Archive for September, 2009

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Line work for TANK GIRL – SKIDMARKS #3..

You can order Issues 1 and 2 of Skidmarks now… and The Image Comics Special ‘Dark Nuggets!’

Love’n Tanks…

Ruf..Team Tank Girl

I’m off to Serbia at 5 am..for my first Belgrade Comics art festival!

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Skid Mail!

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Art for the Tank Girl – Skidmarks series Letter Page

Love’n'tanks,
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TACHEBACK!

Friday, September 11th, 2009

My lovely friend Martin Peet is raising money for the Everyman Cancer Trust by growing a super moustache!!

Please pleas please sponsor him..even if only for a few pounds.. it ALL helps!

Everyman is a campaign run by the Institute of Cancer Research who do research into testicular and prostate cancer.

And boys… do get checkups..

Love n’ tanks!
Ruf

www.tacheback.com

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TANK GIRL BOOK SIGNING – RUFUS & ALAN 5th DECEMBER 2009

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Rufus and I will be doing a book signing at Forbidden Planet, Shaftesbury Ave, London 1-2pm, 5th December. We’ll be signing copies of issues # 1 & 2 of the new Skidmarks series, and hopefully copies of the freshly printed Image one-shot Dark Nuggets, along with all the usual crap.

Hope to see you there.

Alan X

TANK GIRL – THE ROYAL ESCAPE… out next year from IDW Comics

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The coloured art for TANK GIRL – THE ROYAL ESCAPE #1

Out in March/April 2010 from IDW Comics!

Love’n tanks!
Rufus… Team Tank Girl, Pencil Division

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ALAN’S SATURDAY POP SLOT #35 – MIDGET SUBMARINES by SWELL MAPS

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

The band that inspired me to do everything I’ve ever done. The very wonderful Swell Maps. If you haven’t got them already, get Trip To Marineville and Jane From Occupied Europe (vinyl is best).

We’re small enough to care

Alan X

TEAM TANK GIRL

Friday, September 4th, 2009

TEAM TANK GIRL

Alan Pitstop Martin

Rufus Roughcut Dayglo

Simon Buzzbomb Bowland

Christian Killer Krank

This is for the upcoming Skidmarks series, for the Indicia page credits..

Lov’n whatsits.. Ruf

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TANK GIRL – THE ROYAL ESCAPE

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Line work for the first Issue of ‘TANK GIRL – THE ROYAL ESCAPE’ out in Spring 2010 from the lovely peoples at IDW Comics!.

This is pencil, and Daler Rowney acrylic ink wash on watercolour paper

Love’n tanks..

Ruf..Team Tank Girl

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Don’t forget to order your TANK GIRL – SKIDMARKS miniseries, from Titan Books, at your local comic shop now!

TANK GIRL – SKIDMARKS #2 COVER

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Tank Girl – Skidmarks Issue 2 will be in next months preview..so get your orders in to your friendly neighbourhood Comics shop!

For this issue, I drew the art, and painted it in greyscale, then coloured it in photoshop…
This is the uncleaned up art…freshly scanned in two bits, and cobbled together in Pshop…

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This is the finished art… coloured in Photoshop (with a Dummy Title)

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Love’n tanks! Rufus.. Pencil botherer