I was blown away when Greater Mercury Comics artist Brian James Riedel shared these images with us during an email interview recently. Along with several unpublished pages and such, Brian also dug out and scanned a couple of his tryout pieces that landed him the job as the artist on Edge! Continue reading »
Another version of the Grips commission by Morganza, this one colored by sirandal and posted at deviantart. This is the updated version, thanks sirandal for the heads-up on that. Continue reading »
You can read more about this piece, along with a series of pictures showing the creating process, at Black Pyramid Studios.
This commission is by Morganza, hired by Kris Silver in 1992 for a book called “The Last Wild Bitch” which was never published. Moby’s post about Morganza and this unpublished Silverwolf book is now online.
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I was thinking of ideas to help out with Starship Ajax, and one of the ideas I had was to get some art done for a possible poster or flyer to promote the project. What was needed was to have something that was visually striking, something that would catch the eye, but still be in black and white to keep costs down.
I turned to artist Chris Conidis to see if he could help out. His black and white ‘retro’ art was perfect for this. He sent two pieces, and what is below is a composite of elements from those two works.
This version is a composite of Chris’ work and not his original composition. Used with permission. Click on the image for a larger version.
One of the artists Moby keeps an eye out for, Juan2.0, is having a sketch sale for the month of May, and so of course I asked for a sketch of Grips.
I really liked this one immediately, and even more at second glance. I don’t know if he was familiar with the character, or just took the time to look into him; but this piece really captures the essence of Grips…he doesn’t avoid the fight, he wants it…to be as bloody as possible. That sure is one heck of a psychotic battle-lovin’ smile, eh? I love that little detail, it really makes the piece.
