Kosher Mafia

Kosher Mafia is a five-issue mini-series I actually finished drawing over a year ago. Now, three issues are out, but all the covers have been revealed, so I’m happy to share my cover inks as well as the final versions colored by Jason Wordie.

Hope you enjoy the whole series!

Kosher Mafia takes place in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1936. The story follows Howard Berkowicz, the bookkeeper for the Jewish Mob as he finds himself on the wrong end of an enforcer’s gun when he tries to spur the Kosher Mafia into action against the rising tide of domestic Nazism in the German American Bund.

Writer: David Hazan
Colorist: Ellie Wright
Letterer: Simon Bowland
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios

Toxic Commando Cover Art

This is my cover for John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando #2. 

Colors by Jason Wordie

The Vineyard TPB

Wine to die for.

The Vineyard trade paperback came finally out this fall. I hope it’s been worth the wait!

This 104-page volume contains the entire mini-series (issues #1-4).

The Vineyard #4

There’s no turning back when family values collide violently with otherworldly obligations.

The finale of The Vineyard dropped last month. Thank you to all the readers who stayed on board on this murderous joyrney!

The Vineyard #3

2022 wasn’t a good year for me professionally (I assume everyone who follows comics news has read about AfterShock), and it was an extremely bad year if we look at the state of the world. However, I’m trying to focus on some positives in life:

The Vineyard #3 finally hit the shops at the end of January, and I hope it has found its way to readers’ hands!

Like Soda and Telepaths described in their review, there is a hidden darkness that seeps out of each panel like a cancer, infects your finger tips like a bad dose of LSD and runs up your veins like a virus and makes you shudder with each decision the protagonists make.

The Vineyard #2

 The Vineyard continues today in issue #2!

The Heathens TPB

From Hell they came to mete out a justice as dark as their own tormented souls.

The Heathens trade paperback hit the shelves last month. I hope everyone who bought it has enjoyed it!

The Vineyard #1

The best wine on Earth calls for sun, soil and sacrifice.

The first issue of our horrific tale of myth, murder and family values dropped this week, and I hope everyone enjoys it!

In addition to picking up our book, you might want to find out what Brian and I had to say about the series in this interview: Spilling The Wine: An Interview With The Creators Of ‘The Vineyard’ 

The Vineyard

Last week, AfterShock Comics announced The Vineyard, a mythological horror series to debut in August. My partners in crime in this project are writer Brian Hawkins, colorist Jason Wordie and letterer Taylor Esposito.

The Vineyard is a family-owned winery that sows and reaps by the blessing of the great god of wine and revelry, Dionysus. However, the Vines family’s patron god requires complete devotion in the form of four sacrificial killings a year before each harvest. This has been done in unfettered obeisance. But all of that changed when the family’s patriarch, Didache Vines, was in a horrible accident that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair.  

Now, the sacrificial and murderous duties of the Vines family have fallen to wife and matriarch, Maranatha Vines. With harvest season fast approaching and the family short of their annual sacrificial killings, Maranatha’s struggle with her conscience puts all of her family – husband, son and daughter – in jeopardy.

A preview of the first issue is below. I hope you are ready for this year’s harvest season! :)

The Heathens #4 & #5

“Death is not the end for those that are already dead.”

The penultimate issue of The Heathens dropped a day before Russia invaded Ukraine, and it's needless to say the war news got me distracted. Over 50 days later, the war isn't over and the horrifying events and war crimes make me sick and angry every day. 

But while seeing all the bad in the world, I also try to see all the good, and I hope The Heathens has brought joy to our readers' lives.

The final issue of the series hit the shelves at the end of March, and here's finally a little preview of both issue #4 and issue #5.

Undone By Blood or The Other Side of Eden (TPB)

After months of shipping delays, I hope Undone By Blood or The Other Side of Eden – a neo-Western crime mash-up where nothing goes according to plan – has by now found its way to readers all over the world!

The Heathens #3

The first release of 2022: The Heathens #3!

The Heathens #2

The second issue of The Heathens came out mid-December. 

Here’s a little preview: