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I think we shouldn't miss the point about those days of painted artwork. Bisley isn't guilty for a whole offspring of the often refered "Bisley clones"(I totally disagree on  labelling  most of those guys like this).He's was rather out-spoken on this topic and those chaps who started their carrers out of Bisley achievements occasionally, found their own voice.
The Horned God was one of those moments in the 80s where the comics grew up. It's both,a piece of epic poetry and FINE ART(yes,some of those pages should be hanging on the walls of the bloody Tate Modern).Doing a quick parallel with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns,while the story-telling is the driven-force here,Miller's drawings by themselves are frankly(no pun intended) shitty,which doesn't diminish the brilliancy of the story-telling,looking through a proper perspective upon that book.
Bisley's artwork on Horned God isn't driven by story-telling which is only functional there. It's about use of colour schemes,inovative  character's design,composition,some experimentalism and sheer power. That's why speed is so important for his approach,is like try to capture that glimpse of idea we've got in our minds,once you slow down and start to polish and overwork it too much you lose the moment,that certain freshness....and end up looking like Boris Vallejo or Alex Ross.
(Why on earth am I finishing a post with "Alex Ross"?!Ah,heck...)
   

I think Dave Kendall would be the rightful man for the task though I'm sure Simon Davis will come up with jaw-dropping beauties. Good to see the warped one back on paints and brushes. Those digital things are  rather forgettable.

All hail to Matthew Craig !!!

kable1001 Jim is right and he and other fine chaps around had spoken about it before cos,surprisingly,nearly everyone tends  to lettering their submission pages. That's an ultimate no-no. I've been doing the portifolio review's circuit for a while and upon these third degrees contact with The Mighty Tharg i know that storytelling is going to be,if not the most important, one of the critical points noticed by the Almighty. The reading must be fluid and clear and ALWAYS moving onwards,between draw cool images that move the story to nowhere only for the sake of it and something simpler that pass the message to the reader easily,stick to the last option. Seems that most of the guys  do feel insecure about the clarity of the stories and then opt by lettering it all to tell the story. If you're feeling insecure on the story's clarity  there is a huge chance that Tharg might notice such unclarity instantly. Is preferable to rework the whole thing thinking on carefully what elements are going to help you out on telling your story and the ones that will not.Once you get famous you can do what the Image founders did on their Marvel time..." to the hell with this storytelling thang, gotta draw some cool shit cos the kids love it"....until there,think on your storytelling and make it a strong point of your art which is promising

A last glimpse before Leeds.See ya there folks.

It's the usual story of getting 100 artists to draw 100 horse. You get 100 different horses but they're all horses

Well true,would be great so see more of these "horses" after the Con.
Great colour schemes on that page Jon.

I'm currently painting a couple of pages of Slaine,trying to bring character back to a more primitive approach...I can't top the high-tech visual of Mr.Langley's version so back to the cave:P

Michael Fassbender is planning to star a CuChullain film.The guy is becoming  very popular rapidly so wouldn't be surprise to see  this project resuscitating the genre the way  Gladiator did with the epics. Hope it comes to see the day-light soon. Once succeeding ,that would be where our chances to see a Slaine movie relies on.

Whatever happens with the final numbers,at the end of the day isn't the last time we've seen Dredd on the big screen. It's going to be labelled as a classical cult  like Blade Runner was and sooner than later someone may want to revisited this stuff. I would say that the only negative point   it might have generated was toughen  the game up to  possible new 2000ad flicks (Slaine for instance,though I guess that dreadful Conan killed the genre for a decade anyway).
Fear not folks,we shall see that big chin again.

Man...those pages are gold!!The kind of stuff I would love to follow in a weekly basis.Reminds me slightly Sam Kieth though you've got your own voice throughout those pages.Good luck mate!!

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As said before they nailed the character and the mood,but for me the idea to pull Mega-city back closer to our reality is where they really hit the mark. It makes the whole thing so ghastly as  subtle.
Is needless to go far in the future to see mega blocks like that. Hang around any council block in some areas of London and you'll find out places filled with poverty, ruled by gangs with criminals dealing drugs openly at the corridors. Anderson executing that guy to just a few moments later discover that he possibly wasn't a perp but someone pushed to the limits by the enviroment which he's lived is remarkable and handled in a magnificently subtle way that doesn't patronise the viewer. It's like make social/political comment without be dull or prepotent. As result, Dredd is  rather a deeper film than what  ocasional goers would expect from a action flick.
Well done guys

Lionsgate's marketing departament  might be hammering the film heavily in the U.S though i can't see the same attention on the U.K marketing.

Lionsgate aren't marketing the film anywhere else but the US. It's Entertainment Film's job as the UK distributor to push the film.

So they are relying on the supposition that the joe public in U.K knows Dredd pretty well. As a matter of fact,most of people I work with doesn't know Dredd,doesn't know 2000AD and not eve know that Britain produce comic books. It's risky but understandable once you've got a limited marketing budget to count on the character's supposedly known brand.

Lionsgate's marketing departament  might be hammering the film heavily in the U.S though i can't see the same attention on the U.K marketing. I saw Dredd yesterday at Odeon Camden and Grud's sake,there wasn't a single poster or even a picture stating  they were screening the new movie there. And it's Camden town,right...overcrowded with people who would possibly be willing to see it. Some of the target public of which isn't exactly into the comics,though would  pick a good action thriller at random couldn't do it cos there's no way to know Dredd has been screening there.
Despite these small,understandable flaws the film is going to do well at box office,it's raising the cult status and people are getting curious(grab the random public would be a great but i think Dredd will end up doing it by the word of mouth anyway).

Aw, man, I really have to get started on this....

Now!!!

Wow, I've skimmed this thread a few times and missed that picture post from Bruno. Looks bloody great, that. Wish I could see it clearer,though....hint, hint.

Thanks mate,I've tried to upload a bigger size but I couldn't,I'm like "a chimp riding on a rocket" when is about computers.

Solid work Bruno, the story was in prog 1711. I had 2 shots similar on page one. Will consider revising these.

Cheers,I guess I won't search out for it,probably Tharg wants to see a different approach on the script so better not to know how Carpenter dealt with it.

Cheers,Crazyfox,but leave this king thang for the Camerons and Liefelds,I always dreamed of be an art droid...or a replicant,whatever comes first.