Here we have another Silverwolf original cover by Dane McCart, this one from Eradicators #4. The big secret on this one, according to McCart, is that none other than Sam Kieth himself inked the three characters. Continue reading »
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May 302013
The title character from the unpublished “The Last Wild Bitch” by Morganza
I met Kris Silver at and Orange County Comic Con in California around 1992. I was showing my artwork to all the publishers there hoping to get hired. Kris Silver took a look and hired me on the spot for a project, my ego shot up several levels, I was excited to be working as a professional artist.
The project turned out to be an adult comic called “The Last Wild Bitch”. I love that title, this was my very first experience as a comic book artist.“ – Morganza
May 292013
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 Moby’s post about Morganza and this unpublished Silverwolf book is now online.
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May 202013
The reason why Dane still had the original covers to The Eradicators #3 and #4 is because he tricked publisher Kris Silver, plain and simple.
Dane told me how it was standard practice at Silverwolf for the artists to make their own arrangements to have their cover art colored. What Dane did was to make a photocopy of the piece and have that colored instead of the original. When he turned in his pages, Silver just looked through the stack and saw that the cover was colored, and that was that.
“Dyes on a photocopy basically, which is what I gave to Silver. I had the art…he didn’t know any better, most of the covers from (Silverwolf) you won’t find in the condition they should be in, which is black and white, because he had the artists paint over their originals because Silver did not know any different. So he got mine and thought he had gotten the originals. But these are the originals.”
“The cover was the first thing I did because he needed it to advertise on the back of issue 2. I had finished the penciling it and had left it on my drawing board at the studio. When I came back a couple of days later, and it was inked with a note saying ‘Dane, this was fun we should work together again’. That was my initial meeting with Tim Vigil.”
I asked about Tim Vigil, “He was fast, precise…Vigil had reached the level, but all of us we were just kind of breaking in…Vigil was accomplished, he was the reason why Silver, I believe, if he had any credibility…he gave Silver some credibility.”
Which led to another great story… Continue reading »
May 182013
Along with some rare original art, Silverwolf artist Dane McCart shared with me a typed transcript of an interview he had done with none other than fellow Silverwolf artist Tim Foster (The Dungeoneers).
Dane gives us a really good, honest, refreshing insight into the uncertainty that artists working for Silverwolf faced; a recurring theme in the conversations I have had with other former Silverwolf artists.
I have made a couple typographical corrections for clarity, as the transcript was a rough copy. The interview was conducted on May 27, 1986, and is shared here with permission.
I don’t think Silverwolf will be a lasting company.“ – Dane McCart – May 27, 1986
Tim Foster- So. Dane, how does it feel to be working on Silverwolf Comics’ #1 book, The Eradicators?
Dane McCart- Next Question. (Laughter) Well, considering I’m only 3 pages into it, I don’t really have much of a feel for it yet. But the fact that I’m working, as opposed to not working, is definitely a positive feeling. The idea that I’ve got my own 30 page book is exciting.
T- How did you become interested in comic books, and superheroes in particular?
DM- It started with being bored with television. I liked the character Spider-Man. He started in television when I was about 8 years old, and from the time I was 13 I discovered that I could draw the human figure with some semblance of accuracy and decided that I would pursue that. I never had any idea that I’d get so far…not that I’m far…
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