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In
the late '90's, Dusty drew this image as a proposal to Marvel to
once again license The Micronauts. We both did it for free, hoping
to catch our (then) editorial contact's attention. However, this
was right before Marvel's bankrupcy, so they were probably not in
the healthiest position to gamble on uncertain properties at the
time. I hand-drew the stars, then filled in the black area around
them. On larger areas, whiteout splat-effects are preferrable (for
a more random look), but hard to control in the small spaces. Dusty
hand-colored the image with markers. If he were to color it now,
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| Penciller: Dusty Abell
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Magic Fantasy
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This cover,
taken from Sojourn #1, belongs to a nifty CrossGen anthology published
in Finland. It was published in American standard comic book size.
Although this is one of my favorite covers, I remember the Celtic-style
border being really tedious to ink!
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Penciller: Greg
Land
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JLA
Sourcebook
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Howard and
I did this piece specifically for DC's own roleplaying game. Unfortunately,
this was also the last time we worked together after our JLA run
in the late '90's. Howard's rendering is so tight, that I found
myself using a rapidograph pen more often than not (note the long
fades on the interior of Batman's cape). That Plastic Man figure
still cracks me up!
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This
was a sketch I did for my friend, John Q. Adams, who has a website
devoted (for whatever reason) to silverfish! I took a photo of myself
and lightboxed it, which was the easy part. Finding a decent-sized
image of the tiny critter was hard, even on the 'net. You can find
this image and hundreds of inspired silverfish-related drawings
at the Links section of this site.
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Penciller: Drew
Geraci
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Superman: The Man of
Steel #105 cover
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Another
"Fun with Textures" bit of showboating on my part. To
further the stone look of the statue, I make tiny tic marks with
a Staedtler .005 pigment liner, allowing the marks to collect into
the black areas. I was told by another comic pro that he thought
this technique gave the statue a European flavor. When I thought
I was finished, I felt the brick wall behind Batman was too orderly
and clean, considering the violent image of Batman in chains. I
looked at the brick outside the house I was living in at the time,
and tried to duplicate the vertical creases of the bricks with a
white gel pen which skips nicely when used in quick strokes. I didn't
want to go too bold with the white on the bricks, because I'd lose
the black/white contrast of the cover composition. |
| Penciller: Kano |
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Nightwing #43 Cover
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These
are the kind of covers I live for. Haley left a lot of room for
me to do the texture-thang! I like to use clear tape, trimmed
with an X-acto knife, to frisket off some areas while I add directional
splats with a toothbrush dipped in ink. For the smoke, I chose
a drybrush effect, with grease pencil touch-ups. The printed color
version came out extremely dark, obscuring most of this detail
in a deep copenhagen blue, which I doubt was intentional.
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Penciller: Matt
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Black
Samson
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Who's
this, you ask? If you pick up this November's upcoming Official
Handbook of the Invincible Universe from Image, you'll know! Dusty
Abell, a huge fan of Robert Kirkman's Invincible, took the initiative
to art direct this Handbook treament, assembling a legion of artists
and writers to add backstories to both major characters and minor
walk-ons as well. Inking Ron's always a treat, and knowing Dusty's
preference for ' ultraclean' inks, I made this sharp as possible. |
| Penciller: Ron Frenz |
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