A random collection of material from comic artist Kevin Nowlan. Started with the best of intentions, but like most other efforts, doomed to perish from neglect as soon as the novelty wears off.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Lucifer bust designs
I should mention that all of these were designed with the elbows bent and the hands raised a bit so the arms wouldn't be chopped off. In this instance, a martini glass provided us with a useful prop.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Old Batman inventory cover
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Legends of the DC Universe #6, page 4
I wrote about the odd situation leading up to this story back here. Looks like I missed at least one solid black that was supposed to be filled in. Hope the colorist caught it.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Delirium Bust designs
Iron Man
Monday, November 23, 2009
Green Lantern pin-up
This one is a mystery to me. The note says it's for something called a "3D Gallery" but I don't know if it was ever published. DC put out a book called "Green Lantern 3D" in 1998 which sounds about right but the GCD doesn't mention this piece. Pencils by Gil Kane.
A cover design fix
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Man-Bat character designs for Batman cartoon
Some of my sketches for "On Leather Wings" from the first season of Batman: The Animated Series. I remember Bruce Timm kept saying he wanted Man-Bat to look bigger.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Strange Tales letters page header
This is a pencil layout on tracing paper for the letters column in Strange Tales. I'm guessing it was done around 1985 or '86. It's too bad that most comics don't have letters pages anymore. When I was a kid, that was always the first thing I read when I picked up a new book.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Punisher Logo roughs
From 1985. Editor Carl Potts asked me to come up with some designs for this logo after I told him I wanted to focus on lettering for a while. you can see me fumbling around on the first sample, searching for an idea. The final design incorporates his skull emblem. I usually don't like designs that are this painfully symmetrical but I think it works.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Outsiders Annual: Two-page spread
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
More Frankenstein
Wildstorm swimsuit calendar art
I don't even remember this character's name and I'm too tired to look it up. I think she was in WildCATS, but you guys don't really care about those details, do you? All I remember is that this was for a calendar in the late '90's and even though I did a really tight color guide (shown below) and specifically asked the separator to leave the swimsuit white, he or she put a 10% black screen over it. Why do they do stuff like that? By the way, I only drew two flamingos. The rest are clones.