by tombatiuk | Nov 6, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
This final cover is special in so many ways that I don’t quite know where to begin. I once told John Byrne that he can draw a character standing stock still and somehow still make it look amazing. I’ve always felt that, when John drew a character, it was...
by tombatiuk | Nov 4, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
When I contacted Tom Palmer about creating a cover for me I gave him a choice of two remaining Batom characters and he opted for the Cockroach. I even suggested that the cover could show the Cockroach strapped to a slab in the laboratory of the evil Brainstorm about...
by tombatiuk | Oct 27, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
What you see here is the layout sketch that Tom Lyle sent me for Batom’s Jim Volk Private Investigator cover. It’s so cool that it almost makes an amazing cover all on it’s own. Tom, like all of the other Batty Batom Bullpenners, gave it his all on...
by tombatiuk | Sep 23, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
So, when I got back to Russ about the Tank Thompson cover, this time I made sure that we were both on the same page as it were (see previous post). And it worked. This time Russ stuck the landing and, as promised, you can get a look at the original art in the Gallery...
by tombatiuk | Sep 16, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
To say that P. Craig Russell marches to his own drummer is to understate the case by quite a bit. But, if dogged determination to go your own way produces wondrous work like this, then, for Craig, it’s obviously the way to go. His work is rhapsodic effusive and...
