#023: Droppin’ In

Starting 2026 as chaotically as I ended 2025

Happy New Year!

Being that we’re into the final week(?!) of January, it’s probably too late to be sharing that greeting, but saying as I didn’t get to wish you a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays in December, I wanted to send some kind of sentiment your way. Regardless, I hope this missive finds you well.

Last newsletter I was facing something of a tidal wave of work and feeling a little overwhelmed. Well over a month later and, with a little help, I got a handle on everything - and I can now tell you about that new project I started!

PREDATOR: BLOODSHED

The previously unannounced project, it turns out, was actually announced when I was writing my last Newsletter — it was just announced with a different artist attached! I wasn’t aware of that fact back then, but as my name wasn’t on the book at the time, I probably couldn’t have said anything anyway.

With my name now on the solicits, I can confirm that my new project at Marvel is PREDATOR: BLOODSHED!

In the near future, Earth's fiercest fighters have gathered for an underground martial arts tournament organized by a shadowy organization. But all hell breaks loose when an unexpected combatant enters the ring: an alien PREDATOR! Now the champions are battling not just for the grand prize, but for their very lives! Can a disparate group of competitors band together in time to survive the extraterrestrial hunter?! Choose your fighter, place your bets and brace yourselves for a bloody tournament unlike any other! RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.

You’ll see my credit as Penciller shared with artist Roland Boschi but I’m the main artist on the series*; Roland is handling some flashback scenes every issue but the vast majority of pages will be mine and I have to tell you, drawing the Predator is a tonne of craic! I’m pretty happy with how that mountain of design work I was facing last newsletter turned out as well; we have a roster of fun fighters for Predator to run through and the location in particular I’m pretty proud of!

Writer Jordan Morris has set up a fun adventure for fans of Predator and bloody, bloody mayhem and bringing it to life is a really cool experience for me, after the last few years of drawing superheroes. I managed to get Issue 1 in for deadline (although it meant having next to no Christmas break 😭) and Issue 2 is already underway. Fellow Irishman Dee Cunniffe is colouring - our first time working together - and it’s always nice to share a book with one of my own. So, yup, all in all, I’m having a great time on Predator: Blooshed — check out Issue 1 on Feb 25th!

*At least issue 2 of the series is still solicited with Roland as the sole artist on the book, but this hasn’t been updated since I was brought on board and I want to confirm that I am on the issue and the vast majority of it is drawn by me. I imagine issue 3 onward will be properly credited.

MARVEL MULTIVERSE RPG: SECRET WARS EXPANSION

As suspected last time around, I did end up needing an inker to come on board and shoulder some of the load on this project while I wrestled with PREDATOR: BLOODSHED #1 and it was Adriano DiBenedetto that once again stepped into the fray! Adriano inked the bulk of the splash pages, although I have 3 that I inked myself and we only have one more to do before that’s another RPG Expansion added to the library.

And, because I know you read these, I wanted to give you a shoutout Brian; thank you for continuing to commission me for these Expansion books — they’re so much fun and I really appreciate all your understanding and support when I have to juggle them with other Marvel projects. Long may our collaboration continue!

THE REVENANTS VARIANT COVER

This is technically off the drawing board but since I made such a fuss about the projects on my workload last time, I figure I should put a bow on things to say that I got the cover finished and, by the time you read this, it will have been coloured by my A HAUNTING ON MARS collaborator Steve Canon (currently colouring up a storm for Todd McFarlane on copious SPAWN covers)!

PREDATOR: BLOODSHED #1 (FEB 25th)

DUBLIN COMIC CON (MARCH 6th-7th, CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLIN)

PREDATOR: BLOODSHED #2 (MARCH 25th)

NEWRY COMIC CON (MARCH 29th, CANAL COURT HOTEL, NEWRY)

Alright, that’s enough from me. Glad to be back in contact with you and thanks for your continued support with the Newsletter and my career in general. Whether you’re buying my books or just checking out these blurbs, I really appreciate you. See you in the next one!

Slán!

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