So what have I been doing in the mean time you may ask – well – I wish I could give you the juicy details!
I can say that I have been hugely busy on one major project – a lavish, full color, illustrated Fantasy Novel – coming out in mid 2007 some time. Beyond that I can say nothing under pain of death. But keep in mind that I have been working full time on this for nine months – so that may give you some idea of the scale of the project and how much art is being produced. WooHoo! I can mention that my partner in crime on this exciting undertaking is Pat McNamara, doing the writing, who also worked with me on Lost in Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul, as my colorist. We’ll have a big announcement to make on this project in the near future – so keep your eyes peeled for that.
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 #
News, Fantasy & SF
2nd March 2006
LOST IN SPACE IS RELEASED
On a personal note – I was in pretty poor shape towards the end of 2005 (I seriously overworked myself on Lost in Space), during which time I just wasn’t up to much, but my health is finally returning and I will keep my eye on the website more often.
Speaking of Lost in Space, I have been told that it has now been out for some time and it has been widely praised – (all 380 pages) – www.lisvoyage.com. I still haven’t seen it… (hint… hint… John)
And after talking to John Severin Jnr, the public reaction to Lost in Space has been overwhelmingly ‘out of this world’ – copies are flying off the shelves as fast as the printer can deliver them. This is fantastic news and I’m so happy to see the project is doing so well. Anyone looking to get a copy – check out the www.lisvoyage.com website to place your order.
Stan Lee’s comments about my artwork in Lost in Space are particularly gratifying. To get such praise from ‘The Man’ himself is a wonderful accolade. And speaking of praise, Bill Mumy sent me a terrific letter.
Hello Michal,
John Severin Jr. just sent me copies of your finished Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul artwork. It looks really great! Feels wonderful to finally have it done and coming out. Thank you so much for your talent and wonderful energy on this ambitious long term project. I’m really glad we got to see it through together. I hope we can collaborate again one day.
Thanks,
Bill
I’d just like to extend a personal thanks to Bill, for once again letting me be the artistic partner to his wonderful story telling.
‘HOLLYWOOD’ MICHAL DUTKIEWICZ
I am currently being paid to write treatment work and do some development art for some Fantasy TV series. It is very challenging, and some of the ideas are really beginning to excite me.
As to what I have been doing professionally since Lost in Space finished. Well, I’m still doing my weekly Pin-Up for Picture Magazine, and for the last few months I’ve had the opportunity to play at being a writer, and working on some exciting Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film and TV projects with Pat McNamara (colourist on LIS), although we’re not allowed to mention details – so I can’t say more.
GOVERNMENT ABORIGINAL SUPER-HEROES
I recently finished working on an Aboriginal superhero Project for schools organised by Damian Amamoo at Inception Strategies.
The winning page was for a character called E-Girl.
OTHER BITS
And just on a practical note – I am happy for other websites to feature samples of my pin-up work (although preferably not more than 16 images), as long as the images used are duplicates of art already featured on my website and include my copyright logo and an additional text credit that the work belongs to me (Michal Dutkiewicz). I also require that you include a link to my website with the featured artwork. I can’t think of any objection to six small-sized examples of my pinups work. Preferably you could use six from my site.
I am usually happy to arrange links, but because I pay someone to put stuff up on my site and maintain it, I try to do things in job lots so as to cap the expenses a little.
Finally starting to see a few films again and get through some of the backlog of work, although I think I have lost contact with some people as a result of the demands on my time during the production of Lost In Space.
And thanks for the praise for the simplicity and design of the website. I hope things will run smoothly from now on, and I’ll try to learn how to upload the blog component myself to keep you posted with news. So once again, don’t forget to check the new sections including the Comic Book work, featuring Batman, Catwoman, Wolverine and more…
… And I’ve finally been pirated by Imagenetion – although it took an email to get them to spell my name right …
I’ll update again very soon, and hopefully fairly regularly from now on.
(About LISVoyage) Simply put, I couldn’t be prouder of the project.
ATB
M
Posted on April 2nd, 2006 #
News, Fantasy & SF
10th October—2005
LOST IN SPACE—VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUL Parts 1 to 12, some 380 pages of full colour comics art by me and mine and written by Bill Mumy who played Will Robinson in the original Lost In Space TV show is finally completed and should be hitting the bookstores and virtual shopping carts very soon.
In some ways LIS:VTBOS was a bit like a mountaineer taking on Everest or the Matterhorn (the hard face), and I am amazed by the feeling of accomplishment in finally being allowed to finish what I started all those years ago. But the added bonus is that it is also a job I can feel proud of. The completed project is like a book-ended voyage through comics history: 6 issues produced at a time when computers were not yet fully impacting on the comics industry, and six issues featuring more work produced taking advantage of the digital age – a work straddling both epochs – two ages of media, the manual/mechanical and the digital.
It was a massive undertaking, made more difficult by the sumptuous computer colouring, so I am very much hoping that Bill’s gritty writing and the eye-popping art will blow you all away!!!
For a closer look, please check out www.lisvoyage.com
Posted on October 10th, 2005 #
News, Fantasy & SF
