Comic Art—No Drama

steve_bryant · October 2012

I've been enjoying talking with Matt over Twitter for the last few months and realized how much I miss posting on the forum (deadlines have kept me away). What I haven't missed is drama and shining a light on relationships and interactions that I would not otherwise be privy to (in another thread that I got sucked into earlier today).

I need a palate cleanser.

With that in mind, I'd like to invite everyone to post some cool comic art—whatever you've seen lately that makes you go: "Wow, comic art is cool!"

A friend emailed me a link to a Rima the Jungle Girl commission by Mark Schultz (Xenozoic, Man of Steel, various Alien and Predator books). I was, and still am, stunned by this. It still looks like Mark's work, but also has brushwork reminiscent of Rima artist Nester Redondo (and other members of the 70s Filipino school), particularly in the birds and Rima's hair.

See the collector's page (with other great art) here:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=2120

Gorgeous rendering and terrific storytelling by Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon from Marvel's Bladerunner adaptation:

Beautiful brushwork and exquisite shadows on this Milton Caniff Steve Canyon page:

...So, what comic art has blown your mind lately?

John_Steed · October 2012

What would life be without the 9th art :x

Will_TWOTH · October 2012

Sir, I see your wonderful pieces and raise you this:

This is one of my all time favourite images of Swamp Thing! The muck monster tries to move on from what he's just experienced (at the beginning of Alan Moores' run) and embraces being... well, vegetation, and this is a very fitting splash page!

Torchsong · October 2012

Okay, Steve, that Sheena: Queen of the Jungle commission I have in the wings from you? Yeah...I need it to be on the Rima The Jungle Girl level...

Bwah ha ha haaaaa.... :)

Really beautiful rendering on that one, though...

John_Steed · October 2012

I own a couple of Don Lawrence prints . His work on STORM is legendary.

a few samples

Mr_Cosmic · October 2012

Anything, ANYTHING, this guy does is magic:

nweathington · October 2012

This past weekend at the NY Comic-Con, I finally got to meet Sonny Liew, and artist I’ve long admired but who lives in Singapore and makes few U.S. appearances. I had a couple of enjoyable chats with him, so here’s a piece of his.

nweathington · October 2012

I also had a trio of Belgians come up to the booth on Saturday. One of them publishes a comics art magazine called L’inedit. We got to talking about Belgian artists (I love Yves Chaland’s work), and they gave me an issue featuring a Belgian artist by the name of Lapone. You can see the Chaland influence especially in the second image.

ChrisBeckett · October 2012

Caught this on Facebook the other day. I love me some Pérez art.

chris

Chuck_Melville · October 2012

ChrisBeckett said:
Caught this on Facebook the other day. I love me some Pérez art.

chris

I know that's probably just a commissioned mock-up cover, but...

I really want to read that book!

Marty_Devine · October 2012

The original inked page for this is mine if I have the cojones and a couple dollars.
It's on the wall at my LCS and was done by hometown boy Tom Derenick.
It combines a bunch of stuff I love: WWII history, airplanes, Frankenstein, pin-ups.
A glorious mash up.

I think I like it even more in black and white!

ChrisMurrin · October 2012

Great change of pace, Steve. I'll just direct everyone to my Tumblr for my entries.

Also, great to see you back, Marty. I would have posted that in that other crazy thread, but I'm trying to stay out of it.

~~John~~
Chris

Marty_Devine · October 2012

ChrisMurrin said:
Great change of pace, Steve. I'll just direct everyone to my Tumblr for my entries.

Also, great to see you back, Marty. I would have posted that in that other crazy thread, but I'm trying to stay out of it.

~~John~~
Chris

You're a wiser man than me!

nweathington · October 2012

Marty_Devine said:
The original inked page for this is mine if I have the cojones and a couple dollars.
It's on the wall at my LCS and was done by hometown boy Tom Derenick.
It combines a bunch of stuff I love: WWII history, airplanes, Frankenstein, pin-ups.
A glorious mash up.

I think I like it even more in black and white!

I'd be interested to see the black-&-white just to see how the propeller was drawn. I'd also like to know whether Derenick blurred the propeller in Photoshop himself, or if Jose Villarrubia did that in his coloring. Either way it was very nicely done. One rare instance where a Photoshop effect truly contributes to the artwork. Maybe I'll ask Jose about it.

dubbat138 · October 2012

steve_bryant said:
I've been enjoying talking with Matt over Twitter for the last few months and realized how much I miss posting on the forum (deadlines have kept me away). What I haven't missed is drama and shining a light on relationships and interactions that I would not otherwise be privy to (in another thread that I got sucked into earlier today).

I need a palate cleanser.

With that in mind, I'd like to invite everyone to post some cool comic art—whatever you've seen lately that makes you go: "Wow, comic art is cool!"

A friend emailed me a link to a Rima the Jungle Girl commission by Mark Schultz (Xenozoic, Man of Steel, various Alien and Predator books). I was, and still am, stunned by this. It still looks like Mark's work, but also has brushwork reminiscent of Rima artist Nester Redondo (and other members of the 70s Filipino school), particularly in the birds and Rima's hair.

See the collector's page (with other great art) here:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=2120

Gorgeous rendering and terrific storytelling by Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon from Marvel's Bladerunner adaptation:

Beautiful brushwork and exquisite shadows on this Milton Caniff Steve Canyon page:

...So, what comic art has blown your mind lately?

Steve do you own that piece of Blade Runner original art? If you I am mega jealous.

luke52 · October 2012

Marty_Devine said:
The original inked page for this is mine if I have the cojones and a couple dollars.
It's on the wall at my LCS and was done by hometown boy Tom Derenick.
It combines a bunch of stuff I love: WWII history, airplanes, Frankenstein, pin-ups.
A glorious mash up.

I think I like it even more in black and white!

I love this image. It would be really cool to see the black and white.

kiwijase · October 2012

Here's a cool piece from a Auckland based artist called Jesca Marisa. Check out her website. It's got some beautiful work. http://www.jescamarisa.com/main.html

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Pants · October 2012

The title double page splash from my favorite single issue of all time: Flash #79. Cool.

John_Steed · October 2012

@Pants do you own that awesome page?

Pants · October 2012

John_Steed said:
@Pants do you own that awesome page?

Oh yeah! :D

Torchsong · October 2012

A girl drew this.

If you're not reading Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida, you're missing out.

nweathington · October 2012

nweathington said:

Marty_Devine said:
The original inked page for this is mine if I have the cojones and a couple dollars.
It's on the wall at my LCS and was done by hometown boy Tom Derenick.
It combines a bunch of stuff I love: WWII history, airplanes, Frankenstein, pin-ups.
A glorious mash up.

I think I like it even more in black and white!
I'd be interested to see the black-&-white just to see how the propeller was drawn. I'd also like to know whether Derenick blurred the propeller in Photoshop himself, or if Jose Villarrubia did that in his coloring. Either way it was very nicely done. One rare instance where a Photoshop effect truly contributes to the artwork. Maybe I'll ask Jose about it.

For anyone who might be interested, Jose told me that he did the blurring in Photoshop by editorial request. The editor made a good call, and Jose pulled it off wonderfully.

ChrisBeckett · October 2012

I don't remember how I found out about it, but James Stokoe did a Spider-Man "fan" comic, placing Peter in the Vietnam war, with the dialogue a letter to his Aunt May explaining why he went. Those pages can be found at this Comics Alliance post. And here's the opening splash

I was blown away when I saw this.

chris

WetRats · October 2012

ChrisBeckett said:
I was blown away when I saw this.

As am I.

nweathington · October 2012

Yeah, I'm betting he’s a fan of Otomo’s work. I’ve been reading his Godzilla: Half-Century War mini-series, and it’s pretty darn good.

ChrisBeckett · October 2012

I always liked this Alex Ross painting of Alan Moore and those characters most associated with him

chris

rsd3kb · October 2012

Would just like some honest feedback on a book in the making, have at thee

Trev · October 2012

A buddy of mine bought this dps by gene colan and ever since I saw the pages I've started putting together a tomb of Dracula run. I am mesmerized by this art.

nweathington · October 2012

Trev said:
A buddy of mine bought this dps by gene colan and ever since I saw the pages I've started putting together a tomb of Dracula run. I am mesmerized by this art.

I like Bob McLeod’s work, but he was not the best inker for Colan. If you like this piece, then you'll love the rest with Tom Palmer’s inking. Of course, it won't have the sepia wash, as this spread was for the Tomb of Dracula black-&-white magazine, not the comic. For what it's worth, I actually prefer reading ToD in the black-&-white Essentials format.

Toby · October 2012

kiwijase said:
Here's a cool piece from a Auckland based artist called Jesca Marisa. Check out her website. It's got some beautiful work. http://www.jescamarisa.com/main.html

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thanks for sharing this artist.

Does she sell any of her work?

EtriganBlood · October 2012

Soooo much good art, soooo little time...

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