Favorite Covers - March Solicits

DC, Marvel, Image and Dark Horse have released their March solicits. Full lists can be found at Comic Book Resources here, here, here and here.

My favorites:

New Illustration: Stage One

Actually more like Stage 2. I've made my thumbnails already, and this is the rough sketch. What will this chicken scratch become? Some clues after the jump.

Artistic Inspiration: Michael Golden

One of the first artists I noticed as having a very unique style was Michael Golden. He drew The Micronauts — a title I didn't start reading until later in the run, around issue 24 or 25. Hooked on the concept, I hunted down the back issues, finally picking up the illusive numbers 8 and 12 at Heroes Con back in the 80’s. Those first 12 issues, as told by Bill Mantlo and Golden, tell the saga of the first fall of Baron Karza, and they are awesome.

The Huntress - Now In Color!

I'm coloring some of my older pieces. In this Huntress scan, I've only put in the flats so far — next I'll start putting in some grads, shadows and start adding dimension.

I'm using Photoshop for this process, but I'm thinking about trying Illustrator for coloring a couple of these pieces. I'm not sure what advantage it would have yet, beyond vectorizing the artwork, but we'll see —

The original Huntress (Helena Wayne) was always my favorite, and the classic Paul Levitz/Joe Staton stories are not to missed!

Iron Man vs. Baron Karza

I've always loved the Micronauts. I've always loved Iron Man's old armor. And there you go. Here's hoping someday, someway, Marvel can regain the Micronauts license so this scene could actually happen.