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Joe Madureira has continued voicing his art advice with details on what gear he uses, his influences, and skills needed for working in the game or comic industry. Art Advice 2.0 Now for the specific art questions I do get very often:   1-I use a technical pencil with HB lead 99% of the time. Staedler, Koo-in-oor, Prismacolor Turquoise, it’s all good. Take your pick. I use them all. Sometimes I work on paper that’s a little different ( smoother or more coarse ) and I may move up or down to an H or a B lead if needed. But I find H and 2H digs into the pap er and is too hard to erase ( Which sadly I do a lot of ) and B is too soft ( smudges like a mofo.) B is fantastic for going back over lines, darkening , and adding weight to your lines. Basically, ‘inking’ with a pencil. **Just keep a sheet of scrap paper under your hand or you will smudge the shit out of your drawing!!!** HB suits my needs 99% of the time. Really no need to switch it out, just adjust your pressure. Harder or...

Today Joe posted the pencils to his San Diego Comic Con sketch of Red Monika he drew last year. Hopefully he'll have another killer sketch for this years comic con which takes place July 18–21.

Today there was a very special post from Joe Madureira on his facebook page for artists. He has received endless questions over the years about what he uses to draw, what inspires him, career advice... etc, even myself, not being affiliated directly with Joe Madureira have also received these questions through email from Joe Mad fans for the last decade wanting to learn from the man himself or for him to critique their work. It's a lengthy post but if you're an artist these are very inspiring insights on how to be successful in the industry. ART ADVICE Do you really want to be an artist? Or a successful working professional? Believe it or not there is a difference. I’m not usually a soapbox type guy, I don’t like instructing people, and I think I’m a terrible teacher. But hey, it’s Friday and I’m in a strange mood. So here goes: I’ve noticed that a good number of my fans happen to be aspiring artists themselves. This is for all yo u guys. I get asked constantly: “Where s...

Joe posted an alternate draft of a Savage Wolverine page. Check it out! Looser shot of that wolvie cover. Sometimes I feel like I over-render and lose the energy! #marvel #wolverine #comics twitter.com/JoeMadx/status… — Joe Madureira (@JoeMadx) April 26, 2013

Keep your fingers crossed, today Joe posted a tweet about making one of his life's missions to have Battle Chasers animated. Stating this publicly so I can't back out. Someday we WILL see #BattleChasers animated! It's now one of my life's missions. #comics #anime — Joe Madureira (@JoeMadx) April 22, 2013

Joe Madureira released a new savage wolverine page for our pleasure. Check it out!

Joe Madureira posted a Savage Wolverine cover (not sure if it's for the first issue or not) as well as a concept sketch for it. The cover looks amaaazzing! His thoughts on the cover " This Savage Wolverine cover is an homage to Paul Smith, Frank Miller and all the classic ninja ass-kicker issues!"

Joe has released the pencils for his Guardians of the Galaxy variant cover for issue number two. The issue is being released April 24th .

Comic Book Resources had their weekly Axel in Charge column  in which there were some amazing new pages from Joe Madureira's Savage Wolverine run with Zeb Wells. "Will the Savage Wolverine title be featuring a new creative team with each new arc or is a regular creator team in place once Zeb Wells/Joe Madureira finish their upcoming Spidey/Wolverine/Elektra storyline for the book?" Alonso:  “Savage Wolverine” will be home to top-flight creative teams telling no-holds-barred stories. We think you’ll be excited by our line-up. I sure am.

Joe Madureira is up to his old ways supplying his artistic talent towards a variant cover. This time it's for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy #2. Check it out!

Joe has posted his finely crafted pencil work to the Savage Wolverine #6 cover. Enjoy!

It's finally official! Joe Madureira and Zeb Wells will be working on the Marvel Now! book Savage Wolverine starting with issue #6 this June. Over at Comic Book Resources they have an exclusive interview with the team. CBR News: People have been asking about the work you guys are doing together for some time, so I thought I'd start off with a question about the evolution of this project. Was this story originally envisioned as an arc of "Avenging Spider-Man?" And if so, has the story changed significantly since becoming a "Savage Wolverine" story? Zeb Wells: Yeah, we originally planned it for "Avenging Spidey," but with the massively talented Chris Yost coming onto that book and the lead character changing to "Superior Spider-Man," it didn’t fit quite as well. The story was leaning more towards Wolverine and Elektra anyway, so with that in mind -- along with Joe needing to wrap up some work at his company and me getting ...

Marvel has teased us yet again by confirming Zeb Wells will be the writer for the upcoming Marvel Now! book being released this June. I'll have more news when details are released!

Marvel Comics  subtly announced Joe's new project is going to be a part of the Marvel Now! publication.  Marvel Now! started the relaunch of several on going series in the Marvel Universe after the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline. Will it be a Spider-man book? or possibly Wolverine? I think we will find out shortly! The new book launches in June 2013.

Joe Madureira posted a small teaser on twitter showing the script to his new book and a drawing of wolverine and possibly elektra in the background. Hopefully new information will surface soon on this new Marvel project! My daughter suggested I use her special pencil. May take some getting used to... twitter.com/JoeMadx/status… — Joe Madureira (@JoeMadx) March 1, 2013

Here is a teaser image from that Spider-Man/Elektra book no one knows the details on. Hopefully we'll learn more in the months ahead!

It's been very silent for the last few months of any Joe Madureira related news but Joe has posted a few concept art pieces from his time at THQ recently.

Joe recently did a Dungeons and Dragon profile sketch for his wife. Check it out!

Here's a brand new interview featured on Nerdist.com in which Joe talks about what he's been up to since resigning from Vigil Games last month. Comic Book Day: Chasing Down Joe Madureira To many of us – myself included – Joe Madureira is living the dream. He’s made a name for himself in comics with titles like Uncanny X-Men and Battle Chasers, and he’s known for putting out quality video games like the Darksiders series. The only thing missing is competitive burrito eating, and then he’d be living out a very literal dream I had last night. Recently, though, Madureira left Vigil Games to return to comics. What comic, you ask? We chased Joe Madureira down to get some answers on what he has planned for his return to comics, when we’ll see new Battle Chasers, and what Marvel characters are going to appear in his new book. NERDIST: So, tell us, what’s going on in the wild world of Joe Madureira these days? JOE MADUREIRA: Drawing. Lots of drawing. It feels good! N: Recent...

Quite a shocker of an announcement but Joe Madureira has left as the creative director at Vigil Games. He helped co-found the company back in 2005 and released Darksiders and now Darksiders II. Here is a breakdown on his departure he posted on facebook... Ok! First of all, thank you for all the support. It means the world to me. I just wanted to provide a little more info/clarify a few points. I wish I could hit every single question, and maybe I will someday, but for now: 1-I left Vigil and THQ on very good terms. The continued success of the studio is extremely important to me. And it is not out of the question that I could work with them as an external developer. I'm just not an employee anymore. 2-My leaving is not the 'end of Darksiders'. DS belongs to THQ, they are free to make as many Darksiders sequels as they'd like. 3- I'm not leaving games. 4-You diehard Battle Chasers fans are hilarious. No matter where I go or what I'm talking about, BC is a...