Art For Art’s Sake #244: Sequentially Yours, Comics
by Richard Bruton
Art For Art’s Sake – spreading the joy of comic art for however many years 244 weeks of doing this is – calculator please – heavens, more than four and a half years.
So, shall we get right into it with this wonderful bit of early Alan Davis poster art, the FF from one of the Marvel UK weeklies of the early ’80s – maybe Spider-Man, maybe the FF weekly that came out around that time. I ought to know really, after all, it was on my wall at the time…
DaNi – something Marvellous (Via Richard Starkings)
Steve White commission of Cursed Earth…
Which was based on this Brian Bolland…
Neal Adams pencils, Bernie Wrightson inks – beautiful (via David Roach)
Boo Cook doing DR & Quinch…
Dan Cornwell – Dredd
And talking of Dredd, a beautiful Dredd/Who/Daleks mash-up commission by Cliff Robinson seen on this JD Facebook group – Brian Carney is the very lucky owner!
Tank Girl does Alfred E. Newman – art by Chris Wahl
And if I’m posting Tanky, there should always be some Jamie Hewlett artwork…
John McCrea – Judge Hershey
Commission based on my original cover for Miracleman #10 published by Eclipse Comics. Featuring Miracleman and a host of characters written/co-created by Alan Moore.
And if I’m showing you the commission, might as well show you the original by Snyder… Miracleman #10, written by Alan Moore, with interior art by Rick Veitch and John Ridgeway. First published by Eclipse Comics in 1986
Bill Sienkiewicz – Rocket…
Alex Toth (who else could it be?) – The Shadow
Walter Simonson – Batman & Manhunter from Detective Comics #443 (1974) – a classic storyline, written by Archie Goodwin
Charles Burns cover to his Defective Stories portfolio, published in 1990
Kev Crossley – Marshall Law after Kevin O’Neill
Colin MacNeil – Hellboy
And another MacNeil:
Nick Furry – Agent of SHIELD. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Liberty Dogs).
Nick Derrington – Bats…
Anna Morozova sketch from the Lawless con…
Recent Harley Black+White+Red cover I did, with a little Rococo inspiration, with colors by the amazing Jordie Bellaire!
Greg Staples – John Constantine
Moebius – sometimes rolling over is the very best idea…
