First: www.MayaComic.com is down since two days because of some server problems. I hope it will be up and running again soon! Regarding www.ChrisNoeth.com I’m sorry for not updating for the last months but I was very busy working on a cool new game. I’m looking forward to the next weeks when I can tell you more about it! So… what else is going on… you can read a new online interview over at www.Investcomics.com in their series 10 For The Pros™ and FINALLY you can preorder my comic Trade Paperback It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again! at Amazon.com.
The book is also available at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de. By preordering it now you can save a lot of money btw! The book will be out in November 2010.
Read the interview to find out more about my game work, my creator-owned comicseries MAYA and my upcoming comic trade from Bluewater.

Today aired a feature on Bluewater’s FEMALE FORCE series on CNN. You can watch the feature online by clicking the header image of this post or the following link:

‘Female Force CNN Feature – Hillary Clinton Cover Story‘

Or you can see some stills from the TV feature here:

‘Female Force CNN Feature still images‘

I really am surprised to see my ‘cover story’ discussed on CNN.
… it’s a little bit surreal.

I wish you all a happy new year! I know I’m a little late but the last months were a fun ride and I couldn’t stop (and update my blog) because everything is so f….n amazing! I want to give you all an update on what I am working on this days and what you can expect from me in 2009.
First: I’m working as an art director for ‘Rough Sea Games‘, a new browsergame company. You can read the official press release (in German) ‘here‘. I can’t talk about the game I’m working on yet, but you can follow the official blog at ‘Rough Sea Games Blog‘ to see our weekly updates. And you can take a close look at our ‘Company Logo‘ I’ve designed. All I can say is: We are working hard to make the best browsergame ever! “Rock the boat!”
So what does this mean for my comic projects? The answer is I had to make some decisions regarding my current work on ‘Ray Harryhausen Presents’ and new ‘Tales from the Crypt’ stories. So I was asked by Jim Salicrup to do another Crypt story recently which I had to put down because of my new job. I also put down a coloring job for a book at IDW. I have finished two issues of ‘Ray Harryhausen Presents: It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!’ which means the last two issues will be done by another artist. This is sad because the story is really amazing and it sucks I can’t do all issues. But hey… I’m still very excited to see it in print because regarding comics this stuff is my best work yet. A big THANK YOU to ‘Sven Strangmeyer‘ who did an amazing job on coloring my sequentials.
Another collaboration with Sven is the ‘Hillary Clinton Cover‘ we did for the ‘Female Force’ comic series for Bluewater Productions. Unfortunately Hillary somehow saw the cover before print and… mhhh… let’s say, she didn’t like how my comic clothing fits her forms… so the cover isn’t a front cover anymore. You will find it as the back cover to the series. I’m curious to see the new front cover now.
And because I am talking about Bluewater projects let’s go on with news about ‘Captain James T. Kirk’: I did some designs for the new original comic series by ‘William Shatner‘! Somehow this makes me feel like an ensign on the Enterprise… hehe. As a huge Star Trek fan this really is amazing!
Regarding other stuff: I was interested in doing a comic for the image anthology ‘Popgun’ and I have to thank Thomas Mauer who introduced me to the people behind the books. But finally they decided to not let me do it because my art didn’t fit the book. I think this is strange because the whole anthology features a lot of different art styles and it seems like a ‘no creator money involved’ project. I wanted to do my first official comic story from my creator owned title ‘MAYA‘ for it because I think it is a great format. Too bad. But hey… without a publication in the anthology maybe I can make some money with my art… hehe.
As you may know I started on a CGSociety contest, called ‘Steampunk‘. Unfortunately I didn’t find the time to finish it. I will asap when I find enough time beside my other projects.
I did finish the first part of a new ‘game art workshop’ article for the German game developer magazine ‘Making Games‘. This will be out soon in issue ’01/2009′. The series will show how to create a low-poly game character. Here you can see my character the model will be based on: ‘BadAss Rabbit‘
That’s it for today folks. CU soon!

Chris

I am very excited right now because hopefully this is a moment I will look back in some years and will see it as the official beginning of a successful creator owned comic series. I had some concept sketches from the series posted before but the one you will see by clicking the banner or the link ‘MAYA – promo‘ is different because it is the first official art to the miniseries.
Of course I can’t get into details yet but as you can see in the promo image there will be a lot of ‘fun’. The image shows the main character ‘Maya’ and her best friend.
You already can bookmark the official website at:

www.MayaComic.com

I will start drawing the series right after I have finished the Ray Harryhausen books. I’m very interested in what you think of this first look and the art and characters. I really would appreciate your comments and mails.
UPDATE: I’ve uploaded a HQ print to the DeviantArt shop. If you want you can buy the prints here:
‘Buy a DeviantArt print of MAYA‘.

I did the cover for a comic book about senator Hillary Clinton for Bluewater Productions. The colors are done by Sven Strangmeyer my art partner on the Ray Harryhausen mini-series ‘It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!’. The cover should fit into the presidential material covers from IDW Publishing which were penciled by J. Scott Campbell. You can see the J. Scott Campbell covers here!
My cover is based on the designs of an earlier cover version from another Bluewater artist.
This one shot comic book will be available in January 2009.

Beside a very cool game related project I can’t talk about yet I’m working with ‘Sven Strangmeyer’ (Wave Walkers), one of the best comic colorists I know, on the Bluewater miniseries “Ray Harryhausen Presents: It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!”. Here are two new pages with pencils done by me and colors from Sven:
It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again! – PreviewPage 01
It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again! – PreviewPage 02
Let me know what you think!

You can find a new in-depth interview I have done for Jazmaonline.com where I’m talking about my comic related work and the things that makes me tick. Just click the big banner above to go to the interview.

Click on the little image (Maya’s head) to the left to see my final promo artwork for my creator owned comicseries I will do right after the Ray Harryhausen books are finished.
My plan is to do the whole miniseries in B&W. Now I wonder if you would buy a B&W comic in this kind of style or if it has to be in color?
Please let me know and drop me line by clicking on my orange avatar image on the right side or write a comment to this post. Thank you!

Here you can see my first entry for ‘Last Man Standing 3′. Just click the image to the left to see the whole painting. If you haven’t heard anything about the contest before you can read more here: ‘Last Man Standing 3‘.
If you want to view all entries for the contest go and check out the ‘Last Man Standing Threads!‘.
As you can see my entry shows my creator owned comic character ‘MAYA’ and I hope you like it.
Now back to ‘Captain Pike’…

Forget CLOVERFIELD and buy the ORIGINAL!
Since January 2008 you have the chance to buy a new digial restored DVD version of the classic Ray Harryhausen monster movie from 1955 “It Came From Beneath The Sea!”. And the best part: It is in COLOR for the first time! … you know what? This isn’t the best part! The best part of this 2-disc DVD are the special features including my first pages to the comic sequel “It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!”.
So go and get this fantastic monster movie with the comic preview on the DVD!
Here are some more infos about the 2-disc DVD color editon:

Now’s your chance to get Ray Harryhausen’s classic It Came From Beneath the Sea — in COLOR. Personally supervised by Ray, with colorization by West Wing Studios. This edition also includes a restored b&w version of the film.

Special Features:
* Feature avaliable in original B&W and color
* Audio Commentary with Ray Harryhausen
* Visual Effects Astists Randall William Cook and John Bruno, and Arnold Junert
* Remembering It Came from beneath The Sea
* Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
* David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
* A Present-Day look at Stop-Motion
* Digital Sneak Peek of “It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!” comic book
* Video Photo Galleries
* Original Ad Artwork

Here you can see the four Blueline sketchcards I did for the Blueline American Cancer Society auction. You can read more about the auction here: Information about the auction!
The cards will be shown at an exhibit in Florence (Kentucky) and after this exhibit the cards will be auctioned on eBay.
So this is your big chance to get an original sketch of ‘Captain Pike’ from ‘It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!’! I bet you all are feeling like it is Christmas right now, am I right? hehehe…

My first podcast is online! Lamond and Hobie, the fantastic team behind Checklist Comicast did a podcast where I’m talking about my comic projects and my plans for 2008 and there is also some inside information about my creator owned project MAYA which I will start later in 2008. The podcast is in German only btw.
Have fun!

The official Bluewater forum to my four part comic mini-series “It came from beneath the sea… again!” has opened it’s doors. This is the place where I will hang out the next months and for you the place to look for news and artwork regarding the books. I’m planning to post some layout stuff and later some inside info on how I’ve created the art to the books. And for everyone who has already read the five page preview in “Ray Harryhausen Presents” (see last blog entry!) the forum is the perfect place to talk about the upcoming books. I’m very curious about what you are thinking about the preview, the art and the story so far… so what are you waiting for… click the image to the left and check it out!

I wish you all a Merry X-Mas!

Chris.

Finally! My first published sequential US-comic art is out now and I’m very excited about it. You can find my first five pages from the miniseries ‘It came from beneath the sea… again!‘ in the ‘Ray Harryhausen Presents’ sampler from Bluewater Productions Inc.
The miniseries is written by Clay and Susan Griffith and the story is a sequel to the 1955 classic monster movie “It came from beneath the sea!”.
Here is the official press release:

The RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS titles from Bluewater Productions have been flying off the shelves at an incredible speed, often selling out completely before fans have a chance to find them. If you’ve still not had a chance to check them out, Bluewater has just the solution for you! Shipping in December, RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS #1 is 32 pages, full color, and only 99-cents!

RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS #1 is an all-ages, fantasy one-shot featuring a sneak peek at these amazing new adventures, based on the classic films of Ray Harryhausen!

So what are you waiting for?… go to your comic shop and buy it! You can make a happy artist even happier … hehehe
The cover you can see in this post is done by Sinbad artist ‘Chamba’. Click the image to see a big version and make sure to give me a feedback on my sequentials after you have read this comic…

Hey hey… here it is: My first interview about the new Ray Harryhausen series I’m doing at ‘Bluewater Productions Inc.‘.

Click the image to the left or follow the link to ‘www.ComicMonsters.com‘ to read the interview.

Here are the first finished pages from the book together with an alternate cover. All art (layouts, pencils, inks and colors) is done by myself. Let me know what you think! Click the thumbnails to view the bigger versions:

There will be a preview book out in October 2007 from Bluewater Productions Inc. The titel is ‘Ray Harryhausen Presents’ and it shows five page previews of many Ray Harryhausen comics Bluewater is publishing. In this book you will find a five page preview of ‘It Came From Beneath The Sea… Again!’ and the best at last: The book will cost only 99cent!!!