‘Arrested Development’ Characters Sketchbook
Hidden within his massive, mind-numbingly comprehensive roundup of information about the looming San Diego Comic-Con International convention (which I intend to spotlight in at least one other post here on ComicMix), Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter included a link to something semi-related to CCI but very interesting to me — and possibly quite a few other readers.
Shown here is one of a dozen sketches Zack Smith commissioned from comic book artists at the 2004 Wizard World Chicago convention. The sketches depict characters from the over-far-too-soon television series Arrested Development, which also happens to be one of my favorite series of the last 5-10 years.
You can get the full scoop on the series and information about its potential return over at the Arrested Development page on Wikipedia, but before you do, be sure to take a peek at James Kochalka’s sketch of Tobias (pictured here and played by David Cross in the series), as well as 11 other sketches of Arrested Development characters by artists such as Jill Thompson, Jeffrey Brown, Jim Rugg and other notable creators.
… Heck, even the foul-mouthed puppet, Franklin, has a sketch.
Hey, thanks for linking to these! I have some more pieces (including Carl Weathers and Annyong) on my MySpace page (www.myspace.com/zacksmyspacepage). It also has a Sid and Marty Krofft book and a lot of other cool pieces. And give my web site, http://www.zswriter.com, a visit if you get the chance!
Thanks for letting me know, Zack… I added a link to your website in the original article. Rock on.