David Baldeón

David Baldeón

@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

Too Cartoony, apparently. Drew Domino, Ben Reilly for Marvel, Superman and Power Girl for DC. Designed a Star Wars ship and a Metropolis building. DeMultiversed with Anyman. #XFAQtor 4ever. Artist in Voyeur, an erotic art heist. Lovers Don't Die, they say

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You know that feeling when you have a closeup framing in your layout and you start the pencil sketch and you overdraw and you *love* the sketch but like 75% of it is going to go off frame?

Hey, BTW: these two covers? Thre YFN Spider-Man that was revealed yesterday and this Symbiote Spider-Man from a few years back? Related. Cousins. Why? Because I have this habit of not letting ideas I like die on (well-based) rejection. Follow me down this path!

David Baldeón@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

Oh! Oh! Oh! The variant I drew for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 #1 has been revealed... somewhere! I can post it now! And the lineart too, and everything! Colorwork by Israel Silva!

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It's 2026 and I get to draw a YFN Spider-Man cover. And I get stuck with this one, single idea. Dammit, do I have anything that deserves another chance? Anything that fits the modern-day, funny vibe of the show? Maybe if I add something... Hey, what about that cellphone Miles sketch from '23?

Well, guess which was picked, fully drawn, and beautifully colored by Israel Silva. Don't throw away anything, kids! Sometimes the idea is good, it just needs to find the right home!

Hey, BTW: these two covers? Thre YFN Spider-Man that was revealed yesterday and this Symbiote Spider-Man from a few years back? Related. Cousins. Why? Because I have this habit of not letting ideas I like die on (well-based) rejection. Follow me down this path!

David Baldeón@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

Oh! Oh! Oh! The variant I drew for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 #1 has been revealed... somewhere! I can post it now! And the lineart too, and everything! Colorwork by Israel Silva!

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It's 2023, and I'm offered a Miles Moralesvariant cover. Couple of so so ideas, but suddenly I remember that symbiote sketch... Dammit, the color scheme works better for Miles! So I throw it into the mix, with Miles blending perfectly into the red sky and gets what... a good idea finds its fit!

But do you know what other sketch was in the mix? This little funny joke that I threw in the ring that didn't make it to the finals. I mean, it was OK, but... again, not the right place. Well, let's put it in the "hopefuls" folder. Maybe it'll find its place... You see where this is going 😬😬😬

Hey, BTW: these two covers? Thre YFN Spider-Man that was revealed yesterday and this Symbiote Spider-Man from a few years back? Related. Cousins. Why? Because I have this habit of not letting ideas I like die on (well-based) rejection. Follow me down this path!

David Baldeón@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

Oh! Oh! Oh! The variant I drew for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 #1 has been revealed... somewhere! I can post it now! And the lineart too, and everything! Colorwork by Israel Silva!

So back in 2021 I was offered to draw a Symbiote Spider-Man variant cover. It ended up looking like this: an homage to that classic Byrne B/W cover for Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man with a bit of a horror twist. Rightly picked by my editor over, among other proposals, *this* other sketch here.

Again, good choice. That sketch just didn't fit the book, it's one of those things you just get out of your head and throw to the wall to see whether it sticks (he!). But I liked the idea, left it in the freezer in case the right chance for it came around. And guess what...

Oh! Oh! Oh! The variant I drew for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 #1 has been revealed... somewhere! I can post it now! And the lineart too, and everything! Colorwork by Israel Silva!

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There are a few comics I tend to reread often: for the art, for the story, because they inspire me... And the two Death minis by Gaiman and Bachalo have it all. Yesterday I picked up The Time of Your Life again—what a masterpiece. #fanart #Death

Por fin he abierto la lata de VisionQuest y me dura mi dilema con el Ultron del MCU. Me chifla el capullazo sardónico que interpreta James Spader, pero pagaría en adamantium ver al psicopata asesino cibernético de los cómics. Pero oye, en esta linea editorial han tirado por esta linde, y bien está.

Communications on this cover have been... scarce. But I've already seen this kid on some eBay Live retailers (both in cracked foil and trade forms, I think). So you know what? Here's the lineart for the X-Men '97 Season 2 variant (covering the classic UXM #141). Available in eBay's NYCC blind bags!

David Baldeón@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

Almost completely totally sure that the X-Men '97 Season Two variant that I did (with foil treatment and everything!), bound to be included in a eBay blind bag event for NYCC, is out there*. Somewhere. (*): OUT there but IN the blind bag.

Almost completely totally sure that the X-Men '97 Season Two variant that I did (with foil treatment and everything!), bound to be included in a eBay blind bag event for NYCC, is out there*. Somewhere. (*): OUT there but IN the blind bag.

Pónganme veinte.

Albert Monteys@albertmonteys.bsky.social

La Conjura de los Necios en lujoso tecnicolor. Sale a la venta mañana en la nación América (Archaia/Boom) y el viernes en castellano (Astiberri). Lo presentamos en la Librería Universal el mismo viernes 2 a las 19:00, por cierto.

Looking forward to pestering you about the new project, the WIP detalis, who I am doing it with (🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩) and why did I have to spend hours deciphering the visual vocabulary of reality TV —the things one will do for comics! In the meantime: the pencils for a face that I liked.

David Baldeón@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

A ver cuándo puedo daros la chapa con el nuevo proyecto, los detalles WIP, con quién lo estoy hago (🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩) y por qué me he tenido que tragar horas de reality shows descifrando su vocabulario visual. Las cosas que hace uno por los tebeos! De momento: los lápices de una cara que me ha gustado.

A ver cuándo puedo daros la chapa con el nuevo proyecto, los detalles WIP, con quién lo estoy hago (🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩) y por qué me he tenido que tragar horas de reality shows descifrando su vocabulario visual. Las cosas que hace uno por los tebeos! De momento: los lápices de una cara que me ha gustado.

The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1 was released yesterday. Does that mean that I'm happily, proudly posting all 5 of the ink pages for the Pigs of the Galaxy story I had the pleasure to draw? Yes. Yes it does.

The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1 is out next Wednesday 23th, and *one*of the five pages I drew for Pigs of the Galaxy short story is included in a preview! Written by MacKenzie Cadenhead, colorwork by Yen Nitro and UNDENIABLY starring Miss Piggy and some other, less glamourous individuals!!!!

Vaya, pues no. Se va a quedar en bocetico.

David Baldeón@davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social

Cruzando los dedos para que me acepten este boceto de portada de un conocido superheroe salvando a un dachshund con cara de susto. Con cara de susto el dachschund. El superheroe en cuestion va bastante pichi.

(Que estaba yo pensando y si no quieres entrar en tropos caballerescos y quieres ser más terrenal, puedes jugar con el rollo diplomático-funcionarial a lo Quai d’Orsay, o The Diplomat… pero que yo que sabré. Ni caso me hagáis.)

Cruzando los dedos para que me acepten este boceto de portada de un conocido superheroe salvando a un dachshund con cara de susto. Con cara de susto el dachschund. El superheroe en cuestion va bastante pichi.

And when I thought I could not love Emma Thompson more, the algorithm puts in front of me a video of her brilliantly, earnestly analyzing Peanuts, its characters and the lessons you can draw from the strip. Without an ounce of disdain or patronizing. Emma, you goddess.

Right? RIGHT?? Nah, I was (partially) joking :P Thank you so much for reading our book, and thank you *so much* for letting us know!

Richard@darklighter.bsky.social

@iamhandaxe.bsky.social @davidbaldeoncomic.bsky.social I read Voyeur in one sitting yesterday and it was so goddamn good.

Si te cuelas en una cola de buena mañana y tu respuesta es "no hablo español" con el acento mas turista y un gesto desdeñoso puro Luis XVI, te expones a un "you're jumping the line, I was here before" suficientemente bien pronunciado para que lo entiendas. Payaso.

Aclaro: colarse puede ser un accidente. Dada la situación lo dudo. Pero te despistas, te duermes... Me ha pasado a mi, siendo muy melindroso con estas cosas. O puede haber diferencias culturales, como leo por aquí. Lo que no es despiste es contestar en modo señorito Downton Abbey molesto.

Recientes acontecimientos (repasar originales para meterlos en carpetas con vistas a una convención, y otras serendipias) me han hecho revisitar la serie de Tsum-Tsum. Y oye, había ahí paginas pintonas, a lo tonto. Sigo estando muy orgulloso del Coleccionista y su careto cuando recibe un jarronazo.

Eres un crio de 12 años, te customizas tus Clicks de Famobil para hacerte las figuras de acción que no existen, y de repente pasan 40 años y vas a una convencion de colleccionismo y POR FIN puedes refinar el trabajo.