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About BVCom!cs

2010-12-10T00:00:00.002-05:00

Welcome to the official website blog of BV COM!CS, home of original art, illustrations & comics created by Bryan Vieira. Currently I am updating my websites and updating artwork for some of my older titles. More content to come so keep checking back or follow me on that twitter thing.

WHY BV COM!CS?

Blade, Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Falcon, War Machine, Bishop, Cloak, Goliath, Ultimate Nick Fury, Spawn, Cyborg, Steel, Green Latern (the black one), Afro Samurai, Static Shock, Obama.

Im sure I left off some, but c'mon... the world could use some more black superheroes. (Hancock, you do not count). Hell, maybe just more minority superheroes (Minoriteam, you do not count).

Of course more "black superheroes" is not the only reason why create my own comics. I simply love storytelling in graphic form (usually with a little humor and alot of fighting), plus I love to draw & illustrate (& design). I love how this simple medium can translate to so many different forms of entertainment to reach so many different people, from tv & film, to toys & video games. Maybe one day my comic creations will be able to translate as well. Even if they don't, ill still keep makin 'em. (is this where I say " 'Nuff Said"?)

creator/illustrator
Bryan Vieira

Artwork: Iron Man

2010-04-24T19:48:00.013-04:00

I finally forced myself to stop touching up this Iron Man piece. It has been done for the most part for weeks, but have been adding various details and experimenting with different techniques. Time to move on now though, so here ya go.

I'll post a better quality version on DeviantArt in a bit. P.S. May 7th can't get here fast enough.

Artwork: Goku, the re-imagining ill

2010-03-20T13:51:00.012-04:00

Done for the Design-A-Character (DAC) group, Goku Re-imagine Challenge @ deviantart.com. It's basically classic Goku with a Rasta style, dreads, and one really long dread instead of a tail. Im working on a Super Saiyan version too that is being inspired by how Jason Momoa looks.

Inspiration: Chris Bachalo x Wu Tang "Wu-Massacre" album covers

2010-03-20T13:34:00.007-04:00

Comic artist Chris Bachalo hooks Method, Ghost, & Rae of Wu-Tang with 3 diff & equally ill (even though I think the Method Man one is my fav) album covers. Makes me wanna but the album 3 times. Continue reading to check out the other versions

...then came the comic-themed cover art. If that wasn’t enough, each member got his own special collector’s edition variant cover that. Meth, depicted as a fire-fisted badass, dropped first. Then came Ghost, pimped out on a thrown. Now, Rae’s cover, which features the Chef putting in work with his blades, has been unleashed. With all the covers unveiled, we just want to know one thing: Which cover do you think is the dopest? [xxl]

Artwork: Jack Bauer's face - unfinished

2010-03-20T13:24:00.005-04:00

Found this recently, maybe I will actually finish it one day. And in that same day, Jack Bauer will have saved the world multiple times. Thanks Jack... "dammit."

Artwork: "Ill Kickz" series

2010-03-20T13:09:00.006-04:00

Sneakers... a new illustration subject I got into kinda recently, was inspired by the release of the Nike Air Yeezy sneakers a couple of months ago (as pictured above). So here's some art from my 'Ill Kickz' series. Continue reading for more.

Nike Hyper Dunk:

Nike Lunar Glide:

Artwork: Mighty Mouse sketch

2010-03-20T13:02:00.007-04:00

Random sketch I did a while back of the coolest mouse character ever (next to itchy from itchy & scratchy).

Artwork: Robin sketch

2010-01-29T12:12:00.005-05:00

The boy wonder in full effect. Never drew this kid before, I love his updated look with the hood, makes him fun to draw. inspired by the awesome Dustin Nguyen's "Streets of Gotham" #11 cover.

Artwork: Iron Man illustration tease

2010-01-23T16:17:00.008-05:00

Happy New Year. Been hella busy lately, feels like forever since i've posted anything, but finally back to drawing again. Here's a tease of my current Iron Man project inspired by that dope Iron Man 2 trailer everyone has seen by now (continue reading if you haven't. P.S. shame on you). Who knows when i'll actually finish it. Probably will be posting some other drawings/sketches i've done in the coming days, so keep up.

Goodies: Black Dynamite desktop wallpaper

2009-10-13T01:31:00.008-04:00

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Artwork: Black Dynamite ills

2009-10-13T01:05:00.009-04:00

Illustrations inspired by the kick ass looking movie "Black Dynamite" starring Michael Jai White. Its a spoof of blaxploitation films of the 70's. Im a fan of blaxploitation so this movie looks like it's going to be the sh!t. Think a cross between "Shaft" & "Undercover Brother". Check out the trailers for the film movie: here.

Inspiration: the art of Mickey Duzyj

2009-10-05T10:24:00.012-04:00

I saw a bright yellow New York Times magazine on the kitchen table this morning. On the cover was an illustration of a woman with an anxiety filled expression. I honestly didn't give a F about an article about anxiety, I just wanted to see more of this guys art...even if it made me late for work, which it did, then I had anxiety all day wondering if id get in trouble....oh the irony.

Before you knew it Google lead me to more work by Brooklyn artist, Mickey Duzyj. Love his clean, pop art style illustrations, and his use of color. Continue reading to check out some of my favorite pieces.

^ Omar, McNulty, Greggs of the Wire, one of the greatest shows ever in life.

^ Liz & Tracy from 30 Rock, one of the greatest shows ever in life.

^ summer movies of 2007

^ Tyson and Co.

^ book cover

^ M-1 of Dead Prez

^ more anxiety from NYTimes Mag

discover more:
[his website]
[an interview]

Inspiration: Hulk eats Wolverine - by Steve McNiven

2009-09-30T10:52:00.010-04:00

Hot damn, McNiven is at it again. Some more sick visuals from the man, from "Old Man Logan: Giant Size #1". Continue reading for more...

Artwork: Assemble

2009-09-12T19:05:00.016-04:00

Had fun with it though, most epic pic i've done in awhile, kinda experimental as far as the coloring style. Hope this holds me over till the movie drops in 2010. enjoy.

^click for larger for version, or check it out here.

Ginormous Gundam statue - I love this damn thing

2009-09-02T16:45:00.008-04:00

Typhoon postponed deconstruction of the Gundam in Toyko, so here's one last good look before man or nature takes it down.

[crunchgear]

Goodies: original Astro Boy wallpaper

2009-08-15T17:15:00.008-04:00

Astro Boy wallpaper for desktop, iphone, and psp. Continue reading for the download links.

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Artwork: Astro Boy

2009-08-15T16:47:00.016-04:00

Saw the new 'Astro Boy' trailer recently and got inspired. Movie looks like it will be a fun one, I'm starting too love Imagi (Pixar better watch out), hope they have as much success as they had with TMNT. Can't wait for Gatchaman too.

Continue reading for more illustrations and to check out the new 'Astro Boy' trailer if you haven't seen it already.

^This was the warm up illustration.

Both the original and the newer 'Astro Boy' animated series are online on youTube. Been checkin them out all weekend.

Marvel x Madhouse Studios - Anime Iron Man & Anime Wolverine trailers

2009-07-30T14:42:00.009-04:00

^Iron Man trailer

Oh Sh!t... that was crazy dapp. Japan is not playin around with Iron Man. I wanna tv series of this, not just a movie.

^Wolverine trailer

What the sh!t? Japan has seen Wolverine before, right... cause I don't know who that guy was. Vega?

Inspiration: Doug Mahnke on Green Lantern

2009-07-16T12:10:00.014-04:00

I've never been really crazy about some of the art I see coming from DC comics. The art isn't bad by any means, it just doesn't seem as exciting or varied as the artwork I see coming from Marvel or Image, etc. At least to me, but Doug Mahnke has definitely been on it. Here are a few pages from Green Latern #43.

Oh, and congrats to Ryan Reynolds on being named Green Lantern (sorry Common)

[thanks comicbookrevolution]

Artwork: Brock Samson is pissed

2009-07-11T14:09:00.012-04:00

Brock Samson from 'the Venture Bros.' on [adultswim]. He's like Jack Bauer's kinda crazy brother. Continue reading for more versions.

Artwork: Put yo mask on – Spider-Man illustration

2009-07-02T00:33:00.013-04:00

The Spectacular Spider-Man is finally back on the air, and of course I don't get Disney XD or whatever damn channel it comes on now, and on Mondays?... What happened to Saturdays?

Oh well, thank goodness for YouTube. Here's some Spider-Mang art to celebrate the return that took way to long if you live in America.

Artwork: Spider-man head sketchwork

2009-07-02T00:30:00.004-04:00

Another egg-headed sketch. Fun stuff.

Artwork: Wolverine head sketchwork

2009-06-19T08:08:00.000-04:00

Been a sketchin fool lately... these are fun to do sometimes cause they're quick and you don't have to worry about fine-tuning with details or erasing

Artwork: Captain America head sketchwork

2009-06-19T08:01:00.005-04:00

Heard they were bringing him back... Good heroes never stay dead. I'm sure Bruce Wayne's Batman will be back too.

Artwork: DareDevil head sketchwork

2009-06-19T08:00:00.003-04:00

I may do more of these.

Kydwich comic now available for free download

2009-06-14T23:00:00.003-04:00

Sorry for the delay but I finally got one of my old comics online, available as a free digital pdf download... I was debating putting the full comic online or just have the fans download it.

Kydwich is the first title I am making available to the public, hopefully I will get 'Break Fu' going next. These comics are a little old so im not completely happy with the artwork anymore. They were done way back when I was only concerned about getting them done as quickly as possible so I could show my friends at school. Now that I am making it available to more people (thanks to the power of the internets) I need to put more time into them, which I now am.

I'm currently redrawing/rewriting my 'Pimp King' title so you may not see that for awhile but I will try to remember to post updates of my progress. 'Gods Sons' will be the next title I plan on reworking. On top of all that, I have a completely new title that is almost done but i'm being pretty secretive about it for now.

So enjoy the action dramedy known as 'Kydwich'. Download it from the Kydwich website.

Midnight the werecat – promo art

2009-06-14T18:51:00.008-04:00

Midnight, the werecat from Kydwich. Continue reading to check out the pencil art.

This is midnight, the werecat, in man-cat form. His other form is a cat with a man face (Think the movie 'Little Man' but instead of a baby with a man head its a cat with a man face.) He helps Kydwich fight the witch hunters in hopes that Kydwich will turn him back to normal.

Inspiration: Steven McNiven's Wolverine x Captain Red Skull

2009-06-09T12:17:00.011-04:00

I dont know exactly what went down here but I will state the obvious. Wolverine removes Red Skull's head from his body. Im pretty sure Red wasn't cool with this.

This is why I like Steven McNiven. Havent really followed him since Civil War...but maybe i should, cause damn. (thanks to Rokk's blog)

Inspiration: Link, new Zelda concept art

2009-06-05T10:58:00.006-04:00

Who else has been busy checkin out all the E3 goodness? Check this concept art for the 2nd Wii Zelda game that probably wont be out for a year or 2. (via kotaku)

Goodies: StreetFighter Z wallpaper

2009-05-24T19:18:00.011-04:00

To celebrate being featured on (this) website, heres some wallpapers of my Goku x Ryu illustration. Continue reading for the download links. (UPDATE: now support for Sony PSP)

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Goodies: Kydwich wallpaper

2009-05-24T18:44:00.017-04:00

UPDATE: added wallpaper for the PSP and updated wallpaper for iphone/ipod touch

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Kydwich comics trailer

2009-05-24T18:30:00.007-04:00

The Kydwich trailer i did about 2 years ago, incase you havent seen it (here) already.

Break Fu comic trailer

2009-05-24T18:29:00.000-04:00

Break Fu trailer from '06, incase you havent seen it (here) already.

Comic Cover Throwbacks: X-Men (1991)

2009-05-24T16:44:00.010-04:00

Gotta love the early 90's X-men. Here's a collection of some dope covers by Jim Lee.

(via coverbrowser)

Street Fighter Z - Goku x Ryu

2009-05-21T23:00:00.008-04:00

Stages of my illustration. Continue reading to see the pencil and color final.

Character promo artwork

2009-05-16T16:32:00.011-04:00

Some promo art for my stars, now in color. This is Kydwich... the rest after the link.

^ Swaggerchilles

^ Darkus

^ Black Lee

Cover remix – Amazing Spider-Man #48 (1967)

2009-05-16T15:37:00.008-04:00

Currently working on remixing this dapp Spider-Man cover from 1967 by John Romita. (not Jr.) Continue reading to check out the original cover.

How sick is this cover.

Comic Cover Throwbacks: Batman & Robin edition

2009-05-15T15:32:00.006-04:00

Most of us know and like the dark, gangsta-ass Batman of modern times, so if you don't know your Batman history these covers may surprise the sh!t outta you. Here are some ol' school, classic Batman comic book covers that Adam West would go crazy for and Christopher Nolan would probably cringe at. Warning: many homo-erotic undertones in this collection.

Probably the most gangsta & creative of the bunch... its kinda downhill from here.

Captain Morgan got everyone drunk so he could take advantage of them.

Yeah Robin, eat that ass.

Robin can't wait for Alfred to "drop it likes it hot" so he can slap on it.

Weirdest circle jerk ever... and why can't I see Robin's eyes?

(big thanks to comicbrowser)

Inspiration: the art of Krzysztof Domaradzki

2009-05-14T12:27:00.015-04:00

This week's inspiration is from Krzysztof Domaradzki (aka Kxx).

First spotted Domaradzki's work from a digital design magazine called Bak (issue 14). What I like the most is the movement/expressiveness of his illustrations. His added detail with the shapes and open forms is such a dope touch. Check out more of his illustrations @ his design studio (based in Poland): website.

Goodies: download Break Fu/Black Lee wallpaper

2009-05-10T11:40:00.034-04:00

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Shadow Monkey illustration

2009-05-10T11:33:00.003-04:00

An updated look of my man-monkey beast – Shadow Monkey (arch nemesis of Black Lee from 'Break Fu'), with his Chinese Monk inspired outfit.

Swaggerchilles illustration

2009-05-10T10:36:00.003-04:00

Here's a drawing of Swaggerchilles, King of the land of Pimp, from my 'The Pimp King' comic. With updated armor inspired by the 'Dark Knight' (the mesh looking material is chainmail armor), samurai inspired sword sheath placement, and of course bling with his big ass 'S' medallion and pinky rings. Not to mention his trademark perm.

Inspiration: the art of Hyung Taekim

2009-05-10T09:51:00.003-04:00

Taekim is crazy with it... chicks with crazy hips and art with crazy detail. Click below for more pics from his work on the Magna Carta II video game.

heres some wiki info:

Hyung-Tae Kim (born February, 1978, Seoul) is a Korean artist. He has designed characters for video games such as the Magna Carta series and the later installments of the War of Genesis series (War of Genesis: Tempest, War of Genesis III and War of Genesis III: Part 2).

Kim began his video games career working in the field of background music, then shifted to art and design. He has branched out into the comic book industry, serving as a guest cover artist, and has contributed to the Udon street fighter series.

Kim is an artist in the manhwa style. His latest artworks use a deformation technique where Kim disregards anatomical accuracy to achieve a specific feel to the character. (via wiki)

(hyung-taekim.org)

New mini-site splash pages are up

2009-05-03T18:44:00.023-04:00

New splash pages have been designed for each title. Choose a comic title to the right of this website to check them out.

Each mini-site will have more content coming soon including trailers, character bios, artwork, etc. so use this site to stay updated.

Iron Man 2 (5.30.2010) & more...

2008-05-07T20:40:00.006-04:00

...like Spider-Man 4 & the Avengers (oh yeah, its happening).

"Marvel Studios Sets Four More Release Dates!"
Source: Marvel Entertainment May 5, 2008

"Marvel Entertainment released their first quarter report to its shareholders this morning to coincide with the announcement about the success this past weekend of Marvel Studios' first production Iron Man, which grossed an estimated $104.2 million domestically and over $201 million worldwide. The announcement included an update of Marvel Studios' feature film slate with the already-rumored Iron Man 2 announced for a release on April 30, 2010, followed by three more movies for the summers of '10 and '11. Matthew Vaughn's Thor is set for a release on June 4, 2010, and The First Avenger: Captain America (the working title) will kick off the summer of 2011 on May 6, followed by the highly-anticipated and foreshadowed The Avengers scheduled for July 2011. (Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is also listed as being in development with no release date set.)In a conference call this morning, Marvel Studios' David Maisel said that Iron Man 2 will be used to introduce Thor. Regarding more "Hulk" movies, Maisel said "We definitely plan on continuing." He added that development continues on Spider-Man 4. "I can't give any other updates other than to say it's in development and everybody's excited about 'Spider-Man 4,'" he said.

With that in mind, one can start expecting a lot more announcements in the coming months about creative teams and casting for those movies including who might direct the Captain America and Avengers movies. (Whomever plays Steve Rogers AKA Captain America presumably will be making two movies at once.)"

Banned Boondocks episodes

2008-03-30T11:11:00.010-04:00

The 2 banned episodes off season 2 of "The Boondocks" that aired in Canada:

(1 of 2: "The Huey Freeman Hunger Strike")

"Everytime a black baby is born, i'll give them a plasma tv and one channel...BET"

(2 of 2: “The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show")

"We have a saying here at BET: We hate black people..."

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2007-04-11T00:00:00.031-04:00

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