REVIEW

The BEAT reviews the Spider-Man Broadway show

Thanks for the mention Heidi.

BROADWAY SHIRTS

SPIDER-MAN broadway apparel based on my art now available: http://tinyurl.com/26fn2dm

TURN OFF THE DARK

Really surreal seeing so many images that I had contributed to come to life on the scale they were intended for.

ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE

Deathlok the Demolisher epitomized 70's era comics, created by Rich Buckler.

Pen and ink drawing with added digital colors.

SHANG CHI

Grey tone inks

BLACK BOLT

Tonal version with the Kirby FF cover for the color inspiration.



Inks with added Digital Color.

WHAT IF TPB

Another rough I did for a cover.



This tpb contains the WHAT IF Elektra story I worked on written by Karl Bollers.

COVER SKETCH A

Unused cover sketch for the WHAT IF Daredevil/Elektra issue.

ORIGINALS

A bunch of pages I recently let go of from my Conan run.

BLACK AND WHITE PAGE

Cleaned up the panel borders, lines and structures, and added all the details that needed to be there.

This is what I ftp'd to Marvel and then colorist Lovern Kindzierski added his expert coloring to the book.
Check out the issue of What If? to see the final color version.

BREAKDOWN TWO

Here's the second attempt which worked much better as a whole. I always try to keep the whole book in a single context, one page looks like it belongs with the other. The changes will then make more of an impact and it won't take the reader out of the story.

This image, like the previous one was sketched on a Cintiq. I added color as visual notes so that the editor and colorist can tell what all the scribbled are about.

BREAKDOWN ONE

A series of process images from last year's What If DD/Elektra I worked on.
First up is the first prelim I did for myself, just to work out the flow and movements I wanted to convey.
I wanted it to be chaotic but also showcase distinct fight movements. My initial idea was to have the panels be actual shoji screen dividers being ripped and slashed apart as the two fought .

Problem was I only had three pages. One was reserved for a "calm before the storm" moment I worked out with writer Karl Bollers and the third was taken up by the large homage Miller/Jansen climatic panel.

I felt that this second page would be too far away from the storytelling language that framed the sequence so I stepped back and went with this second layout.

BLOOD TRAILS

DISARM LAYOUT

Here's the rough layout with the suggestions for Musashi balloon placement and content.

KILL THE DEMON

Preview of my WHAT IF special can be seen here.

Available this Wednesday at all fine comic shop establishments.

"What If special based on the seminal early 80s Daredevil run by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson!

By Karl Bollers (WOLVERINE: HUNGER) and Rafael Kayanan"

Portion from ComicsBulletin.com's review by Dave Wallace:

I probably would have given the issue a score of 3 bullets had it not been for the excellent artwork of Rafael Kayanan, which is strong enough to push it just above the average rating. The opening pages are particularly arresting, with a wonderfully moody close-up of Elektra that's followed by an explosive action shot of a wounded helicarrier, before giving way to some slightly more restrained flashback sequences. Even in these quieter scenes, however, Kayanan finds a way to make the pages visually interesting, with strong design elements in the artwork (for example, the page in which Stick disarms Elektra), a great use of light and colour (as seen in the montage page that shows Elektra training with Nick Fury) and some delicate handling of occasionally disturbing imagery (such as the aftermath of the massacre in the Kingpin's HQ, or the scene in which Elektra discovers the Advocate's "gallery").

THESE TABIS WERE MADE FOR WALKING

Elektra isn't wearing the open toed Bujinkan shoes but she is walkin'.

Digital study for December issue of What If.

TONES

Before and after shot of double page spread for upcoming Elektra/Daredevil WHAT IF.

You can see how the tones fit into the mix.

I WAS ONE

"I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills..."

SPIDER-MAN BROADWAY ONLINE

SPIDER-MAN BROADWAY

Marvel has announced more details and opened an official site for the musical.

Art on the site is TBA.

HEROES- NYCC 2009