Popeye Sketches

I heard today that a 3d Popeye flick is in development. As a huge Popeye fan, I'll be one of the first guys in line.

It also got me thinking about a Popeye comic pitch that I worked on a while ago. It was a coming of age adventure story about a 10 year old Swee' Pea and Popeye going on a treasure hunt. Swee' Pea is having a hard time at school because of his funny name and his failure to live up to his dad's impossible tough guy legacy, so Popeye reasons a nice ocean voyage would be just the thing for him. Naturally, the treasure hunt is a wild goose chase set up by the sea hag for her own nefarious purposes. Along the way, Swee' Pea learns some valuable life lessons about how true toughness comes not from a can of spinach, but from strength of character.

Here's some of the sketches I did for this idea. Enjoy!

Timony Twin Events, Signings, and Appearances 2010

UPCOMING EVENTS - PLACES YOU'LL FIND A TIMONY TWIN

Check back often for updates.

March 23, 2010 - Comic Book Club Live - New York, NY

http://www.popcultureshock.com/comicbookclub/

March 26, 2010 - Barnes & Noble - Springfield, NJ

http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3028117

March 27, 2010 - Rocketship Comic Book Store - Brooklyn, NY

http://rocketshipstore.blogspot.com/

April 10-11, 2010 - MoCCA Festival - New York, NY

http://www.moccany.com/mocca_festival.html

April 16-18, 2010 - C2E2 - Chicago, IL

http://www.c2e2.com:80/en/Guests/#featured

May 1st, 2010 - Free Comic Book Day @ Comic Book Jones - Staten Island, NY

http://www.comicbookjones.com/index.html

May 15-16, 2010 - Wild Pigs II Con - Springfield, NJ

http://www.wildpigcomics.com/

June 4-6, 2010 - Heroes Con - Charlotte, NC

http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/

July 21-25, 2010 - San Diego Comic Con - San Diego, CA

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

October 8-10, 2010 - New York Comic Con - New York, NY

http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/

Timony Twins UPDATE

First of all, San Diego Comiccon was a blast! It was great meeting everyone who took the time to stop by while we were signing and sketching. Thanks for coming out!

Second, you may not have heard this yet, but we Timony twins have been nominated for THREE harvey awards!

The Night Owls have been nominated for "Best New Series" and "Best Online Work" and I've been personally nominated for "Best New Talent". (I know. I'm just as surprised as you are.)

The Award ceremony will be held this October at Baltimore Comiccon, so Naturally, we'll be there.

Details about where we'll be specifically are still being ironed out, but I can tell you that we'll not only be hanging with our pals at Zuda, but you can also find us with the good folks in the "Kids Love Comics" area!

Kids Love Comics is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and growth of children's comic books in North America, and that's a goal I can really get behind!

I'll be sure to update you all with more info as I get it, but I think its safe to say, I'm really looking forward to October!

The final bit of info I have is probably the most exciting bit of all. The print edition of the Night Owls has a release date! Look for it in stores March 9th, or you can pre-order it right now at Amazon.com for $10!

As the date gets closer, we'll be planning some events to promote and celebrate including parties, signings, interviews, and whatever else we can think of! In the meantime, why not support your Timony pals and order a book?

It's our first professionally printed book ever and we obviously want it to do really well. We're very proud of it. I happen to know of at least one person who's gonna buy at least ten copies just for herself! (Thanks, Mom!)

UPDATE!

A friend of mine pointed out to me that it was inconsiderate of me to point you to Amazon when so many of your local comic stores would very much appreciate your business. So, in order to better serve your community, go to your store and request that they carry the Night Owls! My Pal Lionel Ruland of Bad Moo comics and games would love to order a copy for you!

Minion Maze is LIVE!

Here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for...

Minion Maze is live with 5 pages and updating every wednesday!

What secrets lie within the Minion Maze? What treasures for those souls brave enough to enter? What dangers will be faced? And will there be snacks?

Join grubby goblins, noble knights, dastardly dragons, slimy slugs, elegant elves, allegiant angels, and more, as they quest for money, power, fame, love, and maybe even redemption.

Do YOU dare enter the MINION MAZE?

New Webcomic launching tomorrow!

Tomorrow I will unleash a new serialized graphic novel on the web! It will be drawn by me, (Bobby Timony) and co-written by me, Peter Timony, and our friend and frequent collaborator Chant Macleod!

Five pages will be up at launch with a new one every week on wednesdays. If you'll be in NYC this weekend, why not stop by the MoCCA fest and say hi! We'll be at table #332. I'll give you a free peek at the first 8 pages if you ask nicely!

So, what's this new comic about, you ask? Well, here's a little preview for you...

Basil the Bunny, Kindle Edition

Amazon has another Timony comic up for the Kindle. This time it's The Ballad of Basil the Bunny.

This is a 24 hour comic by me, Bobby Timony, and its done all in rhyme. This one is a bargain at only 80¢!

Here's the description:

Basil the Bunny was a simple farmer, until a scheming plot forced him to set out to defend his warren from a hungry wolf. This rhyming 24 page comic was written and drawn by Bobby Timony, artist on the popular webcomic "The Night Owls" in under 24 hours as part of the 24 hour comics challenge.

New 24 Hour Comics!

Over at our proper website, Twincomics.com, we put up some brand new 24 Hour Comics for your enjoyment. This time around we've got a joke-cracking skeleton pirate from Bobby, and Peter brings us a new Sir Roland tale, wherein he does battle with a fierce monster. Enjoy!

10 questions for Bobby Timony

ComicsCareers.com has a revealing interview with me up on their site, where they ask and I answer ten soul-probing questions about comics and stuff related to comics. Come have a peek into my brain.
LINK: 10 Questions for Bobby Timony

The National Cartoonist Society

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of the National Cartoonist's Society... ME!

Tha's right, folks. Thanks to letters of recommendation from my friends Brad Guigar and Delfin Barral, (Both members in good standing) as well as a unanimous vote of approval from the NCS, I'm now an official member!

I'm gonna go celebrate.

Bobby Timony

My art on Ebay?

I guess this is a milestone for me. I'm pretty sure this is the first time a sketch by me has been put up on ebay!
It's a sketch of Popeye I doodled in San Diego, and it's going for a very reasonable 15 bucks! The proceeds go to a good cause, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! So why not drop by ebay and put in a bid to help out the CBLDF?
Click here for the Ebay link!

Bobby Timony on Pray For Death

If anyone out there is curious about what a PRAY FOR DEATH Comic would look like if it was drawn by Bobby Timony, head over to the P4D Blog to check out a sketch of Detective Jenkins!

What's that? Never heard of PRAY FOR DEATH? Well click here to go read it on Zuda!

Peter