Happy Birthday, Roy Batty!

Today is the day that Nexus 6 combat model Roy Batty comes to "life".

Come to think of it, he was a bit batty, but he was all Roy!

Below is a print I created for a Movie art exhibition a few years ago.

And here is an old post about when I actually got to meet the man himself!

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Ninjas vs Cowboys, Top 10 Cowboy Manga

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Mangaverse 7.1 Leiji Matsumoto tribute

Here is the link for the latest Mangaverse zine, a tribute to Leiji Matsumoto who passed away this year: LINK I'm posting it here for the time being until it can be put up on the N3F website where all the other ishes are here . The cover One of favorite things I did for this ish Please check it out and tell me what you think! On twitter @patokon or email (patokon(dot)com(at)gmail(dot)com CHEERS!

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