Chris Moreno Makes it Happen

Zombie Dickheads 8-page preview

2011-09-26T15:41:00.001-07:00

Woot WOOT! After all these months, my creator-owned one-shot Zombie Dickheads Are NOT Coming to Get You, is ready to drop in Oct.. Here is an 8-page sneak peek!

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

Dickheads on deviantART!

2011-08-04T23:36:00.001-07:00

I was lucky enough to get interviewed by the lovely Susan Coffey for deviantART as part of their coverage of SDCC 2011. I talk about Zombie Dickheads and art, both regular and deviant.

I talk Zombie Dickheads at FEARnet

2011-07-26T02:57:00.000-07:00

I just got back from San Diego Comic-con, and boy is my smiling face tired! It's only scowls for the next few weeks, folks. Sorry.

I was lucky enough to get a chance to talk Zombie Dickheads with the fine folks at FEARnet at my table in Artist's Alley. Check it out!

Zombie Dickheads interview in Imagine Magazine!

2010-03-03T11:17:00.000-08:00

Not long after I posted Zombie Dickheads art here, on DeviantArt and on Facebook, my pal Melanie Jordan over at Imagine Magazine was dying (no pun intended) to learn everything she could about the project, and sent me over an interview! You can read it here!

Sanz Pantz returns in Popgun, Vol. 4!

2010-02-23T20:51:00.000-08:00

Popgun, Vol. 4 hits comics stores tomorrow, y'all! To coincide with its release, Meltdown Comics is hosting a Popgun Release Party on that very same day. I'll be there, along with a mess of creators whose work is featured in the book, so if you're in the LA area, stop by and rub elbows with big, fancy comic creators' elbows!

Also, check out CBR where there's a preview of Popgun 4, showcasing the newest adventure of Sanz Pantz: Ninja Platypus.

Zombie Dickheads - in COLOR!

2010-02-06T02:08:00.001-08:00

Zombie Dickheads are NOT coming to get you.

2010-02-04T16:20:00.001-08:00

They've got better things to do.

Moreno talks Popgun, Vol. 4

2010-01-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

Check out Newsarama for an interview featuring myself and some of the other creators from Image Comics' Popgun, Vol. 4, hitting stores Feb. 24th!

Incidental Characters

2007-09-27T03:20:00.000-07:00

"Narwhal Man, Narwhal Man,
Always mistook for a Unicorn Man.
Takes out his frustration on smaller man.
Narwhal Man."

-- after They Might Be Giants

At Dragon Con a couple weekends ago, a fellow came up to the table, looking to get a sketch. I asked him what character he'd like me to draw and looked around at the stuff I had displayed, and then pointed down at something and said, "How about this guy?"

Turns out he was looking at the cover to Paul Jenkins' Sidekick: Super Summer Spectacular #1, and the character he was pointing to was Narwhal Man. He's actually an incidental character I created for the cover, and doesn't even appear in the book. I was just looking to put some stupid-looking heroes to sit on the committee holding the superhero tryouts Eddie's entered. Originally, he was going to be Unicorn Man, the only difference being that he was going to have a unicorn on his chest. But the more I thought about it, I wasn't sure the unicorn would read when it was printed, so I opted for the more obscure, and by that token, sillier idea of the narwhal being this guy's animal of choice for a superhero identity.

So a concept of the character began to form after I drew it on the cover. That often happens when creating any character-- it's my preferred way to create any character, even, and I think, especially, the minor, incidental characters. I was always taught to draw every character like they're the hero of their own story. It makes drawing background characters fun if you think about them as distinct personalities. Body language comes from an attitude, and one's life experiences form an attitude, so it's all pretty much connected. For Narwhal Man, the decision-making process involved in drawing the character was the basis for this invisible backstory I'd created.

Narwhal Man, I decided, is constantly being mistaken for a Unicorn Man. And he hates-- HATES-- when that happens, because it happens constantly. He used to be a pretty nice guy, kind and gentle, much like a real narwhal-- but years and years of people calling him Unicorn Man have hardened him. Now he's just pissed off all the time. He goes through his day waiting, just waiting, for someone to call out, "Hey, Unicorn Man!" and then he proceeds to blow his top.

Will this make it into the pages of Sidekick? Maybe. But I wasn't counting on it. And I sure as hell wasn't counting on someone asking for a sketch of Narwhal Man. That's what I love about conventions, though-- you never know what people will ask for when it comes to sketches. I'm consistently surprised and delighted with what folks come up with.

First post. IT BEGINNNNNS!

2007-09-20T19:53:00.001-07:00

Ok, so here it is. The first post of my new blog. Hopefully, I'll begin updating this thing semi-regularly, though I've been treating the internet like my fairweather friend as of late.

I'll be posting artwork and sketches that I'm working on; maybe some musings on art and comics. Maybe I'll just operate silent but deadly-- like a fart in an elevator.

First up is some pieces from a story I've done for the POPGUN, Vol. 1 anthology coming out in November from Image. I'm joined by a ton of talented creators, and it's pretty damn cool. They're calling it the "ultimate comic book mixtape". I like that. There's a lot of energy and fun coming from the pieces in this book, and I hope mine is no exception. It's a story starring a funny animal character I'd been kickin' around for a while called SANZ PANTZ: NINJA PLATYPUS.

DIAMOND PRE-ORDER CODE: SEP071958
Popgun Volume One, a $29.99
Original Graphic Novel
Trade Paperback
November 2007
Image Comics.