Author: phinmagic

Phineus : Magician for Hire is the brainchild of creator Barry Linck. Phineus was created in 1987, of then a high school senior after reading too much of Matt Wagner's "Mage", too much Dungeon's and Dragon's and watching too much of John Carpenter's "Big trouble in LittleChina". Over the interviening years Phineus changed from angellic savior, to reluctant hero, to art student who finds he is a mage, until, in 1991, for a comic class at Edinboro University, he became part of a Husband and Wife paranormal investigations team, with Phineus' sidekick and wife Sara. Barry produced and self published from 1993 to the present 33 comics with our erstwhile heroes, garnering a small but rabid fan following.

Sketchcard Mini Mini-comic #7

I did another couple of these to warm up. They’re fun, and you get bored doing the same old head shots for sketch cards.

The Vortempest Celestial Incident 6

Sketch Card Mini Mini comic 6

The Vortempest Celestial Incident 5

Super heroes gonna supe!

The Vortempest Celestial Incident 4

The Vortempest Celestial Incident 3

Vortempest Celestial Incident 2

The Vortempest Celestial Incident 1

The Vortempest Celestial Incident Credits

The Vortempest Celestial Incident Cover

It’s 1989 and the Members of GD7 face off against a 40 story extra-dimensional nightmare.

In commemoration of the upcoming story written by Brian Babyok, I’ve decided to break out a story from the vaults about GD7. GD7 is a superhero group created for my universe by Brian. The following story is written by me about an incident mentioned in “The Great Jaguar Paw“.

This story has been available only in print and on my Patreon, until, now

“Queen of the Cold Night” sketches

No new comics for a few weeks as I work on preliminary sketches and designs on a couple stories. Here’s what I’m working on, this week!

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And that’s my big reveal. Shouldn’t be a big surprise if you’ve ever read my Timeline.

This story continues in the upcoming, “Council of Phins”, which will post for free on my Patreon.

“And the In-Phin-ite Jest” storyline will continue. I’m just getting started.

Next, though, will be “Queen of the Cold Night”, in May. Written By Brian Babyok, it’s a full fledged graphic novel, and will be a lot of fun.

Stay tuned for updates and more comics.

The Night Before X-mas

The completed “Night Before X-mas” is our newest bonus story, exclusively posted on our Patreon for our Patrons. It’s inexpensive to join, you get hundreds of bonus pages and my undying thanks for the support!

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How many guessed that?

New Comics!

As the last few pages of “Boy Wizards” are finished, I’ll be moving onto a few new comic projects.

I’ll be starting work on the new Phineus graphic novel, “Queen of the Cold Night” with Brian Babyok starting sometime in May. Once “Boy Wizard” is finished up, I’ll have design work and thumbnailing to do to get ready for the story to begin posting. As usual all my preliminary and work up stuff can be seen first on my Patreon. Check out Brian’s novel here on Amazon.

Next up, I’ll be starting a new Bonus story (also posting exclusively on my Patreon) that will go into what will be my next Trade paperback, The first volume of The Complete Magician for Hire. This story is called “Council of Phin’s”.

And thirdly, I’ll begin design work and thumbnails for the crossover between Phineus and Explorers of the Unknown with Shawn Atkins. This should be fun, as we’re doing a story plotted by Shawn, drawn the old Marvel way by me and inked by Shawn. Should be a lot of fun. Check out Shawn’s stuff here.

It’s going to be a fun year of new comics, new stories and new collaborations.

This week check back for the exciting finish to “Boy Wizards”!

See you, soon!

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Wait?! Is that COLE?!

Sketch Card Mini Comic 5

Taking a little break and doing another Sketch card comic. This time, a rematch of Phin and Rotwang from Issue#6 “Rotwang”.

New Boy Wizard page up tomorrow (Friday).

Sketchcard mini mini-comic 3 & 4

I did some more of these little guys. They’re fun. We’ll see how they sell. I like doing them, any way.

Backwaters of Mysticism review from 1997

Just stumbled on this relic from days gone by. That time Combo Magazine reviewed our Role-Playing Game… favorably. Fun stuff!

The 2nd edition, Phineus Roleplaying Game is available for sale on Amazon!

Buy one here: Phineus: The Role Playing Game: Backwaters of Mysticism (Phineus + Magician for Hire)

Sketch card mini comic #1 & 2!

I got an idea off insta Nicolas Giacondino to do sketch card comics. Tiny little original comicbook pages! Fun stuff!

I may do a series of these, mini mini comics. They’ll be sold with my other sketch cards at conventions and shows.

Maynard and Grimm TPB Cover

Here’s the cover for the BRAND NEW trade paperback for Maynard and Grimm! It’s available for sale at Amazon! Click HERE

It includes all 6 seasons of the 7×7 series, a bonus story, “Night Before X-Mas ” & the original 2009 “Maynard & Grimm” one shot.

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And now, the super villain!!!

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OH, NOES!!

Mixing it up

I’m playing with penciling on paper, inking and coloring digitally. Mix things up a bit. I like digital art, but im trying to recapture something I lost in the transition.