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Being a HUGE 2000AD fan and collector of it's artwork I get a thrill from seeing covers and artwork in their original state. You know, before Tharg gets his fat Betelgeusian fingers on them and covers 'em up with logos, barcodes, titles and the like.
I've decided to write a blog where I can upload as many logoless covers as I can get my hands on so we can see the artists' original visions without all the other gubbins cluttering up the page. I'll also upload work in progress and uncoloured stuff too if relevant.
Along the way I'll upload uncoloured artwork from earlier progs though unfortunately these will have logos and text glued onto 'em. Sorry folks, nothing we can do about that!
Thanks to all artists and collectors who's sites I'm gonna plunder to get these images - all will be credited where possible, honest guvnor! I'll also tag artist, characters and prog numbers to aid navigation on the blog.
Hope you enjoy it!
All characters/images are copyright of Rebellion, the best thing to happen to 2000AD in years!
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Look forward to seeing it Pete,Plunder away !
Ha! Would it have helped if I'd put the link? It's here:
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Pete - I've got the original artwork for Prog 2004, plus the first cover Carlos did when he came back to Rebellion - would you like me to send you some pics? PM me.
That's brilliant Larf, thanks a million! This is exactly how I hoped the blog would go, loads of great people sharing stuff. So yeah Steve, I'll be plundering your CAF gallery too!
Thanks again lads!
Just had a look at your blog Pete .....Very nice !
By the way Pete whats happened to your avatar on the 2000ad forums ? it just shows up as a red cross and says use avatar !
Nice one, Pete!
We've got the original art for the Kingdom cover that was on the GN- drop a line if you want a scan.
Looking good there Pete. Will look at it in more depth as the days pass.
This made me wonder when they stopped physically pasting the logo onto the original artwork? Does anybody know???
Great work, Pete. You've found some lovely stuff!
Top work there Pete. You've unearthed some real treats.
Really nice stuff.... and the Biz one just became the latest desktop wallpaper
Great idea, great blog. Just enough detail to illuminate without overwhelming. Very sweet.
And now I've SEEN the black and white versions, it makes you realise how damn good some of the art is.
I may now attempt "colouring in" Henry Flint's iconic 50 year man cover. Got my crayons.... tum te tum.... happy happy
Go for it Mike - I know I've said it a million times but I own the original artwork for that Henry Flint 50 Year Man cover, it hangs above my desk and I still grin every time I look at it!
As for the Biz, Bluemeanie, here is an alternate version of the Judgment on Gotham cover - not a fraction as good as the published version in my view!
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Pete you got mail on the email link from your website.
Hey Pete - hopefully sent you a bit of traffic your way. You're also free to nick the cover art (what little I've done of it) from either my site or the eclectic micks site.
-pj
Great work, Pete.
Got your mail, cheers Larf, it'll be going up in the next coupla days!
Thanks PJ, you're a star as ever! Can I be cheeky and ask if you've got an unlettered version of your awsome cover of Meg 281?
And thanks to everyone else who've said nice stuff, I'm having a ball doing the blog and it'sd great to have folk along for the ride!
Oh and Trout, I found your Brainblooms covers on Barney! Here you go:
Original Version:
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Published Version:
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Disgraceful!
I absolutely love Kev Walkers Anderson art. Forgot all about his work until I read this thread.
V
Gawd, but wasn't that large hand lettering style of text gorgeous - sadly something we've missed now 2000AD (and everyone else) has gone digital lettering.
I kinda wish someone would take THOSE fonts and digitise them...
(Pete - you have mail...)
-pj
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I've never seen that before! Is that Bolland? Although the inks are not characteristic, something about the face and the way the shadow of the arm falls across the figure makes me think of him ...
Edit to add: Aha! Don Lawrence. Should have Googled that first, really.
Cheers
Jim
Hooray, just done a nice PJ Holden post on the blog...
Hi Pete, great site, have a look on Comic Art Fans and 2000AD Artwork Gallery. I think I have a couple of Mark Harrison covers on there.
Cheers
Yeah, cheers Large, I've got 'em saved for future posts!
I had a look in my Old Dredd Mega History and got some info on the Don Lawrence Brainblooms cover. Apparently, this cover infuriated Carlos Ezquerra who was already pissed off because the debut strip of his character drawn by someone else. Apparently, Lawrence was having trouble getting the look of Dredd right (an old woman is about as far wrong as you can get!) so an Ezquerra Dredd from the banned 'Bank Raid' strip was pasted over the top. Shocking!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 09 July, 2009, 10:54:34 PM
Yeah, cheers Large, I've got 'em saved for future posts!
I had a look in my Old Dredd Mega History and got some info on the Don Lawrence Brainblooms cover. Apparently, this cover infuriated Carlos Ezquerra who was already pissed off because the debut strip of his character drawn by someone else. Apparently, Lawrence was having trouble getting the look of Dredd right (an old woman is about as far wrong as you can get!) so an Ezquerra Dredd from the banned 'Bank Raid' strip was pasted over the top. Shocking!
I actually like the old lady on the cover better.
Quote from: flintlockjaw on 11 July, 2009, 05:13:19 PM
I actually like the old lady on the cover better.
Me too. It's a great image. I'd imagine the second one would probably pull in more of the customers of the time though.
I read that story in the first Case Files book before I subscribed to the Prog. Very amusing story.
Quote from: Mardroid on 13 July, 2009, 12:45:09 PM
Me too. It's a great image. I'd imagine the second one would probably pull in more of the customers of the time though.
It did me ... I've just remembered that I
own that prog!
Cheers
Jim
All I want for Christmas is to hear Dredd exclaim 'By stomm!' in the prog once more - just once.
Quote from: pjholden on 08 July, 2009, 09:08:48 PM
Gawd, but wasn't that large hand lettering style of text gorgeous - sadly something we've missed now 2000AD (and everyone else) has gone digital lettering.
I kinda wish someone would take THOSE fonts and digitise them...
(Pete - you have mail...)
-pj
It looks a bit like Brushscript to me.
This is a question for anyone.
Does anyone do hand lettering anymore ?
When you look back through old progs the lettering is all just plain block capitals that are all slightly different like handwriting but all basically the same.
You look in the latest prog now and you see the exact same thing but is this handlettering or is it now digitised ?
Is any of the lettering actually written using fonts ?
Is there any advantage in digitising lettering in general ?
Obviously you can move it around the page without manually cutting and pasting but beyond that is there any advantage and is it faster to digitise it ?
Just curious.
Great blog idea Pete. Lots of cover goodness here, including preliminary sketches, inks only etc:
http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com/
Cheers Supersufer, I shall be plundering Leigh's blog!
Exciting news on the Blog front! When I started the thing there were a few artists I had in mind who's work I'd absolutely love to see on there. One of them was certainly Clint Langley, I adore his work and particularly wanted to see his ABC Warriors covers in all their glory. I contacted him today and he sent a lovely reply saying he'll sort 'em out for me - woohoo! To tide me over, he sent the Gongbeater wraparound from Prog 1638 which I've just uploaded...
Thanks to Henry Flint for sending me his Zombo cover and Frazer Irving for his Buttonman 4 covers!
Go check 'em out guys!
Wow, this blog is turning into a fantastic resource. Awesome work, Pete.
And it reminds of the thread a wee while back about a big 2k covers book. If it was a cover per page, totally free of text and stuff as per the blog, on lovely glossy paper, I'd snap it up. You tend to forget how many great covers there are after 1600+ issues.
Yup. Loving the blog. Looking forward to seeing more.
Dylan Teague has some stunning stuff here with amazing step by step images:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dylanteague/CoversAndIllos#5329150105398459922
Cheers Jimbo and Supersurfer,
Great find for those Dylan Teague images SS, I had some of those so it's great to grab the ones I'd missed! I was absolutely chuffed today as Nick Percival had stumbled across the blog, contacted me out of the blue and sent HUGE versions of his covers. What a guy!
I'm absolutely loving doing the blog and have so much I'm dying to show but things are hectic at the moment so I'm updating every time I get a spare coupla minutes.
Thanks for all the kind words folksguys, keep watching! Oh, and if anyone has any other images they wanna share, please get in touch!
Pete this blog is a real treasure trove. I'd heard of THAT Frank Miller cover, but never laid me peepers on it til now. Keep it up man! ;)
Just popped those lovely Nick Percival covers up, feel free to go and drool!
Those are superb Pete, especially when you click on them to blow them up, the detail :o
Excellent work Pete. A really well constructed blog with some real treasures.
Like Mr.Forces said there's great detail on those Percival pieces.
I've been having a trawl through all the links you've kindly posted as well. Frazer Irving has got a superb step by step blog entry on how he produces a page of art and he's also quite obviously demented to an admirable degree. Good lad.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 13 July, 2009, 08:34:44 PM
Cheers Supersufer, I shall be plundering Leigh's blog!
Exciting news on the Blog front! When I started the thing there were a few artists I had in mind who's work I'd absolutely love to see on there. One of them was certainly Clint Langley, I adore his work and particularly wanted to see his ABC Warriors covers in all their glory. I contacted him today and he sent a lovely reply saying he'll sort 'em out for me - woohoo! To tide me over, he sent the Gongbeater wraparound from Prog 1638 which I've just uploaded...
While I might not be Clint Langley's biggest fan I'm really looking forward to seeing how is work is 'constructed' for want of a better word.
Sorry to keep spamming the board but I get excited! I've just updated the blog with some amazing Zarjaz and Dogbreath covers thanks to Bolt. So erm, 'Thanks to Bolt!'
Wow. I hate to say it, but Tharg really screws up some of those images when he slaps his corporate paraphenalia all over them. The Percival and Fraser ones are just outstanding, although it was naughty of you to put the Goddamn Dredd cover up for comparison.
This really is a hell of a blog. Mainly because it's a GREAT idea. But also because Pete Wells seems to have a knack for charming Tharg's droids and every last post is a pure, unadulterated joy.
It's not "spamming", Pete. If we're reading this it's because we like what you're doing. Keep it up sir. Your fellow Squaxx salute you.
Came across these the other day. Bit of a surprise. Classic 2000AD covers – by Robin Smith? Did a double take. I remember he was art editor of 2000AD and I recall an interesting tv documentary in which he was interviewed so understood that he would've been the guy commissioning cover art, but I had no idea that he would sketch cover roughs in such detail and then pass those on to the likes of Esquerra, Gibbons, Belardinelli etc to draw in their own style. I always assumed the designs of the covers were down to the artists. Perhaps artists are more involved in that way these days as I've seen cover roughs by the artists themselves – Frazer Irving's Dante covers come to mind. I'd be interested to know what the process is these days.
Check these out:
Robin Smith
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Full size (bandwidth heavy):
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Carlos Ezquerra:
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Full size:
http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=339&Comic=2000ad
Robin Smith
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Full size (bandwidth heavy):
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Mick McMahon
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Few more here:
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Whats fascinating about that is subtle design decisions that make a massive decision in the cover. In Robin Smith the way Alpha's right arm is drawn it looks like he's drawing about to shot. Esquerra has lowered the arm slightly and all of a sudden the pose is much more rested, looking like if anything its after the action has finished. Good stuff.
Yeah, the Smith/Ezquerra one is fascinating! A good idea becomes a great (even powerful) image with just a few subtle changes.
Yeah, isn't Pye-01 the current Robin Smith? Superdroid D'Israeli (once again) writes a wonderful piece about cover design and the role of Tharg and the editorial staff in the whole process - I feel a bit guilty for ribbing them in my blog now!
You can read it here: http://disraeli-demon.blogspot.com/2009/04/lowlife-creation-part-eight-cover-its.html (http://disraeli-demon.blogspot.com/2009/04/lowlife-creation-part-eight-cover-its.html)
Hey Mikegloady, thanks for those really kind words! I've done a white space/SB Davis themed update today (address below.)
This week's Nick Percival cover (and the cover that inspired) are up un the blog.
Once, long ago I made the promise to myself that I would never follow blogs as they are teh sux. You have changed this view Pete. Good stuff. Keep up the good work.
Tried leaving a comment but it didn't seem to work............ :(
Cheers James! I got a VERY exciting email yesterday which hopefully means that the blog will always be up to date with the current cover!
Hey Large, have you tried commenting with a google account?
Tried with my Google (Blogger?) account but didn't seem to want to let me in :-(
It's the collectors competition ah tell ya!!!!!
LOL
So Mark bought that superhero chin cover before I could get back to it.... :-(
Ha Large! You were beaten by my Rival Collector Filter! Sorry mate, it's just a bog standard blog so I can't think why it's giving you so much hassle...
I just updated it by the way with some beautiful Karl Richardson covers - bloody lovely!
All of Jon Davis-Hunt's covers are up as of today!
Sorry for cross posting but this week's superb cover (Prog 1649), along with roughs, pencils and an insight into the thoughts behind it's creation are up on my covers blog - cheers to Pye-01 for supporting the blog!
Brilliant, I went on you're blogspot, some brilliant material there. Good stuff.
Cheers fella - nice avatar by the way!
Nice big Carl Critchlow flavoured update today folks!
Link: http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
That Carl Critchlow update is awesome. Just look at those sketches. Amazing.
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Nice big Carl Critchlow flavoured update today folks!
Link: http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
Oh that is very nice - I love the sketches and being able to see the original of the fully-painted work. Exactly the kind of thing you'd wish for from such a blog and you are really delivering the goodies. ;)
Pete, if I could hug you I would. Personally, I'm beginning to see Carl Critchlow as one of the modern great Dredd artists, up there with JOck, MacNeill, Flint and Kev Walker. Granite-y indeed, plus his palette is masterful. Favourite blog ever! ;D
In total agreement with MGB on all points.
Thanks for such a brilliant, informative and fun blog. Have a gold star, Pete.
Just caught up with the blog Pete, the Critchlow pieces are awesome. I think you're right about the colouring on that Dredd cover, masterpiece.
Just thought I'd mention, CC didn't do Vendetta in Gotham. That was Cam Kennedy. CC did The Ultimate Riddle.
Regards
Robin
Robin beat me to that nugget. All I'll say is that Vendetta in Gotham was the only Dredd/Batman tale missing from that collection DC/Rebellion put out a few years ago - which was daft as the last story "Die Laughing" actually referenced it. A shame as Cam Kennedy's art is always amazing - a masterclass in clear, exciting storytelling.
"The Ultimate Riddle" was a complete embarrassment - awful. Beautiful to look at though. Presumably it was included because, like Judgement & Die Laughing, it was painted. Silly and short-sighted in my view.
Agh, I'm an idiot! Cheers for pointing that out guys!
Thanks for all the great comments from everyone else too!
Quote from: Mike Gloady on 31 August, 2009, 05:58:30 PM
Robin beat me to that nugget. All I'll say is that Vendetta in Gotham was the only Dredd/Batman tale missing from that collection DC/Rebellion put out a few years ago - which was daft as the last story "Die Laughing" actually referenced it. A shame as Cam Kennedy's art is always amazing - a masterclass in clear, exciting storytelling.
"The Ultimate Riddle" was a complete embarrassment - awful. Beautiful to look at though. Presumably it was included because, like Judgement & Die Laughing, it was painted. Silly and short-sighted in my view.
Pretty much agree with both those points, although CC's painted art isn't really that good.
Vendetta is probably the best of all the cross-overs in terms of art, story and getting the right feel of the characters interacting.
Die Laughing has some moments - notably Dredd in hand-to-hand combat with Death - but by and large there's not much there.
To drag this back on topic, I don't mind CC's art, but I far prefer his Thrud from
White Dwarf days. The move from curved line to jagged scratch is not a step forward in my book (see also Kevin Walker).
Regards
Robin
Updated with Richard Elson's fabbo cover, roughs and inks - yay!!!
Quote from: Robin Low on 31 August, 2009, 06:50:39 PM
The move from curved line to jagged scratch is not a step forward in my book (see also Kevin Walker).
I have no intention of going round the houses with you on this one again, Robin, but have you seen Kev's most recent work (Marvel Zombies 4, I believe) ...? I noticed that there was more shading and detail creeping into 'Mutie Block', and his latest stuff, although still recognisably Kev, is showing a much more detailed ink style:
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Just curious ...
Cheers
Jim
Y'know aspects of that rather wonderful double page (the kid crying, the waves) actually look a bit like Kev O'Neill? Bloody fantastic stuff.
Quote from: TordelBack on 05 September, 2009, 10:05:51 PM
Bloody fantastic stuff.
Our boy's wasted on this zombie nonsense ... get him back in the Prog, Green Bonce -- you know it makes sense!
Cheers
Jim
Blimey, I'd never have guessed that was Kev! It looks like we may get to see his work in the next Megazine too, according to the news bit front page of the site.
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I've just uploaded a whopping Simon Fraser Nikolai Dante post on there, featuring an uncensored version of Lulu's latest cover!
Awesome job Pete, but don't spuff your load too quick ;D Tease the updates out.
Quotedon't spuff your load too quick
That's what Mrs Pete says!
Two new updates! The first is the rest of Si Fraser's beautiful covers and the other is a mind-boggling step by step of how Neil Roberts created last month's Meg cover!
Fantastic stuff Pete! It's great to see so many artists being so generous with their work as well, cheers fellas.
This week's superb cover is up with great commentary by Mark Harrison!
ACE stuff, as always.
So good that Tharg's droids are being so cooperative and helpful, it must be nice to have their work seen in it's original form and be so obviously appreciated.
The recent run of covers, like the strips, have all been top notch.
After a hectic couple of weeks, I've been able to put Henry's cover from last week up, as well as some other Flinty goodness. Click on my signature to have a peek!
Nice one Pete. Unspoilt covers are one of my top ranking niche interests. ie One that I never get round to organising my personal effort.
Just brilliant. I am in absolute awe of the Flint droid. His work really is a product of 2000AD and I mean that in the best way possible. Long may he continue to work for 2000AD. Anyone know how he works? Does he draw on paper and then manipulate with computer or does he do the inks as well on computer?
While I'm waiting on a couple of covers, I've done a Boo Cook Halloween Special ("Boo!" Geddit!?! Sigh, I'll get me coat...)
I've had loads of fun doing it, I really love Boo's work and can't wait for his Anderson strip next year. The preview in Prog 1650 looked great!
It's at http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/). Enjoy!
Best update yet. Thanks Pete. I'm gay for Boos work.
Very interesting thread and blog. many thanks.
"I'm gay for Boos work."
A statement i've not come across in all my 48 years.
Well done Pete, another great chapter.
Hard to pick a favourite from this Droids work, but its still mainly the Anderson cover.
And that's because she's the dead spit of an ex manager of mine. A right HagBag, a nightmare to work with and ex porn "model".
Still enduces a chuckle to see her in the Judge outfit
Pete i have put much better pictures of my two Boo Cook Dredd covers on the comicartfans site if you want to take them from there rather than the ones on the 2000ad artwork site that are not in frame !.....cheers ste
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 17 October, 2009, 12:26:46 PM
Just brilliant. I am in absolute awe of the Flint droid. His work really is a product of 2000AD and I mean that in the best way possible. Long may he continue to work for 2000AD. Anyone know how he works? Does he draw on paper and then manipulate with computer or does he do the inks as well on computer?
Hey Supes, exchanged a couple of emails with Henry some months back, specifically to ask about that. Apparently he hand draws stuff (whether this is all the time or not I don't know), inking over the pencils on A3 tracing paper.
Thanks for that mygrimmbrother. Now I think of it, I've looked up Henry Flint's artwork online and it did look as if it was inked on tracing paper. Strange as I had forgotten that, yet when I did my Deadlock drawing for the Flint comp I sketched that on paper then inked it on tracing paper, something I haven't tried for years.
No probs dude. Yeah, that is weird. I quite like inking tracing paper, but often find it doesn't quite scan properly - you sometimes get a sort of glow around the lines, but that can be interesting in a way too...
Cor! Thanks to the very lovely PYE-01 who produced this wonderful image for my covers blog! Whatta guy... I mean Droid!
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That is monumentally cool!
Very good ;D
Loving it.
V
I know I'm being thick, but initially I thought this was just a Dredd shouts at Tharg, now I realise that it's Dredd shouting at Tharg for covering up Dredd's head with a massive logo.
-pj
Oh for cryin' out loud. Cheers PJ, whistled straight over my head as well.
Oh come on boys, do keep up!
I can top that. I thought it was cos Tharg had called him ace and Dredd didn't like that... no didn't make sense to me either!
In the corner Colin... no, turn around. We don't want to see your silly face!
Jim has obviously pointed out to Dredd that a rookie lettering droid has use a crossbar 'I' in some of the captions - that, and the fact that comics are illegal! ;)
Two new post done this morning - Neil Roberts' covers for Progs 1656 & 1659 with prelims and Clint Langley's cover for 1662. Hope you like 'em!
It great to see more Langley covers, i forgot how good he was, even before he went digital and i can't wait for the ABC covers to go up. So, keep them coming, Mr. Wells.
Langleys covers are lovely, but there are some things I would like to see differently- the angle of Slaine's axe, for one.
Bah- grumpy day, mutter, storytelling my arse, mumble...
I've just done a lovely Ezquerra themed blog entry. It's impossible to do the man justice!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 30 November, 2009, 11:23:39 PM
I've just done a lovely Ezquerra themed blog entry. It's impossible to do the man justice!
Now
that's thrill-power!
Thank you, Pete -- superb stuff.
Cheers
Jim
It's wonderful Pete, great stuff and a stunning cover!
Services to Thrill-Power Pete, keep this up and Tharg'll have to invent an award greater than the Krill Tro Thargo!
Agreed. Top work sir.
Well heavens to mergatrode that black and white version is exceptional. I have to say I think its a lot better than the final computer coloured picture for me. So much of the detail and some of the sense of purpose in the two judges' strides is lost a little with all the effects etc. I often hark back to days of colouring that left more of the original line work intact. Clearly there are advantages and some of the effects seen, the dust etc look a lot better but man that black and white piece works for me.
Bah, I got a message from Carlos to say that he didn't do the cover of Prog 4, oops! Might have to change that tonight...
Wonderful Pete. They look great and the black and white versions are indeed exceptional.
Absolutely Cracking Stuff. What a great blog.
I love the bit where you point out the amount of covers and fifty strip pages in a six week period.
(If you go back to fix the thing about Prog 4, could you sneak in the "By Lethal Injection" cover?)
I'm rubbish at following blogs, so keep bumping this thread - whenever I do check in, it blows me away. It's great that the artists are sending you all the inks and pencils too. When begging future art droids, just add the phrase "well Carlos Ezquerra did it...." and nobody will turn you down!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 30 November, 2009, 11:23:39 PM
I've just done a lovely Ezquerra themed blog entry. It's impossible to do the man justice!
Excellent work.
Have to say I am surprised at just how good the black and white stage of the Rico/Dredd cover is. Just outstanding.
Awesome Pete. I love yer blog!
Confirmed: For strip work; Carlos pencils, Hector then inks digitally and mails it back to Carlos for colours. Sometimes Hector will add some colour as well.
My thanks to Carlos for sharing- what a nice man.
Indeed. Hurray!
Pete's blog is definitely helping to advance the cause of Thrill-power.
Give the man a Krill Tro Thargo.
Ooooooh, I've just posted a lovely Christmas Covers Special!
Richard dolan did the Domestos ads!!!!!
And Desperaux?? Holy crud- great link Pete!
Brilliant stuff, as always. Well done.
That Ezquerra wraparound is interesting because Carlos was still on his self-imposed exile from drawing Dredd, IIRC. He wouldn't draw Dredd inside the weekly for another year, with the commencement of the Apocalypse War in #245.
That cover is an interesting halfway point between his original Dredd, and the Dredd he would draw for the Apocalypse War.
Cheers!
Jim
On a personal level, that Tharg cover was special to me as it was the first time I had seen Carlos Draw Dredd- I knew he was the creator, but didn't draw it anymore, so to me it was a big deal that he drew Dredd.
I remember standing outside the school gates with it after I'd collected my reserved copy from the newsie.
What a fine blog update. Look forward to going through those at my leisure later on.
I've just done a lovely Clint Langley ABC Warriors special featuring each in that wonderful series of 'Character Covers' he did for the Volgan War Books. I adore these covers and, as I say in the blog, they were partly the inspiration for me starting the blog in the first place.
Quick, go see!
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Great stuff, Pete.
So many of these things start strong then fizzle out after a couple of months, so well done for keeping the updates coming.
Those are spectacular. He may not always be the greatest at sequential storytelling, but nobody does a big lush splash like Langley.
Cheers guys! Hey Radiator, there's no chance of this baby fizzling out, I'm having way too much fun doing it. I've just had a few hectic weeks at work and have actually been having withdrawl symptoms from blogging!
I've got a stack of plans for the bugger - Firstly, I'm pretty certain I can get my hands on the prog cover each week so I'm fine for at least one weekly update, but I'm also thinking of doing some 'Standing on the Shoulder's Of Giants' style entries where I can showcase some of the covers of older artists like Bolland, Dillon, Ron Smith and Bisley who are less likely to be providing covers. Also, if I get the bottle I might try and do some creator interviews too and I've still got to get round to putting up all the top 5 'Cover of the year' covers - oops!
As ever, I'll let you all know when I update it via this thread.
Hey Pete, Here's an idea for you- As well as your regular posts grouping these images by artist, if you have a specific cover then you could also put it in a post that was dated for the week of release, then all those covers will slowly aggregate in release order as well.
A lot of work doing the initial sorting of covers that are up, but once done it could be a truly beautiful thing.
Thank you very much, Pete. Been waiting for this Langley update for a while now, they really do look magnificent.
Thanks Pete. That's magnificent.
Is this the first cover that Ro-Jaws has "starred" in on his own? It must be. What was Tharg thinking leaving it so long......
What we need now is an R.I.P. cover of previous ABC droids from Langley.
V
Langley's Morrigun would be a joy to behold, not that we're ever likely to see it.
Step by step images for this months Meg cover by Jon Davis-Hunt are up!
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Thanks Pete. That's a great look at the process. I think I prefered it in its penultimate form though.
Quote from: James S on 18 January, 2010, 12:56:19 PM
Thanks Pete. That's a great look at the process. I think I prefered it in its penultimate form though.
Me too (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/2010/01/dragon-granddaughter-of-fighting-heart.html?showComment=1263748034124#c4835523228266060659), I think the extra zing took away from the solid art and colouring.
Yeah, I was thinking that, too.
Yes, I know it's super late but I've put 2009's top 5 covers on the blog. Apologies guys!
Ta for putting them up Pete - real nice to see them al together along with the prelims.
Found Leigh's work especially interesting.
S'Updated fellas. Covers for progs 1666 and 1668 are up!
This week's Clint Langley cover added folks!
Curses, a triple post!
Nice big D'Israeli post added today fellas!
Appreciating your cover-coverage, Pete, keep it up.
(posted purely to forestall the shame of a quadruple post on one's own thread - social death!)
Now that ...
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... is a Dredd I want to see D'israeli draw.
Cheers!
Jim
Quote from: Pete Wells on 05 February, 2010, 02:00:47 PM
Curses, a triple post!
Nice big D'Israeli post added today fellas!
Great work!! I like these big overview posts as it can bring a lot of gems back from the vaults.
Is it a deliberate typo in the title though?
Not just one typo in that three word title but two! Sodding hell, cheers Emperor, they've mysteriously disappeared now...
Quote from: Pete Wells on 06 February, 2010, 07:58:52 PM
Not just one typo in that three word title but two! Sodding hell, cheers Emperor, they've mysteriously disappeared now...
Ah I missed the second one. Luckily they are both preserved in the URL!! :lol:
Aw drokk it, Emperor! It took me ages to write that entry too!
Anyway, this week's beautiful Cliff Robinson cover is up, as well as PJ's pencils and inks from that splash page! It's worth reading just for Cliff's amusing draining board notes...
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That D'Israeli post was stonkingly good, Pete. The Megazine could use your talents!
And/or the right man for putting together a coffee table book of covers...
Quote from: Pete Wells on 06 February, 2010, 10:16:31 PM
Aw drokk it, Emperor! It took me ages to write that entry too!
I'm sure no one will notice ;)
You'll be in trouble Emp if Steev finds out you've got the title wrong....
Quote from: Mike Gloady on 07 February, 2010, 01:50:56 AMYou'll be in trouble Emp if Steev finds out you've got the title wrong....
What title?
Quote from: Pete Wells on 06 February, 2010, 07:58:52 PM
Not just one typo in that three word title but two! Sodding hell, cheers Emperor, they've mysteriously disappeared now...
You're going to hate me for pointing this out but isn't there an 'h' in 'draughtsman'?
Holy shit, I can't believe it! Three spelling mistakes in three words! I'm a teacher too, no the wonder the country's in the mess it's in...
Quote from: Pete Wells on 08 February, 2010, 07:24:19 AM
Holy shit, I can't believe it! Three spelling mistakes in three words! I'm a teacher too, no the wonder the country's in the mess it's in...
The trouble is I know I top that on a regular basis!
why you put it on blogspot and not on your own web host? I wonder how much time you spend to all that stuff.
What? No mention of Twilight this time, Des?
LIFE! OH LIFE! OOOH LII-II-IIFE! OH LIFE!
DO DO DO DOO!
I take it most of you have seen this over at Cliff Robinson's blog, but just in case you haven't:
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Moley Cremoley, Shark. That's just frikken arsom!
I wonder who could possibly have commissioned that...
Ah.
Yeah, there's a fairly sizeable clue there. Surprised I missed it first time. Idiot.
Aw Mike, it's my pride and joy that Cliff Robinson commission. It's framed above my computer and gawd damned massive!
When I'm not so chuffing skint (I'm looking at you, drokking nursery fees), I'm going to get three more, Mortis, Fear and Fire. Each one battling Dredd at Pete Wells Block.
I'd recommend a commission from Cliff any day, he's not the fastest, but the results are more than worth it
Quote from: Pete Wells on 11 February, 2010, 09:41:59 AM
Aw Mike, it's my pride and joy that Cliff Robinson commission. It's framed above my computer and gawd damned massive!
When I'm not so chuffing skint (I'm looking at you, drokking nursery fees), I'm going to get three more, Mortis, Fear and Fire. Each one battling Dredd at Pete Wells Block.
I'd recommend a commission from Cliff any day, he's not the fastest, but the results are more than worth it
I've got myself down for a Cliff Robinson commission for my 40th next year and I really can't wait for the results, he's one of my favourite Dredd artists of all time.
Just caught up on the covers blog Pete. The D'Israeli post is triffic. Has anyone ever approached Mr.Brooker for a commission? I'm flat broke at the moment but if I keep putting in the hours...
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Richard Elson's lovely cover with roughs etc. on my blog!
As for a D'Israeli commission Kerrin, I'm right with you there! Skint but gagging!
Just look at that:
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As I'll have to wait until D'Israeli updates his blog before I can out this week's cover on mine I've written an entry on commissions and cover re-creations. This was a wonderful excuse to show off some of mine, Steve Millar and Mark Willis' luvvery commissions!
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Awesome update Pete. Keep it up :)
You have done a cracking job Pete !! i will send you the other prelims Cliff sent me later this week.
Luvverly Jon Davis-Hunt Meg cover is up guys!
I've got lots more goodies this week too!
Another class post Pete. I'm really impressed with how Jon's figurative drawing has come on leaps and bounds in what seems to be a pretty short time. Must catch up on the Meg.
Cheers Kerrin, got to agree about Jon, his work is great isn't it? Thanks for commenting sir!
This/last week's wonderful Ichabod Azrael cover with roughs, inks and more have have just gone up! Really lovely stuff!
You're not wrong about that cartoon Johnny Alpha are you its a great design. Been looking forward to this one as I adored that cover and it holds up well in all its forms.
Cheers Colin!
As a topical Easter treat, I've put an exclusive breakdown of how D'Israeli made the 2009 Cover of the Year!
Happy Easter folks!
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I've popped the Futurequake Press stuff up today (cheers Bolt!) and hope to have some Langley, Hicklenton, Davis and Fraser goodies for you next week!
And mighty fine they look too!
Cheers
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This week's great Ben Wilsher cover is up with roughs and line art. The line art is further proof that we need a 2000AD colouring book!
What a great Judge Dredd that is. Superb. :o
At last, an update! Sorry the blog's been a little light on the update side, I couldn't get Siku (though I got his cover today) and Si Fraser is says all his forthcoming Dante covers are spoilertastic so he'll send 'em when this arc is done.
Look out for a Siku entry later in the week (no naughty comments Logan!) and an Ormstron one later still...
Today though, Zombo!
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Great cover,i was tempted to get in contact with Henry and see if it was for sale,then i checked my bank balance !!! never mind !
Crikey, after an excruciating couple of weeks, FOUR artists sent me their covers in two days this week! They're like buses these 2000AD droids!
So, I've done Siku today, I'll got some WONDERFUL Simon Fraser entries for tomorrow (hold onto your hat Gloady!) and some AMAZING Cliff Robinson treats lined up for Sunday!
Right, now to hassle Neil Roberts' for today's Savage cover...
Courtesy of the wonderful Si Fraser, I've just put up a GREAT Nikolai Dante special featuring all FOUR of the two Dante covers from Heroes be Damned along with sketches, colour tests, inks and behind the scenes shenanigans.
It's posts like this that made me want to to the blog in the first place!
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Brilliant blog as ever, great stuff from the obscenely talented Fraser Droid. Thanks for that.
And it's always saddened me that Fraser's not done enough covers for his creation (although it DOES usually mean we get to see an artist other than him and Burns draw the characters).
OH WOW. FRASEROVERLOAD.
Catching up! I've done a bit of a Lawgiver special to celebrate Cliff's stunning cover of Prog 1684...
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You have been a busy boy, haven't you Pete! Nice stuff :D
These B/W scans are ideal for printing and getting the young one to colour in.
V
Another sweeet covers post. Consider me and my trusty RSS feeder SUBSCRIBED :D
Nice work! That Cliff Robinson Dredd is sexeh.
Thanks for the kind words guys, you're onto something there vzzbux, there's loads of images on the blog that could be used for the colouring book we all so desperately want!
I've been super busy of late ( did anyone actually notice I've hardly had time to post on the board? Thought not!) but the blog has hit a few milestones of late.
Firstly, over 10,000 views of this thread (amittedly about 9,000 will have been me!)
Secondly, I actually got round to installing a really good hit counter (statcounter.com) and it shows the blog gets nearly 4000 hits a month. That's really impressive considering it was so light on updates last month. Of the hits it gets, Clint Langley is by far the most googled artist with searches from all over Europe and beyond.
Thirdly, and most excitingly for me, the holy grail of 2000AD blogs D'blog of D'Israeli had a feature about the site, woohoo!
Keep watching it fellas, it's just gonna get better!
As if a new Cellar of Dredd post wasn't enough for you guys today, I've updated the covers blog with some Simon Davis goodness, hoorah!
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Quote from: Pete Wells...a really good hit counter (statcounter.com)
Great work!
Also, Statcounter is good, but you may want to give Google Analytics a try as it's much more thorough.
M@
Cheers Banners, I missed that!
Okay, Steve Yeowell's cover along with roughs, inks etc. is on the blog. I've also tried to do a bit of a Red Seas recap to help struggling readers a bit! It's kinda clumsy but I hope it makes sense... Go there now!!!
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I obey :o
Hey folks, a beautiful Ben Willsher blog post today. Prog and meg covers with commentary, woohoo!
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Click the link below!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 22 June, 2010, 09:27:57 AM
Hey folks, a beautiful Ben Willsher blog post today. Prog and meg covers with commentary, woohoo!
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Click the link below!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
I had to stop myself jumping on your back and humping it then!
This is my favourite cover in a long time and by my favourite cover artist! Plus it was an added bonus that prog just happened to be IMMENSELY awesome :D
Excellent blog post. I used to love those kinds of features in the 2000AD annuals so I'm really enjoying the commentaries and and development of rougs to final artwork. Fascinating.
Good one again, that certainly helped get my suitably excited for the story.
Quote from: Stuzzle on 22 June, 2010, 01:02:37 PMI had to stop myself jumping on your back and humping it then!
Why stop yourself?
Cheers guys, I'm glad your suitability is excited Emp! And Stuzzle, hump away lad but clean up after yerself eh?
Yayyy. More colouring fun for the children.
V
Quote from: Pete Wells on 22 June, 2010, 08:13:26 PM
Cheers guys, I'm glad your suitability is excited Emp!
You will be!!
Not one but TWO new entries today folks! There's this week's Clint Langley cover (shown in my lovely new avatar!) as well as lovely Neil "The Dressing Gown" Roberts' Savage from a few weeks back (which Neil kindly let me steal from his own superb blog.)
Chief Judge Dredd is coming later in the week then I'm all up to date!
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Lets get Clint away from Slaine and the ABC's for a while and put him on Dredd.
V
Interesting Repeat Offenders link - it has been awfully quiet on that front and they have Dinosty (can we assume it is creator-owned?) and a very Slainey series War Dog (call the Mayor!!). However, probably the topic for another thread, except the calling the Mayor bit, which should be done right away.
I do love Clints drawn work. Let's hope he has got the taste for it back and we can see some classic Langley drawn and inked art back between the covers.
Fakkin hell, sorry it's been so long guys, it's the busiest time of year for me so unfortunately my beloved blog has suffered! I've literally had no time for myself in four weeks, stoopid real life getting in the way of my covers, grrrrr!
Fear not though, today I finally present the cover of Prog 1690 by the wonderful Greg Staples as well as a handy guide to Chief Judges been and gone. When I started writing the blog entry I didn't even know the outcome of Tour of Duty!
I promise to be up to date by the end of the week!
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Thank's for all the covers, I love this blog! Especially the step by step parts.
That last post is fantastic, Pete - well done! Mongoose should take note.
Hmmm - this mary ann robot isn't even remotely convincing. Fuck off, spam-spreader. (apologies if it's already been removed and my post makes no sense whatsoever)
Moderator Edit: spam message removed
Thanks for the kind words guys - grrrr, my beloved covers thread spammed! My poor heartses!
Great stuff there Pete!
This week's Stronty cover is up guys!
Roughs, inks, flat colour and the zarjaz finished article by the wonderful Jon Davis-Hunt, whaddaguy!
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A wonderfully frank entry for the blog today guys with Mark Harrison being very harsh on himself!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 24 July, 2010, 01:48:46 PM
A wonderfully frank entry for the blog today guys with Mark Harrison being very harsh on himself!
I have to say, I think he's right about the two-character version being a
much stronger image.
Cheers!
Jim
Another entry today my lovelies! I've had this cover since before HI-EX and have been desperate to show it off!
Hope you like it fellas...
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And you didn't tell us attendees about this, WHY! ;)
Because it would have gotten a slating...
I genuinely think it's a great cover. I love the city, love the Dredd, adore the colours and think the creepy eyes finish the job fantastically.
And CF, I did show everyone but you were in your room 'entertaining' John Higgins! :lol:
Quote from: Pete Wells on 26 July, 2010, 07:04:02 PMAnd CF, I did show everyone but you were in your room 'entertaining' John Higgins! :lol:
I'm sure I've heard the phrase "What happened at Hi-Ex stays at Hi-Ex". Is that what this is about? :D
Drokking Hell! I have been given exclusive permission to unveil lots of goodies for prog 1700 on my blog!!! I am absolutely thrilled! I even get to unveil the new logo!
More exciting than that though is an AMAZONG suprise for me on the cover. I am the happiest man alive!
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Errrr wow!
The trouble is I'm only getting half the images cos of some silly work filter. Still it'll be fun to see um at home later.
Like the new logo always think of the 'two-tone' logo as my logo.
Interesting line-up too.
Good job sir
Tharg's certainly getting his moneys worth out of that logo....
It's been the main logo (with a few minor tweaks) for about twenty years!
Didn't like it two decades ago, don't like it now.
Oh... and whats with the wonky wheel on the lawmaster on this issues cover?
I was just about to say, isn't that the old logo revisited? It's never been one of my favourites, but I suppose it does the job for "brand recognition".
I can't actually read Tharg's display on that image, but congratulations on your 15 minutes of fame! It's a cracking cover, and I love those Tharg portraits.
Congrats Pete, quite a scoop and well-deserved! Like the newish logo (always loved the rectangular one), fits well with what's been shown to be a very versatile and effective cover design. Love those new Thargs!
And John Hunt Davis, feck me, the past couple of years have been like watching a massive new talent grow into their art. Every single image he produces is better than the last.
Hello
In my opinion the best logo by far was the original one and all the others since then especially in the last ten or so years have been pants. To me they don't jump out at you like a title should.
All hail the new Droid that is Pete Wells. I want to see this Droid in Droid Life, sat in a corner working on his computer ;)
Ha! That would be great!
I've just edited the post to show the new designs for the Nerve Centre and Input Page. Note the names on the letters page - no sign of the Mighty Proudfoot or Watson but a there's a couple of board regulars!
I should point out the text on the letters page is from an old Input a few weeks ago - it's not new, just a placeholder so I could make sure i left enough room in the design! Likewise on the Nerve Centre. Defoe for example, is not set in the old west...
Good good. I know Mr Goggins is a prolific correspondent but the same letter twice in a landmark issue would be good going :)
Wow - that's great! Really love the new logo. Just wish they'd leave off the duplicate wording alongside it...(!)
M@
One of those Thargs appears to be shooting web fluid at me. It's giving me Chatroulette flashbacks.
Quote from: James Stacey on 27 July, 2010, 04:36:08 PM
Good good. I know Mr Goggins is a prolific correspondent but the same letter twice in a landmark issue would be good going :)
I nearlt spluttered my tea when I saw that the hack Commando Forces garnered a mention on the letters page. Happily it was a mock up and his flash in the pan was confirmed.
Oh and two letters on one issue? Not unheard of you know, but obviously not the same letter...
Quote from: pye-01 on 27 July, 2010, 04:23:35 PM
I should point out the text on the letters page is from an old Input a few weeks ago - it's not new, just a placeholder so I could make sure i left enough room in the design! Likewise on the Nerve Centre. Defoe for example, is not set in the old west...
I knew that Pie, I just wanted to win Buttonman up!
Well that is a lot to take in - I'll have to wait to see your name as it isn't clear on the picture and I am worried you might have blown a gasket due to all the Thrills. Well done, though on the big scoop - we need more of this!!
Home now and deary me that cover is just wonderful. Love me a good Tharg cover and that one is quite the beaut!
Quote from: Buttonman on 27 July, 2010, 05:16:17 PM
I nearlt spluttered my tea when I saw that the hack Commando Forces garnered a mention on the letters page. Happily it was a mock up and his flash in the pan was confirmed.
I shall have to have a look at this updated version, especially as it has shocked Buttonman so much. Did I ever mention the fact that I had a letter published in one of the DC Dredd's, I thank you ;)
EDIT...
That looks perfect to me :D
Lovely Jon Davis-Hunt sent me a High Res version of the cover but I'm not allowed to show it yet. However, as you can see, Tharg's holo-screen says:
Operator: Tharg
Shift Mnager: Pete Wells
Woohoo, my life is complete! I'm so happy!
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I was looking at that area but could get it clear enough to read, well done Pete. So how many copies will you be buying of this issue and will you be after the original art ;)
Well done on achieving immortality, Pete!
Keep up the good work :)
Theres a good cover. I know Ive griped about JDHs art in the past, but that there is great - had to look a couple of times thinking it was a Cliff Robinson un.
Cool! All the new logo and design work looks great!
Never been a Davis Hunt fan but that cover is mind-blowingly good, and I am now excity for Age of the Wolf.
Now we all got to wonder what a shift with Tharg actually involves?
That is fantastic and well deserved.
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 28 July, 2010, 08:26:14 AM
Now we all got to wonder what a shift with Tharg actually involves?
That is fantastic and well deserved.
Fetching him polystyrene cups, mopping up spilt thrills, etc. dangerous work indeed for the We115* droid.
* That means he is 38.33 times better than Grant Morrison's We3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We3)
More of a shine n' polish than a redesign, but i think its great!
And that JDH cover is stunning! Definately a droid to watch out for :)
I thought that was a Cliff Robinson piece. Well Done JDH.
Just put Simon Davis' superb Damnation Station alien cover of prog 1692 up.
This brings me right up to date. The blog has been going since July last year and has featured every cover since. I'm proud of my little tubby self!
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 29 July, 2010, 01:28:24 PM
I thought that was a Cliff Robinson piece. Well Done JDH.
That's amazing. Lovely stuff. I look forward to having it in my mitts.
Simon Davis is exposed as a dirty Volg collaborator on my blog today, disgusting!
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Glory to the Volg!
Er, I meant disgraceful.
Lovely looking artwork though. :)
Just popped a crackers cover on my blog after finding this Bill Sienkiewicz gem on Comic Art Fans. I just love the description of it, it's nuts...
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Quote from: Woolly on 29 July, 2010, 12:03:28 PM
More of a shine n' polish than a redesign, but i think its great!
And that JDH cover is stunning! Definately a droid to watch out for :)
I've been lucky enough to see the artwork for the first part of his upcoming "Age of the Wolf" strip. Fair do's to the guy, he's a bit frigging good!
Can see him getting a lot more 2000AD off the back of this.
Bloody good find. I love thos old titan collection Sienkiewicz covers. Always wanted to see how he'd handle a full strip, I'd love to see him portray Mega City One and its inhabitants. Never happen but a man can dream.
Battery powered Dredd front cover art! I ****in' love it!
Thanks to Bolt, the latest Zarjaz and Dogbreath covers are up...
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Pete- It is the Quaequam blog, not the Quantum, mate :)
And thanks for the kind words.
Bah, a rookie error there! You've got mail too Bolt!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 11 August, 2010, 10:26:39 PM
Thanks to Bolt, the latest Zarjaz and Dogbreath covers are up...
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Good stuff!!
Ooooh, thanks for telling me about the alternative version Emp, I've edited the blog entry to show it. And how much of an clot am I not realising that James was our wonderful Jimbo? D'oh!
Gosh! There aren't many pleasures in life that compare to seeing my meagre scribblings among the illustrious company of the 2000AD covers blog. Thanks Pete! This must be how you felt when the Davis-Hunt droid slipped your name into that Tharg cover!
Boo's sketches, inks and finished version of tomorrows cover are on the blog as well as his superb reference photos!
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Boo Cook does make for a beautful woman!
Great blog Pete. Well and truly on my favourites list! :D
Hooray! At last, Prog 1700's cover with LOADS of info by the wonderful Jon Davis-Hunt is on the blog of blogs! Did I mention my name was on it?
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Brilliant! Jon is going from strength to strength. I wasn't a fan to start with but I'll gladly admit to being a convert now. His figurative work has come on in leaps and bounds.
Your blog is becoming a serious Tooth resource Pete. Excellent work mate. You are a spawney get for having your name on the cover though.
Cracking entry to the 2000AD covers blog this week folks. Mark Harrison discusses the cinematic influences that pepper this week's amazing prog cover and has one or two controversial things to say!
I love it when he does a cover, he always sends me a tonne of stuff and it's always fascinating!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 September, 2010, 01:03:35 AM
Cracking entry to the 2000AD covers blog this week folks. Mark Harrison discusses the cinematic influences that pepper this week's amazing prog cover and has one or two controversial things to say!
I love it when he does a cover, he always sends me a tonne of stuff and it's always fascinating!
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Lovely stuff. Keep 'em coming
This week's fantastic cover is up!
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I think I prefer any of the versions before that horrible layer of snow is added
Wells. Just realized I'm forever skulking about on your blog but had never thanked you for it. It's tremendous and really eye opening. Obviously a work of love but also incredible professionalism. So thanks. You're a star in my book.
Hey, that's lovely Ignatz! Thank you very much.
It's totally a labour of love and I get such a huge thrill from being able to contact some of my absolute heroes (I get an even bigger one when they contact me, which happens on occasion!) plus, I often get to see prog covers well in advance which makes me feel like King of the Geeks!
I'm proud to say I haven't missed a cover since it started too, that's testament to some really generous and lovely artists and Simon Parr at Rebellion whom supplies me with the few I can't track down. All hail the mighty Tharg!
Mark Harrison and Jon Davis Hunt are two of my fave artist for 2000AD
Those covers confirm it's the greatest comic in the known galaxy! :D
Yes, loving it. How far back do you go?*
*does that sound wrong?
A few inches Olde, then it starts to hurt a bit...
This week's cover is up. I always feel a bit bad putting Leigh's covers up and try not to post too much WIP stuff as he does such an entertaining job on his own blog. So please be sure to check his out the official version at http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com/ (http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com/).
And of course, mine at http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
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And the motto to the story: Trust in Tharg.
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has Commando Forces taken up modeling? Guess the world needs ugly models too!
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And to think I voted you tops in the art thread, mods please cancel that post ;)
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 29 September, 2010, 10:00:56 PM
And to think I voted you tops in the art thread, mods please cancel that post ;)
Tis done.
Maybe it's my lack of drawing ability, or just my dodgy eyesight but I can't see much difference between the two covers that Leigh did.
He added lots of outlines to define the image a bit more. He shows you the lines he added on his blog post, I just didn't want to steal all his images!
Proud to be able to post Kevlev's brilliant cover for Carlos' comic on my blog. I need his work in my prog!
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The campaign starts here (again) - !
That squirrel is ecstatically glorious
Excellent work all.
Hooray!!!! At last an update and it's brill! It's Neil Roberts' brilliantly garish Dirty Frank cover from last week's prog. There's some outstanding reference photos which will have the Judge Minty guys kicking themselves - perhaps they should have got Neil and not Greg to play Dredd in their film!
Enjoy!
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Oh, I'll get this weeks' Si Davis cover up when Simon Parr gets back from New York, the lucky sod!
Top posting Pete! Those reference shots are brilliant.
I like that. The gun is closer to what is in the actual story too. The one they went with just looks like a (grantedly beautifully rendered) present day semi-automatic. Mind you this and the strip version appears to be a revolver, but, that little bit different.
I may not be able to enjoy the prog, there been collected for me back home though, at the moment, but at least that hasn't stopped me loving the covers. Fantastic work, Pete.
This week's Dante cover is up!
SB Davis' previous two covers are up and they is beautiful! Thanks, as ever, to Simon Parr.
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Nice buncha Meg covers on my blog today folks, enjoy...
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Last week's Defoe cover is finally up thanks to Bluemeanie!
A busy weekend for the blog, Clint Langley's Slane Wraparound is on there today and it look's so much more vibrant than my paper copy!
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That's excellent - I do like Langley's Cyth.
I popped Edmund Bagwell's Dredd cover on the blog the other day and also sent me lots of reference pics from the Cradlegrave Hoodies cover which is a modern day classic!
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Tomorrows cover is up on my blog as well as some cracking cartoon work from Karl Richardson (what's that, you want to see a Mexican riding a T-Rex? Then go to the blog right now!) I really do love his work.
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Oooooooh, a BRILLIANT D'Israeli cover for tomorrow's prog is up!
Matt was kind enough to send me all his brilliant commentary and his step by step images. What a lovely, lovely guy.
Go see it now!!!
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http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
As I said over on the blog - I'd have loved to see what he'd have made of the strip as well, no disrespect to Brendan McCarthy of course.
I LOVE Matt's work! He is a god. Brilliant Commentary.
BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKER!!!
If it was socially acceptable I'd get a tattoo of him drawing on my face.
Phenomenal step-by-step from the maestro. Cheers Pete!
Cheers fellas, the pleasure was all mine. The email from D'Israeli popped in my inbox on Tuesday and I squealed like a girl! I've been doing the blog now for a year and a half and I'm still as excited (and suprised) when I get sent a cover as I was when I got my first one from Clint Langley.
I just love my little blog!
We love it too Mr Wells - !
CFM, is right, Pete.
What's the etiquette for COVER OF THE YEAR?
Is is time to start thinking about that yet?
Yeah this cover makes me think about that as well.
The etiquette is to shout D'ISRAELI as loud and as long as your lungs can sustain it
Quote from: KevLev on 30 November, 2010, 02:59:10 PM
What's the etiquette for COVER OF THE YEAR?
Is is time to start thinking about that yet?
Ooops, sorry Kev, just noticed this! We have two more covers to come - A Clint Langley Slaine tomorrow and the end of year special by Si Fraser. I reckon as soon as the cover for Prog 2011 I'll set up a vote.
Oooooh, exciting!
END OF THE YEAR SPECIAL BY SIMON FRASER.
Say no more - I'm done.
Quote from: CrazyFoxMachine on 03 December, 2010, 10:53:34 AM
END OF THE YEAR SPECIAL BY SIMON FRASER.
Say no more - I'm done.
oboyoboyoboy
Quote from: Pete Wells on 03 December, 2010, 10:52:43 AMas soon as the cover for Prog 2011.
Okey dokey - seems obvious now, but last year someone jumped the gun and there was a sort of preemptive speculation build-up thread.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 03 December, 2010, 10:52:43 AM
and the end of year special by Si Fraser
...and I thought I already knew what my choices were going to be, exciting indeed Mr. Wells!
Ooh, I'll do a dead posh thread, split into months, with a decent sized image of each cover minus logos and the like.
Cor, exciting!
Clint Langley's Rollerball inspired cover is up as well as some of his collaborations with Nick Percival and John Hicklenton. Go see!
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Hooray!!!! Prog 2011 cover is up with sketches and stuff. S'lovely!
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That cover really is quite wonderful. Okay I could say I prefer the rough more formal Tharg pose but I'd be splitting hairs that is truly fantastic cover. Love it.
Thanks for that Pete
That's a glorious cover. The thing about Si Fraser - beyond being a fantastic draughstman - is that his stuff is always so well designed
He draws some of the most amazing, panoramic city-scapes I've ever seen. I'd love to live in one them. :)
Is that the Christmas cover??
I thought it'd be more... well..... Christmassy.
Just a thought.
Not really a fan of the logoboard - but the city scape and Tharg and the sky look amazing - and basically FRASERTACULAR. Like this whole year. I name this Fraseryear.
Tales from the Emerald Isle cover is on my blog with great commentary by Al Nolan!
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PJ's Meg cover plus some cracking design work on my blog today folks!
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Lovely stuff on your blog from PJ, Pete.
Bit of a Will Eisner vibe going on there – which is always a good thing in my book.
As Pete is slacking:
Shakara! (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/2011/01/clint-langley-shakara.html)
I was more than pleasantly surprised to see it was actually Clint Langley on the cover. I pined to see him do some sequential in the same light.
Hey fellas, today's cracking cover by runner up erm...winner of the Cover of the Year vote Jon Davis-Hunt is up on my blog. Enjoy!
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I've finally had a chance to put the correct winners of the cover vote on my blog, along with quotes and grovelling apologies!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
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SB Davis' rather spiffing Ampney Crucis cover is on my blog.
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Aaaand this week's cover by Karl Richardson is up. Devil's Island!
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Have to say that sounds like a very cool Dredd as well. Looking forward to this one, now come on you Sheffield posties don't let this nerd down.
This week's cover is up fellas!
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Bit of an early treat for you fellas, this weeks' particularly grumpy cover by the always cool Nick Percival.
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Cracking prelims and stuff from (closet Meatloaf fan) Neil Roberts today.
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Ha! Great stuff. I'd be a bit miffed if I was Neil Roberts too. As I commented on that week's prog review, some-one was having a giraffe with that tag-line. ;)
Hold onto your cowboy hats folks, a truly stunning cover by Liam Sharp complete with sketches and ABC Warriors Star Scans is on the blog...
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Hi Pete,this just arrived today from Dean Ormston,really pleased ! not bought anything in a while !!!
"Ooooh, cracking Steve!" said Pete, unable to hid the seething jealousy in his voice!
Anyway, ye shits, who like to see a simple, run of the mill cover of an alien driving an entire planet into a massive space armada by Henry Flint? Roughs, inks and an ALTERNATIVE to the printed cover on my blog... Turn your thrill buffers to maximum folks!
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Heavens to mergatrode. Away on a parent run this weekend so haven't sen my prog. Man oh man having seen that you can believe howmuch I want to get home now to see that in the Flesh (damn last week there'd have been a pun there!)
HEAVENLY CRIKES!
FLINT IS KING
Cliff's smash(!)ing cover for last week is up, look out for a Shakara special in the week!
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Lovely stuff. A 2000AD legend.
Love the detail Cliff puts into his work; he's definitely up there with Bolland.
He can do no wrong at the moment , that Cliff. The story is a pleasure due to his artwork. The guy is on fire.
please tell me this weeks prog is gonna be covered (pardon the pun)
QuotePlease tell me this weeks prog is gonna be covered (pardon the pun)
Naturally Rich! I've got the artwork and the prelim but I want to do a Shakara special with
all the covers - I've got all but two so I'm just waiting on Simon Parr to send me the missing ones.
FINALLY, a chance to upday my blog, watch out for three more updates this week!
Firstly though... SHAKARA!!! A Shakara special on my blog featuring cover sketches, inks, final versions of all Shakara covers. There's also designs and other behind the scenes stuff in there. Enjoy!
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Brilliant stuff mate. Been waiting to read this one
Cheers Rich, sorry it took so long to put up.
Normal service should be resumed this week!
Brendan McArthy.... nice :o
Thanks, Pete. Great work.
Cheers guys! Wazzat? You want to see Jon Davis-Hunt's freaking brilliant cover for this week's prog? With step by step commentary? Oh go on then...
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Very nice front cover pic for Dandridge. :D
This year has had some brilliant front covers so far. Hard to choose what's my favourite amongst them all. ;)
James McKay's super duper cover with sketches and more are on the blog of blogs!
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Hurray! Stevie Owl's cover for Prog 1728 is up which brings me bang up to date - phew!
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Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague's fabbo Nikolai Dante cover is on my blog, as well as a few blasts from the past from Dylan!
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Here's a little bonus for you fellas, the French version of the Case Files
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Check it out at the link below!
That's something special!
A rather different design gun than we're used to seeing!
...that is a very interesting boot. Clearly referenced from... I think - Staples? Didn't he do a big strappy boot like that once?
Nah CrazyFox, big strappy boots is Bisley, especially with that armour bit on...
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This week's cover by the brilliant Tiernen Travellion is on the blog of blogs!
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Liam Sharp's cover, with added muties on my covers blog!
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Smashing. That female mutie's got me all confused, like.
"Hubba, hubba, woah! Bleurgh!"
This week's Anderson cover with rather lovely step by step is on the blog of delight!
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Love that cover and its going to make a strong bunt for cover of the year I suspect when the time comes. If not we've got a blinding 6 months ahead for covers!
Nice to get introduced to someone new so have enjoyed having a quick nosey at his webpage, thanks for the link in there Pete. Great blog entry as ever. I don't say that often enough by the way.
Aw, thanks Colin! It's a labour of love but it's great when folk are nice!
Hmm. Nice and atmospheric. And a mean chunky looking cannon!*
*Lawgiver Mark 0? -1? ;)
Very strong cover that, very strong indeed!
Thanks Pete for getting and posting the step by step on it. Fascinating to see the process at work.
Great work from Garry Brown on that Anderson cover.
I look forward to seeing more of his work in the future-he's got a lovely Jock vibe going there.
There's some of his Dredd work here, including a forthcoming cover: http://thisismyboomstick.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=Dredd (http://thisismyboomstick.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=Dredd)
problematic.
That dredd n squid - why has dredd got a muscular torso in a crunch position and then fat thighs? Why half the lines all over the joint? What exactly are those to lines running down from Joe's crotch?
Like the squid and 1 & 1/2 arms tho.
I was going to post that on the DeviantArt thread - I started following that guy last year - ! What a curious coincidence.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 15 May, 2011, 12:05:40 PM
There's some of his Dredd work here, including a forthcoming cover: http://thisismyboomstick.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=Dredd (http://thisismyboomstick.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=Dredd)
And spec covers he has been sending to Tharg, which is interesting as you don't often hear about that.
A little Steve Cook flavoured bonus for y'all this week. Warning, may lead to perving!
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I remember that lovely cover.
Interesting to see the elements involved. (I kinda thought they dressed her up, so seeing they added the uniform and hat in post-production is impressive.)
This week's is up featuring a great new style from Si Fraser:
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Just got this issue. The cover colouring is luvverly.
Great blog, cant believe I havent checked it out til now.
Welcome Judge Fett! Now that you have discovered the blog you will find yourself having to fend the ladies off with a shitty stick! S'true!
Ooooh, not a 2000AD cover but the cover of the current Wasted magazine by fine boarder Gibson Quarter is on the blog with all kinds of step by step goodness...
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This weeks' cover is up, what-do-ya-mean it looks like Riverdance or the kids from Fame?
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Alex and Nigel's zarjaz erm... Zarjaz covers are on my blog. Honestly, if that Alex Ronald cover was on the prog it'd get my vote for cover of the year, it's brilliant.
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Dang!
Some amazing covers!
Old droids don't die, they just get better.
That looks amazing, great work Alex.
Keep up the good work, Pete.
Git big Sean Phillips article today, LOADS of images including one of my all time fave covers...
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Oh WOW! A great update to the blog folks, Cliff Robinson certainly has a unique way of working AND there's a few different takes on the (brilliant) cover:
Check it out http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
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There's this saying that you produce your most creative between a certain age in your life between 18-30. Cliff Robinson proves, time and again this is not and should never be the case. Every time he betters his last creation.(Not wanting to be ageist, so hoping this isn't seen as such.)
Really great update. Thanks, Pete.
Late to the party again, superb updates, keep em comin!
TT's cover for this week's prog up, find out just why Grennie is so grumpy...
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Prog 1740 is up and looking lovely!
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Best Tharg image yet:
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Is Terence Stamp Tharg in disguise?
Stunning year for covers so far, I'm pleased to say!
This week's cover's s'up, along with sketches, inks a rejected colour scheme and the rejected spec covers we saw a while back.
So, which colour scheme did you like best - original or edited?
Original = (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nKzbcNPpEbk/TWeIeGGqBSI/AAAAAAAACOo/WE5F0uFSCfY/s400/judge_dredd_cover_by_thisismyboomstick-d39elq2.jpg) Edited = (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jkAk7o1hVcg/TWeId9VB02I/AAAAAAAACOg/yS-DiuBH2gg/s400/judge_dredd_cover___revised_by_thisismyboomstick-d3a2r8g.jpg)
Linky = http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
That was definitely a wise bit of editing - the purple one is vile! I like the ashed out glare effect they've achieved on the edited version.
I wonder if the dark foreground of the first combined with the colour scheme of the edited version might have worked better, but otherwise, the edited version is a million times better. That purple is terrible....
think the edited one is best....something about it that suggests a threat from outside the city.
Today's prog cover s'up fellas!
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nice cover .... i await your next thrill ....
This weeks' cover is up!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mWxHZ2XVNM4/Ti6COmQHuTI/AAAAAAAACxc/MQHBrdScnf8/s400/cover%2Bpencils.tif)
Nice!
Have to say I think this weeks blog is a great example of how with stuff removed a design can really come into its own. This cover is getting some mixed reviews over at the Prog thread (me I'll not say a bad word against the Mr Williams) but here stripped down I think it really comes through as a strong and striking design.
As ever great Bloggin'
Cheers Colin. I've just realised that the blog is two years old this month and I haven't missed a single cover, wahoo!!!
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Happy Birthday, Blog!
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 26 July, 2011, 04:27:52 PM
Have to say I think this weeks blog is a great example of how with stuff removed a design can really come into its own. This cover is getting some mixed reviews over at the Prog thread (me I'll not say a bad word against the Mr Williams) but here stripped down I think it really comes through as a strong and striking design.
Yeah, I meant to say I really agree with Colin here. The stripped down cover, especially the inks, really reminds me of this Kev Walker belter:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EvenuIOtyIU/Ti6CORYu68I/AAAAAAAACxU/bzi4t9dqrec/s400/cover%2Binks.tif) (http://www.2000ad.org/artwork/coverprog1299.jpg) (http://www.2000ad.org/covers/2000ad/mediumres/1299.jpg)
It's a belter!
This weeks' excellent comic blatantly stolen (with his permission) from Neil's blog. I love this, easily a contender for cover of the year...
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Henry's cover is on mine, and his, blog! Surely another contender for cover of the year?
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Glorious. I got my copy yesterday and it got a lot of respect in the coffee shop I read it in.
Outstanding art work! i say that every week, love this blog! :)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 11 August, 2011, 12:15:36 AM
Henry's cover is on mine, and his, blog! Surely another contender for cover of the year?
It's got my vote! Oh and congratulations on two years of top class bloggery.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 11 August, 2011, 12:46:32 PM
It's got my vote! Oh and congratulations on two years of top class bloggery.
Cheers DDD, I feel it's the artists that do the proper work and I do very little. HOWEVER, I've just 'aquired' a bunch of amazing retro 2000AD covers so am planning some 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' posts over the coming weeks...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/Wellsy/2000ad_148_mcmahon.jpg)
love that dredd cover :)looking for a dredd pic for my
next tattoo and think i have just found it great work!
Clint Langley's frikkin' excellent cover is on my blog. Third stunner in a row!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GI9aNBPr0bE/TkbZTfgc4AI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/J1aFhrSbZp4/s400/SUPERWOLF-white.jpg)
Mecha-tastic!
Amazing covers this year!
Great blog, Pete! :D
Its funny how even though its so distinctly Clint Langley ever time I look at it the robot beastie has such a definite Steve Yeowell design sense I catch myself thinking he did it.
I fully agree Colin.
Anyway, how does a lovely Carlos Ezquerra Special sound, to celebrate the return of the King? His new Meg cover is there alongwith ome Hi Rez favourites from the past! Enjoy!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IoHC8boDNrk/TklpzNbhJQI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/mjGxh_45I6o/s400/ink%2BKoburn.jpg)
Linky: http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 11 August, 2011, 01:02:39 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 11 August, 2011, 12:46:32 PM
It's got my vote! Oh and congratulations on two years of top class bloggery.
Cheers DDD, I feel it's the artists that do the proper work and I do very little. HOWEVER, I've just 'aquired' a bunch of amazing retro 2000AD covers so am planning some 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' posts over the coming weeks...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/Wellsy/2000ad_148_mcmahon.jpg)
Pete... do you have a hi res version of this McMahon pic???
It's one of my fave covers and I've a mind to get it enlarged for a nice blank wall in my home.
Cheers!
Hey Buddy! A fine choice my man, definitely one of my all time faves too - I've PMed ya.
Today's belter by the awesome Tiernen Trevallion is up on the blog, with a couple of alternatives.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out as a Beastie Boy may once have said.
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Great stuff as always, Pete! Eye-wateringly nice stuff going up on the blog these days.
Really loving the 'classic covers' features - amazing to see these in B&W and not-printed-on-bog-paper!
(And if you want a hi-res pic of my Warlord cover (Prog 452) give me a shout.)
If you're digging the older covers look out for a Kev O'Neill special next week and a McMahon one the week after!
Great prog cover cannot wait for prog 1750 hope its epic :)
Hey Psidude, here's the forthcoming cover for 1750, it's beautiful:
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Greg Staples himself is writing the entry for it on my blog, how cool is that?
As for this week's cover entry, it's all written, I'm just waiting on images from Garry (though you can see the full version of the cover on his Deviantart site here: http://thisismyboomstick.deviantart.com/ (http://thisismyboomstick.deviantart.com/).
I think you'll like this weeks' entry when it's up folks, there's some real classics on there...
Thanks pete that is one beautiful cover :) sould be framed and hung old school but fresh great love this blog cheers :)
Check out the lady lumps on my blog of blogs fellas and read how Simon Parr rescued this most beautiful of covers!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMlS_HxM5IU/Tm5v3hDar-I/AAAAAAAAC9M/SpZeHOlWtQQ/s400/1751%2BCOVER%2BART%2B8bit.jpg)
Love how you never get a 2000ad cover that looks the same beautiful cover :)
Tiiiiiitssssss.
V
Reminds me of Madonna.
The fallen madonna with the big boobies?
SBT
Wahooo, a brilliant step by step of D'Israeli stunnng cover for Prog 1751, with words by the great man/droid himself!
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Love the simplicity of the look of that last one in ink.
I dig!
Fantastic to see how D'Israeli put this all together.
Another great scoop, Pete. I love D'Israeli's work and getting insights into his processes like this are always a treat. A nice cover on the face of it, but these glimpses into how it came to be take it to a completely different level. He needs to do more covers! I think he's previously said he's less confident of big single images compared to his sequential art, but on the strength of the covers he's done lately he's up there with the best (and I particularly liked the Time Toilet cover...).
An artist I've tried to get hold of for a long time is Paul Marshall, which I finally did thanks to Fatboy Dale (cheers Dale!) He shares his design thoughts on this weeks chilling PJ Maybe Wanted cover over on my blogety blog!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-drMiaVCUhVs/ToIpwYPkT4I/AAAAAAAAC_U/6nSHFc0JLkY/s400/img050.jpg)
loved the retro feel of the pj maybe cover :thumbsup:
Little update on my blog...
Because it was my birthday week, I've spoilled you with TWO covers on my blog today peeps, enjoy!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tjyeqPBL_DY/TpcPSpqWJTI/AAAAAAAADAY/kHSdHkeXAjE/s400/Reference%2Bphoto.jpg)
Particularly liked the photo-ref to the lawgiver and the hands. Thanks, my man! :D
Some nice Simon Davis roughs on my blog.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A6p-KHF-vPI/Tpp4Rukw1sI/AAAAAAAADBY/zXe_dFnCiBQ/s320/DSCF2378.JPG)
Even his thumbs are bloody lovely - I'd love to own some o' that!
I updated the covers blog today with the excellent new Zarjaz cover by Staz Johnson which led me to looking at a couple of Frazetta sites. Obviously I've seen his work before but not looked at a great deal of it. I was amazed at how influential he's been to several 2000AD artists, obviously Bisley in particular. As I was going through stuff I was practically picking out Horned God/Black Hole panels!
Great link pete,outstanding cover :)
Cheers Psidude! Two updates in a day as Clint's prog cover is one there too...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-76tw3Px6APo/TrbDUGIjtNI/AAAAAAAADFc/QnT3u1oazrg/s400/DREDD-meg-cover.jpg)
Those pencils alone are incredible. Keep up the great work, Pete.
Thanks Pete (and artists!). Stunning stuff!
Cheers pete,this cover is in my top five covers of the year! iam loveing this story keep up the good work best blog on the forum! :)
Well then Psi-Dude, don't forget to vote for it in the annual 'Cover Of The Year' vote in December - an expertly put together, impeccably calculated event.
Anyway, while I contact Mr Weston for this brilliant weeks' prog cover, here's a fascinating look into the Meg cover by Mark Harrison. http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DqVZQxlgfDo/Tr5yoOGmmSI/AAAAAAAADG4/fASOqkyBY0o/s400/121WallpaperDredd.jpg)
loving that post - the variety of images on show. Your dedication and the generosity of the artists who send all the various elements - it makes the whole blog sensational. That Resyk shot is fantastic.
Cheers BBP! This weeks' prog cover by the brilliant Chris Weston is up! I frikkin' LOVE this, it's totally reminiscent of those early prog covers where people were being eaten by giant wasps and attacked by scorpions and the likes - stunning!
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Absolutely in agreement with Pete, this here is a modern classic. I'm going to be utterly smug bring this under the nose of my local spotty shop attendant.
I asked Chris about the retro vibe of the cover and he said "That was EXACTLY what I was going for. That thought genuinely crossed my mind. I just wish i could have given the little boy the following superfluous speech bubble : "Kill me, mummy, before the insects eat my guts!" Quick, someone Photoshop one on!
I would so love to but I've not got the classic Tooth cover dialogue fonts in my repertoire! (They should bring out their own T. Frame and others, line out.)
Anyway in the shop with my attendant I've just stopped short of waggling it under his gaze like a poo stick going Whuhoooh! As suspected, the cover is no tamer in the flesh. Yeah, but that speech bubble, never mind finishing "it" off, it'd finish me off. :)
My blog got it's 100,000th hit today!!!
Granted 99,997 were probably me but I'm chuffed to bits anyway!
That's a major milestone! Well done, that man! :thumbsup:
Congratulations from just up the road :D well done Pete top blog you can see your love for every thing 2000ad jumping of the screen keep up the good work :)
Holy Joe Christmas! All you aspiring artists and, well everyone else, grab a nice cuppa and check out the amazing blog entry today. D'Israeli is just too freaking cool for words!!!
As well as writing an incredibly detailed step by step, he's even thrown free textures and brushes. What an amazing, lovely guy!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JGTEDpT0Atk/Ts6ZDwbIfDI/AAAAAAAADKk/mfyDBym5kQ8/s400/Train%2BCover%2B06%2B%2528Inks%2B%2526%2BBlacks%2529.jpg)
Lots of Christmas goodness from my favourite artist of recent years over on my blog!
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Trevallion is a living god
My shortest blog entry ever.
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I have all the covers I need to do the cover of the year vote now and I already know that this is going to be my number one, I frikking love it.
He's bloody fixed it already >:(
I did press wink but my big fingers buggered it up and I couldn't alter it straight away, bollocks ::)
Wow.
that cover is red hot ;)
It's smoking
Smashing step by step for the Age Of The Wolf 2 teaser image by Jon Davis Hunt on my blog today. I fookin' LOVE the image below...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xgBvxJySz7U/TvA4q31G0WI/AAAAAAAADUM/vPUA9-PfAX8/s400/AOTW02%2BTeaser%2B02%2BBasic%2BInks.jpg)
So glad this is getting a repeat engagement. Really enjoyed a recent re-read, and the development of both creators' craft over the course of the story was delightful. I suspect a lot of us had an idea in our heads of what kind of strip this was going to be, and when the story deviated from that it was off-putting - now its true colours are established, I'm intrigued to see where the lads go with the setup, and the character.
I've only recently been re-introduced to 2000AD - can someone tell me where I can read Age Of The Wolf 1? When did it previously run on 2000AD?
Quote from: Alien Goodness on 20 December, 2011, 01:41:57 PM
I've only recently been re-introduced to 2000AD - can someone tell me where I can read Age Of The Wolf 1? When did it previously run on 2000AD?
Barney (as always) is your friend
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=wolf
Here's another Christmas treat! How do you fancy some never before seen JOCK artwork? Well, you best get over to my blog pronto!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbMKPDJUvbc/TvJIqGoqEZI/AAAAAAAADWA/HSjf4D2I4Rs/s400/idea1.jpg)
Lovely stuff that bit of Jock there. Surely theres a 'Commissioner' book due out soon collecting all this stuff? A nice commissions and rare or unseen workcollection- Id buy that for a dollar.
Quote from: James Stacey on 21 December, 2011, 02:03:05 PM
Quote from: Alien Goodness on 20 December, 2011, 01:41:57 PM
I've only recently been re-introduced to 2000AD - can someone tell me where I can read Age Of The Wolf 1? When did it previously run on 2000AD?
Barney (as always) is your friend
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=wolf
Thanks! I've only recently worked out that Barney is a website and not a forum member :-[
Racking my memories - was Barney a town hall computer in an early Dredd story? Tried to make everyone happy but it all ended in tears?...
First cover of the year is up and it's a doozy! Hard to believe Karl sent me this back in August...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O8N0MEsu838/Tvy4QUwvfFI/AAAAAAAADZc/o2dm3ZzV5kQ/s400/cover%2Bidea%2B4grey%2Bareaxpw2.jpg)
Informative blog as always Pete. I especially love seeing how they build up their works of art and the way they make minor adjustments (e.g. Birdy's body armour) to get the final picture looking just so.
Stevey Owl's Lichtenstein-tastic cover is on my blog. As someone said on the Prog thread, I'd also have loved to have seen even more of a pop art vibe on it too, but it appears that the idea came later in the cover's production (see my blog for details.) Bah, I'm still waiting for a Soviet Propaganda poster style Dante cover, come on Tharg/Si Fraser!
As well as Lichtenstein, I've also posted some other mainstream artist inspired covers. Can you think of any more?
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gTPY99wDlnc/Twg6bnlojGI/AAAAAAAADc0/z6RhCAsKJso/s400/Dante_ss_inks.jpg)
Oh dear! I've just killed Mick Austin! I put one of his covers on this weeks' post and said it was by the 'much missed' Mick Austin, meaning I miss his work from the comic. Someone called Vollisticks wrote the following comment "What, Mick Austin's dead?!? Fuck no!!! he was the cover artist of the very first 2000ad I ever bought! A Dredd head shot, think it was mid-500's, 540-odd, maybe? I should dig it out, now..."
Ooooops!
Nice one Pete :lol:
When I read the blog I took it for him not being in the prog. I blame the teachers for people not being able to understand what you implied ;)
FYI Mick Austin is now a very sought after fine artist and goes under his full name Michael J Austin. I saw some of his work at Thought Bubble when I was talking to one of the writers for the Meg. I was also reliably informed that there's an up and coming interview with him in the Meg.
Google: 'Michael J Austin Artist'
Mick Austin is a great artist, did some of my favourite 2000ad covers... and also strangely one of my least favourite too (which Pete mentions in a much more positive light in the current blog entry as it goes).
Would love it is it was possible to get some of his work for the blog (no idea if it is and sorry if you have, but don't recall it)
I loved Mick Austin's work in the Doctor Who Monthlies. He had a lovely free brush stroke style that I envied and was able to capture Peter Davidson's likeness who wasn't easy to draw. Didn't he do some covers for 'Warrior' as well? I don't remember his 2000AD work though.
Yeah his Doctor Who work was superb. He did quite a few covers
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=covers&page=artist&choice=MICKA&Comic=2000ad (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=covers&page=artist&choice=MICKA&Comic=2000ad)
(the favourites I refer to being 648 and 840 which are just glorious)
and a couple of wrap arounds for the Yearbooks
Did a good chunk of interiors too. Mainly Dredd
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=thrills&Comic=2000AD&Field=Artist&choice=micka (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=thrills&Comic=2000AD&Field=Artist&choice=micka)
There's something very 1980s about the style of Austin's comic work, not very keen myself.
Mick did some ace Star Scans too. I loved his 'Things to look forward to...' series...
(http://www.2000ad.org/covers/scans/hires/690.jpg)
God what a blast from the past loved the things to look forward to.. :)
Prog 1765 makes me think what a domestic looks like in George Michaels house :)
Mick Austin always seemed to do his best work painting ladies.
This weeks' cover (minus colours which I'm waiting on from Dylan) is up, theres some niiiiice alternative versions on this one...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gJLqkQmKxM/TxKHi0JW2DI/AAAAAAAADes/ZIf0IRm89LQ/s400/Dog%2Band%2BMcNulty.jpg)
Nice. Lovely detail as usual.
You can never have enough of Cliff Robinson goodness!
Having had another butchers at the blog I must say I think I prefer the first abandoned idea.
Minor update to this weeks' entry with Dylan's colours added.
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Dylan does a bang up colouring job but he really is wasted on just colouring others works (no offence to colourists intended, I know it's an artform in itself). I want to see his penwork in the prog more too.
Agreed. The Dredd strip he did for the megazine a year or two back was superb.
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2010/297/2/4/245879a3174ce2e76d9c0793e3927a05-d31g3xn.jpg)
His sketchbook pages alone are breathtaking. Truly exceptional.
Fekkin' BEAUTIFUL Tiernen Trevallion cover on the blog. Look at those inks, it's like somone has put O'Neill, McMahon and Jock in a blender! The man is a genius.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IYusDYVTZlM/TxrOl5eTQUI/AAAAAAAADgk/0K5_Ljab0IE/s400/ghostink.jpg)
Re prog 1767 this cover gets my vote 10 / 10 fantastic....than you Tiernen Trevallion.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 07 January, 2012, 03:21:48 PM
As well as Lichtenstein, I've also posted some other mainstream artist inspired covers. Can you think of any more?
Not a cover, but the splash page of the murdered Demi Octavo in Eurocrash is Millais's "Death of Ophelia" and I'd be surprised if that was the only reference in Simon Davis' work.
As for Mick Austin, personally I think his strip work is vastly underrated. It's certainly the best thing about Crusade. While we're at it, let's not forget the fantastic covers he did for Warrior.
(http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Warriormag15-L.jpg)
(http://thefifthbranch.com/images/oldies/warrior7austin.jpg)
Quote from: The Cosh on 21 January, 2012, 04:18:42 PM
Quote from: Pete Wells on 07 January, 2012, 03:21:48 PM
As well as Lichtenstein, I've also posted some other mainstream artist inspired covers. Can you think of any more?
Not a cover, but the splash page of the murdered Demi Octavo in Eurocrash is Millais's "Death of Ophelia" and I'd be surprised if that was the only reference in Simon Davis' work.
As for Mick Austin, personally I think his strip work is vastly underrated. It's certainly the best thing about Crusade. While we're at it, let's not forget the fantastic covers he did for Warrior.
Agree about Mick Austin's work, apparently he's interviewed in next months' Meg. As for Simon Davis, there were quite a few direct art references in the either the first or second book of Ampney Crucis, I'm sure there's a tread about it somewhere...
Saw this and figured this would be the best thread for it...
Rejected mock-up cover for Judgement on Gotham.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/woolly/gothammockupbisley.jpg)
Yeah Wooly, I've seen that before. I adore the proper Judgement on Gotham cover, this one is not a patch on it is it?
Anyways, a mod-week treat for you all, this weekend's Megazine cover. Bluemeanie and Buttonman should pay particular attention!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bgU1WV5vXos/TyGz3gROxSI/AAAAAAAADhk/nmHtg6XaZb4/s400/Dredd%2BWraparound%2BCover%2B03%2BBase%2BColours.jpg)
While I like the separate images of Batman and Dredd there, I'm not keen on the way the images are put together.
Chris Weston makes my heart happy. What a brilliant man he is. Please go and read his love letter to the second golden age of 2000AD on my covers blog.
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fq4Kf5XPfh0/Tyhf56z6alI/AAAAAAAADjQ/FtHioWAFYcw/s400/Spec%2BCover%2B01.jpg)
That's just a brilliant read, and so very true. Mr. Weston, and Mr. Wells, do us all a great service here.
Cover of the year.
"It's rather Arsom, Mister Reader!"
NO?
OK then.
V
Amazing! Great cover, great article.
I agree wholeheartedly with Weston - as much as I love the 'classic' era 2000ad roster, it's high time some of the more recent strips and creators got the credit they deserve. Nikolai Dante, Kingdom, Shakara, Absalom, Low Life, Zombo et al are as good as anything Tharg has ever published.
We love you Weston we do
We love you Weston we do
We love you Weston we do
Ooooh Weston we love you!
That Mick Austin Marvelman artwork is amazing. One of my faves.
Great Chris Weston cover and article. The comment that the Eagle cover is almost thirty years old was a gut punch.
(Oh, no crossbars on the 'I's! Lucky our friendly neighbourhood letterer isn't watching.)
Great stuff, Pete! One of the best posts in ages (and that's saying something).
:)
One of the best covers ever form WestonDroid, there. Also, reminds me of that Strontium Dog one by Colin McNeil, which is one of my top ten covers of all time (well, since 1977!) :lol:
It's a shame as well , because it's going to take a truly magnificent cover to beat this one for cover of the year. And we're only in February :o
Quote from: Pete Wells on 21 January, 2012, 03:31:55 PM
Fekkin' BEAUTIFUL Tiernen Trevallion cover on the blog. Look at those inks, it's like somone has put O'Neill, McMahon and Jock in a blender! The man is a genius.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IYusDYVTZlM/TxrOl5eTQUI/AAAAAAAADgk/0K5_Ljab0IE/s400/ghostink.jpg)
Finally got round to downloading my latest batch of 2000ADs and JD Megs from Clickwheel and was able to see Trevallion's Prog 1767 cover in all its glory. On my large PC screen it looked fantastic and I was immediately reminded of McMahon's scratchy inkwork. Much as I admire the amazing skill and craftmanship of some of the "photo-realistic" covers we get, I prefer the more stylised "comic-book" art style such as this one.
Ben Willsher's cover has finally made it to my blog. It's not often I disagree with the wisdom of the mighty Tharg but I fooking love Ben's original design:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EWadamwgJkU/TymDqvt7ZCI/AAAAAAAADlo/Wybn14DTtfE/s400/boris1.jpg)
Check out Ben's brilliant commentary on the blog...
Just put King Carlos' cover on the blogski...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BUlflMeiwmw/TzA-gq77z_I/AAAAAAAADmA/1m3c6Tc2RuM/s400/cover.jpg)
Dunno if anyone else is as dense as me but I contacted Carlos and he mentioned that in the prog Hector is inking his work, then Carlos is colouring. I feel like a fool, I thought Hectore was doing the colouring
Quote from: Pete Wells on 09 February, 2012, 08:53:05 PM
Dunno if anyone else is as dense as me but I contacted Carlos and he mentioned that in the prog Hector is inking his work, then Carlos is colouring. I feel like a fool, I thought Hectore was doing the colouring
Me too, actually. It's an easy enough assumption, considering most artists working on British work tend to ink their own work.* Those who work in colour would often colour it too, but you're more likely to find a different colourist than a different inker, if you get what I mean.
Not worth feeling idiotic about as the credits never state who did what.
*One think that struck me about comic artists across the pond is that compartmentalisation seems much more common. I remember speaking with Colin MacNeil in the yap shop some while back and he saw pros and cons with both methods.
Me too, actually. It's an easy enough assumption, considering most artists working on British work tend to ink their own work.* Those who work in colour would often colour it too, but you're more likely to find a different colourist than a different inker, if you get what I mean.
That's true, but remember this is a family affair, so sometimes he'll help me with inking, colouring, or wathever I need, or even sometimes I'll do everything by myself, if he has work outside.
Quote from: Carloss on 10 February, 2012, 09:46:39 AM
That's true, but remember this is a family affair, so sometimes he'll help me with inking, colouring, or wathever I need, or even sometimes I'll do everything by myself, if he has work outside.
That makes sense Mr Ezquerra.
Anyway, your work together looks great. I'm enjoying the latest Strontium Dog story a lot.
The lovely Leigh Gallagher gave me permission to steal images for this weeks' cover from his blog. I nicked a few but not all so please go and read Leigh's version of how the cover was made here:
http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com/2012/02/making-of-2000ads-prog-1770-cover.html (http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com/2012/02/making-of-2000ads-prog-1770-cover.html)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-svknoGR0IqE/Tzb6kJVOxRI/AAAAAAAADnY/yS3tjQask-A/s400/DREDD%2BPARA%2BINK%2BSML.jpg)
Small update on my blog, nowt new really but a decent sized version of McMahon's cover.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-omn5W2XAr5A/T0DQQBtmXLI/AAAAAAAADoE/8D2rpMAe300/s400/Mick.jpg)
I have yet to see what the first cover variation is. I recieved the McMahon cover with my sub yesterday .
Quote from: JUDGE BURNS on 19 February, 2012, 04:06:49 PM
I have yet to see what the first cover variation is. I recieved the McMahon cover with my sub yesterday .
It's on that blog, and it's here. (http://www.2000adonline.com/news/30-01-2012/35_years_young/)
AND was the poster you got with your prog!
Thanks Pete for letting me know. I've not had much time of late to read through the blogs. Need to rush out and buy the other cover version to keep my collection complete.
Whazzat? You want a walloping great Mick McMahon special on my covers blog you say? Featuring loads of Hi-Res classic covers. Well off you jolly well go then...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ci7OxIJ7AQg/T0ToDcBo8fI/AAAAAAAADu0/9Ns0ESBQYaQ/s400/2000ad%2B0169%2B12.png)
Tharg should be arrested as a Jimp.
V
Fantastic stuff, Pete ....and pure genius from Mick.
Jon's excellent wraparound is up. Remember to right click the images and View in a new tab to see 'em Hi-Rez instead of using blogger's shitey slideshow thing...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WrJD2lEewsw/T0psVCc09dI/AAAAAAAADw0/ZgpwtxYN-oU/s400/Age%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWolf%2B02%2BWraparound%2BCover%2B01%2BInks.jpg)
Love that! That looks excellent. I wasn't a fan of the werewolf look in the first series (they're well drawn, but were a bit too bear-like for my taste). THAT werewolf looks suitably nasty and evil though.
And Rowan's still cute as a button 15 years on. Think she's filled out a bit.. but not in a bad way. Or maybe it's just a trick of the T-Shirt...
Neil Roberts brill Dante cover, along with a load of cheek, is on my blog...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sJSC7AJwH_E/T1i2p0NADiI/AAAAAAAADxI/KdC0m-OU5Dw/s1600/1773_cover_thumb.jpg)
Today's frikkin' AMAZING flesh wraparound by Mark Harrison is on my blog, with sketches and 3d models!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bFrYFmf8qEw/T1uevIcJ90I/AAAAAAAADyQ/vmEEnGpovYM/s400/FLESH-wrapSKETCH.jpg)
I know it's been going for ages & everything, but I just wanted to say thanks, your covers blog is bloody magnificent!
Thanks to you exilewood, that genuinely means a lot.
At last, an update!!! I'm still waiting on Mr McCarthy to get back to me but thankfully the brilliant, brilliant, brilliant Chris Weston has sent me this weeks' mind boggling cover!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h9fQssm6Uhg/T3DZX4EcYjI/AAAAAAAAD2c/wAGt7VJcewo/s400/Grand%2BHall%2BJustice%2BCover%2Bart%2Braw.jpg)
I'm probably waaaay out in the tall grass with this opinion and I apologise should I offend anybody's sensibilities in having the inexcusable gall to even consider saying this but it has to be said. Chris Weston is Spartacus and so is your blog. By which I of course mean, bloody well fantastic.
Quote from: WhitBloke on 27 March, 2012, 01:09:10 AM
I'm probably waaaay out in the tall grass with this opinion and I apologise should I offend anybody's sensibilities in having the inexcusable gall to even consider saying this but it has to be said. Chris Weston is Spartacus and so is your blog. By which I of course mean, bloody well fantastic.
Finally something we can all agree on!
Quote from: CrazyFoxMachine on 27 March, 2012, 01:48:18 AM
Quote from: WhitBloke on 27 March, 2012, 01:09:10 AM
I'm probably waaaay out in the tall grass with this opinion and I apologise should I offend anybody's sensibilities in having the inexcusable gall to even consider saying this but it has to be said. Chris Weston is Spartacus and so is your blog. By which I of course mean, bloody well fantastic.
Finally something we can all agree on!
I was tempted to disagree with you for the hell of it, but I crumbled in the face of that cover. That is going on the list for consideration when the cover of the year swings around again.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 22 February, 2012, 08:11:46 PM
Whazzat? You want a walloping great Mick McMahon special on my covers blog you say? Featuring loads of Hi-Res classic covers. Well off you jolly well go then...
I love that post so much I'm willing even to forget that you included one of Cam Kennedy's pieces in the line-up... (forgivable as he'd obviously been told to channel McMahon, same as for the Slaine cover he did) ;)
:)
Thanks for the great comments guys, it really means a lot, especially as its all other people's work!
Oi Ming, wot yoo talking' aboot?
There's an Angel Gang pin-up by Cam that as a kid I'd always assumed was by McMahon... Looking closely (details like Junior's face) it's got Cam written all over it, but it's a tricky one! It's properly credited as one of Cam's on Barney though.
Anyway, it's there in the McMahon post (which, as I said, is wonderful).
:)
Drokk it! Yer right Ming! Now I'm gonna have at go upta four on ya!
Watch that dial, Pete.
Yeah - this is the one:
(http://2000ad.org/covers/scans/hires/196.jpg)
While I'm at it, at least one of Cam's pin-ups is missing from Barney as well (Prog 310, the Rogue Fort Neuro one).
Anyway, back to the covers!
:)
That beauty adorned my bedroom wall for many a long year.
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Quote from: ming on 27 March, 2012, 11:16:57 PM
There's an Angel Gang pin-up by Cam that as a kid I'd always assumed was by McMahon... Looking closely (details like Junior's face) it's got Cam written all over it, but it's a tricky one! It's properly credited as one of Cam's on Barney though.
Anyway, it's there in the McMahon post (which, as I said, is wonderful).
:)
Quote from: ming on 28 March, 2012, 09:19:12 AM
Watch that dial, Pete.
Yeah - this is the one:
(http://2000ad.org/covers/scans/hires/196.jpg)
While I'm at it, at least one of Cam's pin-ups is missing from Barney as well (Prog 310, the Rogue Fort Neuro one).
Anyway, back to the covers!
:)
OMG, as the youth of today might say.
blimey, is that really Cam's work? Id never have thought that in a million years, but now that youve mentioned it and the more that i look at it.............
im confused now!
Yeah, it's Cam - and like I said, a tricky one! Also check out the three Slaine covers he did (Progs 355, 357 and 358); the most un-Cam-like art you're likely to see. I expect he was asked to keep as close to McMahon's style as possible (I can ask him and see if he remembers).
Tricky isnt the half of it!
My brain cant quite accept it, but those faces do give it away. Well i never...........
Just had a look at those Slaine covers - and though more obviously Cam's, id assumed them to be Mick's.
These would have won first prize in the "things that went over your head" thread!
In the early days artist where often told to draw like other artists, check out some of the early Gibson Dredd's when he was told to draw him like Carlos did.
I could have sworn someone said it was drawn by Mick but inked by Dave Gibbons or something along those lines...
But yeah, I could see it being Cam doing a Stars in their Eyes of McMahon...
I still cant quite square that in my mind as being drawn by Cam.
Ming, hurry up and ask him! ;)
I wrote to him this morning, but I guess he may be on his way to the mainland for Hi-Ex... Will keep you posted.
Well I'll be I did not know that was Cam Kennedy. I always assumed it was McMahon inked by someone else. Much like Ming said about the Slaine covers I never see that.
Prog 342 is similar but different. I've never selected with that not being Cam Kennedy, except for the bit of Dredd's body which is clearly something Robin Smith has added... well to my eyes. I see Barney now has that listed as Jim Baike... I'm off to sit in a dark quiet room to get me head around that one.
Jon Davis Hunt's excellent, boobytastic cover is on my blog. I totally missed the wolf features in the background but, to be honest, I was a bit distracted...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ6rsiWaHzU/T3ni2SqSVOI/AAAAAAAAD5E/Rg-82Rcek5o/s400/Age%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWolf%2B02%2BCover%2B2%2Bd%2B-%2BShading.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 02 April, 2012, 09:27:33 PM
Jon Davis Hunt's excellent, boobytastic cover is on my blog. I totally missed the wolf features in the background but, to be honest, I was a bit distracted...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ6rsiWaHzU/T3ni2SqSVOI/AAAAAAAAD5E/Rg-82Rcek5o/s400/Age%2Bof%2Bthe%2BWolf%2B02%2BCover%2B2%2Bd%2B-%2BShading.jpg)
By the David Coulthard jawline?
What's that, you want to se UNSEEN Brendan McCarthy design sketches for Zaucer of Zilk on my blog? Well you'd best go there straight away then!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0Vm1BUgcz4E/T4BylyCIGQI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/EKNLrWka9Gg/s400/zaucerpitchsketches.jpg)
I've edited this slightly to include contributions from Len O'Grady and a nice rant from Brendan!
Great stuff Pete! Glad to see you managed to get hold of Brendan, and that he came up with the goods :D
Yep, a real Easter treat! Thanks for letting me use your artwork too Dave.
Aaaand this weeks' cover is up. A nice character piece from Paul Marshall.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v6IPgbyzLqs/T4RnfOHYnuI/AAAAAAAAEAo/Wzirj-oGFt4/s400/IMG_0003.jpg)
Quote from: Judge Jack on 29 March, 2012, 06:41:39 PM
I still cant quite square that in my mind as being drawn by Cam.
Ming, hurry up and ask him! ;)
From Cam:
"From this old fuddled memory I seem to remember the editor askin' me if I could adhere to Mike's style. I have vague memories of Mike bein' ill for a period of time and I suppose they were obsessed with continuity." :)
Wah! One of the post I was looking forward to writing the most has turned out to be the most difficult! I shall edit forthwith!
Is that connected to what I just posted, by any chance?
Aye! I've put it in the main body though too, and give you a credit.
Hmmmmmm, interesting you should be talking to Cam... the illusive new artwork perhaps?
No.
Quote from: ming on 15 April, 2012, 12:24:35 PM
Quote from: Judge Jack on 29 March, 2012, 06:41:39 PM
I still cant quite square that in my mind as being drawn by Cam.
Ming, hurry up and ask him! ;)
From Cam:
"From this old fuddled memory I seem to remember the editor askin' me if I could adhere to Mike's style. I have vague memories of Mike bein' ill for a period of time and I suppose they were obsessed with continuity."
Mystery solved then! Wouldnt have said it was by Cam in a million years, and still cant quite get my head round it to be honest (many years of believing one thing, and now having to adjust, and all that).
A bit of a change while I await a reply from Mr McKay - an Ameriky themed instalment to celebrate the IDW deal, including a breakdown of the IDW teaser and and loads of classic Dredd images!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UNtmJVMIJmM/T4xbKBRwHMI/AAAAAAAAEGY/rhps68AOXzI/s400/JD%2Bcover%2Bpencils.jpg)
That's an excellent Dredd picture, the helmet is very 'Bisley' in style. I'm looking forward to seeing the IDW series. Great blog Pete. :thumbsup:
Stew.
Cheers Stew, it really means a lot. I'm really excited for the IDW deal, even if it just means more covers for the blog!
This weeks' Flesh cover is finally up, I love it!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r_BIpqiZODk/T5GrOPoTKSI/AAAAAAAAEHc/uY3xMDX4hbA/s400/Flesh%2BMidnight%2BCowboys%2BEp%2B6%2Bcover%2B001.jpg)
Edmund Bagwell's cover is up. I absolutely love this, the city looks amazing. A touch of Ezquerra, McMahon, Taylor and loads of Bagwell. Really brilliant.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JoXg1O29-So/T5KY7pzehvI/AAAAAAAAEII/uMs5ER5TViU/s320/anderson+ink.jpg)
The city-blocks are some of the best I've seen. Personal note: would've like things to be a little less grey. There's been enough grey in the prog in previous weeks.
Bagwell is so bloody good at that realistic look. If Vertigo wasn't apparently imploding he'd have been stolen long ago.
Can I make out the words Gavin 'something' Block on that cover??
That Bagwell cover is superb!
Quote from: Proudhuff on 21 April, 2012, 01:51:26 PM
Can I make out the words Gavin 'something' Block on that cover??
I think so.
Pete, can you have a better look just to make sure.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 21 April, 2012, 01:51:26 PM
Can I make out the words Gavin 'something' Block on that cover??
As a bastardised lawman once said, "Ah noo yood say that!"
Edmund wrote to say the other block is Rufus Dayglo Block. Apparently the Leahy block is a slum block in the grottier parts of MC1...
Quote from: Pete Wells on 21 April, 2012, 02:46:33 PM
Edmund wrote to say the other block is Rufus Dayglo Block. Apparently the Leahy block is a slum block in the grottier parts of MC1...
Still better then the non existent, Pete Wells Block.
I'm with Gavin Leahy Block! Who you fighting with?
I'm fighting with Pete Wells Bl... now, where did it go...?
Quote from: Gavin_Leahy_Block on 21 April, 2012, 02:59:55 PM
Quote from: Pete Wells on 21 April, 2012, 02:46:33 PM
Edmund wrote to say the other block is Rufus Dayglo Block. Apparently the Leahy block is a slum block in the grottier parts of MC1...
Still better then the non existent, Pete Wells Block.
It does exist! It exists in a series of vanity projects paid for by Pete Wells. :lol:
Y'know, tormenting poor Pete is the best fun we've had round here for ages.
Good value at only a tenner.
Even my beloved Covers Blog thread tarnished by injustice! What a terrible world we live in... :'(
Quote from: Pete Wells on 21 April, 2012, 01:44:25 PM
Edmund Bagwell's cover is up. I absolutely love this, the city looks amazing. A touch of Ezquerra, McMahon, Taylor and loads of Bagwell. Really brilliant.
Also a touch of the Colin Wilsons... Reminded me straight away of the 'Sweet Taste of Justice' Dredd tale from the 1981 Sci-Fi special, with Dredd-on-bike overlooking the mega-ways sprawled below. Great cover, anyway!
Now, back the the business at hand: Block Wars! ;)
Just think a whole MC-1 city block for only a tenner.... :'(
Bah... Let's sweeten this thread with the glorious news that Mark Harrison's hilarious Magazine cover is on my glorious blogaroonie! Rejoice Earthlets!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X-Iqu-qEOj8/T5ck8ms5rcI/AAAAAAAAEJs/M_xHV1hULBQ/s320/Adjudicators_WIP.jpg)
I like that a lot. I look forward to the strip too. Seems a fun idea.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 21 April, 2012, 01:44:25 PM
Edmund Bagwell's cover is up. I absolutely love this, the city looks amazing. A touch of Ezquerra, McMahon, Taylor and loads of Bagwell. Really brilliant.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JoXg1O29-So/T5KY7pzehvI/AAAAAAAAEII/uMs5ER5TViU/s320/anderson+ink.jpg)
Just getting my hands on a copy today and I wonder if Baggers used a digital model for the Lawmaster, as it'd have made producing the different versions he sent to Tharg so much easier. I know a certain chappie of this forum has made one in Sketchup:
http://kevlev.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/sketchup-lawmaster.html
A Dark Judges Special on my Blog, including the beautiful new Henry Flint cover, wahooooo!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wY7fYRlsgEA/T52s3281TBI/AAAAAAAAES4/k8eA2WNx1gE/s320/Dark+Judges+cover.jpg)
Blimey Pete, how long did that take you to put together! Wonderful stuff.
I suspect slaves.
I think it took all the residents of the Pete Wells to put all that together. Amazing work.
Great blog.
Slightly sad that we can't have variant stories with Henry and Colin both doing this episode...
Fantastic stuff, Pete. A great blog!
I agree. You excelled yourself with this blog post! Bought back special memories as well as filling in some gaps for me
Very much appreciated and well worth the effort you put in this and every other week. Kudos to you, Pete; so much kudos it must be pouring out your mouth, ears and arse.
Oh so it's kudos pouring out of my arse? Thank Grud for that!
Thanks for the lovely comments guys!
Chris Weston's blinding cover is up on my blog. Seriously guys, go and check out his roughs, the man is insanely talented!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sUpncax7m9w/T6l9DoKP0dI/AAAAAAAAEVs/jYOQ2pKlFQY/s320/Cadet+Anderson+art+Raw.jpg)
So which one has the GH block on it again?
Insane's the word, Pete. Zoom in on that image as far as you can go, and the inking technique's still perfect.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sUpncax7m9w/T6l9DoKP0dI/AAAAAAAAEVs/jYOQ2pKlFQY/s320/Cadet+Anderson+art+Raw.jpg)
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/)
I'm certain he devoted far more time, effort and love to that hand drawn b/w art than his rate of pay merited. Cherish this man and the fact he's still pitching story ideas to Tharg for projects that genuinely excite him (see Pete's blog (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/)), rather than drawing Spiderman covers or collecting a fat paycheck from Hollywood for projects that never get off the ground.
Thanks for the link to Weston's own blog (http://chrisweston.blogspot.co.uk/) too. The post about him and his boy meeting Stan Lee was great; I'm not sure which of them was more excited.
Another excellent blog Pete. As someone who dabbles with drawing, it's great to see (week after week) the creative process from some of my favourite artists. A real joy.
I too would like to see Chris draw a retro-2099-strip. :thumbsup:
Stew.
Don't expect this weeks stunning cover, it will be replaced with page one of Dredd methinks ;)
Quote from: SKD on 12 May, 2012, 11:14:24 AM
Another excellent blog Pete. As someone who dabbles with drawing, it's great to see (week after week) the creative process from some of my favourite artists. A real joy.
I too would like to see Chris draw a retro-2099-strip.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N2f3saUQsPA/T6l9In9NqjI/AAAAAAAAEV8/e42OrcZJO9A/s1600/Old+Dredd.jpg)
No-one makes stuff look simultaneously retro and new like Weston.
The Filth,
Ministry of Space, his take on
Rogue Trooper; the man's art should come with an index of references and visual quotations.
Again, lovely stuff Pete. And of course thanks to all the artists as well.
Yes, I also would love to see Chris do a retro 2099 story - think that would be summat else.
I'm in love with this cover! Karl Richardson's Chaotic Dredd is now on my blog. Warning, contains Burdis lunacy!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TiwcEyL9BcA/T7QDIdfJfgI/AAAAAAAAEYE/9y24nDU8LUQ/s320/1+1+dreddcoverpw.jpg)
Yeah, I loved that cover too the moment I saw it. So dynamic.
And I think that's the first time I've seen that Dredd vs Alpha picture. Unusual composition with the close in side panels which works a treat.
Do not worry Mardroid, you can see that commissions process on Friday morning via my blog of lunacy ;-)
I would just like to confirm CF's gerbil hobby as well, although he doesn't like to talk about it!
Quote from: Large48 on 17 May, 2012, 11:06:22 AM
I would just like to confirm CF's gerbil hobby as well, although he doesn't like to talk about it!
Any friend of Richard Gere is a friend of CF!!
This weeks' cover is up, complete with cheesy headline...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBi_mFcjpIw/T7vC1gCJ43I/AAAAAAAAEaM/Hb4LmZJFlKo/s320/IMG_0005.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 22 May, 2012, 06:35:53 PM
This weeks' cover is up, complete with cheesy headline...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBi_mFcjpIw/T7vC1gCJ43I/AAAAAAAAEaM/Hb4LmZJFlKo/s320/IMG_0005.jpg)
When artists of Marshall, MacNeil, Walker and Weston's generation started appearing in
2000ad, I can remember thinking they really weren't good enough to have their stuff published alongside McCarthy, Dillon and Fabry. Their grasp of anatomy and storytelling left a lot to be desired, their inking technique was rudimentary, and none of them demonstrated much of an eye for page design or an iconic image.
Within a couple of years all four were producing art that took my breath away, and that Marshall cover certainly demonstrates he's got the hang of the last item on the above list.
As an aside, Douglas Wolk suggests the reason so many new artists were blooded in that period was because of the many rapid changes in the page size and colour page quotient that started with 520's tenth birthday issue. Losing established artists to the US and to
Crisis,
Revolver and
Toxic couldn't have helped either, but the move paid off grand style.
That B&W version is simply amazing. No slight to Chris Blythe (who has skills to burn) but the coloured cover isn't half as good as that. Its like looking at the classic Ron Smith Dinosaur stuff. Love the inking on that, kudos to Paul Marshall.
Return of the King! Carlos' Dirty Durham cover is on the blog:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AaEWYs7okQA/T8ZjF5eJ-1I/AAAAAAAAEcA/AXZulfauFb4/s320/cover1.jpg)
EVERY single Nikolai Dante cover and a potted history of the whole rinky dinky saga are on my blog! It's took me a frigging wonderful week to write the bugger where I reread the entire Dante saga. It's just wonderful!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nu2tiMVe_zA/T9J7qxrEvoI/AAAAAAAAEm4/cIxFp0Gms1I/s320/PETE+IMAGE+1786+cover.jpg)
Yet another great blog Pete, some truly wonderful covers. But what prog was Cliff Robinson's 'Primal Screams' cover? I don't remember that one at all. (How could I forget Dante in a kilt?.... I must begetting old.)
Stew.
It was prog 1434, Dante had a kilt and dyed ginger hair! The story was called Primal Scream which saw Dante and a very naked Lauren robbing a casino ran by genetically enhanced animals. It was a little detour in the Pirate Dante arc...
Quote from: Pete Wells on 12 June, 2012, 09:55:35 PM
It was prog 1434, Dante had a kilt and dyed ginger hair! The story was called Primal Scream which saw Dante and a very naked Lauren robbing a casino ran by genetically enhanced animals. It was a little detour in the Pirate Dante arc...
Cheers Pete, I'm going to have to dig that story out. Grud help me, I'll probably end up going back to the first story and re-reading the lot. :D
Stew.
And great John Burns artwork in that story each character a portrait in its self!
Jon Davis Hunt's fantastic cover for this weeks' prog is up, check out his amazing inks and colours, just...wow!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RiKwWPX5MvA/T9jn4X22fVI/AAAAAAAAEnw/Q3gCM7xBw9c/s320/2000AD+Dredd+Cover+3_03_inks.jpg)
Karl Richardson's sordid cover for this weeks' prog up...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n-x7MGZuOfk/T-DVnOyt3wI/AAAAAAAAEpo/De5YSIMxIE0/s320/1+1greycover+stages+crop.jpg)
Chris Weston's amazing Megazine Cover is up. Check out his 3D lawmaster!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DWWyICoLHe8/T-OSVl1vJHI/AAAAAAAAEqk/Tgsls5VCxg4/s320/DreddAkira+in+progress+02.jpg)
Amazing, indeed. We should thank our lucky stars that Chris Weston continues to bestow his talents on us, both of the drawn and written variety. The Meg interview was a great read; can't wait for part two.
Great stuff as usual, Pete.
Great work yet again Pete. Thanks for sharing all this with us thrill seekers. :D
Cheers fellas! I've got another two articles waiting in the wings and hopefully some rather exciting news about the blog. Watch this space...
The blog, which was recently described by an avid fan as 'so sycophantic that you have to wipe your screen down after a viewing' has been updated with this weeks cover. This meant not only did I get the chance to kiss the arses of Simon Davis but Simon Parr and a bloke called Kevin too!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iN8asCGVgTs/T-eCVvuvc-I/AAAAAAAAErs/e5JFnCAd5XM/s320/DSCF3308.JPG)
That comment's a bit harsh, Pete; soory to hear you've been getting some grief. You might be a bit more enthusiastic about some covers than I'd be, but then I don't have to rely on the goodwill of the artists involved. Don't take the negative attitude to heart; you do an outstanding job and your blog is widely loved and respected (and you know it).
Where's the 'kissing-arse' icon when you need it?
:lol:
Ha! It's fine Ming, it was a joke comment by the lovely, yet slightly unhinged, Buttonman in his excellent Letters Thread. Firmly tongue in cheek, if you excuse the pun!
Don't worry, I'm sure someone out there agrees with him :lol:
Some people will complain about anything. Ignore the dickheads, it's a tremendous blog.
Oh sorry, just read your other comment Pete. Ignore MY comment! :)
Pete largely does these with full cooperation of the artists - if he were then to upload it and say "JON DAVIS HUNT CAN'T DRAW CORRECTLY PROPORTIONED TEETH" (for example) I expect the aforemented Hunt would then be unwilling to collaborate. Any sycophantism on his part is not only refreshing (given how CURMUDGEONLY us squaxx can be) but necessary.
Basically,
I HEART PETE WELLS BLOCK.
Amendment:
Don't joke about these things Pete you're breaking our heartses - but observe how keen we are to rush to your defence!
Yeah, that Pete Wells bloke, he's an idiot.
;)
Quote from: ming on 28 June, 2012, 09:10:18 AM
Yeah, that Pete Wells bloke, he's an pie eating idiot.
;)
Fixed that for you..........
Quote from: Large48 on 28 June, 2012, 09:33:25 AM
Quote from: ming on 28 June, 2012, 09:10:18 AM
Yeah, that Pete Wells bloke, he's an PASTY eating idiot.
;)
Fixed that for you..........
Double fixed that for you!
Thanks for the kind (and not so kind!) messages guys!
I'm with War Marshall Kazan - I regret nothing!
Pete's blog is an excellent resourse and occasional read. He is genuinely enthusiastic and he does it all for the love of the game - unless his big news is that he's selling out to the Disney Corporation in which case he can fuck right off.
Now that thw love fest is confirmed let's see a blog that starts ['Maya Gavin/url] may not be to everyone's taste and I think he/she is rubbish too... (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=MAYAG)
Where's that edit button...
I heard the blog is going to be included in the next 'GO COMPARE' advert for tat in your house to be covered by home and contents insurance ;)
Tiernen Trevallion's latest Absalom GN cover is on da blog of blogs:
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That it is.
That Absalom Ghosts of London cover needs to be made into a poster ASAP. Tis so lovely.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 23 June, 2012, 07:50:57 PM
Chris Weston's amazing Megazine Cover is up. Check out his 3D lawmaster!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DWWyICoLHe8/T-OSVl1vJHI/AAAAAAAAEqk/Tgsls5VCxg4/s320/DreddAkira+in+progress+02.jpg)
For those that are interested, i see Chris has put the finished art for this cover, up for sale -
here (http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=911001&GSub=100256)
Sigh, let's raise a glass to Simon Fraser as we read about the last ever Dante cover, sob...
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thats lovely...
too bad you didn't leave your dante challenge post till after this came out. :'(
Maybe, but I'd been sitting on the Dante Challenge for months, it was killing me!
Hey guys, this weeks' Lenny Zero cover is up complete with a series recap for those who've never read of his exploits!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55mHpfsYi4c/UAajX8iVpRI/AAAAAAAAEuo/w6OuIED9b5Y/s1600/10.jpg)
Nice! Thanks.
Beard aside, I actually quite like that Millar cover...
Guys, guys, GUYS!!!!!! I've just spent half an hour talking to the lovely Greg Staples (I'm all starstruck!) who was absolutely gushing about the film! He sent me the WIPs for the digital comic which are stunning. He talks about the movie, the cast and the première screening on my blog, ch-ch-ch-ch-ch check it out!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VRfTdfSbW7w/UA8iK8IMI4I/AAAAAAAAEzM/02jbCjli4Qg/s320/2.jpg)
I'm geeking out!!!
Nice update, Pete!
PW, all right to use that 100 Cred note image as a screen saver? looks sooo damn cool.
Of course TP! As long as SW doesn't get his filthy hands on it...
I've been beta testing the Tin Man Judge Dredd game for the iPad which is out next week and have written a review on my blog - hope it's okay!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XQXUJ97j50s/UBUZFoB-5jI/AAAAAAAAE5k/FWTeWurgGZQ/s320/Dredd_screen9.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 25 July, 2012, 01:50:27 PM
Of course TP! As long as SW doesn't get his filthy hands on it...
Way ahead of you - already written to Tharg about the 'Fargo Fiver' and Silver 50 cent piece.
Golf I tells ya.
I've done three updates this week, Leigh Gllagher's Aquila cover, Lee Garbett's Space Marines and Neil Roberts' brilliant Megazine cover. However all three artists have the audacity to have their own blogs to show off their own hard work.
Honestly, I don't know what this country is coming to...
Todays prog cover by Clint Langley is up, however, it hasn't arrived at Pete Wells Block today >:(
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1tBJzsMHXTE/UBxUHZ1Q_lI/AAAAAAAAE7Y/LO4EraljHiQ/s320/ICO1.jpg)
Right, I'm off out...
Ahhhh that's really nice. I LOVE it when it's not just a photo of his face. That fcker can draw!
Yeah, that's an excellent dynamic picture. My only quibble (and it is a minor quibble) moustache aside, the bloke at the top doesn't look like Ichabod.
But, yeah. I don't dislike his last work on ABCs and Slaine (in fact I think it works very well in the former) but I think I'd prefer to see more of this sort of thing. At least where depicting humans are concerned, if that makes sense.
Quote from: Mardroid on 04 August, 2012, 02:47:48 PM
I think I'd prefer to see more of this sort of thing. At least where depicting humans are concerned, if that makes sense.
Let me reword this: "I'd love it if Clint Langley DREW people instead of just taking pictures of himself and his mates and photoshopping them"
QuoteClint returns in Prog 1800 on the ABC Warriors tale, Back to Earth. As ever, the strip will feature Clint's mind boggling digital paintings however, much of the story is told in flashback and will be rendered in ink.
Really, really looking forward to this. Although ABC is the strip his photo style works best on (fewer humans) this should be arsom.
I'm still waiting on Ben Willsher for last weeks' Max Normal cover, aaaagh! It'll be a cracker when I get it (his always is!) and I've wrote a history of old Maxi-baby too!
However today, the very beautiful Leigh Gallagher sent me the bits and bobs for the cover of this fantastic weeks' prog cover. Quick, RUN to the blog! It's a wedding special...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vrlZ5TGovEE/UDKVSozuAHI/AAAAAAAAFCM/c31yQte8NH0/s320/AQUILA+BOUDICCA+INKS+sml.jpg)
Today's tentacle-tastic Jon Davis-Hunt cover is up:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZVcRXX3fY8/UDaqN5T4COI/AAAAAAAAFGc/MyhEU8XdvXg/s320/15+Cover+01c+-+Inks.jpg)
There's a new Cry of the Werewolf graphic novel coming out next month so I've done a Spooky Dredd Covers Special over on the blog. Enjoy!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kjqvDPeoQ8E/UD3o7dWrymI/AAAAAAAAFNU/qMiwyALN3jM/s320/judge+dredd_the+law+loves+you_prog+472.jpg)
Great stuff, Pete. Cry of the Werewolf is one my my all-time favourites, as you well know! If you're adding spooky / supernatural covers, you could throw in something from The Warlord (which had three covers for a five-episode story) and The Haunting of Sector House 9 (not to mention Judge Death & Co.). A comprehensive spooky collection would be great, actually - could shoe-horn in that Riders on the Storm cover as well...
Finally, Prog 1796's cover is on my blog, with a nice little history lesson on Max Normal - gravy!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiSEZ0yw1SA/UEeZG2YX14I/AAAAAAAAFTY/VxYPoijDryk/s320/Image+1.jpg)
Great work Mr Wells ;)
Praise from Caesar indeed!
It is an excellent blog with some great finds. Don't know why my comments are always dropping off this and the Cellar of Dredd though?, could the owners fear - THE TRUTH?! Probably just the Google sign in ID being a pain in the bum though.
Quote from: Buttonman on 08 September, 2012, 12:05:50 AM
It is an excellent blog with some great finds. Don't know why my comments are always dropping off this and the Cellar of Dredd though?, could the owners fear - THE TRUTH?! Probably just the Google sign in ID being a pain in the bum though.
It's a part of the restraining order Watson!
I've just put Prog 1800 on the blog but made it a bit of a 2000AD Bisley Special so hopefully those that didn't like the arsetastic cover will find something they like!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DSuBP6mTTgg/UE_aZMbZvoI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/dg7fTaHJduw/s320/judgedredd_cover.jpg)
Crivvens! Today's Clint Langley wraparound ABC cover is a Bobby Dazzler, check it out on the blog!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JQO0u5MYzAU/UFOIk9Nx36I/AAAAAAAAFdI/WlN_yxjo03A/s320/ABC-.RETURN-TO-EARTH-EP-2-cover(X).jpg)
Wahooo, the blog is now fully up to date with Pye Parr's movie-tastic Dredd cover of Prog 1799. It's well worth a read...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CrVyhZjPUUs/UFdXO_v1rFI/AAAAAAAAFfI/yhRMo78fpus/s320/1+prog+1799+COVER+colour+mockups_1.jpg)
My blog has reached a fifth of a million hits today! I know most of them are me, but it's still an achievement!
To celebrate, I've posted the current top ten most read posts ever - you may well be surprised!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/)
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Well done Pete! Excellent work!
Roll on the next 200,000! Just keep clicking on the blog, you'll get there in no time! ;)
Quote from: DrJomster on 26 September, 2012, 10:42:18 PM
Roll on the next 200,000! Just keep clicking on the blog, you'll get there in no time! ;)
I might install one of those auto refreshing apps to my browser!
Sorry to come across like an attention whore (who, moi?) but what to folk think of the top ten list? One artist is on there THREE times and another twice - who can it be? McMahon? Ezquerra? You'd be suprised...
It's a brilliant list, Mr Pete and I fully agree with the Supersquirrel choice - LEVELL FOR... President?!
Well, my cover of the year (so far!) is on the blog at last. I frigging LOVE this...
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Tis a very lovely cover, and one i could have sworn was by Colin MacNeil when i first picked up a copy.
yeah it took me ages to figure out it wozzim before I looked inside. More of this Mr Willsher!
Wahoo, three post in four days! Check out Clint Langley's brilliant riff on Swamp Thing. The cover looks quite dark on my prog so it's great to look at a nice, shiny digital version...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QWNY_IhD7fE/UGTAZuA2AVI/AAAAAAAAFoE/0sJnRR78E5k/s320/ABC-WARRIOR-RTE-COVER-2-t.jpg)
I love that! Moody, atmospheric, a bit scary and those colour tones...
What a great example of why this Blog is great (again don't say this often enough, I take you for granted Pete, just lap up ya goodness one a week and then move on). The cover as seen on the Prog lacks so much of the detail the image Pete has does. Just look at the clouds behind Hammerstein.
Now for me, perversely the slightly darker Prog cover though it lacks the detail of the original actually work better. Why do I spout this nonsense you cry. Well I cover tones look more Swamp Thingie and mysterious, were as the original is so well rendered it immediately looks like Hammerstein covered in gloop.
Either way wonderful.
Aye Colin, you make me feel dirty, especially when you make me wear the tutu...
I'm still waiting on a clean version of the coloured version of this weeks' prog cover from Dylan, but Cliff's inks are too beautiful to go unseen. Head over to my blog to check out a beautifully moody image - or as moody as an image can get with a clown nose on it!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wWP9sUCrJPY/UHM_wMtWpPI/AAAAAAAAFq8/wmtO1yd2sAA/s320/Jack+Point.jpg)
From my sickbed, a typically fascinating, meticulous breakdown of this weeks' Dirty Frank cover by the wonderful D'Israeli. Four pages of notes and, get this, twenty images!!!
Warning, contains nudity!!!
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Thanks, Pete; that was truly fascinating and packed with useful information for anyone wondering how to create something so beautiful, restrained and deceptively simple. Given the discussion of the unfortunate Alan Craddock this week, someone as talented as D'Israeli sharing the details of his working practices and thought processes should be essential reading for other artists and colourists.
I always look forward to a blog post from D'Israeli. He always send pages and pages of notes and loads of images. He's ever so kind.
His covers always rule too!
It's ace having you on the board Sauchie. Your firefighting before the movie was astounding and I know Alex Garland was very grateful.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 October, 2012, 07:03:00 PM
I always look forward to a blog post from D'Israeli. He always send pages and pages of notes and loads of images. He's ever so kind. His covers always rule too! It's ace having you on the board Sauchie. Your firefighting before the movie was astounding and I know Alex Garland was very grateful.
You are officially the nicest man in fandom,
Pete.
The teddy pic is my fave :lol:
Arh damnit.
In my mind this cover was a really nice pastiche of an Alex Ross Superman cover. I can picture the image quite clearly in my head. Yellow(ish) background, Clark Kent loosing tie, having removed glasses with the other hand. I can see it, the pose, the angle is just like this and I really thought this cover was a play on that. So I read this week blog all intrigued to see what Matt Brooker thought of doing such tribute covers and... no reference.
Weird thinks I, so off I skip to the internet to find the image and compare and contrast and ...
...and of course I can find no reference to this picture I can so clearly see in my head... I think I must have made some sort of composite image in my mind of other Alex Ross covers (quite why I'd do that given my views on Alex Ross I just don't know!).
Just so you know though this is clearly a blatant swipe. Quite how Matt Brooker managed to get inside my head to swipe the image I dread to think. But its a swipe and reveals frankly quite sinister mental shenanigans on behalf of one of 2000ad's finest...
Hmmmmmmmm interesting. I think he swiped the naked Frank picture out of my mind too...
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/159/b/8/dirty_frank_by_crazyfoxmachine-d3ie8lj.jpg) And Emperor's ;)
That's you in 30 years Owen!
More like 10 ;)
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 18 October, 2012, 09:22:57 AM
Arh damnit.
In my mind this cover was a really nice pastiche of an Alex Ross Superman cover. I can picture the image quite clearly in my head. Yellow(ish) background, Clark Kent loosing tie, having removed glasses with the other hand. I can see it, the pose, the angle is just like this and I really thought this cover was a play on that. So I read this week blog all intrigued to see what Matt Brooker thought of doing such tribute covers and... no reference.
Weird thinks I, so off I skip to the internet to find the image and compare and contrast and ...
...and of course I can find no reference to this picture I can so clearly see in my head... I think I must have made some sort of composite image in my mind of other Alex Ross covers (quite why I'd do that given my views on Alex Ross I just don't know!).
Just so you know though this is clearly a blatant swipe. Quite how Matt Brooker managed to get inside my head to swipe the image I dread to think. But its a swipe and reveals frankly quite sinister mental shenanigans on behalf of one of 2000ad's finest...
You mean this?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p7xbDBFqLSg/S-L159hjbXI/AAAAAAAAADw/JlKfD1_9ESM/s1600/superman_alexross.jpg)
Quote from: Steve Green on 18 October, 2012, 07:07:05 PM
You mean this?
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I think that must be one of the ones that got into the mix, but its not entirely that one
Especially since I'm pretty certain the image in my mind doesn't actually exist anymore!
I know what you mean - it sounds like the sort of image that might have been used in the WB animated series.
Today's cover image is up, nice and early! It's by Nick Percival and features some beautiful texture work. I likes it!
Lovely Nick Percival covers. Think you've accidentally re-named him towards the end of that piece though.
Quote from: judgefett on 20 October, 2012, 10:12:39 AM
Lovely Nick Percival covers. Think you've accidentally re-named him towards the end of that piece though.
Thats proof I read the blog and not just look at the purdy pitchers btw :)
That's the oddest disparity between art styles of strip and cover since Simon Bisley did covers for Carlos's Third World War in Crisis (i). Just as in that instance, the difference in aesthetics and execution between Nick Percival's photoshop work and INJ Culbard's line art perfectly illustrates the relative merits of each approach. If Tharg intends to recycle a prog cover when he reprints Brass Sun as a trade paperback, as he does with most collections, he's going to have to let the brilliant Culbard do a cover eventually, though. Maybe editorial felt something more painterly was needed to contrast with the recent run of excellent Cliff Robinson and D'Israeli line art efforts; variety being the spice of life.
(i) Come to think of it, what about John Higgins's airbrushed Rogue Trooper cover image (http://www.2000ad.org/covers/2000ad/hires/602.jpg) (602), wrapped around Steve Dillon's most minimal marker pen work on The Hit 4
Brilliant stuff, as always Pete.
Just great to see D'israeli's various prelims to the final finished cover, and seeing this weeks cover makes me wish it was already Wednesday!
Thanks fellas! Thanks Judge Fett for spotting my Nick Percival/Liam Sharp mash up!
Isn't technology cool though? I corrected my mistake on my phone while having my hangover shit at Alton Towers hotel. Amazing!
This week's cover is up, 2000AD at its subversive best if yer askin' me...
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Cheers, Pete; apparently those colours do run after all. Can't wait for the ABC Warriors special you're teasing us with.
Klegg-hai!
Check out Edmund Bagwell's wonderful cover on my blog this week. His roughs are brilliant, I'd have liked to have seen all three designs used!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xI5ZE4dNykY/UJY63xoX_ZI/AAAAAAAAF5I/d4hPGJfYdNE/s320/bag+1808+white.jpg)
That's interesting for me the third design is so much better. I have to say however much I've loved Mr Bagwell's covers prior to this one, this one could have been so much more dynamic, as I think the third design shows. Still as ever beautifully rendered.
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 November, 2012, 11:38:08 AM
That's interesting for me the third design is so much better. I have to say however much I've loved Mr Bagwell's covers prior to this one, this one could have been so much more dynamic, as I think the third design shows. Still as ever beautifully rendered.
In terms of the dynamics of
2000ad Dredd covers, I suppose the constituent elements and relative proportions of the third rough would have made it the equivalent of
this (http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=74&Comic=2000ad), while the composition and theme of the image chosen for the cover seems to deliberately echo
this (http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=328&Comic=2000ad). That choice seems appropriate to me, since Bagwell's strengths are similar to those of Dillon; his clear lines and solid grasp of character and physical location ground the strip's more fantastical elements and make some fairly outrageous stuff look convincing as well as beautiful. Thanks for posting,
Pete.
Yes, you cant fault Edmund Bagwell's art at all - lovely stuff, though i agree this cover could have been so much more dynamic.
Quote from: sauchie on 04 November, 2012, 02:26:08 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 November, 2012, 11:38:08 AM
...while the composition and theme of the image chosen for the cover seems to deliberately echo this (http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=328&Comic=2000ad). That choice seems appropriate to me, since Bagwell's strengths are similar to those of Dillon; his clear lines and solid grasp of character and physical location ground the strip's more fantastical elements and make some fairly outrageous stuff look convincing as well as beautiful. Thanks for posting, Pete.
I must admit that was the cover I thought of on seeing this weeks. I'd suggest however that the Dillon one, with the added elements and tension in Dredd's face is very dynamic, Still all subjective...
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 November, 2012, 04:33:07 PM
Quote from: sauchie on 04 November, 2012, 02:26:08 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 04 November, 2012, 11:38:08 AM
the composition and theme of the image chosen for the cover seems to deliberately echo this (http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=328&Comic=2000ad). That choice seems appropriate to me, since Bagwell's strengths are similar to those of Dillon[/b].
I must admit that was the cover I thought of on seeing this weeks. I'd suggest however that the Dillon one, with the added elements and tension in Dredd's face is very dynamic, Still all subjective...
Aye, Bagwell's choice of bold primary colours and plain white background seemed a deliberate evocation of the letterpress era, since we know he normally loves a muted palette (
1780 (http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=1780&Comic=2000ad)). I won't get the chance to read this week's story for a few days, but surely that image is playing up the surreal humour of the situation, rather than the tension and (melo)drama of
Cry of the Werewolf? If that's played for laughs in the comic, something as dramatic as the Dillon image or the second rough (which the perceptive Mr Wells points out recalls the most
disturbing bit of body horror (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=n9QPouW-XZ4#t=92s) I was allowed to witness as a wee boy) would have been a bit of dodgy salesmanship. The effect's much more like
this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uOmtVFQ3WF8#t=114s).
Just to focus more on the finished image itself again, isn't it clever how the circular lines which radiate out from the edges of the mouth, distorting the pink human flesh of the host, appear to continue to ripple out onto the folds of the judge's leathers too? It gives the impression the whole image is warping out of shape.
Something a little different as a mid week treat. Hibernia Comics are soon to release a fascinating magazine called 'Comic Archive - One Eyed Jack and the Death of Valiant.' I've been lucky enough to have a sneak preview and there's some wonderful stuff in there - interviews with John Wagner, Kev O'Neill and more as well as articles on classic comic characters, 2000AD design and the origins of Dredd.
Find out more and see the making of the cover over on my blog:
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Mid week treat indeed. A brilliant read, that!
Yeah, very good to see this getting some pimpage, Pete. As I've also been lucky enough to be treated to a sneak preview, I can heartily agree with what a good read this is. The section on art editorial and icon design is fascinating, and it's great to see Jan Shepheard and Doug Church front and centre alongside Kev O'Neill; hugely important in the history of 2000AD but somewhat forgotten, I think.
Taking a quick time out from my long-time lurking to say how happy I am that David's book is getting good early feedback. He's really done a great job with the organisation, features and interviews (the Art Eds piece is my favourite) and I'm just glad I've been able to help - along with Trout and Bolt - contribute toward the finished piece. Hopefully the wider response will be as positive!
Quote from: The Amstor Computer on 09 November, 2012, 01:08:13 PM
how happy I am that David's book is getting good early feedback.
I was also lucky enough to have gotten a sneak preview, so ive have a good ol' read (and re-read) of this, now. Quality stuff! I'll be looking to snag a physical copy when they arrive.
Highly recommended.
Early this week - Tiernan Trevallion's cover for Prog 1809 is on the blog...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51bPjNHXbsk/UJ1nW0x2QsI/AAAAAAAAGCg/_mFbxTygux0/s320/simpingink.jpg)
Robusters Ahoy, PLUS a look at how Clint goes back and tinkers with the ABC Warriors books, topper!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 19 November, 2012, 11:42:41 PM
Robusters Ahoy, PLUS a look at how Clint goes back and tinkers with the ABC Warriors books, topper!
You've earned your keep with that one,
Pete. I'd heard Langley tinkered with the art on the reprints before, but I never imagined it would be to the extent that your blog illustrates. Cheers.
Great stuff Pete (and Clint). Definitely planning on picking the collected ABCs up now - I've sat on the fence for too long, but this amount of tweaking makes it a no-brainer.
Thanks fellas, I really appreciate your comments!
Ooh, i enjoy tales of being tweaked by the langley droid, so i'll give that a read tonight. In the meantime, if and when you get the latest Meg cover, could you ask if it was meant to be upside down? The chain and the shoulder rat seem to suggest not, but...
SBT
Thnaks for the reminder SBT, Mark Harrison always gives me LOADS of info...
Buh... D'Israeli... wha...?
Please, just go over to my blog and see magnificence! I suspect D'Israeli is a little bit good...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Zh6vXCiWTU/ULOkBkGcvOI/AAAAAAAAGJk/aHUKuCp08AA/s320/Prog+1811_03+Rough+3+(Jaws).jpg) (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Imqql5r22GY/ULOkCQCvvwI/AAAAAAAAGJs/5kfBkFrz_Kg/s320/Prog+1811_04+Rough+Pencils.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Zh6vXCiWTU/ULOkBkGcvOI/AAAAAAAAGJk/aHUKuCp08AA/s320/Prog+1811_03+Rough+3+(Jaws).jpg)
Ahahaha! I LOVE that design!
yeah, it seems that every week there are two or three covers I'd love! If only Tharg had IDW's money!
Ah, thats just brilliant. I dont usually allow mesen a peak at your blog until ive actually got the prog in my hands, but i couldnt help it.
That Jaws homage is lovely isnt it.
Just a thought - all of these put together would make for a good book. Wonder if Rebellion would ever consider releasing a book about covers? ;)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 26 November, 2012, 09:03:37 PM
yeah, it seems that every week there are two or three covers I'd love! If only Tharg had IDW's money!
Never mind the shark variant, each stage of that process is good enough to work as a cover. I especially like the versions with flat colour, where the the fascinating detail and the strength of D'Israeli's line work is allowed to speak for itself. I always wish Bolland would go easy on the textures and airbrushing and leave his covers looking as bold and iconic as those Eagle reprints too.
Brooker's art, his fantastic character and architectural design specifically, has been a real highlight of the last few weeks for me, so thanks for the link to the
sharkitecture post (http://disraeli-demon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lowlife-saudade-part-three.html) on his great blog. I've got that blog bookmarked and I still managed to miss one of the most informative things I've read this year. Thanks again,
Pete.
Yes indeed- and it's weeks like this one that demonstrate exactly why Pete's blog is one of the most important places on the net if you're a squaxx. In fact, next to Roger's mom's elderly amateur fannies site, it's the first place i go.
But equally, it does demonstrate how lazy both Pete and artists like D'Israelie are. Yes, i said 'lazy', get over it. Why Pete hasnt got it together to demand a panel-by-panel breakdown and tutorial by each artist of each strip, and not just covers, i have no idea. He simply must surely be a part-timer. Or 'weekender' as my particular sub-culture used to call his kind.
I wont be happy until each new strip is published online with clickable panels that open up tutorials and features on how each panel was created. Get to it tharg and pete!
SBT
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 27 November, 2012, 11:30:52 AM
But equally, it does demonstrate how lazy both Pete and artists like D'Israelie are. Yes, i said 'lazy', get over it. Why Pete hasnt got it together to demand a panel-by-panel breakdown and tutorial by each artist of each strip, and not just covers, i have no idea. He simply must surely be a part-timer. Or 'weekender' as my particular sub-culture used to call his kind.
I wont be happy until each new strip is published online with clickable panels that open up tutorials and features on how each panel was created. Get to it tharg and pete!
SBT
A sensible and fully workable idea. I agree this needs to be done asap.
D'Israeli features are always the best ones on your blog, Pete. The man's a national treasure.
Quote from: ming on 27 November, 2012, 01:00:59 PM
The man's a national treasure.
He certainly is Ming!
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 27 November, 2012, 11:30:52 AM
But equally, it does demonstrate how lazy both Pete and artists like D'Israelie are. Yes, i said 'lazy', get over it. Why Pete hasnt got it together to demand a panel-by-panel breakdown and tutorial by each artist of each strip, and not just covers, i have no idea. He simply must surely be a part-timer. Or 'weekender' as my particular sub-culture used to call his kind.
I wont be happy until each new strip is published online with clickable panels that open up tutorials and features on how each panel was created. Get to it tharg and pete!
Hey SBT, Pete'sProfessionalPaintedPanelPowwow.com has been running for years now, unfortunately it's subscription only ($99 dollars per week to cover baked goods costs.)
While we wait for Prog 1812 (aaaaaggh, OCD is kicking in!) today I present the Thrill Power Overload that is the cover of Prog 2013 by the brilliant Bagwell droid:
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Amazing cover, that - ! I've become a might Bagwellobsessed since this and those Ten-Seconder pages emerged. Very appropriate him doing the cover of 2013 as this is going to be a bloody good year for him I think!
"Lines and lines and lines! " - you missed your vocation, Tubs, but sub-editorial's loss is blogging's gain. Great to hear that the reviled digital reader is getting a wee bonus with this week's issue, and I'm already raking through this year's covers in anticipation of your end of year poll ...
Quote from: sauchie on 08 December, 2012, 10:00:02 AM
"Lines and lines and lines! " - you missed your vocation, Tubs
I wondered if anyone would get the reference!
Superb cover. And great to see the cosmic claw. In the early days, Dan Dare was my favourite 2000AD character and I always envied his cosmic claw and the ability to zap enemies - no worries of bullets running out! I wish somebody would find a way through the various copyright/trademark issues to reprint Dan Dare's 2000AD adventures.
Yesterday I got covers from Mark Harrison and Cliff Robinson. Mark's email contained 22 images and even some Photoshop brushes. Cliff's contained five, wow what a five!
I will update the blog on Monday (prog 1812) Wednesday (Meg 330) Thursday (Linework for Ezquerra's IDW Dredd) and Friday (cover of the year vote!) Gonna be a great week!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 10 December, 2012, 07:41:53 AM
...and Friday (cover of the year vote!) Gonna be a great week!
I had a peak at this years covers ahead of the vote (via the ever brilliant Barney). I went in aware that a lot of covers haven't gone down well this year with folk on the boards for one reason or another and thinking it might be quite a 'weak' (these things are of course relative) year. HA! What a fool I was. The last two years have been stonking but for all its up and downs I was pleasantly surprised how tough this years is going to be. Looking forward to Pete's comp and being forced to make my mind up.
Yay, the cover of Prog 1812 ia now up, that means I've managed EVERY cover this year, wahooooo!
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Top stuff as always Pete.
BTW, did you say you was hoping to get the IDW Dredd cover by Carlos for the Blog?
Quote from: Pete Wells on 10 December, 2012, 11:26:22 PM
Yay, the cover of Prog 1812 ia now up, that means I've managed EVERY cover this year, wahooooo!
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Now we know your
Kryptonite, Wells...
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Make it stop!!!
Did you really just say
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Hey guys, PLEASE check out this EXCELLENT blog post from Mark Harrison - 22 images, masses of process notes and even some free Photoshop brushes. Really interesting this 'un!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mark-harrison-rats-entertainment.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mark-harrison-rats-entertainment.html)
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Yay, first proper update of 2013 and it's a doozy! Check out Jon Davis-Hunt's fabulous Dredd and Anderson Megazine cover...
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Very nice! Cheers Pete! Cheers Jon!
Cheers Dr J!
After a slow start to the year, it's gonna be a busy week! If all goes to plan, I've got something for you all every night!
Last night I uploaded Simon Davis' cover to prog 1814 which is a love letter to famed artist J C Leyendecker. You can really see the influence he had on Simon's work, it's great...
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Thanks Pete! I found the references to J C Leyendecker very interesting. It explains those halos which I found a bit bizarre initially.
Last weeks' wonderful wraparound by new droid Darren Douglas is up on my blog with loads of dign ideas and some of Darren's other work. I reckon this guy could be huuuuuge!
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Just read the Darren Douglas piece Pete, good bloggin mate, really like his work.
Cheers Judda!
A little bit different today, super boarder Larf sent me a break down of his message board-tastic advent calendar entry. WARNING - there are gratuitous images of Burdis on there - yuck!
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That is one mighty fine looking gentleman in that picture!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 19 January, 2013, 08:51:42 PM
Last weeks' wonderful wraparound by new droid Darren Douglas is up on my blog with loads of dign ideas and some of Darren's other work. I reckon this guy could be huuuuuge!
Just found myself some new wallpaper!
I frigging LOVED Clint Lagley's cover to Prog 1816, it's stunning! It's up on my blog with some nice detail shots. Let's hope there's no gay corpses amongst the gruesome, blood soaked horde or we may have to burn our progs!
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Thanks for drawing my attention to the zombie cock, Pete; you're providing a valuable service. Looking at the colour palette and textures there, Langley's got to be into Slayer (https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=slayer,+seasons+in+the+abyss&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41524429,d.d2k&biw=1142&bih=600&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=3lsEUaeTEoSR0AXqk4DIBw#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=slayer%2C+album+cover&oq=slayer%2C+album+cover&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l2.7904.9936.2.11109.6.6.0.0.0.0.88.461.6.6.0...0.0...1c.1.qvRoA6IAIrw&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41524429,d.d2k&fp=b07124c218e58446&biw=1142&bih=600).
You can't whack a bit of zombie cock Sauchie!
Onward, this weeks' brilliant Stront cover by Boo 'How does he make those colours work so well?' Cook. A fine homage to a stone cold classic!
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Shame Boo's pencils went AWOL, his finished pencils are my favorite part of his process. Love a good homage though.
Yay, on my blog today, Neil Roberts doing ballet with a box of Cheerios.
I kid you not!
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Wow, my blog has got over a quarter of a million hits! To celebrate, it features this weeks' cover and sketch by Karl Richardson...
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Oooooooooooh! A BRILLIANT Henry Flint Free Comic Book Day cover today. See Henry take on Ditko, Kirby and more and win!
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Superb, excellent cover(s). Nice one Pete and hope Mr Flint's on the mend.
As ever a blinding read ... well I say as ever but this time particularly fantastic. I just love the fact that those three covers exist on their own. Brilliant stuff.
Brilliant stuff, Pete - and of course Henry!
Looking forward to seeing this when it comes out.
Wonder if Henry is gonna put the original art up for grabs? Think id have that Spidey homage one in a heartbeat..
Mr Flints cover is worth the treck to the comic shop on its own. Another great blog Pete. :thumbsup:
Stew.
Wonderful. I could go on, but that pretty much sums it up, I think.
ooh, those henry Flint covers are very nice indeed.
congratulations on a quarter millions hits Pete - that automic redirect from BigBoobs.com seems to be working!
Surely the fact he runs both sites is against the rules? Umpire! I demand a ruling on this matter!
I'm also one of Bigboobs.com's most frequent models...
Big natural blogs.
James Harren's mind blowing cover is on there today, and it's a topper!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w74ZYc1QRZM/URf6vxuSoGI/AAAAAAAAHw0/WlWzqnssePc/s320/dredd_cvr_pencils_sm.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 10 February, 2013, 10:28:55 AM
See Henry take on Ditko, Kirby and more and win!
Slightly off topic, but i came across these while looking for something else, and thought id post them up.
Henry's cover is just fantastic - and i love to see new takes on the old classic's.
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Paul Chadwick previewed these a couple of years ago, and i always thought they was spot-on.
Henry's art will be auctioned off on e-bay, im lead to believe...
Ha, they're great Judge Jack!
Onward, I've finally had a few minutes to put Simon Davis' Smash-ing Ampney cover up. I LOVE this 'un!
There's also a look at the Babbagists, in case people are struggling with the current Ampney arc...
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After a couple of hectic weeks, I'm playong catch up. Today I'm posting a Brian Bolland special! There's LOADS of images to warm the cockles of your cockly bits...
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Great, thanks for the lovely hi-res images of some oldies, but isn't the "Dredd Dead?" badge cover by Robin Smith?
Yes, i was thinking that as well.
But a very nice Bolland special Pete. Brian's work can sometimes leave me a bit cold - and othertimes i think its fallen from the heavens its that mindblowingly superb, but that latest cover is truly the business. Top stuff!
Quote from: CraveNoir on 09 March, 2013, 09:30:04 PM
Great, thanks for the lovely hi-res images of some oldies, but isn't the "Dredd Dead?" badge cover by Robin Smith?
He's clearly using Bolland's design, but aye.
Great blog, as usual,
Pete - and what a whopper! I love the cold, clinical perfectionism of Bolland's modern stuff, which
Jack alludes to, but those Eagle covers you reproduce probably represent the sweet spot where the improvement in the fundamentals of his draughtsmanship, his tireless perfectionism and the natural exuberance evident in his early work all come together in perfect balance. Taken as a whole, those Eagle covers probably represent the highpoint of Bolland's entire body of work, and it was great to see them in beautiful black and white.
Badge cover? Badge cover? Cough... I erm... don't know what you boys are taking about. There's no badge cover on there and I DEFINITELY haven't gone back and edited the post. I think you must have imagined it. Move along, move along, nothing to see here...
I put SB Davis' great Savage cover up yesterday and tonight will be the turn of... Cosplay Penguin! Once I have this weeks' Red Seas cover posted, I should be up to date! If so, I'm gonna resurrect the mighty "Yes, Commissioner!" blog!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 11 March, 2013, 07:37:02 AM
I should be up to date! If so, I'm gonna resurrect the mighty "Yes, Commissioner!" blog!
Hurrah! :)
Great Bolland archive. Thanks, Pete.
Bit of a departure today fellas, check out a step by step of Blind Mouse Toy's Cosplay Penguin! It truly is a cosplay penguin as I believe the torso was modelled on our very own Judge Burdis...
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Pete, I know it's been said many time before but can I just say again how wonderful this blog is? A fantastic idea, perfectly executed. Hugely inspiring. Great work, good sir.
Death to the Wells Blocker ;)
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 12 March, 2013, 04:46:42 PM
Death to the Wells Blocker ;)
Leave him alone you!
I'm with Pete Wells block who you fighting with?! :D
I'm neutral, just don't get me caught in the crossfire! :lol:
Loving the blog Mr.Wells! :D
Thank you Blackmocco, you wonderful, wonderful fella. I adore writing the blog, it makes up for me having no artistic talent of my own. It shows what wonderful droids the 2000AD artist are!
And my beautiful little Whittler, once again you have shown that our millions of bairns have got a wonderful mother. You are the steak in my steak bake.
And thanks for the kind words too Mr Hawkmonger. However, I suggest you get do involved, Burdis is a menace and the quicker he is chopped up into thousands of tiny bits the better!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 12 March, 2013, 06:48:11 PM
And my beautiful little Whittler, once again you have shown that our millions of bairns have got a wonderful mother. You are the steak in my steak bake.
I love yer face Wells. Mebbe there should be a million and one! ;-D
Phwooor, just read Stacey's comment above and I'm blushing...
Onward! Steve Yeowell's final ever Red Sea's cover (sniff!) is on the ahem... official 2000AD covers blog today. I've done a bit of a retrospective of the series too. Avast me hearties!
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D'Israeli sent me something today which is going to blow your minds!!!
He has just raised the bar on bloggage! I will say no more until Wednesday!
Two days notice, Pete!!!! :o
Hey fellas and ladies! This weeks' phenominally creepy D'Israeli cover just went live on the blog. So, why was I so excited on Monday? Well, the D'emon D'Israeli has only gone and recorded a video tutorial showing how he renders his grot textures jkust for my blog! What a lovely guy, I'm seriously blown away and humbled! The blog bar has been well and truly raised!
Head over to http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/) reet now to watch it my lovely marras!
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My plan is to eat his brain. Then I WILL HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE. However, these glorious blogs are the next best thing :D
Aye aye! This week's Zombo cover is up with a complete recap of Zombo's adventures to date.
Enjoy!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 26 March, 2013, 12:04:49 PM
Aye aye! This week's Zombo cover is up with a complete recap of Zombo's adventures to date.
Enjoy!
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That's some really enjoyable and informative stuff in your recent blog, Pete. The Zombo recap was really insightful! Thank you for taking the time to post that. Cheers.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 26 March, 2013, 12:04:49 PM
a complete recap of Zombo's adventures to date.
Good stuff, as always Pete! And nice to see that recap. As ill be getting my first taste of Zombo tomorrow, that went someway to filling in the blanks.
I completely missed your alert regarding the D'Israeli cover, Pete; I'm completely obsessed with it, so I'm looking forward to watching the video tutorial on its creation. I think I might have a wee art crush on D'Israeli, and that cover just looks fantastically evil and like nothing else on the magazine racks of my local Asda - which should be the point of a great 2000ad cover. I'm calling it as my vote for number one in your end of year poll already, and it might make my list of all-time favourites.
Cheers as always for the work you put into this, fella.
Ta for the Zombo recap, Pete - from the sound of some of the feedback it's much needed! I've linked to it on Twitter and Tumblr in an effort to spread the word to prospective new readers.
Consider yourself the recipient of an unofficial :sick:Krill Tro Zombo :sick:! I'm sure Henry would agree.
Blimey! Thanks Al!
Steller stuff as per, Mr. Wells. Top job. ;)
Great post Pete. It's a fantastic cover from a brilliant artist - top drawer design and rendering!
Quote from: Al_Ewing on 27 March, 2013, 12:40:49 AM
Ta for the Zombo recap, Pete - from the sound of some of the feedback it's much needed! I've linked to it on Twitter and Tumblr in an effort to spread the word to prospective new readers.
Consider yourself the recipient of an unofficial :sick:Krill Tro Zombo :sick:! I'm sure Henry would agree.
"Blimey" indeed,
Pete, and
crivvens and
help ma boab too. I hope you'll still find time for your old pals, now you get to play with the big nobs of the industry.
Excellent, as ever. The keep Zombo green campaign starts here! :P
Quote from: sauchie on 28 March, 2013, 06:13:29 PM
now you get to play with the big nobs of the industry.
That's just a rumour Al's been trying to spread!
You do know he'll be making his own medal for this and wearing it at conventions? :D
Quote from: Dandontdare on 28 March, 2013, 06:36:50 PM
Quote from: sauchie on 28 March, 2013, 06:13:29 PM
now you get to play with the big nobs of the industry.
That's just a rumour Al's been trying to spread!
You do know he'll be making his own medal for this and wearing it at conventions? :D
AKA Indication that this man is a suck up. We'll all be cueing up for a punch. :lol:
Nah, Pete's just naturally the nicest man alive. Although I do think Dandontdare's suggestion that he should have a medal minted in the shape of Al's nob has some merit.
Thanks so much Pete. The Zombo recap is brilliant and much needed. Rebellion should employ you to do this for every returning series or there should be recaps like this on the long promised 2000ad wiki. With so many new readers because of the new Dredd movies the worry is that these returning stories are a bit impenetrable as these days there is such a long gap between books.
Would love a recap like that for Stickleback as well.
Thanks again for a great blog and all your hard work.
JB
Quote from: jabish on 29 March, 2013, 12:35:42 PM
Thanks so much Pete. The Zombo recap is brilliant and much needed. Rebellion should employ you to do this for every returning series or there should be recaps like this on the long promised 2000ad wiki. With so many new readers because of the new Dredd movies the worry is that these returning stories are a bit impenetrable as these days there is such a long gap between books.
Would love a recap like that for Stickleback as well.
Thanks again for a great blog and all your hard work.
JB
Mate, instead of getting a recap for Stickleback you're better off just buying/ reading the trade as it is so good, believe me. Normally i take two or three sittings to read a comic as i hate rushing a good story, but stickleback had me so enthralled i just whizzed through it in one go! Great stuff.
Thanks for the complements/abuse fellas, it makes all the sucking up worthwhile!
A Stickleback recap eh? I'll see what I can do. However, MAbs is spot on, reading the strips is infinitely better than reading my clunky drivel!
Absolutely, I agree whole-heartedly. But I'm not a new reader I'm a long time subscriber and I read the strips originally and to be honest its great to have that handy recap when a new book starts.
Far from clunky drivel sir, your Zombo recap made me want to reread the strips themselves big time. And it's a great thing for new readers to have. A place to catch up on something which they are diving into the middle of. There is no doubt that will probably want to go out and buy the collections to catch up. But in the first instance recaps are essential I think.
My two pence.
Thanks again Pete.
best
JB
Great blog, as always Pete, cheers.
Not seen it revealed elswhere yet, but you've got mentioned in 'Dredd's Comportment' in IDW's JUDGE DREDD #5. ...Pete Wells' fascinating "2000AD Covers Uncovered" blog... Now might be a good time to tap them up for a few of their covers. :D
All the best.
Stew.
Quote from: SKD on 30 March, 2013, 10:29:24 AM
Great blog, as always Pete, cheers.
Not seen it revealed elswhere yet, but you've got mentioned in 'Dredd's Comportment' in IDW's JUDGE DREDD #5. ...Pete Wells' fascinating "2000AD Covers Uncovered" blog... Now might be a good time to tap them up for a few of their covers. :D
Cool, cheers Stew! I've got an IDW covers roundup pretty much ready to go. I'll try and post it this week.
Just want to add my voice to all the appreciation for your fantastic blog.
Love it, particularly D'Israeli's commentaries, but all the artists' contributions are great.
More power to your blog, sir!
Nick Percival's orrible cover to this weeks' prog is on the blog along with a fine selection of Nick's other covers, luvverly!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 30 March, 2013, 09:57:57 PM
I've got an IDW covers roundup pretty much ready to go. I'll try and post it this week.
Ill look forward to seeing this, Pete.
Finally got a chance to post last weeks' excellent Dredd cover on my blogeroonie...
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This weeks' insane Zombo Abbey Road cover is up. Did you know that this cover has actually got conspiracy nuts telling us that this is giving insane hints that Zombo is actually alive?
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Nice entry, Pete; Flint's always interesting, and I love the more graphic approach he's using for this story - it's this year's Zaucer. I'm not as sure about the cover line as you; All You Need is Love wasn't even on Abbey Road, but Here Comes The Zom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TX_NYPJ7g) was.
Quote from: sauchie on 18 April, 2013, 06:54:19 PM
Nice entry, Pete; Flint's always interesting, and I love the more graphic approach he's using for this story - it's this year's Zaucer. I'm not as sure about the cover line as you; All You Need is Love wasn't even on Abbey Road, but Here Comes The Zom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TX_NYPJ7g) was.
That is genius sir!
Yeah, great stuff Pe...er, sir!
Sir? Hmmmmm, I like it!
Stickleback is up! Again, this includes a brilliant YouTube video, which is a really cool thing for him to do!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/disraeli-hyde-and-freak.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/disraeli-hyde-and-freak.html)
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 13 April, 2013, 10:47:57 PM
Finally got a chance to post last weeks' excellent Dredd cover on my blogeroonie...
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Ive not had chance to pop by your blog for a few weeks, but ill do that now. Really like the cover that ive quoted. Good stuff, as always!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 22 April, 2013, 11:31:23 PM
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D'Israeli runs the little-known 'Cubism' filter on Photoshop...
Arf! I'd have gone for 'The Matisse filter' or the Fauve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse#Fauvism) filter, but the gag's still a good un',
Pete.
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Those video tutorials D'Israeli's been doing for you are a real coup; they're wee demonstrations of how to be awesome, and very informative. I assumed he was doing all this on scraperboard (http://www.lawrence.co.uk/acatalog/0168.jpg), like you used at school.
Yeah Judge Jack, I really liked that Paul Davidson cover too. It really reminded me of my McMahon commission:
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And cheers sauchie, I knew which artist I wanted to say but had a mental block (no pun intended) as to who it was. Matisse it is!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 23 April, 2013, 07:37:24 PM
Yeah Judge Jack, I really liked that Paul Davidson cover too. It really reminded me of my McMahon commission:
Totally!! Guess someone was snooping on your CAF gallery,
Pete!
But yes, good stuff from Paul Davidson (can see hints of Rufus' style in there as well - and of course Rufus is quite influenced by Mick).
As promised a million times, here's the IDW Dredd round up. I KNOW not all the covers aren't there but sheesh, there's only enough hours in a day!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 28 April, 2013, 09:04:51 AM
As promised a million times, here's the IDW Dredd round up. I KNOW not all the covers aren't there but sheesh, there's only enough hours in a day!
Sterling work
Pete. Been looking forward to seeing these.
Perhaps one of the biggest scoops I've had on the blog yet, an exclusive interview with THE Maurice Aitken!!! I'm still shaking, an absolute dream come true!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 29 April, 2013, 08:43:13 PM
Perhaps one of the biggest scoops I've had on the blog yet, an exclusive interview with THE Maurice Aitken!!! I'm still shaking, an absolute dream come true!
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Aw so much fun, what a read. And a great coup, eh?
Yay, here's Ben Willsher's excellent Dredd wrap-around of this week's Prog. My new wallpaper this!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 10 May, 2013, 09:10:23 PM
Yay, here's Ben Willsher's excellent Dredd wrap-around of this week's Prog. My new wallpaper this!
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I'll second that sentiment and action. Lovely jubly all round.
While I wait on a couple of artists, how about a CARLOS EZQUERRA Apocalypse special eh?
Quote from: Pete Wells on 18 May, 2013, 11:28:24 AM
While I wait on a couple of artists, how about a CARLOS EZQUERRA Apocalypse special eh?
Grrrr, damn no edit function! Head over to the blog for much more of this:
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Sweet looking Apoc War cover by King Carlos.
Was given a sneaky peek of this when he was putting my Apoc War commission together last month. And it must have been fairly fresh in his mind, as both pieces feature a tattered Dredd - complete with a smoking stub gun, along with a flaming Strato V about to hit the ground.
(Any decent Apoc War image has got to have Dredd with a stub gun, hasnt it!).
But great to see it on here, Pete.
And clicking the link, i see youve included my commission alongside the other Apocalypse War images. (plus the two cover prelims i own)
Ive made it on to the Covers Uncovered blog - fame at last! :D
Glad you didn't mind, Judge Jack!
Not at all Pete. Happy to be included.
This weeks' cover is on the blerg!
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Henry's cover is on the blog today. It seems a lot more vibrant than the printed (and digital) versions, which really makes it pop. Check it out, brethren!
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Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague's soggy cover of Prog 1835 is up, PLUS an announcement for something rather special coming this week!!!
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Okay... tomorrow at 8am UK time, get ready for Episode 1 of 3 of D'Israeli's Stickleback cover. Tomorrow, Friday and Saturday I'm going to post a video A DAY following this weeks' cover from inception to finished piece. There'll be one or two goodies to grab too - an exciting week!
Part one is up fellas, part two will go up at 8am tomorrow. Enjoy!
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The second part is up, up, up! Quick, go now!
Great stuff, Pete. D'Israeli's info-dumps about his processes boggle my mind, but the end results are glorious.
The final, fascinating part of D'Israeli's 'Making of Prog 1835' is uploaded and typically brilliant! I've really enjoyed the series and it blows my mind how much time and effort he's put in here. As someone who's made screen capture videos in the past, I know how long they take. Also, I know he really struggled getting them up to YouTube (part Two took FIVE long attempts!) What a generous, talented guy.
They've set a new standard for my blog and have really given us an insight into how much he puts into his work.
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Some absolutely awesome stuff on here Pete...
I don't know how I've managed to miss this thread for so long !!... :o
Thanks for all your hard work...It is much appreciated...I've just spent about an hour tonight looking through you blog site and keep getting 'side tracked' there is so much in it !!
Just followed the D'Israeli blog and the work / time he spends doing his artwork is incredible....I was under the assumption that 'digital' art was so much quicker but it certainly doesn't seem to be the case here ??!!....
Also saw from an earlier post that a Clint Langley cover amongst many others, was what inspired you to start this thread / Covers blog.......So here's hoping you can use my Clint Langley cover of Slaine, from Prog 958 on 22nd September 1995 ' Cold Warrior ' in one of your 'covers' section....
I've taken it out its frame and updated the photo on my CAF site, so if you can use it, great !!
Cheers..
Glad you like it Bob! I'm VERY proud of it.
This weeks beautiful cover by Chris Weston is up, yay!
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great stuff, wooly jumper tips too!
Some great stuff of late, of there Pete.
Alex Ronald's art is just superb, isnt it - those Stormtroopers, :thumbsup:
Look who gets name checked over at CBR's Robot 6 and I don't just mean Matt Brooker...
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/06/watch-2000ads-video-profile-of-matt-brooker-aka-disraeli/ (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/06/watch-2000ads-video-profile-of-matt-brooker-aka-disraeli/)
That video profile is the bees knees. I'd watch a whole series of those.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 20 June, 2013, 10:45:53 PM
That video profile is the bees knees. I'd watch a whole series of those.
Yes Please.....a whole series of these would be great...That was tremendous and very, very interesting.... My only complaint....It was far too short !!
Great stuff !! :D
Cor! Thanks for telling me about that name check Colin, I'm chuffed!
Up on the blog today is John Charles' Sinister Dexter cover, enjoy...
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Jon Davis-Hunt's brilliant cover comes gnashing and wailing onto my blog today!
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Dave T's cover is up - boooooooom!
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Fascinating stuff as ever, Pete.
Glad it's not just me that slaps a coloured filter over something to bring it together at the end!
Blimey, this week my blog has surpassed three hundred thousand hits! To celebrate, I've got FOUR articles up this week, wahoo!
The first is PJ Holden's Number Cruncher cover which was released on Wednesday...
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This week should see MacNeil, Garbett and Robinson sexiness!
Finally got my hands on the cover of Prog 1839 by the stupidly busy Lee Garbett, phew!
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Excellent work.
Any chance of getting Ben Willsher to comment on his Kirby-tastic cover for the upcoming Mutants in Mega-City One trade?
Quote from: eamonn1961 on 22 July, 2013, 08:57:43 AM
Excellent work.
Any chance of getting Ben Willsher to comment on his Kirby-tastic cover for the upcoming Mutants in Mega-City One trade?
I'll have a go Eamonn!
While we wait for that, thee's Cliff and Dylan's excellent Meg cover - I want to see this on cups, t-shirts, posters, the lot!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zPDZ1nWO48w/UepE0N8IFvI/AAAAAAAAI6A/GBET0-0DT6o/s320/Meg+Issue+338.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 27 July, 2013, 09:17:35 AM
Quote from: eamonn1961 on 22 July, 2013, 08:57:43 AM
Excellent work.
Any chance of getting Ben Willsher to comment on his Kirby-tastic cover for the upcoming Mutants in Mega-City One trade?
I'll have a go Eamonn!
While we wait for that, thee's Cliff and Dylan's excellent Meg cover - I want to see this on cups, t-shirts, posters, the lot!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zPDZ1nWO48w/UepE0N8IFvI/AAAAAAAAI6A/GBET0-0DT6o/s320/Meg+Issue+338.jpg)
Seconded! It's a classic!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 27 July, 2013, 09:17:35 AM
Quote from: eamonn1961 on 22 July, 2013, 08:57:43 AM
Excellent work.
Any chance of getting Ben Willsher to comment on his Kirby-tastic cover for the upcoming Mutants in Mega-City One trade?
I'll have a go Eamonn!
While we wait for that, thee's Cliff and Dylan's excellent Meg cover - I want to see this on cups, t-shirts, posters, the lot!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zPDZ1nWO48w/UepE0N8IFvI/AAAAAAAAI6A/GBET0-0DT6o/s320/Meg+Issue+338.jpg)
Fantastic, looking forward to it
haha! Dog Deever has a bad day. Nice one.
Brendan McCarthy channels the greats on my blog today...
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 28 July, 2013, 08:13:18 AM
Brendan McCarthy channels the greats on my blog today ... http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/
Mental - I've no history with or knowledge of the sources (i), so it's fascinating to see what makes Our Bren's mind tick. Cheers, you erudite bugger.
(i) When I saw the Kirby cover my first thought was that he was doing Shaky Kane, even though I know that Shaky Kane was doing Kirby. This must be what it's like for kids listening to new bands who rip off Oasis, who were ripping off the Beatles, who were ripping off Little Richard ...
You're right Sauchie. I'm strictly a 2000AD guy so I was completely blagging that article. Still, when I was googling those names you really could see their influence on McCarthy which... Ahem, I knew all the time, honest guvnor...
Here you go fellas, a good kick in the tentacles from Mr Critchlow is up on the blog today!
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Man that's amarzing (yes 'amarzing' is a thing now)
"There's a slight mistake in the image though, can you spot it?"
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Sir, the senior Judge appears to have discarded his left elbow pad during the course of his life and death struggle with a big bastard tentacle thing, Sir. How do I claim my prize? Although, if it's like school, and my only reward for being a wee smartarse is getting to drink the leftover kiddie-sized bottle of government milk that's been sitting in direct sunlight all morning, I might pass.
Nice try Sauchie but you're wrong. Stand in the corner, boy... Turn around, we don't want to see your silly face...
A gushier than normal post today as I post a shit load of Ian Gibson goodness!
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I was going to type a proper reply, but it would basically just have been me agreeing with everything you said in your blog - your remark about Gibson's animated version of Dredd's eagle being a particular Killing Me Softly moment. I bow to no man in my love for McMahon, Kennedy and McCarthy, but it was the incredible life, energy and humour of Gibson's work on Robohunter, Halo and Dredd that first drew me into the comic.
It was Gibson's time on the Daily Star which showed me the incredible things of which the Dredd strip was capable, and all my earliest attempts to draw the character feature the distinctive flare of the helmet and cartoon anatomy of Q Twerk. As those commissions you posted demonstrate, Gibson's still producing absolutely top-notch work, and the idea that we might have seen the last of him in the prog makes me all sad and that. Best blog post ever, Pete
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"There's a slight mistake in the image though, can you spot it?"
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Is it the [spoiler]tentacle that goes behind his back but gets cut off between his gun strap and forearm?[/spoiler]
Recrewt spotted it! Well done fella, you win a beating by Senior Citizen Burdis at the venue of your choice.
Today, Clint and Simon's Slaine covers have hit the blog...
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Dredd composed and cool under fire in this excellent cover by Karl Richardson. Definitely one of my favourite cover artists and a really great cover. I'd LOVE to have seen this as a wraparound, Dredd cooly changing his mag on the front while the perps charge on the back...
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"Dredd dresses to the left" is all I can see in that picture now :lol:
A great cover, and another great article on the blog. Nice one, Pete!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 01 August, 2013, 04:34:49 PM
A gushier than normal post today as I post a shit load of Ian Gibson goodness!
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Aye, that's a heck of a lot of Gibson goodness alright, Pete. Lovely stuff!
Henry Flint talks about his lenticulars on my blog today!
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That's excellent Pete. Another superb blog too.
Stew.
Nice blog, always good to hear a bit on the process involved.
Great stuff, that Henry/Rebellion did something fresh and unique.
Don't re-buy stories as a rule, but now considering it... Swines.
Cheers Fungus fella! Tiernen Trevalion's zombie mangling Defoe cover is up today!
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Dave Kendall's breakdowns for his stunning Slaine poster or on my blog today!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 25 August, 2013, 06:52:50 PM
Dave Kendall's breakdowns for his stunning Slaine poster or on my blog today!
Stunning.
Clint Langley's varient covers AND a delicious Book of Scars extra are on the blog today!
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Finally an update on my blog, even if it's not as complete as I'd like.
See Patrick Goddard's awesome Aqula cover with sketches, pencils, inks and notes from Pat and the usual shit jokes and sycophancy from me.
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Enjoy!
Mr Culbard's gravity bending, perspective shifting cover is on the blog today. I'm particularly please with my punnage in the title of this Blog post...
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Dave Kendall's brilliant Flesh cover is on the blog tonight, it's a topper!
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Wow, what's most astonishing about that is much as I love that cover, and Christ alive do I love it, there's three of those 'roughs' I think I might have liked even more!
Stunning stuff Mr Wells as ever, thank you.
Thanks Pete - and this cover is just a thing of beauty.
The hat is nice, but I like the skull in the jaws too. And the fact you can see the canvas just emphasizes he's painted the thing.
Simple yet stunning.
Stunning... cover of the year ;)
This weeks' FAN-tastic Cliff cover is on the blog. I LOVE this one...
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In total agreement Pete, and cracking job on the blog as always, sir!
Boo Cook's beautiful tribute to Prog 180's cover is on the blog today. Find out just who he and Richard Starkings are trying to swindle, it's disgusting!
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Wow. That is drokking awesome stuff by Boo! :D
A MASSIVE post about Mark Harrison's cover for Prog 1855 is on the blog today, man that bloke is thorough!
Enjoy!
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Saucy nun ahoy on my blog today courtesy of Alex Ronald!
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That is indeed a cracking cover by Alex.
Dredd is most grand, with the helmet being a cross between classic period Steve Dillon, and a Nazi WWII Stahlhelm.
The Nun aint bad, either..
Aye, she's nun too bad.
Puns about nuns? That's a nasty habit to get into. ;)
Another great blog post
Carl Critchlow's Dances with Dinosaurs cover is up!
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Paging Colin_YNWA!
Nice one Pete. I'll get some pictures up of the stuff Carl sent me over at the Original Art thread in a couple of days. Fantastic to see the elements coming together here.
As ever a delight to read your Blog Pete, but this week for very particular reasons for me personally.
After all what's better than a 2000ad cover, why a 2000ad cover with a Dinosaur fighting cowboys that's what!
This weeks' Karl Richardson's cover is on the blog. I really, really like this one, maybe those who thought it was dark might prefer a digital version?
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Cover of the year vote soon too!
Clint Langley's problem plagued Gorehead cover is on my blog today. Check out the revisions he did!
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INJ Culbard's Brass Sun cover is up today my darlings!
Say what you see...
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 25 November, 2013, 09:39:07 PMSay what you see...
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Phhhoooaawwwrrrrr!! :lol:
An older boy on the school bus once told me that more than a handful's a waste.
The fool.
Dirty boys!
Mark Harrison's gas planet cover is up!
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Henry's cover up today fellas - soon to be followed by Prog 2014, then the mighty Cover of the Year Vote!
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As a special festive treat, Cliff and Dylan's outstanding Meg cover is on the blog today! Easily one of the covers of the year for me...
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 24 December, 2013, 08:55:53 AM
As a special festive treat, Cliff and Dylan's outstanding Meg cover is on the blog today! Easily one of the covers of the year for me...
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That was an awesome cover! Cliff and Dylan are a match made in Zarjaz heaven!
Henry Flint's glorious Titan cover on there today!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 02 January, 2014, 10:44:38 PM
Henry Flint's glorious Titan cover on there today!
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Another enjoyable instalment as always, Pete! Eight episodes you say? I'm more than happy to hear that! :D
Clint's breathtaking cover for ABC Warriors is up. I can't disagree more with people who don't like Langley's work, it blows me away every time. It's all subjective though innit? :D
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That black and white stuff is fantastic
Phwooooor! Flinty goodness on my blog today, beautiful stuff! Wierd, I'm getting HUGE pictures below instead of the thumbnails, I'm not doing anything different to what I've been doing for the last five years. Odd...
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Patrick Goddard's Grey Area inks are on the blog today, colours to follow...
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Mark Harrison's cover is on the blog today, no doubt a HUGE preview will appear below...
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"...do you still have the cheapened " history of Brigand Doom covers Pete?
Mark Harrison's SD cover looks far better in b/w than it does in the final coloured version...
Langley goodness up today! Gah, WHY won't it post the thumbnail view anymore!?!
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I have no complaints about that mahoosive B/W Langley there.
Alex Ronald's wonderfully cute Ulysses Sweet cover is on the blog, as well as a potted history of the character...
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This week's cover is the best in a while for me.
A great piece of graphic art, and a true "cover image". It'd make me want to know what was inside.
That Roland cover's something else.
He's a little bit good that Alex Ronald isn't he?
Quote from: Pete Wells on 15 February, 2014, 08:24:23 PM
He's a little bit good that Alex Ronald isn't he?
He's doing all kinds of clever things with the radiating diagonals formed by the blood spatter and staples, and the laterals of the eyes, shoulders and 2000ad logo as well. If
Ulysses Sweet wasn't such a divisive strip, Ronald would probably be making up for that second place in last year's cover vote. Cheers,
Pete.
Sorry again about my Roland typo (predictive text); it seems to be a devisive strip but I adore it. Brightens up my week. I shouldn't be posting here as I don't get my prog till Wednesday. Can't wait.
It's been a great weekend for covers. I've just uploaded Phil Winslade's sketches and the likes for his beautiful Megazine cover:
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At last! Cliff and Dylan's jolly birthday prog is on the blog!
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Dylan's horrible worm cover is on the blog today!
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You might want to punctuate that last sentence, Pete. :lol:
That's great, more Dylan Teague in the prog please.
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 09 March, 2014, 10:00:53 AM
You might want to punctuate that last sentence, Pete. :lol:
Ooops!
QuoteThe Law Town Worm 'Whisht! Lads, haad yer gobs, an ah'll tell yer all an awful story! Whisht! Lads, haas yer gobs, an ah'll tell yer boot the worm!'
I get that (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm)! Thanks for the sneak peek at this week's cover; always nice to know I've got a massive, gaping sphincter waiting for me when I get home from work on Wednesday. Excellent blog as usual, and thanks for the Winslade Meg cover post too. Your background information on the real world identity of the probe-y Judge Skerrit is just one of the reasons you should have that wonderful brain kept alive in a jar following your demise. Cheers again,
Pete.
Quote from: sauchie on 09 March, 2014, 10:21:41 AM
QuoteThe Law Town Worm 'Whisht! Lads, haad yer gobs, an ah'll tell yer all an awful story! Whisht! Lads, haas yer gobs, an ah'll tell yer boot the worm!'
I get that (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm)!
I'm from Sunderland Sauchie so I know the Lambton Worm song word for word. I live quite near to Lord Lambton's grounds too (frigging pheasants all over the place in hunting season!)
It's a smashing song and there's some cool versions of the legend, the best being that he chopped the worm into bits and covered it in seed to be eaten by the birds, to stop it regenerating!
Stating the bleedin' obvious here perhaps...
but Dylan Teague is one of 2000ad's - and the Meg's - absolute top talents. He works wonders with others' b & w art and his own art and does probably the best 'girl' art I can think of currently.
Next jumping on prog, give that guy a series?
Ooooooh, Clint Langley's ABC Warriors cover is up today complete with an uncoloured version of his Carlos Pino tribute and a cross section of the Praying Mantis from Starlord issue 2. Exciting!
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Wednesday's Prog on da Blog, Mutha!
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This weeks' tentacle-tastic cover is on the blog...
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Always nice to see a cover from start to finish, or in Hentai-rety as you might say.
My coat? Thank you very much.
Quote from: eamonn1961 on 30 March, 2014, 10:00:54 PM
Always nice to see a cover from start to finish, or in Hentai-rety as you might say.
My coat? Thank you very much.
Bugger me Eamonn, that's terrible!
Alex Ronald's cinematic masterpiece is on the blog today as well as Anderson on the toilet...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jOinLL0Z7W8/U0F26ZRRdcI/AAAAAAAAJ94/yQNMoXGe7nM/s1600/SDS.jpg)
Simon Fraiser's beautiful Megazine cover is on the blog today. See his alternative ideas (rather less beautiful!) and his gritty sketches. I love this cover and am kicking myself that I hadn't got the Rico connection.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rgn4ORSDfyk/U0MWK4aqR0I/AAAAAAAAKAM/14ANy0cn4O4/s1600/Anderson4.jpg)
Pete, these sketches are like taking layers off the Mona Lisa and finding a whole new painting underneath. The Meg logo totally obscures the far more poignant image of Dredd carrying Anderson's body past a group of Judge onlookers. And in doing so, the cover becomes more about him apparently staring at her noo-noo.
Top work as always, Pete, with particular mention for the great feature on Alex Ronald. He's developed an aesthetic which hits the sweet spot between apparent photorealism and the dynamism of comic composition that I think every kid dreams of producing when they pick up a pen or brush. It's a tricky balance, which other very talented artists struggle with, but Ronald is locked into a solid groove at the moment.
All it will take is for some US editor to offer him a gig knocking out Wonder Woman or Power Girl covers, and he'll be applying that incredible talent to producing portraits of muscle men in long underwear for the rest of his life. I echo your call for Tharg to rescue him from spending his days fannying about with CAD packages, while he can still be got. I don't care whether that means more covers or a strip in the creator-owned slot in the Megazine, I just want to see more from him.
Quote from: Eightball on 10 April, 2014, 05:13:53 PM
And in doing so, the cover becomes more about him apparently staring at her noo-noo.
Damn you Eightball, that's all I see now!
And spot on as ever Sauchie, more Alex Ronald please Thargy!
Cor, Ben Willsher's smashing Dredd cover is on my blog today. There will be another Ben Willsher Easter special on Sunday, hmmm, what could it be?
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Hey all, there's an 'Easter' Special on my blog today... :-[
A double helping of Willsher goodness. Lovely!
This weeks' colourful cover by Phil Winslade is up. Enjoy!
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I think I'm in love. That is a top piece of cover art, as Sauchie suggested elsewhere, a worthy successor to Austin with to my eye more than a hint of Fabry.
Painted art's a wonderful thing to look at, so cheers especially for that WIP with the strokes and colour swatches still visible, Pete. I compared Winslade's technique to that of Weston on another thread, and I'll add to my gushing fanboy abandon by likening the textures and the vivid contrast of orange pads with the midnight blue of the leathers and helmet in the image above to Fabry during the period when he was seeking Bisley's crown as King Of Water Based Media:
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The making of Henry Flint's Free Comic Book Day cover is on the blog, also Glenn Fabry's Prog and forthcoming Meg cover:
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Fuck me! The chunky booted Dredd in Fabry's amazing Megazine cover is worthy of McMahon or McCarthy. Fabry's never settled on one version of Dredd, and any time he draws the character everything from the eagle to Dredd's face looks completely different to the previous time (even from page to page during Die Laughing), and that's a terrific example of his flibberty-gibbet approach paying off.
Thanks for pointing out that Fabry's using the same colourist as Greg Staples's Year One covers - I don't think I realised either wasn't entirely the work of the original artist (or that they weren't hand painted art). I suppose if you're as painstaking as Fabry, employing a colourer could make financial sense.
I must admit Sauchie, I found it strange that Ryan Brown didn't get more (or indeed any on the Yr1 covers) credit. He's a fantastic talent and those particular covers are some of my favourite Dredd images ever!
Some frankly ridiculously beautiful art on my blog today courtesy of Mr Simon Davis.
Bring on the overly large preview...
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 20 May, 2014, 11:36:52 PM
Some frankly ridiculously beautiful art on my blog today courtesy of Mr Simon Davis.
Bring on the overly large preview...
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That sketch is nicer than the finished piece!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 18 April, 2014, 10:54:33 AM
Cor, Ben Willsher's smashing Dredd cover is on my blog today. There will be another Ben Willsher Easter special on Sunday, hmmm, what could it be?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V3dDNl7jsuY/U1DVrP1EA3I/AAAAAAAAKCU/wKbn_oRV79g/s1600/LAWMASTER+SMASH+Black+and+White.jpg)
This would've looked
much better if it had stayed as it is, i.e, in b&w.
Looks stunning here, not so much in the finished article (or cover).
Quote from: Mabs on 21 May, 2014, 10:02:11 PM
This would've looked much better if it had stayed as it is, i.e, in b&w.
Looks stunning here, not so much in the finished article (or cover).
Isn't it only Stickleback that is allowed b&w covers :D
Quote from: Mabs on 21 May, 2014, 10:02:11 PM
This would've looked much better if it had stayed as it is, i.e, in b&w.
You have to hum the theme to The Professionals while looking at it.
Nick Percival's brilliant Dredd cover is up in all it's mind bending, stomach churning glory. I drokking love this one!
Bring on the overly large preview... ah, there it is...
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The palette of Nick Percival's cover seemed too subdued for my liking, but without the trade dress they seem much more vivid. Odd. Cheers, Pete.
Neil Roberts' stonking cover is up. As he sadly didn't send any reference pictures this time I made my own, I hope he doesn't mind. Check the blog to see it...
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Old Rage Pensioner - I've said it before, but Tharg's sub-editorial droids should be running cover lines by you to make sure they haven't missed a killer pun or innuendo. Fascinating (and creepy) detail regarding the source of that colour scheme. Someone on the prog review thread said it reminded them of a WWII propaganda poster, but the real inspiration is even more sinister than that.
I must admit, I try and outdo the 2000AD cover line every week. I liked OAP RPG on the prog this week though...
Week in week out the prog covers just get better & better...
Thanks for the Shepard Fairey ref Pete, I just love that bold style. Being ignorant means always finding new things :)
Cliff n' Dylan on the blog today - cue overly large preview image...
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This weeks' Brass Sun cover and rough up courtesy of Mr Culbard...
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Slaine rough and clean version on the blog today which brings me all up to date... aaaaand relax!
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The first of a three part Chris Weston special on my blog today! I am kleggstatic to present the making of his cover of 1889, tommorrow I will post the erotic creation of the XXX Files and Tuesday will see the creation of his first cover for IDW's Anderson series. A Weston Week, wahoooo!
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"NICKED KLEGG"! - why has nobody done that one before? I agree with Weston's opinion that he needs his head examined for putting so much work into his meticulous pages, but only once he's illustrated key chapters of the next Dredd mega-epic alongside Flint and McNeil. Cheers for that, Pete; I've been anticipating that blog post since I saw the 1889 cover online a fortnight ago, and neither you nor Weston let me down.
Wait 'till you see the XXX Files tomorrow - amazing!
Just another vote for taglines, here.
Quote from: sauchie on 06 July, 2014, 08:11:07 PM
"NICKED KLEGG"! - why has nobody done that one before?
Sauchie, I'm wounded! I've posted this (rubbish) on the forum at least twice before:
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x418/Dash_Decent/Klegg.jpg)
(I even added a bunch of 'call backs' in one thread, in the hope of getting a smile out of Owen when he had to recompile it for voting:
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,40326.msg819757.html#msg819757
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,40326.msg820470.html#msg820470
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,40326.msg821772.html#msg821772)
I am very proud of Dash Decent for his services to punnage!
Now then! Over on the blog today is the second part of my three part Chris Weston Special - this time, the rather saucy XXX Files. Enjoy it creeps, it's a doozy and contains one of the best Dredds I can remember!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 07 July, 2014, 06:32:38 AM
I am very proud of Dash Decent for his services to punnage!
Thanks Pete, I sit at the feet of the master.
That Dredd is superb!
"Rough", my arse! Weston's thumbnails are better rendered than most artists' finished inks, and each design element he created in the process of putting together that cover displays enough wit and invention to keep an ad agency going for a year. He's fantastically self effacing too, which made his commentary on his process an entertaining read that more than lived up to the Wells hype.
I can't imagine how we would ever have seen the fantastic work Weston abandoned or obscured in the course of creating that cover if it wasn't for all the sickening cringing and fawning you do on our behalf, Pete. Cheers!
No a problem sir. And may I say you're looking lovely today Sauchie?
What get's me, particularly with the Klegg cover, is that unless that image makes the cover of a graphic novel, or a poster, then it's shelf life is ONE WEEK! All that work and skill, for one week. Mental!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 07 July, 2014, 08:38:27 PM
What get's me, particularly with the Klegg cover, is that unless that image makes the cover of a graphic novel, or a poster, then it's shelf life is ONE WEEK! All that work and skill, for one week. Mental!
Eerily, I was thinking
exactly the same thing earlier today. I don't know if Best Weston gets how intensely the incredible effort he puts into something which should be pretty evanescent is appreciated round here. Your end-of-year cover vote goes some way to addressing that, but I'm going to send an arse-licking fanboy tweet to @westonfront (https://twitter.com/westonfront), and envelop him in a nauseous miasma of sycophancy anyway - just to be sure.
There's a part of me - a small, malformed, knuckle-dragging part - that worries about these wondrous covers that appear from time to time... (like this latest one (and the rest are consistently great, too)). When you pick up your prog in WH Smith as I do, you wonder if any copies will be left...
Last part of the Chris Western special is up, IDW's Judge Anderson and a dead Burdis, perfect...
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Do not believe him!
Cheers for getting Chris to share that incredible Rogue Trooper image, Pete, and congratulations on that unbelievable "sketch". Weston must average about one of those per day at conventions.
Ooooh, forgot to post here, Karl's hard as nails Aquila cover is on the blog. There's a spunk joke in the article for those with a more high brow sense of humour.
Here Pete, thanks a million for doing the Weston series. The man's work - process and results - is simply incredible.
No, it's not Justin Lee Collins in an orgy at Newcastle's Bigg Market, it's Black Shuck by Alex Ronald on the blog today...
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/)
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Looks impressive just like that!
THIRTY SIX pictures and full commentary on a tip top Colin MacNeil digital art special over on my blog today. Absolutely beautiful work from one of 2000AD's greats.
Cut to overly big picture:
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"John Wagner has created some absolutely classic comic characters in his illustrious career, he also created Walter the Wobot."
Talk about a backhanded compliment, Pete!
No compliments for Walter, to me he is the Scrappy Doo of the Dredd universe.
Thankfully though, I'm really enjoying Droid-mentia Walter - "I put a bed sock in your omelette" was one of the funniest lines ever!
One of my favourite covers ever and a chunky blog to do it justice, great stuff.
BTW It's Sylvia Plath, not Cynthia. And I took you for a poetry fan Pete... :)
Quote from: Fungus on 31 July, 2014, 04:38:44 PM
BTW It's Sylvia Plath, not Cynthia. And I took you for a poetry fan Pete... :)
Oh dear! How queer! That's shitty, shitty news that I do hear!
I shall log, onto my blog, and put the bastard right, never fear!
See? Poetry is in my soul.
This weeks' prog cover up nice and early as I'm off on my holibobs! A git big fish head, it's like looking at the wife!
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Happy holidays, Pete. Thanks for sharing this week's fantastic cover and Colin MacNeil's treasure trove of art, but feel free to keep any photographs of your white bits to yourself.
I thought it was the photos of my purple veiny bits you wanted Sauchie?
Quote from: Pete Wells on 07 August, 2014, 11:59:26 AM
I thought it was the photos of my purple veiny bits you wanted Sauchie?
You better hope the guy who does your background checks to make sure you're okay to work with kids doesn't know how to use google, "Pete Wells".
These cheeky bastards have stolen Pete's schtick - previewing next prog's Jake Lynch cover and getting him to explain his working process and inspiration. Lynch's first cover, and his first Dredd too:
http://multiversitycomics.com/previews/exclusive-jake-wyatt-brings-the-color-and-old-school-feel-to-2000-ad-prog-1895-previewinterview/
"Pete Wells is away"
Quote from: sauchie post office on 14 August, 2014, 07:20:18 PM
These cheeky bastards have stolen Pete's schtick - previewing next prog's Jake Lynch cover and getting him to explain his working process and inspiration. Lynch's first cover, and his first Dredd too:
http://multiversitycomics.com/previews/exclusive-jake-wyatt-brings-the-color-and-old-school-feel-to-2000-ad-prog-1895-previewinterview/
yet another use of that vague hand-wavey term 'old School', what's the general understanding of that? does it mean; like some wonderful classic style or is it a backhanded compliment, or indeed an insult as in 'old fashioned'?
Doesn't look old-school to me, most reminiscent of Willsher's face-bigger-than-the-cover cover a couple of years back? As they say, it's a bit MacNeily from 20-odd years ago, hence 'old-school'???
This invites you to pick an example of the opposite.... what's 'new-school'...? Um, Culbard? D'Israeli? 'Schools' start to sound a bit silly when you try to pin it down...
Loved Jake's comment that he drew 2 hours a week :) And only now pursues it fully. Good on 'im.
Quote from: Steve Green on 14 August, 2014, 07:42:50 PM
"Pete Wells is howay"
I've translated that into Geordie. RE old school: I think the author was just so taken with his observation that the cover looks a bit like it involved an airbrush that he got carried away. If I was making a comparison with artists of yesteryear, I would have gone with Jason Brashill or Jim Murray, rather the incredible Colin MacNeil.
That cover's much different to how I would have expected Lynch's colour work to look. You know the early panels of Henry Flint's fantastic
Dead Zone Dredd story in this month's Meg, where he's using painterly textures underneath sweeping black line work? That's how I imagined Lynch would approach colour. Pleasant surprise, though.
Hew pet, ah'm back awa heeah noo!
I haven't read the piece on Jake's cover yet but I've seen it on my phone and it looks yummy. That article will save me a job but I WILL have to link to it - my OCD demands it! I ain't missed a cover in five years and I'm not gonna now :D
I'm waiting on Neil Roberts for this weeks' beauty, but from what I understand he's crackers busy at the minute though. I'm very much looking forward to making up his reference photos if he doesn't send any...
Just read the article and it was GREAT! I hope people get as much of a kick out of my silly blog as I got out of that (not fishing for compliments there fellas, so please don't feel like you have to...)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 14 August, 2014, 11:07:09 PM
Just read the article and it was GREAT! I hope people get as much of a kick out of my silly blog as I got out of that (not fishing for compliments there fellas, so please don't feel like you have to...)
Kanye West once said he wished he could be one of his own fans, so he could see himself perform. The article above wasn't quite the same as watching you rock the mic, Pete - they forgot all the puns and double entendres which are the highlights of your set.
That was fun, though not the same as one of yours Pete.
(http://www.futurequake.co.uk/images/shop/dogbreath26.jpg)
Jake is a definite good guy- and I'm chuffed to bits to see him working for Tharg more and more. His cover for Dogbreath (above) is one of my personal faves and the strip he's just delivered for Zarjaz (did I mention Zarjaz yet?) is hopefully going to be the lead strip.
Quote from: sauchie post office on 14 August, 2014, 08:41:59 PM
If I was making a comparison with artists of yesteryear, I would have gone with Jason Brashill or Jim Murray, rather the incredible Colin MacNeil.
That Dredd image reminds me of Mark Harrison's work on Conspiracy Of Silence from Progs 891 - 894. :o
While not googling my own name (and not discovering that there are a load of Jake Lynch's out there, doing far better than me), I came across this thread...
Thank you for all your kind words, it is truly appreciated.
Pete -
I have always really enjoyed and been entertained by your blog and have regularly dipped into it for inspiration. I also feel I've let you down a little on my first cover. If I can make it up to you, drop me a line...
Blimey, that Jake Lynch is a bit good, isn't he :o
Tharg - lock this new droid in his cubicle, and feed him constant oil :)
Missed the old school 'argument', i'd opt for an old school pic being a one off, "I'm well 'ard me" pose from Dredd completely unrelated to the story inside as opposed to the JD covers recently for Traumatown which were totally related.
not wanting any argybargy, :D 'old school' is just one of those terms that is occasionally mentioned and I'm never quite sure what baggage it carries.
I've seen some upcoming Jake Lynch art - it's really, really good.
Thanks to Pye Parr, a lovely breakdown of Simon Coleby's Jaegir One Shot cover on the blogeroonie today.
Woppa picture ahoy:
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyDotwWDpd8/U_ElLVhaaxI/AAAAAAAAKf8/j7n2xw3OXfs/s1600/Jaegir%2Blinework.jpg)
That black and white version is stunning. Who needs colour, eh?
That's great - what I particularly like about Simon's version of the Norts is the clinging suffocation of the chem mask, it really brings home how claustrophobic the suit would be.
Alex's cracker is up!
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Cracker indeed. Maybe Alex didn't want to repeat himself with another tight close-up portrait image so soon after his incredible Ulysses Sweet cover, but the cropped version you use above would have made for an even more arresting composition than the great Blade Runner homage he went with.
I really enjoyed reading about the incredibly complex and deliberative approach Alex adopts when coming up with these masterpieces, but it seems like an awful lot of effort. When Ron Smith wanted to produce a cover image of a grotesque character looming large from a vid screen on the side of a building (with a grasping hand and issuing a command via a speech bubble too), he just cheated the perspective and inked it up with a number 2 sable brush, rather than a fancy Z brush:
(http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s410/sauchieboy/2bdf0207-53a1-454d-b55e-4d1a4eeecab3.jpg?t=1409737478)
If I was half the artist Ron Smith is I wouldn't bother with Z Brush either. :)
But I'm not, so I use every visual/digital avenue open to me to raise my game.
Some prefer the more traditional approach, fair do's. Digital is not everyone's cup of tea :)
I was only really chuffed that I'd managed to remember which Ron Smith cover the central image reminded me of. I don't really make much distinction between CG and old school art; all that matters is whether the result is good, and you're one of the very best to grace the prog, Alex.
That recent Spiderman piece you did (http://thecomicartblog.com/image/77518703443) gave me cold sweats, imagining a Marvel editor seeing that and luring you away to work for them with the promise that you can depict Spiderwoman's arse in as much photo realistic detail as you please.
Reading about the incredible degree of craft that the likes of yourself, Weston, and D'Israeli put into everything you do blows my mind, so thanks for taking the time to share your process with Pete. Just to prove I'm not a Luddite, here's the other old school cover your fantastic image reminded me of. It's by another very talented artist - but it's not even half as good:
http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=916&Comic=2000ad
Thanks for the kind words.
You have no idea how chuffed I am to get a second bite at the 2000ad apple.
:)
Quite right too. Your artwork is easily prog/Cover worthy.
Dave Kendall's yucky cover is on the blog today - seriously impressive work!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KGbxDPGTgJw/VAsnJhNHFpI/AAAAAAAAKls/x3eGHj8jgrE/s1600/cover%2Bpencils1.jpg)
Quote from: Alex on 06 September, 2014, 07:27:06 AM
If I was half the artist Ron Smith is I wouldn't bother with Z Brush either. :)
But I'm not, so I use every visual/digital avenue open to me to raise my game.
Some prefer the more traditional approach, fair do's. Digital is not everyone's cup of tea :)
Get your light out from under that bushel Alex! If you're okay with it, I'll scan that stunning pen and ink Dredd you done for me and post it up to show off your talent?
Quote from: sauchie karate club on 03 September, 2014, 10:58:02 AM
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Ah, my old Get Ugly T-shirt :) The one item you really didn't need to wash.....
On-topic, it's pretty rare the prog cover these days isn't spectacular. Quite the arms race going on between artists. I blame Pete W.
Greg Staples' beautiful cover of Prog 1900 is up. Possibly my favourite Dredd ever!?!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/greg-staples-greghead.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/greg-staples-greghead.html)
Cue whoppa preview:
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I think I like the line and grey tone version even more - pity those prints never came to pass. The Law Lords were a real thing at the time Wagner wrote LawCon, Pete. They were the ultimate court of appeal in the UK, until New Labour decided to rebrand them as The Supreme Court, because we're the 51st fucking state of the USA (http://youtu.be/1osdqwaiu08), apparently.
Speechless in admiration of that.
Except to say I'm glad it's non-digital, always a plus.
That is something to behold :o
Quote from: Pete Wells on 22 September, 2014, 10:13:54 PM
Greg Staples' beautiful cover of Prog 1900 is up. Possibly my favourite Dredd ever!?!
Wow that's quite a statement. Have to say while I know a black and white (or grey scale) cover isn't an option man I love love love that greyscale version. Quite stunning.
Yeah, I think a run of the b/w prints would go down well...
They're taking pre-orders for A2 posters of the cover, as well as new t-shirts, free comic primers and wallpapers...
http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a6e40236aa24d482cfff600d2&id=c77d1183b9 (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a6e40236aa24d482cfff600d2&id=c77d1183b9)
Lovely Nick Percival piece up today!
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Beautiful image, but just what guns does Ichabod use? He seems to use colt army's in the strip, but colt navy's or a mixture of the two on covers. These things are important people.
Oh dear, 2000AD get's it's own Manana-gate as Richard Elson shamelessly Cheesecakes Gene the Hackman. Intrepid investigative journalist Pete Wells investigates...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FGXYIpd_ExQ/VDFqTeVA55I/AAAAAAAAKqA/E30hdlmY3dA/s1600/revised%2Brough.jpg)
D'israeli's cover from last week is up! I liked this cover, very spooky, but I adored his Klimt inspired idea no 3...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OcnSRZrAPs/VEIcECTp-4I/AAAAAAAAKr0/bFn6x1bXTL4/s1600/01%2BRough%2B1.jpg)
Is there anything more fascinating than a D'Israeli-penned art breakdown? And for the record, option 3 would have been (even more) magnificent.
I love that man.
But not as much as Pete Wells for this blog.
Quote from: blackmocco on 19 October, 2014, 05:22:31 PM
But not as much as Pete Wells for this blog.
Ah blackmocco, you smooth talking shitpot! I love you man!
On the blog today, an indepth look at the Prog and Logo re-design by the marvellous PYE PARR, father of the blog!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/pye-parr-bato-logo.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/pye-parr-bato-logo.html)
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Alex Ronald's fantastic Prog 1904 cover is up...
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Slimy chopper! Check out the making of today's amazing 2000AD cover by Dave Kendall on my blog today. The guy is a legend!
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Oh my fucking god, that's gorgeous.
I was recently a witness to his drawings taking root FROM THE SOURCE and it was a horrifying and humbling experience. Kendall is a true asset to the prog and one of the true new droidtalents of recent-times.
Also he's judging the art comp this month ;)
A breakdown of Uprise/Meg 351 cover on my blog today. Also, a bit of a Karl Urban scoop - oh what could have been... (Ooh no, I've used clickbait, shoot me now!!!)
Also coming this week - Phil Wilsnade's Meg cover and John Charles' IGN Dredd cover. You can tell it's half term!
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The making of Phil Winslade's beautiful Megazine cover is on my blog today!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2i7P0NUmDaM/VE1XNPf5e4I/AAAAAAAAKxU/EotrA-s2w1s/s1600/LAWLESS%2BJDM%2Bcartoon1.jpg)
John Charles sent me the tortured history of his IDW subscriber's copy cover, 'tis on the blog...
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A tri-plane, being flown by a genetically modified dog, battling terrifying, flying, giant bugs. Could there be a more 2000AD-esque cover?
See how it was made over on my blog now...
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Rise Up citizens and check out the making of Boo Cook's stunning Dredd cover:
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/boo-cook-masterclass.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/boo-cook-masterclass.html)
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Such a cool Blog always excited for the insight into a droids programming
Check out Cliff's amazing kitchen utensil inspired Eagle cover! Warning, once you've seen the stapler and the screwdriver set, you can't unsee them!!!
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Sob! Time to say farewell to the crooked crook of Old London Town as D'Israeli gives us the final cover for Stickleback on my blog today. See you playmate, it's been a blast!
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The countdown to Christmas has begin! Every day until Christmas there will be an update on my 2000AD Covers Blog, including the first cover of the New Year on Christmas Day!
Today 1 sees TWO Nikolai new covers by the wonderful Simon Fraser! Enjoy comrades!
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Day 2 in the 2000AD Coverssss Uncovered countdown to Christmassssss. This time, Greg Ssssstaplesssssss tellssss ussss how he created the daring cover of Prog 2015! Ssssssimply ssssssuper (etc.)
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A bonus entry on the blog for Eamonn's cracking Advent Calendar image:
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/christmas-countdown-bonus-eamonn-clarke.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/christmas-countdown-bonus-eamonn-clarke.html)
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I'm deeply honoured and I owe you a pint and a pasty.
Well deserved sir. However, if you insist on that pasty...
Third Day of my Christmas special on the blog - a high res, unlettered version of Nick Percival Art's fabulous star scan from the winter special! Festive frights!
Santa arrives on Day 4 of my Christmas countdown as Colin MacNeil takes us through the creation of his brilliant Christmas Megazine Cover!
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Great stuff as always Pete :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: :D Pete. Z
PJ Holden kicks the year off in style with this weeks' moody Orlok cover. It's really Kazan a stir!
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Greg's Death cover is up!
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Glenn Fabry and Adam Brown's horrible cover of Prog 1916 is up!
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Gorgeous cover that makes me feel kind off ill.Anyone seen that video of the giant leech eating the giant worm.well that's what cover reminds me off.Excuse me I'm going to be sick.
Love the black and white version. Unsure about the final cover but thanks for putting it up on the blog, Pete. Fascinating stuff as always
Jake Lynch's 'Visions from the Vasectomy Clinic' cover of Prog 1917 is on my blog today...
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He's dared to bare lens flare on the knife! Very good cover design as it seems simple in structure yet it tells you all you need to know. Even if you didn't know who Orlok was he's still someone in deep trouble.
See story telling! The Lynch shows us how to do it.
I really find it interesting when you get to see the various thumbs nails sent to Tharg for cover design as I so often disagree completely with his selection... which is very much a statement about how much of a numbnut I am given the current strength of the Prog!
Brett Ewins tribute on the blog today. :(
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Nice tribute Pete on a sad day.
Yep Pete, cool stuff on a bad day. Z
Lights out :(
Lovely tribute Pete, which sadly only highlights how big a talent and icon we have lost. :(
Great post Pete. Nice one.
Quote from: Fungus on 18 February, 2015, 12:42:12 AM
Lights out :(
Yeah, I was saying to Mrs Pete last night that every cover seemed to have zombies or ghosts or some slightly unfortunate subject matter, the nature of our fave comic I suppose! :D
Finally, I've had the chance to put Rufus' Survival Geeks cover on the blog, enjoy!
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A double update as I forgot to post Tharg's 38th Birthday cover on here!
So Makings of John Higgins' Prog 1919 cover and Dylan Teague's Grinder Prog are on the Blog!
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Enjoy!
Holy shit, that site of Dylan Teague's sketchbook pages is unbelievable. :o
Pete, you mentioned Rodin's The Thinker but to me it looks more like a colossal sock to the jaw!
You can easily imagine that arm as belonging to someone else and the eyes as beginning to roll back rather than look up.
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Ye cannet knack what doesn't live on my blog today by the genius that is Greg Staples!
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The making of Rufus Dayglo's Bad Company Promo poster is on the blog!
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The making of this weeks' belter from Jake Lynch is on the blog today. I REALLY like this cover...
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For me this is the best cover this year. Lynch has been stunning on Orlok recently and 1922 is the kind of cover I usually can't get behind but it bounces off the page. Roll on High St Wednesday.
We've had some cracking Lawmaster covers this year. All bringing different stuff to the party.
Quote from: Fungus on 16 March, 2015, 01:59:22 AM
it bounces off the page.
Lawmaster tyres by Boing(R).
Nick Percival tells us about this months Mean Machine Meg cover on the blog today...
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That man Nick Percival is back with a wonderful Howard Quartz cover for tomorow's prog.
Thanks again to Dark Jimbo and Hawkmonger for their help with this weeks' post...
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/nick-percival-quartz-phone-massacre.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/nick-percival-quartz-phone-massacre.html)
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One of the best things about doing the blog is thinking of the shit tag lines. This week I went for "Quartz Phone Massacre" which I was quite pleased with, however, in retrospect I wish I'd gone for "Howard the Schmuck!"
You are the Pun-Meister, Pete
The covers blog is a wonderful thing. I love seeing how artists create and I was reading the blog quite a bit before I finally decided to join this forum.
I find it helpful in learning more about the many characters in 2000 AD too.
So thank you Pete Wells.
Aw, Lady Warp Spasm, that's lovely, thank you so much! I LOVE doing the blog, it genuinely gives me a lot of pleasure and I get a kick out of knowing that others like it too.
As a kids, I always turned to the 'Creator's covers of the Year' pages first in the annuals, so it's cool to see the artists talk about their work from week to week. The blog is getting close to half a million views and I'm VERY proud of that (though, I'm sire 499,000 of them will be me!)
Anyhoo, Simon's Slaine cover is up today and I've updated last weeks' Bolland one with the inks, courtesy of Simon Parr. Enjoy!!!
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Henry's Enceladas cover is up with prelims, alternative versions and all sorts. I've also written a full recap of Titan plus a reminder of Dredd's relationships with Nixon and Gerhart (clue: neither of them like him very much.)
Go here quickedy quick: http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/henry-flint-aimee-nixon-right-un-from.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/henry-flint-aimee-nixon-right-un-from.html)
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Just a glorious cover, especially the green. That and the boots are wonderfully McMahon, and even reminds me a bit of the cutesy Dredd/Walter/Mrs Gunderson cover from last year (which I think got a vote from me).
The Nixon recap was handy, Pete, ta. 'Debris' and 'Innocent' were just before my time and maybe the 'Fallout' collection is worth picking up after all...
Siku's lovely Anderson cover is on the blog today, I REALLY like this cover.
Some of his sketches are great, once again, me and Tharg disagree as I'd have gone for no 1...
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How is their name pronounced?
Quote from: IronGraham on 15 April, 2015, 10:20:03 AM
How is their name pronounced?
See-koo I believe!
Today's cover is up in all it's glory, plus a look at some of Greg's other Alpha Dogs over the years.
Oh, and I've beat Tharg this week for best tagline!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/greg-staples-stix-in-mud.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/greg-staples-stix-in-mud.html)
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Matthew Simpsons first appearance as Alpha on a 2000AD cover and it's a beauty.
It's not Matt.
Hooray!!! My blog reached HALF A MILLION views yesterday making me a VERY happy squaxx!
Today, I have put up the making of Mark Harrison's cover of todays prog. There's LOADS of stuff on there, including links to some fascinating concept art on his site.
Half-a-bloody-million!!!
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The making of Ryan Brown's badass Dredd cover is on the blog today, and check out his AMAZING new Death picture!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KL3lMl6zvlM/VUKDmrUjGZI/AAAAAAAALvY/PHPiK4fTAKE/s1600/dredd%2Bcover%2Brough.jpg)
Not an earthshattering post (though the artwork is amazing!) but I've collected up the second lot of Mega Collection covers over on the blog...
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The making of this weeks' Slaine cover is up today, rejoice!"
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Oooooh, a heartwarming one this week. Mek Quake buys Tharg a piles cushion so he doesn't have to levitate any more. Massive thanks to Alex Ronald for this beauty!
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http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/alex-ronald-alien-threat.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/alex-ronald-alien-threat.html)
I don't always swing by the sing praise for your blog, Pete, but I really should do more often. What a bloody amazing collection of step by step walkthroughs for some truely amazing covers, Mr. Simon Davis in parricular was awesome. :D
Thanks Hawkmonger, it's genuinely a pleasure to write!
Today, we have the making of Richard Elson's explosive finale to Breaking Bud! It features one of my worst puns ever, of which I am both particularly proud and deeply ashamed!
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A step by step of today's warpgasm by Simon Davis is up, I love this one!
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/simon-davis-ace-warp.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/simon-davis-ace-warp.html)
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An instant favourite :) And great blog entry. Thanks all concerned!
New logo.
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Hey Dash, I've got that Greg Staples Dredd a-comin'! I'll do some digging for the new logo too...
Meanwhile, today sees Karl Richardson's gruesome Outlier cover over on my blog as the strip returns this week. There's a full recap of Outlier 1 for those with poor memories!
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The making of this weeks' Neil Roberts' Dredd cover is up on the blog, smashing!
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any plans for a post about the new Megazine design?
I'll see what I can do Iron Graham!
The making of last weeks' sexy looking Outlier cover by Karl Richardson is on the blog today...
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The making of Tiernen Trevallion's absolutely outstanding Absalom cover is on the blog today...
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An Alex Ronald double whammy on my blog today as he shows us how he made the covers of Megs 362 and 356!
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This weeks' phenomenal Dredd cover by Jake Lynch is on my blog today! I seriously love this cover!
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Mr Kendall's spooky-dooky cover is on the blog today. Read it at your peril Earthlets! Also, as a bonus, Dave sent his Tales of Telguuth GN process too, happy days!
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This weeks' clippetyclop-tastic cover by the Godlike Henry Flint is on my blog today!
Woah there Neddy!
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c in A level art for the best current Dredd artist just goes to show how little you can tell from examination results.
A tale of two Daves! Dave Kendall's making of this weeks' Judge Death cover is up this morning and I put Dave Taylor's Dredd cover up on Friday. Two absolute stunners, enjoy my friends!
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Quote from: Pete Wells on 06 September, 2015, 09:47:53 PM
Woah there Neddy!
Everyone's jumping on the bandwagon with those meditative colouring books. Apart from the mindful/anti-stress ones, there's a Sherlock one on the way, ditto Doctor Who, Alice in Wonderland (Tenniel illustrations), Disney Princesses, Art Deco, etc.
2000AD is cram-packed with stacks of great art and uncoloured work stages like the above on Pete's blog. I'd love to see Rebellion join in with a Judge Dredd colouring book. It only needs to be 48-56 pages and the paper doesn't need to be glossy as it's got to take pencil.
Whoops, let me try that again:
Quote from: Pete Wells on 06 September, 2015, 09:47:53 PM
Woah there Neddy!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AAHdoe68qfA/VeyTS68f0II/AAAAAAAAPYs/iBIKYWuc6e4/s320/Horse%2Bcopy.jpg)
Everyone's jumping on the meditative colouring books bandwagon at the moment. Apart from the mindful/anti-stress ones, there's a Sherlock one on the way, ditto Doctor Who, Alice in Wonderland (Tenniel illustrations), Disney Princesses, Art Deco, etc.
2000AD is cram-packed with stacks of great art and uncoloured work stages like the above on Pete's blog. I'd love to see Rebellion join in with a Judge Dredd colouring book. It only needs to be 48-56 pages and the paper doesn't need to be glossy as it's got to take pencil.
Brilliant idea Dash! I'm sure it'd be cheap as chips to do. I vote for this:
(http://s14.postimg.org/ltc6ad5ep/image.jpg)
Heavens to Betsy that's a great idea!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 20 September, 2015, 03:53:27 PM
Brilliant idea Dash! I'm sure it'd be cheap as chips to do. I vote for this:
That's exactly the kind of thing! Full of detail, crisp lines, lots to colour. Ditto McMahon's wraparound cover for prog 169 or the "Um, synthi sausage" from prog 333.
It probably wouldn't take more than five minutes to compile - Tharg's droids can't go two feet without tripping over stacks of brilliant B&W art, and you could use big names like Bolland as an additional selling point - "You colour Bolland! You colour Ezquerra! You colour Flint!"
I suggested the same thing (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,24826.0/) six years ago, way before this adult colouring-in book lark took off big time, but did Tharg and his droids listen? Noooo.
Also, 2000 3D (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=26949.0).
Step by step of Chris Burnham's chaotic cover is up today! Happy Saturday everyone!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jVWsBvwxgLM/VgWX31Dt9xI/AAAAAAAAPd4/Ib_3kExHpRU/s320/cb4.jpg)
Quote from: M.I.K. on 25 September, 2015, 04:14:56 AM
I suggested the same thing (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,24826.0/) six years ago, way before this adult colouring-in book lark took off big time, but did Tharg and his droids listen? Noooo.
Also, 2000 3D (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=26949.0).
Great minds think alike, M.I.K. It's just that mine is a lot slower.
2000 3D is a fantastic idea. Now I want one too!
The making of Rufus Dayglo's hole-ly awesome Bad Company cover is on my blog today AND a sneaky peek of Nick Percival and Mike Carroll's next Dredd tale. I Kano believe it!!!
There are some absolutely wonderful thumbnails for this one. I'd really like to see ALL of Rufus' ideas turned into covers!!!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tTOVgWeTqu0/VhDdtbDSO2I/AAAAAAAAPgA/lOjd4_uq7Pc/s320/BC1_rough.jpg)
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/rufus-dayglo-take-heart.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/rufus-dayglo-take-heart.html)
Today I have put a link to Leigh Gallagher's (swoon) making of last weeks' cover (on his blog, it's a brilliant read) and also the Making of this weeks' wonderful cover by Ryan Brown.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VXpfsKTthg4/ViNvl-RCvSI/AAAAAAAAPic/LSWb7yj8T-8/s320/dredd2%2Bidea.jpg)
The making of Jake Lynch's cracking 2000AD cover is on my blog today. Can you spot the iconic vehicle amongst the traffic?
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/.../jake-lynch-roadhog.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/.../jake-lynch-roadhog.html)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZId9TrhnrsU/VjJ5D2xBPYI/AAAAAAAAPkw/tcSLn7vKguE/s320/jakehog1.png)
Is it the [spoiler]Killdozer?[/spoiler] uncle Pete
BZZZT - BZZZT - COUGH - SPLUTTER...
2000AD Covers Uncovered online...
Updates expected this week...
Watch this space!
Arsom!
Woohoo! :D
I'm back in the saddle fellas! A triple post tonight with covers from Ryan Brown, Jake Lynch and Cliff Robinson.
Normal service has been resumed, prepare for more over the coming week!
It's alive!
Wells-come back
The making of today's cover my the glorious Tiernen Trevallion is up!
(http://s21.postimg.org/h24cu7scn/image.jpg)
The making of Alex Ronald's rather marvellous Sensitive Klegg cover has hit the blog tonight m'dears!
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hyR5IfAC4A/VtoSsEvUbDI/AAAAAAAAPtQ/sI0y8qTuKC8/s320/Model.jpg)
Mark Sexton's cheeky cover of Prog 1973 is on the blog today.
Me (or rather part of me) and Burdis have made the cover, yaaay!!!
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s0Fqa8W3FWk/Vu0A-sQpJbI/AAAAAAAAPxQ/ZgWm4JwHyUUEEpWJ5V7k5xM43nYkHaXmw/s320/4%2BMark%2BBurdis%2BSausage.jpg)
http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/mark-sexton-linky-monkey.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/mark-sexton-linky-monkey.html)
The Sexton droid knocks it outta the mega-park! Awesome write-up. Pete. ;)
Thanks Darren!
Today I proudly present a Clint Langley ABC Warriors Special on the blog! Glorious inks and coloured versions of ALL his covers from the Return To Ro-Busters story. Easily one of my favourite modern 2000AD artists who gives his all!
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5NCuH0b7w9k/Vujg33z183I/AAAAAAAAPvY/97XYUJa2A8sR_asZxFs1RzsSVNlX9NTCg/s320/abc-cov-4-inks.jpg)
Someone called Brendan McCarthy has done this weeks' cover...
You can read all aout it, and see a tonne of other images too, right here: http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/brendan-mccarthy-mad-axe.html (http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/brendan-mccarthy-mad-axe.html)
(http://s29.postimg.org/ap93fcmw7/DREDD_CHAINSAW_TEXAS_sketch.jpg)
Just a heads up that Brendan sent a couple of additional images, so I've updated where appropriate...
Great work on the blog as always, Pete.
Fantastic stuff from Brendan, thank you Pete
Quote from: Pete Wells on 02 April, 2016, 08:19:13 AM
Someone called Brendan McCarthy has done this weeks' cover...
(http://s29.postimg.org/ap93fcmw7/DREDD_CHAINSAW_TEXAS_sketch.jpg)
Looking at the cape and that axe, it seems Dredd's haircut is going all wrong.
The making of New kid on the block Matt Ferguson's cover to Prog 1984 is on the blog. I love this cover and check out some of his print work, it's amazing!!!
(http://s33.postimg.org/d26g387xr/inks.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 04 June, 2016, 09:53:48 AM
The making of New kid on the block Matt Ferguson's cover to Prog 1984 is on the blog. I love this cover and check out some of his print work, it's amazing!!!
(http://s33.postimg.org/d26g387xr/inks.jpg)
That's absolutely gorgeous. Loving the graffiti as well.
If that was a print i'd hang it on my wall.
Well, bloody Farage makes it to my blog thanks to the wonderful Dave Taylor and Simon Davis' cover is there too.
There's also a magnanimous announcement regarding the future of the blog...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x6gipJbEXtQ/V2HP54soIrI/AAAAAAAAP_s/IH8yGQWVXJ8LXRxBturEjJDZAmxannq0ACKgB/s320/PLU3.jpg)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 June, 2016, 08:35:15 PM
Well, bloody Farage makes it to my blog thanks to the wonderful Dave Taylor and Simon Davis' cover is there too.
There's also a magnanimous announcement regarding the future of the blog...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x6gipJbEXtQ/V2HP54soIrI/AAAAAAAAP_s/IH8yGQWVXJ8LXRxBturEjJDZAmxannq0ACKgB/s320/PLU3.jpg)
Barrage looks suitably different yet homely familiar to our own racistfuck nugget so as to make this a resounding victory for the T8-lor droid.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer squaxx. Congratulations, Pete. Outstanding work.
Oh course the biggest question is will you get Creator Droid stars?
No no its will you get all starry and stop posting, well except to snark caustically
No no will you develop an artist tempament and falls weeks behind quoting 'life happens'
No no I got it.
Will the success mean that you now go to Markies and not Gregg's for lunch?
Well done sir. Richly deserved.
Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 June, 2016, 08:35:15 PM
There's also a magnanimous announcement regarding the future of the blog...
Congratulations Pete! Keep working on Tharg for a hardback version of the site, showing the build ups of some of the best covers.
There's a nice, big, fat Simon Davis Slaine covers special over on the official website right now!
You'll find it here: http://2000adonline.com/post/549 (http://2000adonline.com/post/549) Soth!
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/05/67-460.jpg)
Pete, that recent Tom Foster cover has a lot of Bolland influence in it, but it's not even touched on in the Covers Blog entry. Any chance of asking Tom about this and updating the article?
Hey y'all! See the making of D'Israeli's brilliant cover to Prog 1988 here: http://2000adonline.com/post/561 (http://2000adonline.com/post/561) . As ever, it's a belter!
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/05/a9-460.jpg)
One day I will eat that mans brains and consume all his talent!
Phenomenal art!
D'Israeli's process blows my tiny mind.
Great stuff, Pete!
Fantastic cover, and typically interesting breakdown by the great D'Israeli. Ta.
The making of Jake Lynch's fantastic cover on Prog 1990 is on there today - I can't make my mind up whether I like the version with the people and cool stylised blocks or the stark white version best...
See it here: http://2000adonline.com/post/610 (http://2000adonline.com/post/610)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/07/0f-460.jpg)
Ohhh now thats a GREAT question and a fine example of why this blog is sooo wonderful. How many times have I stirred at thumbnails, altered drafts etc etc and wondered what the heck is Tharg thinking*. This is another prime example. The stark image is great BUT when that is juxaposed with the citizens and the stylised City Blocks in the back ground I think this cover rises up to another level.
The grim overpowering reality of Dredd is for me made all the more with the nonchalant folk in the background. This might have been jarring except for the genius touch of the mum (I assume) covering the child's eyes. Cleverly acknowledging that something terrible has happened and thus emphasising now numbed the city is to the terrible violence that fills it.
Superb.
As is the blog for giving us these things to think about. Thanks again Pete.
*Well clearly he's thinking about the YEARS of experience he has of knowing 177923 times more about this stuff than me... doesn't mean he's not WRONG of course... just its very, very, very unlikely!
The making Ryan Brown's smoking hot summer special cover is on the official 2000AD Covers Uncovered blog doohickey today! See it here:
http://2000adonline.com/post/616 (http://2000adonline.com/post/616)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/07/1b-460.jpg)
Hoped for some confirmation about the nature of that bucket & spade... I see Ritterstahl and TMO but can't be sure. Or think what clever gag I'm stoopidly missing. Possibly overthinking it.
Anyway: read it tonight and loved it. Unliked the reasonably filler Specials of old, the reworking of Robohunter and Ace have been fantastic recently. The one-off Dredd was a treat too.
A double whammy of 2000AD Covers Uncovered today! Firstly, read the making of Neil Roberts' wonderful cover of Prog 1991 - you can read that here: http://www.2000adonline.com/post/676 (http://www.2000adonline.com/post/676) followed by Christian Ward's psychadlic Anderson cover of Prog 1993 here: http://2000adonline.com/post/679 (http://2000adonline.com/post/679).
Wahoo!
(http://www.2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/07/f6-460.jpg) (http://www.2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/08/23-460.jpg)
Alex Ronald's brilliant Black Shuck cover is on the blog today!
See it here: http://2000adonline.com/post/685 (http://2000adonline.com/post/685)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/08/32-460.jpg)
While we wait for this weeks' cover breakdown, see the making of Jon Davis-Hunt's brilliant cover of Prog 1981! Warning, contains a very disturbing image!
http://www.2000adonline.com/post/706 (http://www.2000adonline.com/post/706)
(https://s10.postimg.org/7dyehsmbt/image.jpg)
Clicked on the link and, well, what can you say!!!
It's disgusting, that's what you can say :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: Pete Wells on 21 July, 2016, 11:01:38 AM
The making of Jake Lynch's fantastic cover on Prog 1990 is on there today - I can't make my mind up whether I like the version with the people and cool stylised blocks or the stark white version best...
See it here: http://2000adonline.com/post/610 (http://2000adonline.com/post/610)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/07/0f-460.jpg)
Dear Tharg: This is a t-shirt waiting to happen. Just take my money.
See the making of Paul Davidson's excellent Jaegir cover here: http://www.2000adonline.com/post/739
(https://s11.postimg.org/agxkj6knn/14113991_10210473061125821_1583255022_o.jpg)
Mr Marshall's cover is on there today - lovely!
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/09/70-460.jpg)
The making of Boo's cover is on the 2000AD Website today...
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/09/cd-460.jpg)
The first cover of Prog 2000 is up, up, up! Cliff Robinson's 100th 2000AD cover which happens to also be for Prog 2000! Find out why Tharg has got no fingers too!
http://2000adonline.com/post/829 (http://2000adonline.com/post/829)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/0a/27-460.jpg)
Aaaand, number 2 by Chris Burnham and Nathan Fairbairn is up...
See it here: http://2000adonline.com/post/832 (http://2000adonline.com/post/832)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/0a/66-460.jpg)
Glenn and Ryan's cover on Wednesday!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 25 September, 2016, 06:02:05 PM
The first cover of Prog 2000 is up, up, up! Cliff Robinson's 100th 2000AD cover which happens to also be for Prog 2000! Find out why Tharg has got no fingers too!
... So if Tharg were to drop in to Megacity One he would be Justice Thumbs! :P
I loved seeing how this cover design evolved, but the icing on the cake for me were the tag lines. Cracking Stuff Mr Wells.
So remind me - is it one or two of those which will be Diamond Exclusives and only available in comic shops, and the other one a newstand version not generally available in comic shops?
The final Prog 2000 cover is up on 2000AD Covers Uncovered, thanks to Glenn Fabry and Ryan Brown. Yay!
http://2000adonline.com/post/853 (http://2000adonline.com/post/853)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/0a/b4-460.jpg)
Good work, Pete!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 29 September, 2016, 08:00:23 PM
The final Prog 2000 cover is up on 2000AD Covers Uncovered, thanks to Glenn Fabry and Ryan Brown. Yay!
http://2000adonline.com/post/853 (http://2000adonline.com/post/853)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/0a/b4-460.jpg)
Is it just me or does that look like Captain Kremmen in the bottom right corner?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REUKc83cZys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REUKc83cZys)
Ok a few have me beat and I can't read Glenn's writing.
So who is the blue robot (?) at the top. I had thought it was the Grunwalder - but actually I don't think so.
And who is the girl in the red dress Mean has his arm around?
Also the girl with the blue hair top left and the chap next to her with the moustache?
Any ideas?
The blue thing is from The Zaucer of Zilk.
The girl in red is Inaba from Shimura.
"Blue hair/blue lipstick smoking a J" girl is just a random girl, I think?
Quote from: Magnetica on 02 October, 2016, 07:36:27 PM
Ok a few have me beat and I can't read Glenn's writing.
So who is the blue robot (?) at the top. I had thought it was the Grunwalder - but actually I don't think so.
And who is the girl in the red dress Mean has his arm around?
Judge Inspector Inaba, from Shimura (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=43678.msg931571#msg931571).
Thanks.
One more - the "chap" with the black grilled helmet with orange inside just above Dredd?
(Again I was think Deadlock - but nah it isn't).
Quote from: Magnetica on 02 October, 2016, 09:20:08 PM
Thanks.
One more - the "chap" with the black grilled helmet with orange inside just above Dredd?
(Again I was think Deadlock - but nah it isn't).
Judge Fear
Doh!
Ben Willsher channels his inner Dave Gibbons to bring us the stakking excellent Rogue Trooper cover of Prog 2003. See the making of it here:
http://2000adonline.com/post/913 (http://2000adonline.com/post/913)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/0b/a7-460.jpg)
P-WLS !!!!
Given to me on my birthday! :D
Quote from: Pete Wells on 24 October, 2016, 08:34:51 AM
Given to me on my birthday! :D
Wouldn't GR3-GG5 have been better suited? ;)
Quote from: amines2058 on 24 October, 2016, 12:44:07 PM
Quote from: Pete Wells on 24 October, 2016, 08:34:51 AM
Given to me on my birthday! :D
Wouldn't GR3-GG5 have been better suited? ;)
I was thinking robo-fatmackembastard myself .....
Robo-fatmackembastard?
It has a nice ring to it...
Clint Langley special on the 2000AD Covers Uncovered section of the website today!
Seriously, you can't beat a git big nun in a gas mask!
http://2000adonline.com/post/1279 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1279)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 14 January, 2017, 11:22:11 AM
Clint Langley special on the 2000AD Covers Uncovered section of the website today!
Seriously, you can't beat a git big nun in a gas mask!
http://2000adonline.com/post/1279 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1279)
On the internet, big nun in a gas mask beat
you!
A busy, busy week for the PWELS droid of 2000AD Covers Uncovered!
Count 'em, FIVE articles on the official site this week, and there are some drokking doozies!
First off, King Carlos shows us how it's done for the 40th Anniversary Special cover:
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/12/85-460.jpg)
http://2000adonline.com/post/1444 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1444)
As does young wippersnapper David Aja:
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/12/a9-460.jpg)
http://2000adonline.com/post/1447 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1447)
Also we have cover breakdowns from Leigh Gallagher
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/12/70-460.jpg)
( http://2000adonline.com/post/1435 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1435) ),
Jake Lynch
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/12/4c-460.png)
( http://2000adonline.com/post/1432 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1432) )
and Alex Ronald
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/12/37-460.jpg)
( http://2000adonline.com/post/1429 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1429) .)
Phew!
A double helping of Ryan Brown today, with some nice fan pictures too!
See 'em here: http://2000adonline.com/post/1516 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1516)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/13/8d-460.jpg) (http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/13/a5-460.jpg)
John McCrea's frigging lovely Harvey inspired cover is on the blog today!
Check it out here: http://2000adonline.com/post/1646 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1646)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/15/44-460.jpg)
The making of this weeks' drokking BRILLIANT cover by Dave Kendall is here: http://2000adonline.com/post/1746 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1746)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/17/31-460.jpg)
Disgracefully, I forgot to post last weeks' here, D'Israeli's wonderful cover of Prog 2028. It's here: http://2000adonline.com/post/1725 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1725)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/16/c5-460.jpg)
Aaaaaaand Prog 2027 before that... http://2000adonline.com/post/1719 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1719)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/16/9b-460.jpg)
What a prick I am!
These are astonishing. The fact that D'Israeli's rough layout looks almost good enought to be a cover in its own right.
And Dave Kendall and the spider-babies from hell. My first thought as that they were taken from the 1970s BBC adaptation of M.R.James' The Ash Tree which scared me out of my pants as a kid. Despicable Me 2 feels much more cosy, TG.
Marvellous stuff from the top 2000AD blog again.
More oil and a steak Meggs infusion for the P-WLS droid please, Tharg.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 29 April, 2017, 11:54:13 AM
And Dave Kendall and the spider-babies from hell. My first thought as that they were taken from the 1970s BBC adaptation of M.R.James' The Ash Tree
Same here. They are quite similar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PySStX5Y2s).
See the making of Mike Perkins' Free Comic Book Day cover here: http://2000adonline.com/post/1752 (http://2000adonline.com/post/1752)
(http://2000adonline.com/assets/pimg/00/17/4c-460.jpg)
Shock and Awe from the master D'Israeli on 2000AD Covers Uncovered today!
Read it here: http://2000ad.com/post/1815 (http://2000ad.com/post/1815)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/18/90-460.jpg)
Alternative version of Brendan McCarthy's mental Hoveroids cover you say? Don't mind if I do!
http://2000ad.com/post/1866 (http://2000ad.com/post/1866)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/19/8c-460.jpg)
Always love your taglines on your blog Pete :thumbsup:
See the making of Richard Elson's gloriously painted Traitor Shithouse cover here: http://2000ad.com/post/1914 (http://2000ad.com/post/1914)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1a/58-460.jpg)
Hmmm, who could Chris Weston have based this unstable old cowbag on? Find out at 2000AD Covers Uncovered today:
http://2000ad.com/post/1932 (http://2000ad.com/post/1932)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1a/85-460.jpg)
Should I be ashamed that I didn't realise Pin was female?
Nope. Twitter suggests it was a common mistake from part 1.
Me included.
Like thinking that the Maybot has a trace of humanity.
:lol:
Yeah I thought it was more a Michael Gove riff than a lady judge but that big badge hides her knockers so an easy mistake.
Interesting that the brief asked for a 'bloody knife' and the one we got was clean - Do we know why? Or was Tharg just in a bad mood when demanding 'a bloody knife, a piggin helmet and friggin' big badge'?
Reading "Fields" last week I had a sneaking suspicion that SJS Judge Pin was inspired by a certain real world individual. Nice to see that I wasn't a million miles away from the truth.
This weeks' cinematic treat from Mark Harrison is up!
http://2000ad.com/post/1956 (http://2000ad.com/post/1956)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1b/48-460.png)
He makes it look so easy!
See the making of Chris Weston's wonderful Dracula Files cover on the blog today!
Read it here: http://2000ad.com/post/1992 (http://2000ad.com/post/1992)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1b/90-460.jpg)
"A blood sucking parasite, and Dracula."
Top quality work from the P-WLS droid right there
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 11 July, 2017, 03:19:17 PM
"A blood sucking parasite, and Dracula." Top quality work from the P-WLS droid right there
See also: FLAT BATTERY*.
* I'd have gone for BOWLER FLAT, but that's why I don't have a blog on Tharg's website and Pete does.
Heh, i was particularly pleased with Flat Battery, I must admit!
Today is a double Brinkeroonie extravaganza for y'all and INJ Culbard (I always think of The Indian in the Cupboard when I read his name like that) lifts the lid on both of this series' Brink covers. His flat colours are particularly mind boggling on this one!
Linky: http://2000ad.com/post/2013 (http://2000ad.com/post/2013)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1c/41-460.jpg)
Neil Roberts' yummy mummy cover is up today!
http://2000ad.com/post/2016 (http://2000ad.com/post/2016)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1c/56-460.jpg)
An Alex Ronald special on the 2000AD Covers Uncovered blog today with his 'Greysuit' cover. Enjoy!
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1c/e0-460.jpg)
A TRIPLE update this week my lovely boys and girls because I bloody love you all!
Firstly, that little tinker Tiernen Trevallion spooks us out with Prof Pretorious http://2000ad.com/post/2103 (http://2000ad.com/post/2103)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1d/64-460.jpg)
Then that super cool Jake Lynch Lawmaster awesomeness http://2000ad.com/post/2107 (http://2000ad.com/post/2107)
(http://2000ad.com/assets/pimg/00/1d/7d-460.png)
Then, just to blow your minds, Boo Cooks' Ultimate Collection Spine - hooyeah!!!
http://2000ad.com/post/2113 (http://2000ad.com/post/2113)
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Just looking at the Neil Roberts Dredd/Mummy cover prelims - I'm thinking I prefer them to the actual cover!
A bit of a Brendan McCarthy feel to them.
Is it too much too ask that Neil gets a crack at some interior art? (Assuming it's something Neil wants of course!)
Kudos to Pete for this awesome blog :thumbsup:
Neil did the art for:
Time Twisters
Chrono-Cabbies 1 episode (Prog 1678) 5 pages
Script: Alec Worley, Artist: Neil Roberts, Letters: Annie Parkhouse back in the day, and he's also had sequential work in several strips for FQP and most recently:
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But, yeah- I'd love to see Neil do some interiors again. His inks are lovely.
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Nice to see Inga again.
(Bloody hell, that's good).
Alex's striking Greysuit cover is on the blogeroonie today!
http://2000ad.com/post/2260 (http://2000ad.com/post/2260)
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I absolutely LOVE this weeks' Prog cover by Luke Preece. A contender for Cover of the Year for this Squaxx!
See hoe he made it here, complete with a natty little film: http://2000ad.com/post/2266 (http://2000ad.com/post/2266)
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It's back!!! Hooray! Aaaand, I managed to talk about Dredd being on a fishing trip and the cover being this, without mentioning Brokeback Mountain once!:
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Potential puns were going to be the not so subtle "Careful Maul, he'll get a broke back, mounting him like that", the classic "I just can't quit you!" and the predictable "Hedger and Gyllenhaal have let themselves go." I considered #Dreddtoo too. However, the thought of Rigellion Hotshots made me reconsider...
Read my drivel at http://2000ad.com/post/2966 (http://2000ad.com/post/2966)
Tomorrow - Clint's ABC Warriors covers and some exclusive pictures from the forthcoming Mek Files book and on Monday, Phil Winslade's gorgeous wraparound cover for the Meg.
PWELS is back!
pulling the head off it
A frigging awesome bunch of images from Clint Langley today, including some exclusive illustrations from his forthcoming Mek Files 4 book, wahoo!
Warning, contains a terrible Mongrol joke!
http://2000ad.com/post/2972 (http://2000ad.com/post/2972)
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