Flint Marko, Morpheus, Logan 3, Golden Age DC, Punch-Out character, Mystery Theatre, etc. etc) The same thing goes if you want a specific costume that a character wears.

 

Original Artwork

If you’ve seen a piece of mine that you want to inquire about, please do, there’s a good chance that I still retain the original artwork. Just ask!

Please email BuyOrnelasArt at gmail.com for availability, this offer is only available for Bobgar Ornelas illustrated comics. If you are inquiring about specific King Bone Press publications drawn by a different artist please email me and I will get you in contact with the artist.

 

Payments

Paypal: email slurmo at gmail.com

www.paypal.me/slurmo

*Shipping is included for United States only.

Artwork Before and After: Bandthology III Edition

 

As many of you already know King Bone Press's third installment of our music focus anthology Bandthology was released on Comixology this week. Those that do not own the print copy may not have noticed the small cover alterations that were made to the cover.  Comixology suggested that we remove some images from the cover and interior.  Luckily I was the artist that drew the cover to this particular issue so as co-publisher it was actually an easy fix. We did not have to contact anyone and I had all the files handy.

Here's a before and after shot of the cover.  As you can see a t-shirt and a poster have been altered.

All three volumes of Bandthology are available digitally via Comixology here.

Volumes 2 and 3 of Bandthology are available in print from King Bone Press here.

Volume 1 of Bandthology is currently out of print and it's all because of good people like you that supported us.

 

Bobgar Ornelas

b-one FUNZIES!

Hey look! It's an all new thirteen year old comic! I rediscovered some of my old art while cleaning out my shed and found a thumbnail for a web strip that I never drew out right. Here's both. So you get new and old all rolled into one.

I still stand by the sentiment of the original. Don't try this at home or anywhere else.


Please enjoy responsibly,
Bobgar Ornelas

b-one FUNZIES!

Raccoons and trees are hot right now, right?

Please enjoy responsibly,
Bobgar Ornelas

High School Drawings!

Hello all and welcome back to another edition of "High School Drawings!"  This not so hot little number was drawn sometime in 1993. I found a box of drawings and story pages most from 1993-1995ish. Not a lot of good stuff in there, but I did like this one. Hard to believe there was a time where I would get anything, felt tips markers, sharpies, red ball point pens and a typewriter to do a drawing. On newsprint, no less! There's even paste-up on the Cliff Steele caption box.

 

I colored it to bring a bit of a modern look to it. I darkened the hell out of the background because let's face it, it's abysmal. I scanned some weathered newsprint to give it that old look of the original while making the blacks pop with upping the threshold.

 

Pens, markers, ink on newsprint. Image area 11" x 17"

 

Yup, I was a big Morrison Doom Patrol fan at the time. It was a revelation.

 

Bobgar Ornelas



 

 

b-one FUNZIES!

b-one FUNZIES! I must have apes on the brain!

Has it really been three months since I last posted a b-one FUNZIE? Unfortunately it has been that long. Fortunately, I have been updating the blogs with other artwork in the meantime. Why take so much time in between strips? Well, I was working on a sequel to last year's Bulletproof Chicken. This time around I decided to color my two stories myself. I learned a whole lot, but of course it was time consuming. It's the busy season at the day job and it doesn't leave me much room to complete more of my King Bone Press commitments.

For more info on Bulletproof Chicken: Nuggets and other KBP books check the website here.

Comic Bastards have a little write up about KBP's Fall line up here.

Please enjoy responsibly and don't feed the monkeys,
Bobgar Ornelas

Commissions and Original Artwork

Groot's daring new look! Just a little something that I hope will please Guardians of the Galaxy and Daredevil fans alike.

11"x17" Ink on 24lb Bond.

Bobgar Ornelas

Commissions and Original Artwork

 



Ape not kill ape.

Ah, Koba you magnificent bonobo. I have mixed feelings about this piece. I had a great time drawing it but I think that the mashup of Koba and Carmen Miranda of the Copacabana is a little too subtle. I didn't want it to be over the top, but it seems that there's something missing. Probably citrus fruit.

I'm getting more comfortable coloring and employed a few new techniques (for me) on this piece.

There was also this little mistake when I accidentally opened up a lower layer when coloring. you can see a little bit of the process here with the flat colors. I liked they way it looked so I saved a copy to post here.

11"x17" Ink on Bristol Board.

Bobgar Ornelas

#LOSH (Legion of Super-Heroes) Sketch Cards 4

     

LOSH (Legion of Super-Heroes) Sketch Cards 2.5” x 3.5”

Pitt Pens on cardstock

Tyroc - 06/2014

Colossal Boy - 07/2014

Light Lass - 06/2014

Brainiac 5- 07/2014

I’m trying to get a sketch card drawn during break each day at the day job. Some are better than others, but with the Legion there’s almost no limit to characters to draw.

-Bobgar