In case some of us have forgotten, this page shows how skillfully Bernie arranges areas of black and white. He mastered "chiaroscuro" before most of us could spell the word. It's all there in the pencils, which makes an inker's job a lot easier.
As discussed elsewhere, this story was written, pencilled and inked in 1997, but remained unpublished until 2010, in "Batman's Hidden Treasures".
As discussed elsewhere, this story was written, pencilled and inked in 1997, but remained unpublished until 2010, in "Batman's Hidden Treasures".
I enjoyed the Solomon Grundy story, but do you think Marvel will ever print the Man-Thing story you did way back when?
ReplyDeleteI would assume so. Last I knew they were getting it lettered so I'm hoping there'll be an announcement before too long.
ReplyDeleteMan, I was so happy when this book finally, finally got published. With this an the Mignola Batman story, I hope DC isn't holding onto any other gems like this!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to see Bernie's pencils!!!
That was a great book. I'm glad it finally saw publication. How could something so classic take so long to see print?
ReplyDeleteIt's still a mystery to me. Ron Marz might be able to answer that question. Or maybe Scott Peterson?
ReplyDeleteI remember at least one DC editor saying that it was "too good to be published as a stand-alone 22-page comic". So they wanted to make it part of a book. That seems to be where things fell apart.
I suggested putting it with the Mignola Clayface story and Bob Schreck seemed to like the idea, but it didn't happen. The Clayface story was buried in a Secret Files book and Grundy remained on the shelf for several more years.
I'm just happy that Mark Chiarello finally rescued it and got it into print.
I literally went back and forth between the two images at least ten times. With each pass picking up hidden nuances i didn't quite catch time before. Wonderfully detailed pencils... but the inks! Amazed at what you enhance, downplay and sometimes ignore all for the better good of the final piece. Every penciller should be blessed to have you ink them at least once!
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