A to Z Blogging Challenge: C is for Comic books
OK, an easy one - maybe this should be C for Copout. Anyone that has ever known me more than casually will be aware of my love of comics. While it is a rather passive thing and I don't generally sit around and talk about who could win in a fight against whom (or most stereotypical fanboy stuff), I do love to look at the art and read the story lines. Anyways, enough apologizing for my love of the sequential arts and time to delve head long into my love affair with the panneled page!
I started my love affair with comics when I was about five years old and it has more or less remained today. I think more than RPG art, comic book artists have really had more impact on my style than anything else. Some of my biggest influences are Mike Mignola, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Eric Powell, Kent Burles (who does a LOT of RPG work - especially for Palladium), and many more. At any rate, I have been itching to dosome sequential work in my RPG project. Here's a peek at the first page of a four or five page spread I intend to include in my Old School Fantasy Campaign Setting. It is entitled "Old man of the lake" and is based on an eastern European folk tale about a creature called the Jer Kuga - smewhat similar to a kelpie. I want my setting to have a bit of a dark fairy tale feel. Think Brothers Grimm, Russian/Eastern European Folklore, Norse and Germanic myth, Celtic fairy stories, etc. Kind of a brooding and dak world. Not outright malicious but more forboding of impending doom. Alright enough gabbing already; here's the peek at the penciled page. Stay tuned for more true believers!
I started my love affair with comics when I was about five years old and it has more or less remained today. I think more than RPG art, comic book artists have really had more impact on my style than anything else. Some of my biggest influences are Mike Mignola, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Eric Powell, Kent Burles (who does a LOT of RPG work - especially for Palladium), and many more. At any rate, I have been itching to dosome sequential work in my RPG project. Here's a peek at the first page of a four or five page spread I intend to include in my Old School Fantasy Campaign Setting. It is entitled "Old man of the lake" and is based on an eastern European folk tale about a creature called the Jer Kuga - smewhat similar to a kelpie. I want my setting to have a bit of a dark fairy tale feel. Think Brothers Grimm, Russian/Eastern European Folklore, Norse and Germanic myth, Celtic fairy stories, etc. Kind of a brooding and dak world. Not outright malicious but more forboding of impending doom. Alright enough gabbing already; here's the peek at the penciled page. Stay tuned for more true believers!
This is so very cool. Have you pitched your portfolio to Moonstone Books? They do a lot of pulp-style comics that you might just enjoy drawing, and it'd be fun to see how you handle Zorro or Lee Falk's Phantom...ot The Spider...
ReplyDeleteMoonstone puts out some good stuff. As much as I love comics, alas, I'm not as fast at it as I'd need to be to work in the field. I trid many yearrs ago, but it is A LOT of work. My hats off to those folks that can do the writing, plotting, penciling, and inking (Like John Byrne). I don't know how they do it.
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