Unpublished Nextwave
I just uncovered this self-edited panel from Nextwave (Issue 3? I guess) among some other scrap paper. Early in the series when I was still figuring out the “style”, I experienced some false starts and re-did a handful of pages (later on, who knows? Maybe I just stopped caring). Kathryn will assert, if only from the volume of eraser shavings, that the price I pay for my seat-of-the-pants working “method” is the occasional complete dead-end– I wonder if other people draw half a day and then have to start over? I never hear about it if they do.
Anyway, now, I’m not sure why I gave up on this panel– a couple of years later, it looks OK to me. This is also typical, however. I can’t abide looking at my own recently completed stuff, then after a cooling off period, it’s not entirely horrible. Finally, after about a decade, it’s junk again.
April 1st, 2010Topic: art, comics, found, sketchwork, technique, work
April 1st, 2010 at 8:44 am
It looks awesome to me - I’ve been following your work since your Superman days, and among all the things that I love about your art, one that stands out to me the most is how well you can convey the illusion of movement in your drawings, which I think this panel exemplifies perfectly. I’m a huge fan of your work!
Best,
J.
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:53 am
It looks like you even (partially) inked it yourself? Working out some (internal) questions?
Damn fine drawing.
Nice to see some Nextwave…
April 4th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Oh my, I really miss nextwave! By the way, while this panel it’s pretty cool, I think the final version you came up with (a much more closer angle, if I’m getting right where this one was meant to happen) is definitely better. Tic-Tic-Tic-BOOOM!
April 5th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Thanks, all. Jay, that’s just an illusion due to the scanning process– it’s all pencil. As in, “work it out with a…”