Salem, AZ teasers in print?

Sneak a peak (verbiage to come from Nik Havert) at a possible ad for Salem, AZ. With only one page to get it right (and he did as usual), Paul even pays a small tribute to one of the greatest spaghetti westerns of all time, "Once Upon A Time In The West."

Salem, AZ Teaser Ad in Wha?

The ad will run in Bill Wilkison's upcoming third installation of Wha? For those of you not familiar with Bill's work, check out his semi-demonic sidekick Lucius S.O.S. loaded with 70s movie references, weird little kids and one freaky guy with an overbite and horns.

Lucius & Kerry Connelly

And if you see him, tell him I love to see the Inkslinger's version of myself! Love the one of the girl in the green shirt and glasses, Bill.

Kerry Mural by Nicole McClain

It began with the idea from Nik and Paul that myself and one of my murals would be pictured on the cover and possibly inside the cover of one of the Salem, AZ comic books. I thought to myself, rather than show one of the Disney murals or the random requests I have drawn and painted for clients, wouldn't it be great to have one that relates to the comic? Kerry Connelly herself? Absolutely.

30" x 40" canvas

Paul was ecstatic about the idea and I know he has been in waiting to see what I've come up with . . . me too. I've always wanted my murals to be mobile and it came apparent to me that afterwards, clients wanted them mobile as well as to take them with them if they moved or rearranged furniture. Paul thought the mobility would work great for conventions as well. Enough said, I was sold on the idea. Mind you, it is my first mural on canvas (all of the others have been created and cast on walls only) so it was almost like working with a new medium. However, the canvas allowed me to create a unique twist by adding in a background element where I did not have to worry about where the background would "end" (it just "ends" at the edge of the canvas).

Beginning Stage in Pencil


Adding Life, or um, Black Paint

Adding Color & Desert Background

Adding Touches to Hair and Changing Jewelry & Gloves to Silver/Grey

An artist's work is never complete, so please don't expect to see a "final" piece but it will come pretty close . . .

Nicole McClain as a Gun-Slinging Bar Fighter

I had no idea I could make such a grand entrance. Somehow Paul continue's to put things together and does an amazing job.

This is my terminate-the-bad-guy-trying-to-kill-me stance. Nice.

Coming Soon: The very first mural to ever be painted by yours truly.

Inside Track on Creating Nicole McClain as Kerry Connelly

Can I call this raw footage? Live from the creation table?

Paul let me in on the making of his most recent shot of me, ahem, I mean, Kerry. It shows how Paul uses his creativity and mad skills to 'mesh' Kerry and myself together - - - in pencil format!

Rough draft or not, I'm excited to see how things are coming together. I hope to have more like this in the future. Need more Salem, AZ? Click here.

Nicole McClain as Kerry Connelly is Coming to Life

The crew and development team for the Salem, AZ comic book are in full swing scouring the San Antonio area in hopes to find my hatband, witch hat and spurs for my fancy shoes. The Pentagram belt buckle is in the mix as well and the most difficult part of the costume is the devil's head shirt clasp as this is the creative and original idea of the artist, Paul Schultz. He is drawing up schematics so the unique symbol can be created for the first time.

Measurements are due from yours truly, so it looks like I'll be hitting the gym harder than ever so I can be sure my waistline matches that of the illustration (insert smile here).

Nicole McClain Meets Cast and Crew

Tonight will mark the meeting of the cast and crew of the upcoming up all night television show, Chiller Theatre at the Haunted Hollow.

You've seen similar performances before: television programs across the waves in late hours of the day hosted by a male or female having some fun cooking a seasonal entree bewteen breaks of watching "Sixteen Candles."

But this one has a twist. Haunted Hollow takes the vampire out of the gothic genre and does a makeover into glamour queens similar to how Cassandra Peterson glorified herself as Elvira and became the horror movie hostess for KHJ-TV in Los Angeles with the help of make-up artist/costume designer Robert Redding.

Haunted Hollow will be an up all night television show on Time Warner Cable, Cox Cable, and Adelphia cable in 2006 hosted by myself with five cohosts and eye-candy (to be announced)with special guest stars and interviews.