The Halloween Legion™ is in the new Kids' Comic Con Anthology comic book!

Excited to announce that The Halloween Legion™ is in the new Kids' Comic Con Anthology comic book! 

http://t.co/1IXAwkMfGT 



“The KCC Comics Funhouse is first-and-foremost a celebration of comics for kids and a way to offer children safe and engaging entertainment,” -Alex Simmons, KCC organizer 


THE HALLOWEEN LEGION™ (co-owned by myself and Martin Powell) are grateful to be a part of the book and hope all the kids enjoy!

THE HALLOWEEN LEGION is nominated for the Rondo Award!

Martin Powell and I are thrilled that our HALLOWEEN LEGION™ has been nominated for the prestigious Rondo Award, as "Best Horror Comic" for 2013! The Halloween Legion thanks you all!

The Rondo Awards honor the best in classic horror creativity, research, and film preservation.

Congratulations to Terry Beatty, Mike Mignola, Steve Niles, Craig Yoe and many more, as well!

http://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=32

The Halloween Legion at NYCC!

Just finishing up a wonderful 2013 NYCC with a few pics on my blog. 

It was a fantastically exciting and amazing Comic Con this year!

It started with an inspirational panel entitled "Creatively Energizing Your Students With Comic Books And The Arts" with fellow panelists Alex Simmons, Bonnie Erickson, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Louis Mitchell, Mike Lopez, Noel MacNeal, and Paul Castiglia. 

What an incredible bunch of people! It was truly an honor to be on the same panel with them and to be able to speak with the audience about how to engage children in the arts. I spoke a bit about things how The Halloween Legion™ inspires me with its positive messages. My partner on The Halloween Legion, co-owner and writer Martin Powell unfortunately could not attend NYCC but he was there in Halloween spirit. 

I was very grateful to be able to contribute and answer everyones questions. If I did miss you after the panel, please feel free to contact me here.

I was humbled by the moment and will never forget it. 
Here is a photo of us all on the panel.

Here we all are after the panel sharing a few heartfelt laughs. 

The next day was my drawing workshop at the Kids Comic Con Family Room.

Alex Simmons and Mike Lopez created some really great events and it was an honor to be a part of their wonderful curriculum this year at NYCC. 

My good friend, and fellow amazing artist!, Steve Price, helped me out during the drawing workshop and kindly took this cool pic of my session on the NYCC banner. 

For my drawing workshop I showed how to draw your favorite Halloween characters using simple shapes like circles, squares, and rectangles. And just for fun, I created my own Witch's costume for The Halloween Legion occasion!

Here I am with Lauren Marchisotto at NYCC, who had a fantastic steampunk costume on! Thanks to Noel MacNeal for the awesome pic!

It was a great drawing session and some of the kids drew amazing illustrations of Autumn the Cat! If your reading this and you or your kids drew some of the characters please email me, I would love to post them to the Halloween Legion fan page on Facebook! 

On Sunday, I had a signing session at the Dark Horse Comics Booth to sign THE HALLOWEEN LEGION graphic novel. Here a few pics of the signing. It was a lot of fun!

It was a really great event! So many wonderful kids, and adults who are kids at heart, approached me and talked about hoe they really loved the characters! I hope I was able to answer any and all questions everyone had about THE HALLOWEEN LEGION but if not please feel free to contact me or Martin Powell (co-owner and writer) here or on our blogs. We will be happy to answer your questions and continue Halloween through out the year! 

Happy Halloween and see you all next NYCC!

The Halloween Legion™ Martin Powell and Diana Leto

The Halloween Legion On Sale NOW!

Get 'em while their HOT!
There have been many posts on research and development and fun exploratories during the process of this graphic novel and here it is, The Halloween Legion On Sale NOW!

Thank you Martin Powell for all your support and creativity! 
Heroes read comics too!

Artwork © Diana Leto
The Halloween Legion™ Martin Powell and Diana Leto

And the reviews have been stellar! Check out some of these reviews here and order your copy on the last link below!

http://skeletonpete.com/?p=7109

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San Diego Comic Con 2013 - Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc Panel: "Tarzan, Carson of Venus, and the Next 100 Years of Adventure"!

I'm very excited to announce that I will be on a panel at SDCC for Edgar Rice Burrroughs Inc.™ this July 2013!!!

I will be announcing the debut of the digital comic strip THE CAVE GIRL, illustrated by myself and written by Martin Powell, which is celebrating it's centennial this July!!!

Here is some concept art I created. It's an in-progress exploration of THE CAVE GIRL style and character.

The panel is "Tarzan, Carson of Venus, and the Next 100 Years of Adventure"! SAVE THE DATE! July 19th (from 10:00 – 11:00) Room 28DE.


Join  Jim Sullos (President, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated), Scott Tracy Griffin (Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration), Andy Briggs (Tarzan: The Savage Lands), Martin Powell (Carson of Venus), Steven E. Gordon (The Eternal Savage), and myself (The Cave Girl) as they discuss the future of the Burroughs universe online, on the page, and in theaters. Panel attendees can enter a drawing to win signed original art at the panel’s conclusion.

Blast off with CARSON OF VENUS today! June 1st, 2013

I'm very excited to announce my involvement in CARSON OF VENUS ™ ERB, Inc., an all-new full color online weekly comic strip, debuting today!! 

Join myself, illustrator Thomas Floyd, and writer Martin Powell for an interplanetary romantic adventure brought to you by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated! 

Only $1.99 per month! The all-new TARZAN™ comic strip by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg is included -- with more fantastic ERB comic strips on the way -- at no additional cost! Plus, fun free collectible premiums! Don't miss out! SUBSCRIBE TODAY!!

 http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/comics/

Love Forbidden. Adventure Unending. Terror Eternal.

CARSON OF VENUS ™ ERB, Inc.

1950's inspired Betty Cooper

Just for fun, I decided to do a Betty Cooper study. I haven't drawn much of the Archie Gang in a while but I have always loved Archie Comics since I was a kid. Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead were always there for me as a kid and some of the first inspiration for me to start drawing.

If your a fan of my blog, you will know that I work often with Martin Powell. Recently, Martin asked if I would ever consider drawing a Betty and Veronica for fun. Almost instantaneously little hearts swirled around my head at the thought of revisiting Archie and the gang on my sketch pad. I got out all my old comics, had a few giggles, and started doodling this lil' 1950's inspired Betty. 

Just wanted to send out a little thank you to Martin for the inspirational conversation from me and, none other than, Betty Cooper!

Before Jane...Before world fame...In the Jungle he was already a Legend.

Before Jane...Before world fame...In the Jungle he was already a Legend.

Here's a splash page for the upcoming soon-to-be-announced secret project I am a part of!
Artwork © Diana Leto
Tarzan ™ ERB, Inc

For prints of this piece or more of my artwork please go to my store website here or feel free to contact me at diana@dianaleto.com.

Lord of the Trees

Before Jane...Before world fame...In the Jungle he was already a Legend.

Some more illustrations of an upcoming soon-to-be-announced secret project I am a part of!
Artwork © Diana Leto
Tarzan ™ ERB, Inc

For prints of this piece or more of my artwork please go to my store website here or feel free to contact me at diana@dianaleto.com.

A fun sneak-peek for an upcoming soon-to-be-announced secret project!

Here's an in-progress illustration for an upcoming soon-to-be-announced secret project (that will feature multiple amazing artists that I am honored to be working with)! This is just one fun sneak-peek as the project progresses, until the official press release is ready. Behold and ponder!

For prints of this piece or more of my artwork please go to my store website here or feel free to contact me at diana@dianaleto.com.

Happy Holidays from The Halloween Legion

A little early holiday greeting from THE HALLOWEEN LEGION!
Happy Holidays from the GHOST Of Christmas Presents (and Autumn too!)

For prints of this piece or more of my artwork please go to my store website here or feel free to contact me at diana@dianaleto.com.

Martin Powell, The Scribble

Quick scribble I made of the author Martin Powell, who in fact is a scribbler...
;)

NY Comic Con 2012!

The World’s Weirdest Heroes are at NY Comic Con! Well, at least in spooky spirit this year. Next year for REAL!

Once Upon a Halloween!

A new page from "Once Upon a Halloween", an autobiographic story to be featured in Martin Powell's upcoming HALLOWEEN LEGION graphic novel.

This Trick 'R Treating adventure is an origin story in which I had the honor of illustrating Martin as a child and his family. On this page, his mother appears here as herself. The Skeleton and Devil are his older brothers Wayne and Rick. The pint-sized Frankenstein Monster is Martin. 

This spooky real-life adventure indirectly inspired the creation of THE HALLOWEEN LEGION many years later.

From Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics.

The Halloween Legion ™ Martin Powell. Artwork © Diana Leto

Trick or Treat!

A panel-in-progress on a special back-up story, "Once Upon a Halloween", to be featured in Martin Powell's upcoming HALLOWEEN LEGION graphic novel from Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics.

This spooky real-life adventure indirectly inspired the creation of THE HALLOWEEN LEGION many years later!

The Halloween Legion ™ Martin Powell. Artwork © Diana Leto

Happy Birthday to FRANKENSTEIN, the novel!

Sooo, I'm a day late in posting this but I think as I worked through the night that Mary would approve. Here is my tribute to one of the writers that changed my life. Thank you Mary! I hope you all enjoy.

Punkin's!

A fun panel for the special back-up story to be featured in the upcoming HALLOWEEN LEGION graphic novel, entitled "Once Upon a Halloween." 

From Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics.
The Halloween Legion ™ Martin Powell. Artwork © Diana Leto

Once Upon a Halloween- Panoramic panel in-progress

Here's a panoramic panel for the special back-up story to be featured in the upcoming HALLOWEEN LEGION graphic novel. A little more rendering to go but thought I would share this fun in-progess :)

Once Upon a Halloween- Illustrations in Progress!

Thought I'd post a sneak-peek of the first page for the special back-up story to be featured in the upcoming HALLOWEEN LEGION graphic novel. A little more rendering to go but here is a work in progress of my illustrating process.

It's an autobiographical tale of Martin Powell's first experience with Trick 'R Treating when he was six years old. Here I illustrate him (the kid in the  Frankenstein Monster mask) and his two older brothers Wayne and Rick.

From Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics.
http://dletoillustrations.blogspot.com/

The Halloween Legion ™ Martin Powell. Artwork © Diana Leto

Martin Powell discussing The Halloween Legion and more!!!

Martin Powell's podcast interview from The Book Cave with Ric Croxton andArthur Sippo is now available. They mainly talked about The HALLOWEEN LEGION, but also touched on THE SPIDER, SHERLOCK HOLMES, and TARZAN, and more!

Also discussed is my work with Martin on THE HALLOWEEN LEGION back-up story entitled "Once Upon a Halloween." 

Illustrations to follow shortly. 
Thanks for the shout out Martin Powell!

http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/webpage/the-book-cave-episode-181-martin-powell