First off, thanks to all those that participated in the music appreciation poll from the 2nd of February. Several people told me they needed more time than usual to answer the poll so I obliged them by not posting anything to distract them since. I feel that the wait has been sufficient so I'm moving on.
I just purchased / read Marvel's hardback collection of the 1602 comic book mini-series. I liked it. Decent art and a decent story usually make for a good comic book. With the names involved in the project (Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert), I expected no less.
What I didn't expect were the individual covers that were, thankfully, included in the collected edition. They were done by Scott McKowen who apparently has a career specializing in theatre posters and graphics for the performing arts. (Luckily for us, that's not all he does or I probably never would have seen his work.)
The covers for 1602 were done in scratchboard, "a medium in which white lines are drawn into a black surface with a sharp knifeblade - making visual reference to popular engravings from the 17th-century setting of the story". Long story short, it was refreshing to see a style that I don't regularly see bombarding everyday media. If you're interested in seeing more of his work, I found this webpage with a quick google for the artist's name.
There's something about the scratchboard work that makes me wonder, "what would I look like in scratchboard"? I'm not sure why, but I do.
Posted by languorous at February 8, 2005 07:19 PM