Watching Heroes

The artist behind the Heroes paintings is celebrating his birthday today. Tim Sale was born in Ithaca, New York on May 1, 1956. Sale grew up in the Seattle, Washington area and studied art at the University of Washington for two years. He also attended the John Buscema Workshop and The School of Visual Arts in New York City before returning to Seattle.

Tim’s first comic book work came when he drew for Phil Foglio on Warp Graphics Myth Adventures in 1983. He went on to work on Thieves World for Donning/Starblaze in 1985 before eventually moving on to mainstream comics.

Much of Tim’s work has been a collaboration with Jeph Loeb. They have worked together on Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory and the Marvel color books which feature Spider-Man, Daredevil and Hulk. The duo, of course, went on to work on Heroes - Tim as the artist behind Isaac Mendez’ paintings and Loeb as co-executive producer.

Watching Heroes would like to wish Tim a very happy birthday!

The 3rd edition of Titan’s Heroes Magazine hits newstands in the US on March 18 (March 13 in the UK). This issue spotlight’s comic book artist Tim Sale. He reveals how he got the Heroes gig and shares some of his favorite pieces from the show.

Also in this issue:

• Hayden Panettiere discusses her role as the indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet.
• Ali Larter, Leonard Roberts, and Noah Gray-Cabey discuss the family dynamic and the fate of the Sanders family.
• Cristine Rose (Mama Petrelli) talks about her role on the show so far

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WonderCon in San Francisco will have several Heroes-related guests. The convention, which takes place February 22-24, will feature Kristen Bell (Elle), who will be promoting her new movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall; Thomas Dekker (Zach) promoting his new series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; and Tim Sale, the artist responsible for the paintings featured in the show.  For more info, visit the Comic-Con International website and click on WonderCon.

Ali Larter (Niki/Jessica) can be seen on the cover of Shape magazine’s March 2008 issue.  In an interview inside the mag, Ali explains how she keeps her heroic figure.

James Kyson Lee (Ando) will be making an appearance for Australian fans at the SupaNova Pop Culture Expo. The Expo travels to 4 different cities and it appears James is scheduled to be at all 4. The first occurs March 28-30 in Melbourne. Check their website for all the details. (more…)

NBC and Stamps.com are offering Stamps which feature the Heroes characters and mythology. These PhotoStamps are officially authorized by the US Postal Service.

There are 5 stamps available which feature the art of Tim Sale - Claire, Hiro, Nathan, Peter and the Helix Symbol. Each set includes 20 stamps and sells for $21.95  A collectors set, featuring one sheet of each of the stamps, is also available. That set sells for $99.95. Each sheet is official U.S. Postage (overpriced as it may be) and comes packaged in an “ultra clear” sealed sleeve with a backboard.  

These are really neat collectibles, and real postage to boot. Of course, once you pay shipping, you’ll end up spending over a $1.00 to send a letter instead of the standard 41 cents, so maybe their appeal is purely collectible. You can find them at the NBC/Universal Store.

It’s been a busy day in Heroes land, as you can see by all the posts I’ve made today. I finally heard from my contact at TV Guide who shared with me a look at the 4 collectible covers that release on Thursday, November 8. If you’re a subscriber, like me, then you probably got yours in the mail today.

TVGuide.com is making all 4 covers available in a Special Edition Heroes 4-cover set. This Special Edition set will be available ONLY online. You will not be able to find all four covers from one location, based on distribution. Supplies are limited, so act fast!

The covers were created by 4 different comic book artists. Jim Lee did the Hiro, Kensei, Ando cover; Phil Jimenez created Matt, Nathan, Niki and Mohinder; Michael Turner was responsible for Peter, Claire, H.R.G. and Elle; and Heroes artist Tim Sale designed the cover featuring Maya, Sylar, Monica and Micah. Take a look: (more…)

Check out this behind-the-scenes video of the making of a TV Guide cover, featuring illustrator Tim Sale. He discusses this season’s lurking “Helix” symbol, the 8 mysterious Isaac Mendez paintings, and his contribution to the Special Edition TV Guide Heroes covers.

The covers hit newsstands on Thursday, but we’re hoping to give you a sneak peak before then.

Amazon.com is giving away 90 Heroes decorated Xbox 360 game systems. Artist Tim Sale created the art used on the system and it’s sure to please Heroes fans and Gamers alike. Amazon will select 3 winners a day for 30 days. The contest began October 15 (sorry for the late notice) and runs until November 14. There’s still plenty of time to win! Just enter once and you are good to go for the rest of the contest!

The Xbox 360 Heroes game system includes:

• Xbox 360 Console Includes 20GB Hard Drive (with HDMI)
• Xbox 360 HD DVD Player
• Heroes Season 1 on HD DVD

(Now we need a Heroes video game to go with it. Yes?) 

For complete rules and to register for your chance to win visit Amazon.com.

Nod to Heroes-TV for the heads up!

My friends at FanBoyTheatre.com have alerted me to the fact that Heroes star Hayden Panettiere and artist Tim Sale will be appearing at the Big Apple Con in New York! The Big Apple Con is the oldest and longest running comic, art, and toy Sci-Fi show in New York City!

Hayden will make her appearances on Saturday and Sunday but no times have been listed yet. I’m not sure what Tim’s schedule will be but I will keep you posted as I learn more.

Joining Hayden and Tim will be many celebrities and artists including Katey Sagal (Futurama, 8 Simple Rules), GiGi Edgely (Farscape), Traci Bingham (Baywatch), Butch Patrick (Eddy Munster of The Munsters), legendary comedian Soupy Sales and Star Trek’s Chekov, Walter Koenig. There is a long list of comic book artists as well. For a complete list of those scheduled to appear, check the Con’s website (linked below).

The convention runs from Friday November 16 through Sunday, November 18. Times are 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday and Saturday and 10:00 am to 7:00 pm on Sunday.

The convention will take place at Penn Plaza Pavilion located at 401 Seventh Avenue at 33rd St. This is directly across the street from Madison Square Garden, so it shouldn’t be hard to find! Admission $20 at the door but you can order advance tickets from the Big Apple Con website for $18. They are looking for volunteers to work the convention. If you’re interested click “Volunteers” on the menu for more info.

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Since the start of the show, I’ve been fascinated by the artwork that is attributed to Isaac Mendez. Isaac’s work, paintings and comic book, is in actuality that work of real life artist Tim Sale. Sale has produced artwork for many A list characters in the Marvel and DC universes.