Jeff Durham

@jeffdurham

Mercury News graphic artist/illustrator A.I. art hurts real artists. It is the death of meaningful art.

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Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· 2d

When the first patch of sun hits the patio deck on a #caturday Daisy-Do greets it with a roll-over and a wiggle-fest.

Daisy the cat rolling around on a rotting patio deck.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· 7d

Walking on a hill, listening to Tweeter and The Monkey Man. Breezy and cool so far. Perfect morning. Try not to think about work.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· 12d

Have half an hour before work, might hang out on the patio with the cat and crack open a book. John Brunner double feature. Might take half an hour to figure out which one i want to read…

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· 27d

Finished a flurry of shoe drawings in the #sketchbook this morning. Brush pen on paper, scrolling for reference amid all of the ads on Pinterest. God that site has turned to shite, hasn’t it? #art #drawing

9x12in Sketchbook page of shoe drawings.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· 28d

Doodling some heads in the sketchbook this morning, killed a smidgen of time before work. #art

Sloppy little head sketches. Pen on cheap paper.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jul 18

Picked up 8issues of TheFly when I saw most featured Ditko art. It’s a quirky series, almost like a TV variety show. You got Vic Catan and Rudy Nebres doing elegant pen&ink illustration masterpieces, Boltinoff with cartoony gag-comics; Ditko, Buckler & others making 70s mainstream comics. Great fun!

First two issues of Archie Comics’ The Fly. The first two covers were drawn by Jim Steranko.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jul 15

This morning’s doodle. A spot-illustration style concoction. I guess it could be a sketch for the old D&D monster manual…

Mangler of the Mist: Creature of the ethereal plane that can phase into the world of men on foggy nights with a full moon. They attack with +5 to surprise. AC 4. 12-24 HP.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jul 11

I colored these cartoony heads this afternoon – I managed to do it for about 90% of the time without disturbing the cat on my lap. Hate to bother Rosie when she’s in such a friendly mood.

Six head doodles that i created and posted over the last two days. I colored them this afternoon on the old iPad.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jul 10

Sat on the patio with the cats this morning; doodled on the iPad and drank hot tea. A little chilly but felt good. Three improvised cartoony heads are all I have to show for the effort.

The cartoony head doodles. I really should draw something more substantial but at least I’m having fun while waiting for work to start.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jul 10

Really been spinning my wheels in the mud and haven’t put a pen or paintbrush to work for a few weeks. Feeling blah. Probably a combo of health, stressful travel and the news (that worthless asswipe MF, etc) Anyway. Cheer up! Managed to cartoon a few heads on the iPad tonite. That’s more like it!

Three head doodles. Drawn in about 25 mins with ClipStudio for iPad. They’re not supposed to to be anyone in particular; just throwing down head shapes and letting them form themselves beneath the tip of the pencil. Just for fun!

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jun 20

Elric and the Dreaming City, MGN #2. I had just discovered the Elric novels when the first part of this was published in Epic magazine. Perfect timing. Spent an entire summer tracking down the paperbacks obsessing over the character. Wonderful adaptation!

Cover of my copy of Elric and the Dreaming City, Marvel Graphic Novel #2. Bought it back in ‘82.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jun 18

Lazy moment of the morning for me and Rosie. We’re both resting on the concrete of the courtyard, watching the early-morning birds scour the grasses and weeds for worms. She and I have breakfasted and pose no threat, though we occasionally crawl birdward several inches on our belly.

Rosie the cat, tuxedo with a half-stache, watching birds and doing nothing

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jun 13

Just for fun I’ve been painting my comic boxes. I’ve been flaking on my Spider-Man box but had a late-night burst of creativity and finished both ends. Top is almost done, as is one of the sides. Haven’t decided what to paint for the other one yet. Will try to keep it simple, tho. Maybe just webs!

A sloppy acrylic painting based on the cover of Amazing Spider-Man 33.

Another sloppy acrylic painting featuring Spider-Man and Doc Ock.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jun 13

I keep this battered, tattered old thing hanging on my cork board. Have I posted this before? I don’t think so; I have very few autographed books so this’ll have to do since I can’t think of another… but this the best one anyway!

Beat up copy of Superman 233, signed “To Jeff NEAL ADAMS” i really should get a plastic bag for this.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Jun 6

Aint no fancy hardcover but my favorite(?) MGN: Starstruck ‘84! Very strange. What’s the story? IDK; it’s almost a stream of consciousness piece. Continued as a standard comic for a short run. Has been reprinted/updated/expanded/recolored(meh) and is a cool experience if you like that kind of thing.

Marvel Graphic Novel 13, Starstruck by Elaine Lee and Kaluta. Published in 1984, flipped through thousands of times so it’s a bit beat up.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 27

Lovely morning here, walking down from the foothills, listening to “all that meat and potatoes” by Fats Waller.

Picture taken on the way down from the foothills Bay Area, California. Pretty clear morning , coming down through the parking lot at the college . You can see across the bay this morning.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 19

Thank you! Just acrylic paint. The ends and top are below. It’s turning into a slow-motion painting hobby. Kind of fun but I feel bad when I put the boxes back under the stairs, in the closet or up in the attic.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 19

Finished painting my Batman comics box. It’s been almost done for two months and tonight I broke the procrastination barrier. I was so satisfied that I started a Spider-Man box; it should go faster because I have a few simple designs in mind and I’m not going fuss so much this time.

This is a picture of the side of my Bat-Man comics short box. I’ve painted a loose swipe of one of Brian Bolland’s panels from “The Killing Joke.” It’s one of the panels of the rain falling on the ground with a beam of light reflecting off of the surface. On the lid is a bust of Batman with the bat-signal in the sky behind him. Hopefully it looks like the signal is the source of the beam of light in the puddle.

This is a picture of the other side of my Bat-Man comics short box. It’s based on one of the interior panels of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns. I put that iconic lighting bolt from the cover in the sky behind him.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 18

Good morning from The Umbo; hilltop location of several underage drinking sessions attended by someone who looks a lot like me, but much much younger. There will be no drinking here today, but only because I forgot to bring water. I’m dyin’ up here.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 15

Found this old (2005-ish) digital painting on a Flickr account I forgot about. I made a few faux Sci-Fi digest covers back then because that’s what I want to do for a living when I grow up! I even wrote short stories to go with them, but those might be on old ZIP disks, and therefore lost to time.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 14

A few recent in the job illustrations, dragged out into the daylight for #portfolioday

Sunday front illo about how the lack of some of the basic needs and services can hinder the engine of innovation that is the Silicon Valley.

The integration of drone technology into law enforcement. Yikes.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 13

A totally coverless copy of Marvel Tales 14 ‘67 (ASM 19 reprint) Spider-Man and the Human torch fight Sandman and the least intimidating Spider-Man villains, The Enforcers! I really dig those guys – nostalgia!– but I can’t vouch for them. Backups by Ayers, Heck and the always awesome Russ Heath.

Here is an extremely yellowed-by-age splash page. Steve Ditko draws Spider-Man and the Human Torch in battle with Sandman and the Enforcers. Looks really cool.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 13

Challengers of the Unknown 40 (Oct 64) has two fun stories behind that well-worn cover; barely holding on by one rusty staple. Both goofy tales are drawn and inked by Bob Brown, an artist I wasn’t fond of back in the day but he’s grown on me. Not sure I’ve seen him self-ink before; it’s really good!

Cover of Challengers of the Unknown 40. The Challengers are trapped in a web. Multi-Man – with the body of a bee – and two giants bees are swooping toward our heroes. It sounds weirder than it looks, tho the story is even weirder than it sounds.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 13

I’m on a mission to rescue damaged, malodorous and unlovable comics from the flea market. Batman 188 (Dec.‘66) with a torn, tattered and detached cover, spots of mold and a completely forgettable villain that out-stinks the aging yellow newsprint; his head is the ass-end of a giant No. 2 pencil.

Batman 188, detached cover on the left and the splash page on the right. Both images depict the dastardly Eraser wiping out Batman and Robin; actually erasing the Dynamic Duo with his pink rubber head!

I wish that Miller and Mazzuccelli would come back and give this under-appreciated member of the Batman Rogue’s Gallery the attention he deserves. (Maybe they’re doing it already…)

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 10

I think it’s fun to see how they fixed the problem in the 1977 reprint, “Marvel‘s greatest comics“ number 71. On the left is the original, FF 89; on the right is the reprint. They correct a major plot hole by changing just one word balloon. Brilliant!

Page 3 of fantastic four no. 89 compared side-by-side with its 1977 reprint, page 3 of Marvel‘s greatest comics no. 71.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 10

Found a Bat-Man doodle on an old MangaStudio file the other day. I put it on the iPad and tidied up the drawing. The color layer was like this; don’t know why. I made a new color layer and “corrected” it, but it looked wrong to me, so I restored the old layer and cleaned it up slightly. There we go!

This is a drawing I found in my archives featuring a somewhat chunky vision of the Batman. Normally, he has a blue tape and cow but this time I colored them red. I don’t know why I did that; probably just messing around and it doesn’t really look like one of my drawings to be honest. Maybe you could read it as a Kirby/Mignola swipe.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Apr 5

Went for walk in the hills, did some chores, made lunch for the kid, and now I’m just going to chill & play Caves of Qud. Rosie: “This is boring. I’m going purr and yawn until you take me out on the patio or work the laser pointer.” We went out on the patio. I read a book, she bothered bees.

My tuxedo cat, Rosie, resting and watching me and the computer screen. She sighed frequently.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Mar 28

Lazy morning spent cartooning on the ipad in bed. Found a few old rough figure sketches, tightened them up and put some clothes on ‘em. A dash of color and there we go! Now I’m off to make breakfast for the wife & kid. And cats. (They’ve been waiting.)

Three people and a cat leaping or running through the air.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Mar 28

Had this when I was a li’l guy and lost it early on. Some panels haunted me but I could never recall where I saw them. Saw the cover online 10 or so yrs ago:Ah-HA! Bought it immediately. I rarely put it back in its bag because I’ll be looking thru it again in a day or two. Indispensable book for me.

Charlton Comics’ Fantastic Giants! A 64-page All Steve Ditko comic reprinting Konga and Gorgo stories with two new monster tales.

Jeff Durham@jeffdurham· Mar 16

Purchased today: Always carry one of these with me, in case I run into a quiet, idle moment. I’ve read a few Poul Anderson stories and enjoyed the ones I can recall, but I LOVE the illustrator Kelly Freas, so I can happily pass time simply looking at the cover.