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I’ll be at Table: L-03 at Emerald City Comic Con! March 30th - April 1st and this is a preview of my third sketchbook I will be premiering there! It’s a 104 page perfect bound book of goodness and I hope you swing by and pick one up.

It’s fun to show friends these books and see what they really dig. My buddy Joe Peacock really liked this one He-Man piece which was done all the way in 2004. So I asked him to write up a little diddy about why!

It was a joy to flip through the proof of Casey’s latest sketchbook. And while I love all of his work (sincerely and truly), there was one piece that immediately grabbed my attention. It’s a piece of He-Man fighting Trapjaw.

I think what spoke to me most about this piece was how dynamic it is. “Dynamic” is a loaded term, especially in illustration. There’s no concise definition for it. Everyone agrees, however, that it means that a piece conveys action and movement, without being too “busy” visually. And this piece does that. Having He-Man’s clinched fist holding the sword of Greyskull right in the foreground was immediately striking. All of the action lines point toward his foe. You know exactly what is going on in this piece, from Trapjaw holding Teela hostage to He-Man’s determination to save her.

Moreso, Casey’s style is a new take on the He-Man universe. I love the characterization that Casey brings. He-Man doesn’t look like a steroided buffoon with a Prince Valiant haircut, he looks like an actual gladiatorial hero. Trapjaw looks like mechanized evil. Teela looks like an actual woman.

If there were a line of He-Man figures made in Casey’s style, I’d be the first in line to buy every single one.

Big thanks to Joe for stopping by, check out his writings and blog at www.joethepeacock.com

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I’ll be at Table: L-03 at Emerald City Comic Con! March 30th - April 1st and this is a preview of my third sketchbook I will be premiering there! It’s a 104 page perfect bound book of goodness and I hope you swing by and pick one up.

It’s fun to show friends these books and see what they really dig. My buddy Joe Peacock really liked this one He-Man piece which was done all the way in 2004. So I asked him to write up a little diddy about why!

It was a joy to flip through the proof of Casey’s latest sketchbook. And while I love all of his work (sincerely and truly), there was one piece that immediately grabbed my attention. It’s a piece of He-Man fighting Trapjaw.

I think what spoke to me most about this piece was how dynamic it is. “Dynamic” is a loaded term, especially in illustration. There’s no concise definition for it. Everyone agrees, however, that it means that a piece conveys action and movement, without being too “busy” visually. And this piece does that. Having He-Man’s clinched fist holding the sword of Greyskull right in the foreground was immediately striking. All of the action lines point toward his foe. You know exactly what is going on in this piece, from Trapjaw holding Teela hostage to He-Man’s determination to save her.

Moreso, Casey’s style is a new take on the He-Man universe. I love the characterization that Casey brings. He-Man doesn’t look like a steroided buffoon with a Prince Valiant haircut, he looks like an actual gladiatorial hero. Trapjaw looks like mechanized evil. Teela looks like an actual woman.

If there were a line of He-Man figures made in Casey’s style, I’d be the first in line to buy every single one.

Big thanks to Joe for stopping by, check out his writings and blog at www.joethepeacock.com