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27 Aug 2016

Begovich Gallery: The Explorers Guild: Rick Ross and Explorations in Graphic Fiction

Rick’s recent exhibition, The Explorers Guild: Rick Ross and Explorations in Graphic Fiction, ran from August 27 through December 15, 2016, at the Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery of California State University, Fullerton.

The Explorers Guild: Rick Ross and Explorations in Graphic Fiction featured Rick’s most recent paintings, which combine the triumphalist iconography of the super-hero with subversive surrealist double imagery–together both reifying and scrutinizing the mythos of American consumer culture–along with examples from his nearly two decades working in comics, multimedia, and films.

Also included were a selection of illustrations from the New York Times Best Seller, The Explorers Guild: Volume One: A Passage to Shambhala (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster), a four-year collaboration with Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner and acclaimed novelist Jon Baird. For this sprawling 770-page part-novel, part-graphic novel, Rick created over 600 pages of illustrations and graphic storytelling, along with six full color oil paintings.

Also shown was his award winning film, Backslide, starring Felicia Day, which has screened at more than twenty film festivals around the world and was named one of the ten best comedy shorts of the year by the American Cinematheque.

14 Jul 2016

The Great Explorers Guild Talent Search

Can you draw in the style of The Explorers Guild?

Are you an already established or up-and-coming comics professional?

Can you produce superlative work on deadline without fuss?

If so, we might just be looking for you to work with us on future projects.

To find out, join Rick at the San Diego Comic-Con for two days only, as he conducts a talent search for comics pencilers and inkers.

When

Friday, July 22, 2016, 2:30pm – 7:00pm

Saturday, July 23, 2016, 10am – 2:30pm

Where

The Portfolio Area of Sails Pavilion at the San Diego Convention Center (consult your SDCC Events Guide for directions).

What to Bring

Pencilers should bring penciled pages that display a command of sequential storytelling, a mastery of figure drawing, and, ideally, the ability to work comfortably in the style of The Explorers Guild. A sample page of pencils from The Explorers Guild can be seen here for reference.

Inkers should bring inked pages, preferably done with traditional dip pens, that display an understanding of figure drawing and a command of line and its use in creating form. An original page of pencils in blueline form from The Explorers Guild can be downloaded here if you wish to have a template to ink over.

How

Consult the San Diego Comic-Con Portfoiio Review procedures here.

Hope to see you there!

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UPDATE

September 18, 2016

Thanks to everyone who came out! But the search continues… For more information, please see our Submissions page here.

12 Jul 2016

See Rick Inking a Page from The Explorers Guild

How did I go about creating the art for The Explorers Guild?

I’ve been asked this question many times, and it got me thinking: Maybe there was a way to actually demonstrate the process I used on The Explorers Guild.

So I consulted with Mark Gillard of Black Shirt Creative, and we decided to film an entire day of my inking a page from the book, start to finish.

Mark and his buddy, Gary Rifat, expertly filmed the whole enterprise. Then they cut it together and condensed the entire four hour process into a compact 3:17.

I added a bit of narration to explain my working process, and voila: A video journey explaining how I ink a page of the The Explorers Guild.

Enjoy!

Wall Street Says: AMERICA it's your time to shine

11 Mar 2016

I Found a Man Eating From the Garbage — This Was My Response

Walking home from the grocery store this week, I found a man in a wheelchair eating from a garbage can on a busy street. Horrified in the face of such misery, I shared my food with the man and walked on, overcome by anger and guilt.

I chastised myself for not doing more, and I wondered: How could a man in a country as rich as ours come to this? And what else could I–one lone individual–do?

For a problem as complex as homelessness, the answers can be difficult to see. But I saw without question one thing I can do:

VOTE.

In this election year, I will be voting for representatives who pledge to reclaim our country from those who have bent it for their own greed.

So I created this poster as an expression of my anger…but also of my hope that together we can take steps to alleviate the suffering caused to so many by so few.