More unpublished Silverwolf Comics pages from ‘the stack’ sent by Neill Brengettsey. You can check out his interview with Moby’s! [HERE].
Here are what were to have been, as far as Neill and I can tell, the first three pages of the unpublished Silverwolf title, ‘The Deadly Dungeoneer‘.
You can click on the image above for a much larger version.
The Deadly Dungeoneer as a major character in The Eradicators #4 and appeared in the Silverwolf Bulletins as well.
More to come….
Moby was very fortunate again recently, hearing back from another artist who worked for Silverwolf, Mr. Phil Hester (@philhester).
When one reads the wikipedia for the artists who got their start at Silverwolf his name is conspicuously absent, though I doubt he minds this. It is a bit unfair though, if the truth be told. Of all the artists that got their start at Silverwolf, Phil has without a doubt had one of the best careers of the bunch. He writes, draws, and has about 300 published issues to his credit.
He went on to truly ‘break-in’ on Marvel’s Swamp Thing, and is also known for his revival of DC’s The Green Arrow (with none other than Kevin Smith writing). He also won the Eisner Award for Best New Series in 1997 for The Wretch, published by Caliber Comics.
As usual, I asked about six questions (five actually), and they were the usual ones, too. Mr. Hester was very kind in sharing his thoughts on the company and his experience there.
He also kindly accepted a commission for a new illustration, with Port and Grips, which you can see [HERE].
A huge thank you to Mr. Hester for his time, and his insights.
How did you come to work for Silverwolf?
It was a time, I think my sophomore year in college, when a lot of little publishers like Silverwolf were starting up. I was very eager to work in comics, so I would go into the comic shop every new comics day and select all the debuting publishers to get their mailing addresses from the indicia– this was back when people mailed things. I worked up new samples every few months and would send photocopies off to all the publishers on my list. Thankfully, Silverwolf really needed new talent and Kris gave me a shot. Continue reading »
Moby’s! is proud to share another original commission by an original Silverwolf/Greater Mercury artist! This beautiful piece comes from celebrated illustrator and writer Phil Hester.
Mr. Hester got his start at Silverwolf, drawing several issues. Unfortunately, only two were published (‘Port #1 & #2) before Silverwolf closed it’s doors.
Mr Hester was very nice, even answering a few questions about breaking in with Silverwolf Comics and such. But first, here it is…
‘Port and Grips
by Phil Hester!
Be sure to check out the interview with Mr. Hester as well!
A quick post today, to share with you a bit of ‘B-Side’ artwork by former Silverwolf artist Neill Brengettsey.
I am working on a series of follow up posts to the excellent interview with Neill that was posted some time ago. That interview came with a nice stack of unpublished art, page after page that was meant for Silverwolf but was ultimately never used. You can read why in the interview.
On the back side of many of the pages Neill sent are doodles, practice or concept drawings, etc. I just wanted to share a couple of them with you, especially since I saw this first ‘B-Side’ I want to share. Continue reading »
For the Summer of 1987, Silverwolf had plans to release 10 new color titles, one of which was to be called ‘Silver Wolf Tails‘. During my interview with Dane McCart he was showing me some of the art that he had from those days, covers to The Eradicators 3 and 4, a ‘Vampires’ piece he collaborated on with Tim Vigil, and some other odds and ends…then he casually mentions that he has this cover for what would have been a Silverwolf color book…and would I be interested in it?
I should have asked him “Is a Frog’s Ass Watertight?” but instead I just said something stupid like “Yeah, wow, that’s great!”, or something. Continue reading »
