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Comics Revue – December 2014
Cover art by Teolocholco Jim Keefe
The lineup for the December 2014 issue includes:
sunward The Phantom
by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
Sir Bagby
by R&D Hackney
Tarzan
by John Celardo and Dick van Buren
Krazy Kat
by George Herriman
Rick O’Shay
Stories & art by Stan Lynde
Mandrake the Magician – color Sundays
by Lee Falk and Phil Davis
Flash Gordon – color Sundays
by Mac Raboy and Harry Harrison
Tarzan – color Sundays
by Russ Manning
Alley Oop – color Sundays
by V. T. Hamlin
The Phantom – color Sundays
by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
Gasoline Alley – color Sundays
by Dick Moores
Steve Canyon – color Sundays
by Milton Caniff
Flash Gordon
by Harry Harrison and Fred Kida
Buz Sawyer
by Roy Crane
Modesty Blaise
by Peter O’Donnell and Romero
Casey Ruggles – color Sundays
by Warren Tufts
Special bonus – Dear Pencil-Pal
Correspondence from Harlan Ellison
To pick up a copy, check with your local comic book shop.
If they don’t carry it, suggest it.
For a subscription to Comics Revue, just go to: ComicsReview.com
Comics Review Editor Rick Norwood will be a guest at
Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con January 9, 10 and 11, 2015.
Stop by to say hi – tell him Jim Keefe sent ya!
UPDATE: From Comics Revue Editor Rick Norwood.
Back issues from #201 to date are available from me. If you go to www.comicsrevue.com and order a single issue, US $20, paypal, I’ll send you a copy of the issue with Jim’s great cover. Same offer for everyone else, in the US and out — just ask for the Dec 2014 issue.
-Rick Norwood
The following is a cover I did back in 2004 for Rick Norwood’s Comics Revue.
The following are the steps from roughs to finish.
The first step are the roughs – this is where you get a feel for the figures and layout. My roughs tend to vary on how complete they are. This is somewhat of a mess, but crucial in giving me an idea of what the finished drawing would look like.
The next step is pencils – which means finding reference and tightening up the drawing. When you’re inking your own pencils you don’t have to have them as tight as when you’re pencilling for someone else. All the pertinent info should be there though – just needs refinement.
The next step is inks. This is my favorite part.
The trick is to ink the form, not just trace the line.
For color on this piece I went old school and colored it using the blue line method. This is where you take the black line art and (in photoshop) change it to a light blue. You then print the image onto watercolor paper for coloring. The reason for the blue line is so that you have a clean black line when the color and line art are combined.
The last step is combing the black line and watercolored art in photoshop. I opted to take all the black line art in the background imagery and make it a little grayer to push it into the background – touch up the color as I saw fit – and call it a night.
For more covers I’ve done for Comics Revue, check out the following.
And for more info on Comics Revue, just check out: ComicsReview.com
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Comics Revue – December 2013
Cover by Jim Keefe
I always loved the holiday covers for the old Marvel Treasury Editions where they’d have all the characters in some kind of Christmas setting.
So when I was asked by Rick Norwood to do the December Comics Revue cover, I knew exactly what kind of image I’d be shooting for. I tried to make a bunch of the ornaments comic strip related as well.
Below is the black and white version…
And speaking of which, the lineup for the December issue includes:
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Flash Gordon
by Dan Barry
Flash Gordon – color Sundays
by Mac Raboy and Harry Harrison
Sir Bagby
by R&D Hackney
Tarzan
by John Celardo and Dick van Buren
Tarzan – color Sundays
by Russ Manning
Krazy Kat
by George Herriman
Alley Oop – color Sundays
by V. T. Hamlin
Mandrake the Magician – color Sundays
by Lee Falk and Phil Davis
The Phantom – color Sundays
by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
Buz Sawyer
by Roy Crane
Gasoline Alley – color Sundays
by Dick Moores
Steve Canyon – color Sundays
by Milton Caniff
Rick O’Shay – Episode Guide
Compiled by Jostein Hansen – Stories & art by Stan Lynde
Casey Ruggles – color Sundays
by Warren Tufts
Modesty Blaise
by Peter O’Donnell and Romero
To pick up a copy, check with your local comic book shop.
If they don’t carry it, suggest it.
For a subscription to Comics Revue, just go to: ComicsReview.com
Quick update: Guess what just came in the mail?
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Comics Revue – February 2013
Update: Comics Revue for February 2013 is out – just got my copy in the mail.
And here’s the steps I did that went into the cover illustration.
Originally posted 10/15/2012.
For comparison, here’s the reference I received from editor Rick Norwood.
In addition to the Phantom by Falk and Wilson, Comics Review also features…
Secret Agent Corrigan by Goodwin and Williamson
Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin
Flash Gordon by Mac Raboy (in color)
Tarzan by Russ Manning (in color)
Latigo by Stan Lynde
Mandrake the Magician by Falk and Davis
Gasoline Alley by Dick Mores
Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff
Buz Sawyer by Roy Crane
Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts (in color)
Modesty Blaise by Peter O’Donnell and Romero
And much, much more…
(Unabashed plug.)
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