Thanks for the kind words, Palooka slim (and sorry for the untimely response).
As for influences, most of them are oldies: Hal Foster, Frank Frazetta, Bernie Krigstein, Wally Wood, Frank Miller (okay, he's not so old, but he's been around a while). And of course a lot of the great non-comics artists and illustrators who came before them--you definitely hit the nail on the head with Dore for "The Gryphon". Is that what you were looking for?
I talk a more about my influences for "The Gryphon" in the Agitainment Forum
here.
Also, if you haven't seen it yet, "Iron Harvest" is now running at
Agitainment.Comics. It's something of a departure from my previous work, but I think you might like it.