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Friday 9 September 2016
MARVEL COMICS #2 PROTOTYPE COVER (EXPANDED)...
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The cover rough was inked by Dean (Mr X) Motter for the cover of the Marvel Comics Index #7b in 1978...
ReplyDeletehttp://starlogged.blogspot.com/2012/11/1978-marvel-comics-index-issue-7b.html
Thanks for the link, Britt, but, despite what it says on the 'Starlogged' site, the cover looks more like a reinterpretation based on Everett's 'rough' than an actual inked job of Everett's art. Do a side-by-side comparison and you'll see the differences.
ReplyDeleteMotter didn't ink the actual rough, of course. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat would be sacrilege, not to mention destruction of a historical artifact!
He just "finished" it, probably on lightboxed 2-ply bristol board.
Working off roughs, it's not unusual for the finisher/inker to add or remove elements.
But the main figure and action are faithful to Everett's intent, which is why it works as the cover to the Index dedicated to the Sub-Mariner!
I didn't intend to suggest he'd inked the actual rough, Britt. I'd assume that, normally, he'd use vellum or acetate overlay and ink it that way. But, however faithful he's been to Everett's INTENT, he certainly hasn't been to his FIGURES, to the extent that it looks more like a redrawn version BASED on the original. Nothing wrong with that of course, but I don't think it qualifies as an 'inked' version of Everett art as per the description.
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