The Walking Dead by Joey Lee Cabral

art by Steven Crowe

Red Bratva: Koffer by Robert Shane

We have a new  Red Bratva book debuting first quarter 2014. This promo piece featuring Koffer is by the always awesome Robert Shane.

Visit Rob at www.rhymesyndicate.deviantart.com 

Red Bratva (c) 2013 Erick Osuna Cabral

Koffer pin-up by Chad Fuller

art by Chad Fuller. Visit Chad at www.chadfuller.deviantart.com
Koffer (c) 2013 Erick Osuna Cabral

10 Questions with CHAD FULLER

1) What is your position with Urban Myth Studios and what does that entail?

I'm a co-founder alongside the amazing other artist in the group and will have a project up soon once I deal with my cancer.

2)Who are your favorite artists and where do you draw inspiration? 
Artist who have influenced my art are Alex Toth, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Bruce Timm, Michael Avon Oeming and Mike Mignola. They show me it's about the structure of the page and it's flow, not a bunch of fancy lines and a cool splash page. I like to use Books and movies for inspiration. If you want a good page, you have to think outside the box.

3)What are your favorite comics?

My favorites would include. "Watchmen," Moore's run on "Swampthing," Jack Kirby's "Demon. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's run on "Fantastic Four," Claremont and Byrne's run on "Uncanny X-Men," Mike Mignola's "Hellboy," Byrne's "Captain America: War & Remembrance," and Walter Simoson's classic run on "Thor" and the new "Atomic Robo" series.

4)Where do you hope the studio is in 5 years?

We’ll be a studio of creative friends producing the best work possible and helping others step produce their work.

5)If you could learn from any artist in any time who would it be and why? 
Artist Joe Kubert, he showed how the simplest line meant something in the creation of art. He showed how comic art could be elevated to a higher level.

6) If you could assemble your perfect creative team to work on a comic book project (not produced by Urban Myth) who would they be and what would they work on?

Cover Bruce Timm

Writer Chris Claremont

Artist Mike Mignola

Inker Chad Fuller

Colors Dave Stewart

7)Outside of drawing what are you interests and hobbies? 
Collecting Comics, Oil Painting, Painting Murals, trying to keep up on my PS3 playing Lego Batman 2 with my Nephew, teaching art to kids at the local Library.

8)What is your favorite movie and why?
"Star Wars." it opened my eyes and imagination when I first saw it as a little kid. It had me drawing for hours.

9)Do you have any books being worked on at the moment?
Working on Two books, one will be put out thru Urban Myth and the other is going to be thru First Comics

10) What’s the best part about creating your own comics?
Just bringing my imagination to life and entertaining others with my art and words.
As for inspiration I would say social media, I look on Facebook or Instagram and see what people are doing with their talents and challenge myself to do the sa

10 Questions with Arturo Portillo

10 questions with a creator: Arturo Portillo by Steven Crowe.

1) What is your position with Urban Myth Studios and what does that entail?

I am a writer and also contribute to existing comics. I help in any which way I can to make original and exciting content.

2) Who are your favorite artists and where do you draw inspiration?

My favorite artists range from Ben Templesmith to John Romita, Jr. to Greg Capullo. My favorite writers are Stephen King, Charlie Kaufman, Quentin Tarantino, Garth Ennis, Stan Lee, Frank Miller and countless others I cannot keep listing. I draw inspiration from different sources ranging from real life stories, articles, movies and television.

3) What are your favorite comics?

The Preacher, The Walking Dead, Criminal Macabre... The darker comic books and some superhero comic books.

4) Where do you hope the studio is in 5 years?

I hope and I believe the studio will be at an actual building with teams assembled and creating comic books, whether it be our comic books or commissioned comic books.

5) If you could learn from any artist in any time who would it be and why?

If I were to choose an artist, I would have a hard time choosing. Each one has a story to tell and each one has a way of working things out. I'd start from the very beginning with Action Comics, Detective Comics and those horror comics fro Tales From the Crypt, etc. Those are the people I would talk to. Because they all range from different genres and different aspects of how they see stories and society sees them.

6) If you could assemble your perfect creative team to work on a comic book project (not produced by Urban Myth) who would they be and what would they work on?

That would be very hard for me to choose. There are so many talented artists and writers out there to choose from. Instead of naming names, I would rather choose talent suitable to the comic we're trying to make. Artists who can work with any genre they're given. Artists who know how to tell a story through a visual means and how to make it shine. Those would be my chosen team. It's not about how good it looks (although, it would be ideal) but how the story flows and piques readers' interests.

7) Outside of drawing what are you interests and hobbies?

I'm an actor, screenwriter and video editor. I also dabble in ghost investigations. I like anything creative and that catches my eye.

8) What is your favorite movie and why?

There are too many to list on here but I would range from Stand By Me to The Goonies to Pulp Fiction, John Carpenter's The Thing and They Live all the way to past films like Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, Casablanca, Key Largo, The Searchers to Touch Of Evil. The reasons behind it is due to the way they were filmed; creatively, writing, lighting and well-crafted besides the amazing acting in it. If a story is well told visually, you've got me hooked.

9) Do you have any books being worked on at the moment?

I have several writings that I'm working on. Ted and Barry (comic), Kause of Death (comic), Red Bratva (comic), When Darkness Falls (limited comic), Unknown Organism (screenplay), Through the Mist of a Memory (screenplay) and Night of the Comet Remake (screenplay)

10) What’s the best part about creating your own comics?

The best part about creating my own comic book is that I'm making my own comic book. Things that I've written are coming alive on paper and seeing how amazing that is. It makes me feel like a mad scientist creating a monster come to life.

10 Questions with a Creator: Steven Crowe

1)          What is your position with Urban Myth Studios and what does that entail?

I’m the new editor of the studio. The position is really new and I’m still learning what it entails. Some of what I do goes along with formatting books coloring work for other members along with a slew of other things.

2)          Who are your favorite artists and where do you draw inspiration?

Awww I love puns! My influences are all over the board my number one artist is a dead tie between Joe Mad and Lesean Thomas. Both of those guys have such killer unique styles it’s hard to match. Other than that there are tons all over the board but a lot of what is catching my attention nowadays is animation. Some of my favorites are Afro Samurai, Samurai champloo, cowboy bebop, bersker, bastard, Avatar, and Casshern to name a few.  

3)          What are your favorite comics?

That’s a hard one because I think the monthly stuff gets pretty stale. Right now Batman is really unparalleled. My favorite characters though are Batman, Spider-man, and wolverine. I read a ton of trades though. Some really cool classic stuff like battle chasers, crimson, danger girl, to some of the newer stuff like Fairy quest, bubble gun, and pathfinder.

4)          Where do you hope the studio is in 5 years?

I hope we are to the point where day jobs are long gone and helping establish a new generation of up and coming artists just waiting for someone willing to take a chance on them.

5)          If you could learn from any artist in any time who would it be and why?

It would have to be Miyamoto Musashi he was a philosopher, samurai writer and artist his insight on life and the winning mindset in my opinion would be second to none.

6)          If you could assemble your perfect creative team to work on a comic book project (not produced by Urban Myth) who would they be and what would they work on?

 Scott Snyder for writing I’d like to see lesean Thomas as the penciler skip the inks and just have liquid on colors and top it off with some Richard Starkings on lettering.

7)          Outside of drawing what are your interests and hobbies?

I love music and listen to it all the time everywhere I go I have headphones and an ipod. Everything from Woodkid to Childish Gambino. I also really like MMA, football, skating, reading comics and watching anime/movies….. oh and hiking camping and motorcycle riding. I like stuff…

8)          What is your favorite movie and why?

The lord of the rings trilogy…..EXTENDED!

9)          Do you have any books being worked on at the moment?

I’m working on a few different projects. I’m prepping “Not Again Zeus!!!” for a run at kickstarter. I’m planning on doing one large trade as opposed to 4 issues. With “The War Forged” I have one script finished with another artist taking on the art direction and couldn’t be happier to see this thing in the works. Beyond that I’m laying the history out and should be back to drawing it sometime mid to late next year.  

10)       What’s the best part about creating your own comics?

My favorite part of creating comics is having nothing to tie me down beyond what I can draw or think up. A blank sheet of paper is the ultimate freedom for a guy with a pencil.

10 Questions with a creator: Joey Lee Cabral

1)        What is your position with Urban Myth Studios and what does that entail?

I am considered a co-founder alongside others but really I’m just taking credit for the studio members book successes like Red Bratva and Not again Zuez”

2)        Who are your favorite artists and where do you draw inspiration?

My top by category would by the greatest Travis Charest, Inspiring Oliver Coipel and Painter Dustin Nguyen.

As for inspiration I would say social media, I look on Facebook or Instagram and see what people are doing with their talents and challenge myself to do the same.

3)        What are your favorite comics?

My favorites would be Civil War for the art, Ultimates for the story and Joker by Bryan Azierrello and Lee Bermijo just because it’s just awesome

4)        Where do you hope the studio is in 5 years?

We’ll be a studio of friends each doing work professionally. I feel like we have accomplished so much now that where I hope to see the studio is basically inevitable. 

5)        If you could learn from any artist in any time who would it be and why?

Michelangelo, there was no form of art he couldn’t do.

6)        If you could assemble your perfect creative team to work on a comic book project (not produced by Urban Myth) who would they be and what would they work on?

Cover Artist Travis Charest

Writer Frank Miller

Artist Oliver Coipel

Inker Mark Morales

Colors Pez (I would fire him so I could work with them).

7)        Outside of drawing what are you interests and hobbies?

My mistress is Call of Duty, all of them. (Gamer Tag: LazarusKOD for X-box)

8)        What is your favorite movie and why?

Gladiator by far, it’s just a great movie, visually it wasn’t like anything else, story was great and even in his death there was victory (epic ending) it’s funny cause I can’t wait for him to die. I’m there crying saying GO TO THEM, GO!

9)        Do you have any books being worked on at the moment?

Not really, LOL I just talk about doing the sequel but never put out anything on paper. Story is done, just need to draw it. Call me Joey Lucas. I will though, this year Kause Of Death 2!!!!

10)     What’s the best part about creating your own comics?

Just that, calling the shots, making your own rules and the outcome of the characters are just the way you want it.

10 Questions with a Creator: Daniel "PeZ!" Lopez by Steven Crowe

1)      What is your position with Urban Myth Studios and what does that entail?

I am Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. I help creators with design and story ideas as well as coach them through creative issues.

2)      Who are your favorite artists and where do you draw inspiration?

BIll Watterson, Joe Madureira, Christian Lichtner, LeSean Thomas, Norman Rockwell,…too many to name, maybe. As for inspiration, art inspires me, whether it's in american illustration, or renaissance artists, or comics, or music, but Calvin and Hobbes was the very thing that got me into sequential art.

3)      What are your favorite comics?

Atomic Robo is probably the only still existing comic that I really really enjoy. I grew up on Ninja Turtles, so I'm partial to that comic as well. As for past ones, I loved Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee's Batman: HUSH, Joe Madureira's Battle Chasers. Brian Azzarello's Joker was brilliant…and Calvin and Hobbes.

4)      Where do you hope the studio is in 5 years?

In it's own building/office, working on sweet, new material.

5)      If you could learn from any artist in any time who would it be and why?

Leonardo DaVinci. Because!

6)      If you could assemble your perfect creative team to work on a comic book project (not produced by Urban Myth) who would they be and what would they work on?

Brian Azzarello writes, Pez and Lichtner on art, Comicraft on Letters. I don't know what we would work on…but it would be MAGICAL!

7)      Outside of drawing what are you interests and hobbies?

Movies and music.

8)      What is your favorite movie and why?

Batman Begins.  As brilliant as the production and filming were on that movie, the concept that you can take something so old and change it dramatically and still stay true to the core of the character and keep old fans, as well as gain new ones, is something that should always be remembered.  Appropriation.

9)      Do you have any books being worked on at the moment?

Yes

10)   What’s the best part about creating your own comics?

The afternoon naps.  They are PRICELESS!

10 questions with a creator:  Erick Osuna Cabral  by Steve Crowe.

1)      What is your position with Urban Myth Studios and what does that entail?

 I am a co-founder of the studio and President & Publisher. I work with our creators and try to publish the best books possible.

2)      Who are your favorite artists and where do you draw inspiration?

There’s way too many to list all (but I’ll try) I love guys like Jimmy Cheung, Oliver Coipel, Art Adams, Steve Skroce, Geof Darrow, Jae Lee, Steve McNiven, Fiona Staples, Jim Lee. Great inkers like Scott Williams and Tim Townsend. On a day to day basis I get huge inspiration from the guys in my studio; Joey Lee Cabral, PeZ!, Chad Fuller, Steve Crowe and Johnny Segura. All these guys remind me of how far I’ve got to go, but motivate me to get better.

 3)      What are your favorite comics?

I'm an old school Marvel guy, I grew up on X-Men and Avengers. I pretty much hate that I’m still a fan of Marvel. I'm still pissed they raised their prices to $3.99, but it’s the only place to buy Mighty Thor and Cap comics. Star Wars holds a special place in my heart and I’ll buy all their Dark Horse books. Right now I'm into Wild Blue Yonder, Massive, Manhattan Projects, Thief of Thieves, Saga, East/West, and Polarity. I buy way too many comics.

 4)      Where do you hope the studio is in 5 years?

Producing regular and on time comic books that are available for sale everywhere. It wouldn’t hurt for us to implement a health and wellness program so we wouldn’t be as fat then as we are now.

5)      If you could learn from any artist in any time who would it be and why?

Jim Lee because he is a legend of an artist and has handled his business extremely well.

6)      If you could assemble your perfect creative team to work on a comic book project (not produced by Urban Myth) who would they be and what would they work on?

I'd put Hickman and Coipel or Brian K Vaughn and Jimmy Cheung on a Star Wars book.

7)      Outside of drawing what are you interests and hobbies?

I’m a big MMA fan. I’ll watch any movie (even terrible ones) and read anything I can get my hands on.

8)      What is your favorite movie and why?

Empire Strikes Back is hands down my favorite. I didn’t know good guys could lose until I saw this movie. The good guys get their asses handed to them and Darth Vader is a gangster. It blew my mind as a kid and I’ve rooted for the bad guys ever since.

9)      Do you have any books being worked on at the moment?

A new Red Bratva with frequent writing partner and Jimmy Daze Comics chief Jimmy Portillo. A fun adventure book with Arturo Portillo and a sci-fi project with an up and coming writer Josh Fisher.

10)   What’s the best part about creating your own comics?

I can kill everyone and not go back to jail (allegedly).

Pictured here (center) with Jon Dodson and Cub Swanson.

 

Emerald City Comicon 2013

Marvel Universe art by Joey Lee Cabral. Follow Joey at www.joeyleecabral.deviantart.com

Avengers art by E.O.C and Robert Shane. Follow Robert at www.rhymesyndicate.deviantart.com and Erick at www.marr-pheos.deviantart.com

Our two new banners debuting at Emerald City Comicon March 1st-3rd. If you're in the area stop by and say hello.

All banner art by Urban Myth stand-out Johnny J. Segura III. Follow JS3 at www.auronasia.deviantart.com

Lil Dude Vader vs Yoda brought to you by the powerful Robert Shane and Erick Osuna Cabral (E.O.C).

You can visit Robert Shane at www.rhymesyndicate.deviantart.com 

Sneak peak at the new comic Beaten, written & created by Arturo Portillo and fully illustrated by Johnny J. Segura aka JS3!!!

Visit JS3 at www.auronasia.deviantart.com and Art at www.enigmawriter.deviantart.com 

Gambit, Red Hood and Nightwing all Lil Dude (c) status by E.O.C!!!

Here's a sneak peak of one of the covers for Urban Myth Presents by the always awesome Alex Riegel.  You can check out our buddy Alex at www.illustrated1.deviantart.com