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Jon Sommariva  

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GEMINI :: First 5 pages. ALSO FCBD & Update

Journal Entry: Thu May 1, 2008, 10:12 PM
Hey guys!!!

Been a minute since I had the chance to update here. Lot's to tell!

*****GEMINI******

First up, I wanted to share the first 5 pages of issue 1 with you guys as they will appear printed in the comic book. Please feel free to read these pages, and let me know what you think of the story so far :D. I think it's gonna be a really fun comic myself, but then again I drew it, so what would I know?! That's why I want to hear YOUR opinion! Click thumbnails and enjoy!

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For those who don't know, GEMINI is my latest comic book project which will be published by Image comics. I believe the first issue will be out VERY soon. MAY 7th is the date I am being told. So I hope you guys get the chance to check it out. I should have spare copies myself, so for those of you in countries where you find it hard to buy comics, you should be able to get it from me here :D

EDIT: Here is ANOTHER advance review of GEMINI which is worth checking out...I should probably make a list of these, but anyway...here's one for the road: 8/10 aint bad right?!

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*****FCBD******

I will be sitting at House of Heroes in Canberra this free comic book day. Any Canberrans should come along...Aside from a mega Gemini preview of original art and related goodness, I'll be sketching and also have some prints for sale there. Probably get there around 10:30 or 11am....something like that :D

*****CON UPDATE******

Hoping to make it to Supanova Sydney this year. Hopefully the Ozmosis Chills artbook will be ready to go by that date. Brisbane was awesome. Had such a good time there, so definately hoping Sydney will be similar.

That's about it for now. I'll be looking for some cool Gemini artworks from you guys soon, so I'll post some details about that in the coming weeks!

Thanks peeps!

Jon.

  • Mood: Thrilled
  • Listening to: Metallica, Led Zepplin, filmspotting, BBC
  • Reading: Dynamo 5, Invincible, Ultimates, Avengers FT
  • Watching: Spectacular Spiderman, Gemini pages
  • Playing: Tetris DS
  • Eating: Dust
  • Drinking: Jaga-Bombs

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 30
  • Current Residence: Canberra, Australia
  • Interests: Nintendo, Art, Animation, Film
  • Favourite movie: Tarzan, 5th Elelment, Good Will Hunting, Groundhog day, Fight club, Ratatouille, Kill Bill
  • Favourite band or musician: Nivii Jackson, Redman, Mos Def, J5, Alicia Keys, Tenacious D, Yann Tiersen
  • Favourite genre of music: hip hop, breaks, house, spanish guitar stuff
  • Favourite artist: Bachalo, V Bode, Tezuka Osamu, Capcom team, Glen Keane, Art Adams, Jim Lee, Keron, Mad, JSCampbell
  • Favourite poet or writer: Aron Lusen, Jay Faerber
  • Favourite style or digital art: energetic and original
  • Operating System: XP
  • Wallpaper of choice: Whatever grabs my eyeballs by the testies
  • Favourite game: Super Smash bros Melee, Wolf ET, Megaman series, tetris
  • Favourite gaming platform: SNES, Game Cube, Dreamcast, N64 (in order)
  • Favourite cartoon character: Astro boy and Megaman
  • Tools of the Trade: Eon boards, Col Erase blues, Aussie Staetdler H 110 lead pencils, Eraser Pen, Copic Multi Liner

Devious Comments

~Eivind31:iconEivind31: 1 hour 12 minutes ago
I love your drawing style. Its very unique and funny.
Most deff gonna watch you ^^

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~JaffaJava:iconJaffaJava: 3 hours 24 minutes ago Mood: Love
Hay! The other day I got the first issue of Gemini from a new comic book shop that just opened in my town!(I Love it in there!)
I just wanted to say that I picked up that comic having no idea what it was going to be like, I picked it up because I really liked the art on the front cover! I read it and I love it and I wanted to know more about it, so I looked it up on the internet. Already a member on DA I put a search on Gemini and you came up. Checking your name with the credits in the comic I didn't expect to run into the true artist behind Gemini!! Took me by surprise! I really love the art in this comic and the design of the characters, and I have already fell in love with the story and most of the characters, Gemini, No. 22, 45 and 91, also the villains Deadwieght, Torment, Radia and Freakout! (Proof that I have really red the comic!)
Anyway, I can't wait to get the next issue! I have to know what happened to Gemini!!

Keep up the great work! I'll have to put you on my watch list now!! :boing:
(Sorry for the long post!)

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~vpire:iconvpire: 5 hours 41 minutes ago
I read it recently actually. It was really good. From Gemini's poses and wit, he reminds me a lot of Spidey. And that's not a complaint!! Hell of an ending though, interested to see how he comes back. Spontaneous regeneration? Multiple clones? Hmmm. Definitely worth checking it out. Really well drawn Jon. Look forward to the next one!
*elsevilla:iconelsevilla: 5 hours 45 minutes ago
congratulations, saw your work on imagine fx man, go and get that magazine.

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*Red-J:iconRed-J: 12 hours 16 minutes ago
Hey dude! Thanks very much for the support! You had a chance to check the book out yet? It's been great hearing peoples reactions :D

J.

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GEMINI:: OUT NOW ::IMAGE COMICS
~luqkhyjonas:iconluqkhyjonas: 1 day 1 hour ago
Hello Red J awsome stuff here man i watching you ^^

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~drawingdude92:icondrawingdude92: 1 day 8 hours ago
awsome pics man and the music u listen to i.e led zeppelin n metallica F***ING awsome lol
~akins7075:iconakins7075: 1 day 21 hours ago
New pics, check em out.

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*Gotetsu005:iconGotetsu005: 1 day 22 hours ago
Picked up Gemini #1 at the comic shop today. In a word, AWESOME. The ending is a GREAT cliffhanger. :D

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~asianboet:iconasianboet: 2 days 12 hours ago
Amazing gallery man!
~Agent-of-Fortune:iconAgent-of-Fortune: 5 days 12 hours ago
Your style is great, awesome stuff, man.

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~TheStangman:iconTheStangman: 5 days 16 hours ago
So stoked about the comic. Looks amazing, love the style, and the story seems like it's gonna be really cool. Can't wait!
~riskan:iconriskan: 5 days 19 hours ago
AWESOME GALLERY man...LOVE IT very much...thx 4 sharing your artwork.
~vpire:iconvpire: 6 days 6 hours ago
Hey man, just wanted to say that I love your art. I own a comic book store, and saw your book in the Previews magazine. I didn't even need to read what it was about, I just saw that art and ordered it. It just came out yesterday too. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but congrats for getting it published!
~m0ore:iconm0ore: 6 days 12 hours ago
Whaddup homey! Gemini is lookin' reeeally sweet.
~leashyfa:iconleashyfa: 6 days 18 hours ago
wow your work is excellent. was great meeting you at supanova

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~dukey14:icondukey14: May 6, 2008, 7:21:01 AM
i love ur style of drawing
~fco:iconfco: May 4, 2008, 12:12:13 PM
Gemini is coming!! :D
~HOD1989:iconHOD1989: May 4, 2008, 5:51:51 AM
all ican say is wow

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~ragefist:iconragefist: May 2, 2008, 10:11:35 PM
Dude the pages look great, oh man I found my old Star wars tales book, the one with your story in it, art looked great then, keep it up the awesome work, can't wait to read the book.
~hawaiianpunch:iconhawaiianpunch: May 2, 2008, 8:38:18 PM
I can see if they can send you a comp copy when I go in next week. Least I can do.

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~valiantonov:iconvaliantonov: May 2, 2008, 5:59:51 PM
I'm a fan already. :D

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*Red-J:iconRed-J: May 2, 2008, 4:56:25 PM
hahaha!!! Oh man! Now your making extra jealous! I really hope they send me one of those con exclusive covers too!

Wish I could make it over to the cons also, but it's just so expensive :(

J.

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GEMINI:: OUT NOW ::IMAGE COMICS
*marespro13:iconmarespro13: May 2, 2008, 12:38:23 PM
saludos hermano!

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~hawaiianpunch:iconhawaiianpunch: May 2, 2008, 8:22:10 AM Mood: Anger
Can't wait to see how this whole thing plays out. I got the con cover of it too, so I'm totally psyched.

I really hate that you're not going to any stateside cons this year.

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