UPDATE: Some of my Ellis- and Kirby-inspired faves (note Uncle Goggle appearance--it started out as the sketch I was gonna do fer you, El, but then I came up with the Teen Ellis vs. Frankenstein):
Thursday, May 08, 2014
Nick Fury Lives
UPDATE: Some of my Ellis- and Kirby-inspired faves (note Uncle Goggle appearance--it started out as the sketch I was gonna do fer you, El, but then I came up with the Teen Ellis vs. Frankenstein):
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Terrific sketch. That's a Kirby copy? For some reason the gun seems more Steranko-like. What issue is it from?
Great hands. I see both Kirby and Steranko. Of course Steranko was killing himself trying to be as Kirby as he could manage. There is a huge latent image effect from Kirby in Steranko's work.
Marty channels Kirby as well as Bruce Timm. He could make a lot of money doing it if he felt like doing it all the time.
Thanks dudes! This is from a poster I bought from the people that run the Kirby Museum (?). THey had a table at Wondercon. From Stange Tales #142, cover by Kirby--and I think the gun, as drawn on cover, looks very Kirby--but Fury's face looks like either the inker skimmed out a bit of the Jack, or it was redrawn by someone else (Steranko?). The un-Kirbyness is just my lax translation....
I am going ot abouse this post and add a few more of these sketches that have a relevance to this wonderful blog and the people who post here.
Gird yrself!!
What's the Stuart Eng book deal? I missed the first 10 minutes of this movie.
Sorry, Ben--the Stuart Ng Book shop bought a chunk of my book inventory (that Brushpen Breakfast 2014 I did for E.C.C.C.). He sold out my last book, and when he saw the new one, offered to buy 21 copies (which is over 40% of my inventory--hooray). I always add an original sketch to each copy I sell, even "wholesale" (helps justify our cover price of $20).
(Side note: we came up with the idea of slapping a sticker on each book that proudly announces "ORIGINAL BRUSHPEN DRAWING INCLUDED!"...now that's marketing!)
We are talking tiny, tiny money here--but I am mucho gratified by ANY sale. And I am in the black on this book, as opposed to last years, where I lost a little. That's all down to keeping my cost low--just $5 for this one, as opposed to almost $11 last year.
Of course this year's book is a lot flimsier!
That's what she said.
I didn't know all the Stuart Ng details. Those are worth 100 bucks easy. With that much content and an original piece. So the best sketchbook deal on the planet.
2 favorite sketches are Teen Ellis vs Hulk and your Uncle Goggle. Both too good to pick a favorite.
Love the others as well. Great Crystal. Who I thought was Medusa and had to research. I'm a pretend comic book fan. I know nothing.
Except I know great art.
I suppose all these sketches will be showing up in the 2015 Brushpen Breakfast book. They are all great!
Dudes, thank you guys so much for the kind words. El, I had to do an Uncle Goggle--he is so funny! Glad you approve.
Tom: yes! The 2015 book (jeez, that sounds so far in the future but it's only just around the corner...sigh.)
Yeah, just a warning Marty... I'm totally using your path and I'm hoping that I can drop your name and sell some books to Stuart next year. I have a crapton of Creeple drawings and I've been playing around with your idea of drawing convention goers as Creeple with some success.
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