Monday, September 6, 2010

Jerry Lewis in a blond wig and tutu: Bob Oksner art

It's Labor Day so what better time to show off a little original art from Jerry's long-running DC series. Pencils and inks by Bob Oksner, lettering by Ben Oda. I don't know who wrote the story but I remember Oksner talking about writing some of the later Lewis scripts himself so this might be one of them.

The gun barrel and a few of the buildings were ruled with a pen, everything else is inked with a brush.

Jerry's in drag but he's very recognizable throughout the sequence because of Oksner's virtuoso talent for drawing likenesses and inspired use of body language. He drew more than a hundred issues of this series and somehow managed to get better every year. I've included a scan of the back of the art so you can see how he did a little pencilling in reverse, using a light table.


2 comments:

  1. Love the fourth panel. The shading, expressions, camera angle, etc. Sweet stuff. Great timing of the post.

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  2. The colors are great... the palette reminds me of your Outsiders annual.
    -Nate

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