Missing Elderly Father FOUND!

UPDATE!!!! HE HAS BEEN FOUND! My father was found as of 8:00AM Sunday, April 3, 2011. He is back with the family and in good health. Much appreciation to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, LRCF, Dawn, Deputy Hughes & all volunteers. I can't thank u enough. Thank u from the bottom of my heart.

Well, it started around 6:30PM (19:00) on Thursday. My father left my brother's house (6100 block of Morning Shire Lane) for a evening stroll but got lost and could not find his way back. He has been missing since then. HE IS ON FOOT and is not driving.


Gang Bu Kim
71yrs old
Asian Male
5'3" Height
130lbs Weight
Dark Brown Eyes
Gray Hair

He left the house wearing a yellow baseball cap, black exercise jacket with yellow and white horizontal stripe in the front and white "Saipan" printed in English (script font) on the back, green pants, and white sneakers. He speaks very little English, did not have his wallet on him, and is not familiar with the roads or surroundings to be able to give directions.

If you see this man, contact Harris County Sheriff's Office Missing Persons Unit at 713-755-7427.


These are the photos of the jacket he is wearing.

Update: Since the news being featured yesterday, there was a report of him having eaten something at Whataburger at I-10 & Dairy Ashford around 10-11PM Thursday evening. There was also a report that he was seen walking west bound on I-10 along the feeder near Hwy 6 intersection.

Update: Laura Recovery Center www.LRCF.org is leading the charge, and have setup a mobile command trailer at the theater lot (Rave Motion Pictures at the intersection of Hwy 6 and Yorktown Crossing). Had a few volunteers showed up to help today. Will resume the search tomorrow BEGINNING at 9AM. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED. Please come out and lend us a hand if you can.

WINNER! Uncanny X-Men #114 Give-Away Contest

Well, I'm thrilled to share that my entry to xerox-kitty's Uncanny X-Men #114 Give-Away Contest at Comic Vine - Colossus X-Men Evolution Cover - was voted the winner! Here is her announcement:


Not only was the contest fun to participate, the community at Comic Vine seems to be very warm, welcoming. If you haven't done so, I recommend checking out all the comic-related interests that Comic Vine has to offer.

P.S. - Below was the initial contest announcement by xerox-kitty:

Cipher Reviewed on CBR

For those who visited Steve Bryant's table at this year's San Diego Comic Con, you may have noticed and picked up a Preview Edition of Cipher: The Sorcerer Pope. Come to find out that one of those that picked up a copy was Greg Burgas, the author of Comic Book Resources' (CBR) Comics Should Be Good column. In his July 26th edition of the column, he gave a brief recap of that event here, describing Cipher as:

Cipher: The Sorceror Pope Part One by Steve Bryant and JunBob Kim. Kim’s art is really keen, and only crazy people don’t like Bryant’s writing!

Following his brief recap, he kindly did a full review of the issue. It does include some spoilers so be sure to read at your own risk.

Non Sequitur

A random sketch. I know it's strange but it made sense to me...

Wonder Woman Redesign by JunBobKim

With the recent buzz over DC's icon Wonder Woman redesign by JMS & Jim Lee, I decided to try my hand at it.As with images I post, you can click on the image to see an enlarge version.


I returned to more of what I envision of Wonder Woman's build and costume. Pants and boots... my favorite so far.


With this version, I made only very subtle alterations to the original Wonder Woman costume. Still not sure anything should be changed from the original for this icon.

One of my first attempt. My attempt at capturing the essence of JMS's Wonder Woman redesign intentions. Ended up not really appearing "modern" per se,, instead more reminiscent of a go go dancer.

Ink version and maybe a color version to come...

Flash Gordon - A Tribute to Al Williamson

Sadly another of comic's legend has passed away earlier this week. As many others influenced by Mr. Williamson's accomplishments, I was deeply moved to do a tribute piece. Here's my attempt at drawing Flash Gordon mimicking Al Williamson's style as best I could muster. I know it pales to his work in too many ways to mention, I finished the whole piece from pencil to ink in record time for me - 8 hrs!
Inked on 11"x17" Bristol Board.

R.I.P. - Al Williamson.

Athena Voltaire vs. Anubis' Army of Mummies

First of all, if you haven't checked out Athena Voltaire, you're missing out on one of the most pulpy comic book goodness of our time. Created by my friend and collaborator, Steve Bryant, the books unveil the story of an adventure-bound aviatrix who encounters all sorts of mysteries in the veins of Indiana Jones.

When Athena was named the theme for ComicTwart contributors, an art blog made up of several fantastic industry artists, I jumped at the chance to do my own play-along version. What you may notice on my inked version of "Athena Voltaire vs. Anubis' Army of Mummies" is that Anubis' body is solid black unlike the pencils. During the inking stage, I noticed that the details of his body contour was distracting and the solid black helped frame Athena better as the focus center.

Finished piece inked solid and with a bit of ink wash on 11"x17" Bristol board.

Penciled:

Batgirl & Miss Martian

Latest Commission of Batgirl & Miss Martian. Inked on 11"x17" Bristol Board. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Pencils:

Kingdom Come Green Lantern Inked

In part of Kingdom Come series illustrations that I'd been inspired to draw, Kingdom Come Green Lantern.

Related:
The Kingdom Come Green Lantern Penciled. Click Here.
The Kingdom Come Superman vs. Captain Marvel Inked. Click Here.

Djinn and Shaky

A Djinn (Genie) and Shaky. What could they possibly have in common?

Thor Reborn

JMS/Coipel Inspired version of Thor. No matter how many times I draw this version of Thor, I gush over the incredible design sensibilities of Coipel and the sense of grandeur he gave this character. Inked on 11x17 Bristol Board.

Click on the image to see a larger version.

JunBob Open for Commissions

It's been more than a year since I'd opened up for commissions. Since several of you have inquired in the last couple of weeks, I decided to open a list for commissions and sketches. Considering the current economic climate, I am offering these at significant savings from my regular rates.

A. Inked Commissions.
$85 flat, UPTO 2 characters. 11x17 Bristol Board. Inked with Black India Ink using brush, pen nips & technical pens. Minimum or no background. Your input on desired scene/pose. INCLUDES a FREE Ursula Wilde sketch. Pick from Ursula Wilde, Holly, Shaky, Dante or Bali.

B. Pencil Commissions.
$55 flat, UPTO 2 characters. 11x17 Bristol Board. Penciled. Minimum or no background. Your input on desired scene/pose. INCLUDES a FREE Ursula Wilde sketch. Pick from Ursula Wilde, Holly, Shaky, Dante or Bali.

C. Sketches.
c01. INKED. $25 flat, 1 character. 8.5x11 Bristol Board. Inked with Black India Ink using brush, pen nips & technical pens. Minimum or no background. Artist choice on scene/pose.
c02. PENCILED. $15 flat, 1 character. 8.5x11 Bristol Board. Penciled. Minimum or no background. Artist choice on scene/pose.

Please limit the requests to existing, published characters. No nudes or adult-themed requests please.

To view samples of previous commissions and sketches, visit my gallery site.

Please to sign up for a sketch, e-mail me at junbobkim(at)gmail.com.
For commissions, please fill out this form and type AUG09CS in the Notes field.

Kingdom Come Green Lantern

Keeping with the Kingdom Come theme, here's the pencil of Kingdom Come Green Lantern.

Superman vs. Captain Marvel Inked

Here's the final inked version of the Superman vs. Captain Marvel.

Click on the image to see a larger version.

Superman VS Captain Marvel WIP

Here's a quick snapshot of the inking work in progress of Superman versus Captain Marvel pencils I'd done a while back.

Jun Bob the Zombie

An excellent artist and my sister-from-another-parent Erica Hesse has taken on the initiatives to sketch a zombie a day. Listening to HHW episode 125 gave her the idea for her latest sketch -- Jun Bob versus the zombies.

You can check it out on her Zombie A Day blog. Warning in advance that this site contains images of ZOMBIES (need I say more?) so click at your discretion, please.

Best Half Hour I've Ever Wasted

The very funny crew of Half Hour Wasted podcast graciously extended me an invitation for me to join them for another recording. Of course, I never pass up on an opportunity for me to gab... HHW joins me on a pizza run and talk more about Ursula Wilde free comic book day issue.

You can check out episode 125 post here and stream it from the site or directly download it.

I would highly suggest trying out HHW episode 50, still one of my favorite episode ever. While on their website, you can also check out Legion of Dudes podcast, a ensemble of comic enthusiasts who have done an in-depth multi-episode discussion of Watchmen graphic novel.

We have a Winner!

Last week, the judges have selected the winner of Kid Midas Coloring Contest. The Winner? It's Julian with his realistic metallic textures on the robot. Congratulations, Julian!


You can check out more of his stuff here or here.

Second Chance, Deuce

Bryan Deemer has been working hard on revamping the Comic Geek Speak's website. In his effort to adding more excitement to the frontpage, he asked several artists to submit original art. Although I probably should have done an Ursula Wilde piece, I had a CGS Second Chance art that I decided I should finish off. You can check out the frontpage with my art at HERE.

Kid Midas - Coloring Contest for a Chance to Get Published!

Eric White, a friend from the CGS forums, approached me for drawing the cover for the third CGS anthology book. The name of the character is Kid Midas, a golden robot created by powerful beings called Visionaries.
Here's the description he gave me:

Kid Midas: A kid robot, built by a Visionary of an alternate universe and crossed over to this universe, he now hangs out with this Visionary and enjoys being the sidekick to the greatest hero on the planet. Midas is a golden robot, built by the techno-god of the other universe. He uses a metal slingshot and is an expert shot, sending little balls of golden fire at his enemies.
He is extremely agile and loves to take chances, much to Visionary’s dismay. I see him as a steam-robot, so if you get a design where you want to place steam vents in unlikely (or likely places) like his knees, hips, or shoulders, that’d be cool.

The cool thing is that there's a coloring contest is being held for this cover. Anyone with the skillz can participate here: Contest Thread on HueDoo Forum