ANJEE by Kevin J. Taylor

I'm trying to finish the lettering for EVERYTHING'S ANJEE so I can begin posting the pages. It's looking like my site won't be restructured soon-my apologies once again-so, i'll probably just post the pages on my blog. I was hoping for the site to be refurbished with new sections to post new stories and previews, but it's been slow going. I'll try to post here more often, but my studio in the summer is a sweat box making it tough to work, or stay indoors. But, I'll give it a go.

August: Kevin Taylor finishes the GIRL 2nd Coming saga!

The 4th and final volume of Girl, 2nd Coming is due out in August and it is being solicited for in comics stores now, put in your order!

GIRL Second Coming, vol.4
Kevin TaylorIn the long awaited final volume of GIRL-The Second Coming, Jaleira discovers that, after infecting her mother and sister, Kasmir is more than she thought he was. In order to save her family, she gets help from her old friends, Daemon and Starr, and travels back to another dimension where she must enlist the aid of a legend. However, she gets some unexpected help and learns what could have been.
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Getting There

I meant to be able to update here a lot more than I have been, but silly things, like life, sort of get in the way. Not one to make excuses, I just get behind sometimes and need to take care of things. On the plus side I'll be spending the rest of the summer painting the last ten pages of the final GIRL book. You might be asking yourself "It's just the beginning of July. Two months for ten pages?" Like I mentioned,I'm not one to make excuses, but I have things that need taken care of also. And when you see the final pages, you'll understand. In any event, by September I hope to have this book ready for the printers. I'm almost there, so keep your fingers crossed. http://www.kevinjtaylor.com

The Return of Francesca

Yes, I am still working on the final installment of the series GIRL: The Second Coming. and one of the main plot points is Jaleira returning to Silo City and the FANG universe. My first color series, the three issue FANG comics introduced Francesca, a young woman searching for her mother in a weird city populated by werewolves and vampires. She, as you might expect, has one hell of an adventure. In the third issue Jaleira makes a cameo appearance to help guide Fran. So I decided to have Francesca return the favor, but I wanted to make her a more integral part of the story. For the first two issues of FANG I didn't even have a name for her. I didn't want to use a common name found in comic books then-not Jane or Donna or nothing too mainstream. After finishing the second issue, I went to Rome and met a gorgeous italian girl named Francesca. I didn't think of using that name for my character then, but a month after that trip, I was home and caught a late night television airing of "The Mad Monster Party" which is, in my opinion, probably the greatest stop motion animated film ever made with characters designed by the great Jack Davis. (If you've never seen it, find it.) The "damsel in distress" in the film was named Francesca and that's when I thought about it. I had gotten into the third issue by then and tried to think of any existing comic book characters named Francesca and couldn't think of any. I haven't kept up with comics lately, so there may be some now, but at the time I was doing Fang, I couldn't find any. It's a great name, so I decided to use it as a name for a total amazonian bad ass. And as you can see in the painting, you probably don't wanna piss her off. visit http://kevinjtaylor.com

Just A Girl Having Fun!

One of the pinups from Kevin J. Taylor in the current SizZle Magazine. Get it for FREE with any order of my graphic novels ($9 or more) here!
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GIRL-New York and Silo City

The next GIRL volume takes place in two different worlds, GIRL's New York City and Silo City from my FANG series. Jaleira had a cameo in the FANG series, so for the last volume of The Second Coming she returns to Silo City where Francesca has a prominent role. With the appearance of Fran, this will mark the one series that all of my major characters have appeared in. I'll post a page with Fran sometime later. The other point of this volume is that I decided to paint it with two different techniques-one for the New York scenes and another for the Silo City scenes. Since they're two different dimensions, I wanted them to look different. In the pages above you'll see how it looks, the left page being N.Y. and the right Silo City. New York is mainly watercolor while Silo City is markers and more airbrush and also a little darker. For years I've wanted to do one book with multiple techniques ever since I saw the series ZORA by Fernando Fernandez in Heavy Metal Magazine. Although Fernandez used multiple techniques I decided to stick with two-two worlds, two techniques. Besides, this book has taken me long enough as it is. So, for those who thought I've stopped doing comics, and even to those few that thought I was dead-yes, I actually read comments on forums and on my Deviant Art page that some thought I was dead-I'm hard at work on the last GIRL book and I'm hoping it will be greeted warmly..okay, hotly. With a passion! So, I hope you all have just a little more patience. Once this volume is done, I plan to take GIRL into a different direction. And you're gonna have to wait to hear about that. http://kevinjtaylor.com

GIRL-The Second Coming -Kevin J. Taylor

There are lots of ways to enjoy a lollipop.

I've been reading on a few forums that lots of people think I've stopped drawing and doing comics. Someone even sent me a message when they found my page on Deviant Art and wrote they thought I was dead. One day, sure, but I'm still working on the final GIRL book. Unfortunately, little things get in the way, like having to do other things to earn a living. The crappy economy over the last few years has spared no one.

I'm much further along with the book than the above page, which is page 18. I recently posted another page on my facebook page which shows the painting process. I'm hoping to have this book done soon so I can go on to other projects. There's still a lot to be done.

I ain't dead yet.

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Queen of Opala by Kevin J. Taylor

This is one of three pieces I did for the new Queen of Opala game. I had never heard of this game before the creator contacted me, but I've spoken to some gamers and, apparently, it's really huge. So, if you play the game, you'll see some Taylor originals there. It looks like winning would be fun.

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Kevin J. Taylor original art -GIRL-Rosary

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Kevin J. Taylor original art-GIRL-Crusader 2

Girl's found the perfect costume for trick or treat. And she just may foil a few crimes in the process.

This week on Ebay.

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Kevin J. Taylor-GIRL-Crusader

Another painting of GIRL trying on the costumes of other characters. Just in time for Halloween!


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Kevin J. Taylor original art Megan: FOXX

The big tease. No more teasin'.

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GIRL-Super

sold on ebay. leaping tall boners in a single...or maybe, quite a few bounds.

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TORA TORA TORA! by Kevin J. Taylor

A few weeks ago, Barcelona held it's last bullfight ever due to numerous petitions on animal cruelty.

I wonder what they'll use that old bullring for? It would be a great place to have the comic book salons-as long as the bulls don't break in and start tossing comic book "frikis" all over the place.

(updated october 10, 2011)

The End of KISS Comix by Kevin J. Taylor

Kiss Comix started in 1993 and THE GIRL was serialized in the first thirteen issues. The spanish publication was the first to publish my work outside the United States and over the years, they printed a lot of my work, including covers and trade editions of my books MODEL BY DAY and THE GIRL. They also published the first two volumes of GIRL: The Second Coming. They may have continued publishing my books, but in 2005 we had a difference of opinion at the comics salon in Barcelona, and that was the last time I saw or dealt with them. It's a long story that I may write about one day, but not today. I could give my opinions why I think the magazine has tanked, but I'll save that for another day also. But, you can read the publisher's reasoning below. (For those of you fluent in spanish, here's a link to the original text, because the Google translation is a piece of shit.)

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/revista/agosto/final/sexo/dibujado/elpten/20110827elpepirdv_3/Tes

Here's a fun game to play: My work helped launch Kiss Comix across Spain and helped with it's success in the states. In the following article, note how many times my name is mentioned. It's great!

The end of the drawn sex

Shut 'Kiss', the dean of the comic magazine erotic in Spain - In his 20 years, published 239 numbers

DIEGO A. MANRIQUE - Madrid - 27/08/2011

Times are bad (business) to the comic. Flourish graphic novel publishers, except that the magazine made ​​in Spain, those monthly conquered a place in the stands after the death of Franco. August has seen the closure by surprise Comix Kiss Comix, the son of the late feverish the Viper, legendary head of Editions La Cupola.
In 20 years, Kiss released 239 albums and abundant numbers. Is dismissed without much fuss, with a brief text of Reuben Lardín: "No drama, eh. Here the party is over but surely there are other on the floor above. The festivities usually end when they leave them, but this time we retired before us, weary. "
José María Berenguer, responsible for the Dome, said humorously that "they" are the figures: "Kiss reported sales of 30,000 copies and had editions in other languages, but now had fallen to 6,000 copies. As we attracted no outside advertising, accounts not come. Some journal, as Eros Comix, cartoons and repeats published but we owe a respect for readers. "
The reasons for the collapse seem obvious: "It is only now there is so much free porn on the Internet, even our journals can be read there, pirate download sites. We made an attempt to stop him shy but that was a puzzle, with shell companies in which country and not servers on another continent. Even lawyers advised us to let it go. "
The effect the Internet has changed the publishing maxim that says "sex sells". In the Dome already suspected: "In the last years of the Viper, the covers have a sexy tone but that was not enough. A mistake? do not know, this is not a business that allows you to commission market research. And they were covers technically superb. "
For Berenguer, the end of Kiss is a personal disappointment: "We bet from number one by a joyful sexuality without guilt, without humiliation for women. In fact, the more enjoyable was receiving letters and emails from readers who encouraged us, who confessed that they used to read with boyfriends or husbands. I'm not saying we were always up to our principles: we bought very strong material such as the Chilean foreign teachers Ferocius, Erich von Gotha English or Argentine Francisco Solano López, who died few days. "
The authors have worse local Berenguer added: "We do not pretend throw us flowers discoverers of talent but it is true that many Spanish cartoonists drew attention by Kiss and then ended up in other media. I think Paco Roca, National Comic Award, or Rubén del Rincón. Kiss offered a platform for narrative experimentation and also we paid. fanzines I always will be more difficult but more professional. It is a tragedy in a country where there has always been a large pool of artists. "
There was no stigma to publish cartoons erotic Berenguer said: "It's for Monica and Bea, who was supposed to be autobiographical adventures had as little vices. But the whole scene knew they were aliases of Jose Antonio Calvo as a draftsman and Santiago Segura as a writer. In fact, they continued working together in the saga Torrente ".
The Dome holds the line graphic novel for adults. For fall, announced the release of Dirty laundry, this collaboration of Robert Crumb and his wife, Aline Kominsky, with input from their daughter, Sophie. Berenguer recommended especially stark translation Paying for it, Chester Brown, Canadian artist explains where his experience with prostitutes, having renounced romantic love.

Kevin J. Taylor's Girls with Guns-Ricky

The latest in the Girls with Guns series.

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Lettering, old skool

I'm probably still the only artist to do lettering like this. Usually, the lettering isn't part of the artwork and is done seperately to keep the art clean. For me, I sometimes like the lettering to be part of the art. When i visualise the image, sometimes I can't see it without the lettering and it makes sense to combine the two to make one piece. And I actually enjoy doing hand lettering like this. I hand lettered the cover titles to just about all of my books. It's the interior lettering for the dialogue and text that's a major pain.

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Girls With Guns-Bella

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Girls With Guns-Tess

First of a new series of pin-ups I'll be selling through ebay.

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