New Pages

Ty’s been madly scripting away (hint: it involves Twitter, and yet he doesn’t once twitter) so he had no time to pick pages to scan last week. Although, at one point, while hunting around for an old contract to check some details he found two boxes of old artwork (yes, this happens a lot around here).  Once again, he was completely surprised to find work he’d thought was long gone…  He showed me much of it but I was on day one or two of a migraine and I only absorbed brief images:  I remember a couple of Batman Adventures covers (which he’d been absolutely convinced he’d sold), including all the #1’s he’d done (ie, for The Batman Adventures, The Batman and Robin Adventures, etc).  Let’s see…there were lots of Mad Dog, Powdered Toast Man (including a page featuring Powdered Toast Man’s buttocks which didn’t see print).  And many more Mike Parobeck pages (of Elongated Man) than he’d remembered owning. And some more of his Walter Foster, “How to Draw” pages…including Catwoman.

But, for today, Ty was reminiscing about the old days doing Justice League International…when he took over from Kevin Maguire, and Issue #24 was a double issue, introducing Ty in the front half, and saying sayonara to Kevin in the back.  Ty’s pages involved a story with Maxwell Lord.

And, he’s scanned a bunch of Amanda Waller pages from Issue #27.  I’m putting them up here for now…will sort them out into a gallery page later.

The Maxwell Lord pages are $50/USD; Amanda Waller pages are $100/USD. All pages are pencilled by Ty Templeton, inked by Joe Rubinstein.

(If you’re interested in purchasing a page, check out pricing and shipping info, then email us at: tytempletonart@gmail.com.)

Justice League International, Issue #24, page 3

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Justice League International, Issue 24, page 4

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Justice League International, Issue 24, page #6

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Justice League International, Issue 27, page 2

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Justice League International, Issue 27, page 13

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Justice League International, Issue 27, page 15

There’s more from both these issues…I’ll put those up tomorrow.

Keiren

To share post:

Here a page, there a page…

and more to come in the next few days.

As of now, I’ve put up

Miracleman, and

Powdered Toast Man Special Issue #1 pages

Keiren

Powdered Toast Man

Reaching into the wayback machine, I pull out these gems of forgotten yore.  Powdered Toast Man (for those old enough to remember horse-drawn carriages) was the super-hero character in The Ren & Stimpy Show (one of the best cartoon series of all time!).  This also happened to be the first time I’d ever worked with my off and on again partner in crime, and wonder-writer, Dan Slott.

Ty the Guy

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When I was trying to type up a Powdered Toast Man entry last night,(Ty was off teaching and had left me unsupervised), I gave up…and emailed Dan.  It’s hard for me to remember that far back–Dan has a few less children, one less cat, doesn’t actually have to live with Ty, and doesn’t drink as much as I do, so it’s easier for him.

Says he,

“Working with Ty on The Powdered Toast Man Special was one of the highlights of my life.  I’m making that an absolute statement that will hold steady for the remainder of my time on this earth.  So screw you, future-birth-of-my-first-born, SCREW YOU!  All I’m trying to say is, The Guy makes one HECK of a comic.” Dan Slott

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So, I’ve still told you absolutely nothing about the history of the project…but hey, you know the artist/writer had fun. (Although I do remember many conversations the two of them had about how much each wanted the other’s career at the time–Dan wanted to write superhero comics (like the Justice League stuff Ty had done) and Ty wanted to be able to do the funny stuff (like Ren & Stimpy and Mighty Mouse, as Dan had done).  Now, when they call each other up and try to solve problems with each other’s stories (something they both do, at least once a week), Ty’s talking about the Simpsons he’s working on, and Dan is doing Avengers/Spiderman plot for that month.  It’s all come full circle.

Keiren

New Pages!

Ty took some time out from watching Groundhog Day and drawing Mad cartoons, to scan some pages for the Art Store.  I’m going to spend some time uploading them…they should be available for perusal later today-ish.

Powdered Toast Man Special #1, 1994 p.43, pencils and inks by Ty Templeton (the first time Ty worked with Dan Slott)

Keiren