The emails were all printed out and placed in a hat (well, actually a Glad plastic container). A hush fell over the room (it was very late). The air was thick with suspense as my hand reached in and stirred the contents of the ‘hat’. Who’s email would I pull out? Who would win the drawing? My hand pulled the small piece of paper out of the throng of hopefuls each one crackling in protest at not being chosen. All eyes unblinking, anticipating, waiting as I unfolded the tiny chit that held the name of one whose destiny will be forever altered! And that email belonged to Daniel Lafrance of Toronto, ON, Canada! YAY! It really was that dramatic, people. I was alone but you’ll have to take my word that it was INTENSE!

Daniel, I’m prepping the drawing for shipping and I’ll send it out early next week. Now, for the rest of you email subscribers out there, I have a small consolation prize…desktop wallpaper! It’s a small thank you for your support of this project and with it comes a promise that there will be more giveaways in the coming months. Who knows, maybe it will be YOU next time!

Your link to the wallpaper will be in your email.

Once again, thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this a success. I’ll have updates coming soon, I promise.

Joe

Here are some digital photos of the drawings framed for the upcoming exhibition. I think it classes them up what do you think?

So here’s the official information for The Fantastic Form: The Art of Comics and Graphic Novels exhibition. If you are in the neighborhood please come see the show. I’ll have two original watercolors from Mandala as well as Page 2 from the Process. Here are all the vitals.

Raul Villarreal’s upcoming exhibition of art inspired by graphic novels and comic books entitled, Fantastic Form, will feature three of my works including the following page from the Process. The exhibition will be in June at the Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts. Keep watching this blog for more information regarding dates and artist reception.