Comic Art Commission

[Yoc]

Ohhh, great job!

[bcholmes]

Wow! Some great art by TJ Frias in this homage to the Kevin McGuire cover to Justice League #1 from the 1980s, featuring some of my own characters in my superhero team, the Sentinels.

Nice!

But isn't the Grim Reaper getting a bit long in the tooth by the 80s? Retcon?!?!

BCing you

[Roygbiv666]

Nope:
See
http://roygbiv666.deviantart.com/art/Standard-Comics-Encyclopedia-The-Grim-Reaper-479703853
and
http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1078204
and
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=743027&GSub=107702
and, of course
http://www.indyplanet.us/product/130078/

Wow! Some great art by TJ Frias in this homage to the Kevin McGuire cover to Justice League #1 from the 1980s, featuring some of my own characters in my superhero team, the Sentinels.

Nice!

But isn't the Grim Reaper getting a bit long in the tooth by the 80s? Retcon?!?!

BCing you

[Roygbiv666]

Color version.

[bcholmes]

Warning: Thread hijack.

I've been taking a new comic-making class for a few months. This one is structured like a "senior project" where I get to design my own final result. Anyway, I've been using the class to develop the public domain heroes concept that I've been toying with for a while, while at the same time working on some very specific technique things.

Here's one of my pages, featuring the American Crusader during his time in the army:

http://blog.bcholmes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/page-5-sample.png

BCing you

[erwin-k]

Don't mean to sound negative, or nit picking, but…

I assume this is set during World War 2. If so, the haircuts on all the soldiers probably need work to be regulation. This is especially true for the Private in the center and the General. That is unless they are on some very isolated post with no barber available. I know from personal experience that there is always some "Frank Burns" type around who believes a proper haircut is the only road to victory.

By "regulation" I do not mean "white walls" on the sides as a lot of U.S. troops chose today.

[bcholmes]

Don't mean to sound negative, or nit picking, but…

Not nit-picky at all. It's good feedback. Thanks.

BC

[Roygbiv666]

The Sentinels #196 June, 1978

Gerry Turnbull brings color and cover treatment to this piece by Ernie Chan, which I left sitting for waaaay too long.

Ernie was king of the DC comics covers during the 1970s, so it would have been cool if he'd done some covers for "Standard Comics", too. Now, he has.

[Yoc]

Wow, very nice job Roy.
I can easily picture that on a rack some where.

[Roygbiv666]

Freedom Brigade #73 (Oct 1985)
Rural Home Companions

This issue is part 2 of http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1078204. The team has encountered the Grim Reaper and due to a misunderstanding all too common in comics, they fight!

Roll Call:
Grim Reaper
Black Orchid
The Face
The Flag
Fearless Flint
Silver Streak

~~~

Pencils and inks by Alan Kupperberg, who worked on real life comics featuring World War II heroes in The Invaders and All-Star Squadron. Colors by Gerry Turnbull.

[Yoc]

Ha!  I swear I bought that issue.

[Roygbiv666]

Well, it is a Bronze Age classic.

Ha!  I swear I bought that issue.

[Roygbiv666]

Tarantula (designed before the black Spider-Man suit, but probably not the All-Star Squadron Tarantula costume).

Art by TJ Frias and Rob Shalda.

[Yoc]

A nicely designed character Roy.

[Roygbiv666]

Some of the entries for Volume II of the Standard Comics Encyclopedia (http://www.indyplanet.us/product/130078/) . Great work by great artists too numerous to list here.