So here is Psychemaster. My first superhero comic book! I created this in 1986 when I was in high school, for the Homewood-Flossmoor Comic Book Club! Besides getting a 40% discount on comics from a local comic book shop, we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Psychemaster
Psychemaster Page 02
John Macron working in my best attempt at a John Byrne styled laboratory. It pains me to see how I drew faces back then…and yet I’m not entirely sure my new stuff has gotten any better. I see a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There he is, Psychemaster. Wow, that design does not hold up well. The Vilk are cool, but I always had a hard time drawing those guys.
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Can you tell Wolverine was a heavy influence on this page? I love panel two, and panel four looks like a bad Barry Windsor Smith ripoff. I should mention that I did not create the Vilk. They were borrowed from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Psychemaster Page 05
I remember being proud of my radical page layout on this one. I broke away from the boring 2×3 panel template and opened it up a bit. Ha. Clearly I stopped using any kind of reference for anatomy, too.
Ooh, fancy perspective and difficulty discerning foreground from background. On the plus side, we get to see the badass Vilk battle armor suit! That was really fun to draw, from what I remember.
This is where the shit gets real! Dynamic cape action, more battle armor suits, and sparse backdrops. I was starting to enjoy myself.
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Damn, it’s 3:14 am and I’m still working on this damn site. Page 8 is worth it, it’s where I started to use technical pens. Oh, the glorious detail! One of these days I’ll have to track down the original[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re coming close to the end! I cheated on panels 1 and 2, and photocopied them from the first page! Oldest trick in the book when you’re trying to get shit done. My first usage of zip-a-tone! Yes! As you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The excitement comes to a head! Boom! Serious thermonuclear action. And I leave you hanging! The end of my epic two year comic. Two years to do 10 pages. Hopefully I’ve improved my punctuality. Ugh.