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Sketching silver-age Covers
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve W Sep 5, 2019. 10 Replies 0 Likes
One of my hobbies (well my main hobby actually) is re-drawing covers from the silver-age and trying to make them as close as I can to the originals. I draw by eye only - no tracing allowed. One of…Continue
Tags: drawing, covers, silver-age
Superman's birthday
Started this discussion. Last reply by Luke Blanchard Sep 26, 2017. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Whilst hunting thru the internet looking for comic covers to post relating to the letter "K", I came across this extremely interesting posting about the actual date of Superman's birthday. I'd always…Continue
Leo Baxendale
Started this discussion. Last reply by Luke Blanchard May 29, 2017. 12 Replies 0 Likes
I realise you’re not generally big followers of British comics, but I need to flag up a notification I received last week of the sad death of Leo Baxendale.Leo Baxendale was a very important artist…Continue
I'm no comic artist but....
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Mantle Apr 12, 2017. 13 Replies 0 Likes
I love to draw. Specifically I love to draw my favourite silver-age covers. I recreate them, drawing them at approximately double the size of the originals (that's A3, or 16.5" by 11.7" for those…Continue
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Politely stolen from Rob Staeger. "
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This one, too."
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Were these two pictures the results of a lot of hard work by Bogdanove and Janke, or the artists…"
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