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IRON
MAN RECREATION OF
SUPERMAN #8
Abraham
Martinez had
originally asked me to
do a simple cover
recreation. But, he
finally decided to go
with something a bit
more original. Abe
asked me to do a cover
modeled after one
of his favorite
John Byrne
covers--Superman #8 (this
same layout was also by
Byrne as a X-Men cover
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IRON
MODOK
Big
time fan and art
collector, Kasra
Ghanbari, has been
commissioning a series
of artists to do covers
featuring perhaps the
silliest villain in
Marvel Comics
history,
MODOK. To quote Kasra: "The
whole idea is to get
former Marvel artists to
produce great pieces of
art that bring out the
inherent humor in
MODOK...the dude is just
freaking funny. There's
no way around it. He's a
big head in a flying
chair. What was Jack
Kirby thinking?" |
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JANES
HULK INKS
In
another
art project that Kasra
Ghanbari is working on (a
bit less silly than the
Modok project),,
he
has a penciled piece
from Jim Janes that
appears to be an
unpublished Hulk cover
from around 1980. He’s
had several well-known
inkers do their
interpretation of it
including Joe
Rubinstein, Bob McLeod
and David Gutierrez.
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UNPUBLISHED
X-FACTOR ANNUAL #1 COVER
This
cover, depicting actual
scenes from X-Factor's
adventure into the
U.S.S.R., was rejected
for being too
busy. Eventually,
I settled on a
more symbolic
design for the published
version.
This
cover was penciled in
1986 and inked in
2005. I also added
the logo and trade
dress.
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X-MEN
#113 RECREATION
I've
been asked to do so many
variations of this
particular cover over
the years that I decided
to do a straight
recreation.
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DAREN'S
GALLERY #1--TUSKA
PENCILS
Kang
the Conqueror fanatic,
Daren Domina, asked me
to ink several Iron Man
illos that he's
collected over the
years. This one is
by the Great George
Tuska. As you will
see on the penciled
version, I added a few
elements, as well as
embellishing the figures
with a few tweaks.
The end result came out
looking a lot more
dynamic, if I say so
myself. |
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DAREN
DOMINA GALLERY #2--MELO
TITANIUM MAN PENCILS
This
one was penciled by a
little known Brazilian
artist, Adrianna Melo.
To
be honest, it was like
pulling teeth trying to
make it work. The
perspective was a bit
off and I couldn't fix
the wonky Leifeld-like
proportions without a
total redraw. As Dick
Giordano use to say to
me: "You can't
put aluminum siding on a
lean-two"
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DAREN
DOMINA'S GALLERY
#3--COLON KANG PENCILS
On
the other hand, this
piece from Daren's
collection, by the
legendary Gene Colon,
was a total blast to
embellish. The only
problem I have with
inking Gene is that he
bears down really hard
with that smeary #2
pencil that he uses,
making the clean-up
process take hours to
complete. |
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DAREN
DOMINA'S GALLERY
#4--HORLEY KANG PENCILS
This
inking commission was
drawn by Alex Horley (although
I'm not familiar with
his work, the illo was
very well done.). |
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DAREN
DOMINA'S GALLERY
#5--GRANT PENCILS
Daren
knows I'm generally not
a big fan of Keron
Grant's style and was a
little worried that I
wouldn't enjoy inking
this illo by him.
But,
I have to say that I
liked this particular
cover--although it was a
labor-intensive
assignment. |
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Ron
Lim Iron Man inks
This
illustration,
commissioned by Frank
A. Baldevarona of San
Jose, CA., was
Ron Lim's interesting
take on the cover of
Iron Man #126 originally
done by JR.JR and
me.
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HERCULES
VS IRON MAN
I
received a request for
this commission
all the way from the U.K
. Vicki Tinkler
was wanting to get her
husband, who is a big
fan of my work,
something unique for his
upcoming birthday, so
she contacted me to
order this illustration.
It's
great to have devoted
fans in Jolly Ole
England, but the postage
is a killer! I
hope your husband had a
fabulous birthday,
Vicki. |
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