This Friday I got a great surprise in the mail- the Sept/Oct issue of Airbrush Action Magazine!

I’ve been reading the magazine for years now and have had a few of my paintings and tees featured in their Reader Gallery before.

But I’ve never been THE Reader Gallery- much less have it be a two page spread!

They included many of the airbrushed paintings I did for my one man show last October (at Adam B. Shaw’s Studio), and my website address!

Pg14 has Wicked, Jack, Snape and Bride.

Pg15 has Mummy, London, and Sith Happens.

All paintings were airbrushed with a Paasche VL-3 on canvas using Createx paints and ranged in size from 20″x30″ to 4′ wide and 5′ tall.

This Dracula painting (not featured in the issue) was 4′x4′.

London was 4′x5′ and was the centerpiece of the art show.

Stay tuned for more info on my upcoming Sherlock Holmes art show at Theatre Memphis this October.

Thanks again to Airbrush Action Magazine for featuring my Monsterpieces in their current issue.

Lin

Phoenix Comicon 2010

Bob Bretall is joined by guests Al Sparrow, Dave Beaty, and Lin Workman (Me!) in a round table episode of the Comic Book Page Podcast to reminisce about the 2010 Phoenix Comic Con. Listen to the highlights and see why we all think it should not be missed by anyone in the Southwestern US. Also mentioned is the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Nicki’s new website FanGirlWednesday.com, and strange goings on at the Phoenix Comicon’s art auction.

You can listen to the podcast here.

Photos from the con can be seen on the Comic Book Page forums.

Thanks, Bob!

Lin

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Empire Strikes Back!

Tuesday night I attended Star Wars In Concert – one of the coolest Star Wars events I’ve experienced since my dad took me and my sisters to see Star Wars at a small twin movie theater near Graceland here in Memphis way back in ’77!

This time I went with my girlfriend Nicki (thank you Uncle George) and it was AWESOME! Each time I hear the opening fanfare and see the Star Wars logo on-screen I feel like an 11 year old kid again.

This time Mama Howe chaperoned us two kids.

We joined several thousand other Star Wars fans downtown at the FedEx Forum.

Including some of our fellow SMT/Memphis Fan Force crew.

There were a lot of props and costumes on display in the lobby of the forum.

Some were very still…

…and others moved around a bit more like this 501st member.

Our narrator for the evening was Anthony Daniels, also know as C-3PO.

The concert was a great mix of live orchestral music and choir, lights, movie footage, production art, and more!

Kids of all ages attended and enjoyed it!

Last night Nicki and I attended the SMT Drive-In Night for a showing of The Empire Strikes Back at Memphis Fan Force members Tim and Traci Brown’s backyard.

Timmy fired up the digital projector…

…hoisted up his new and improved (and of course bigger) screen…

…we all kicked back in our lawn chairs…

…and enjoyed a screening of a pre-special edition Empire!

Nicki and I had a great time and are looking forward to the next SMT Backyard Drive-In Night- “Return of the Jedi“!

Don’t forget the Topp’s Empire Strikes Back 3-D Widevision cards hit stores this week.

I’ve got 100 artist sketch cards in the set- and 6 artist returns (above).

May the force be with you!

Lin/Dork-Vader