Sketch o’the Week: Giancarlo Esposito!

A week or so ago my pal Joey Paskevicius posted this picture he had found on Facebook of the amazing Giancarlo Esposito striking an awesome “Gus Fring” pose while holding a MAD sketchcover commission I had done featuring him a few years ago:

I did that sketchcover during my first ever “virtual” artists alley event back in 2020 for a gentleman named Tim Dunakin. That’s Tim looking on in the background. Tim brought that cover sketch to a recent comic con to get Giancarlo to sign in, and this picture was taken by Giancarlo’s handlers and posted on Giancarlo’s facebook page.

Not only is this picture awesome given Giancarlo is having some fun with the art, but the pose and expression he struck was perfect as a basis for this sketch o’the week of him!

Here’s a closer look at the sketchcover: