Friday, February 5, 2016

Look Into My Eyes by Jim Steranko





Here we have opposites---first is the intense stare-down of Eric John Stark, and the other end of the spectrum-Sightless Guy
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  1. RussFebruary 6, 2016 at 8:52 AM

    I believe that first painting was intended as a cover for the Talon visual novel. Steranko ran it in Comixscene #5 (the Sword and Sorcery issue) where it was seen by Leigh Brackett, who asked that it be used for The Ginger Star. This led to Steranko getting the gig to do the next couple of Stark covers, so Comixscene turned out to be a pretty good promotional tool. And this was probably not the only time; Steranko has always been a master of self-promotion. I just wish we had more actual work from him.

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  2. Cap'n's ComicsFebruary 6, 2016 at 11:13 AM

    Couldnae agree more, and thanks for the education on this painting. I'm adding the scan of the Comixscene cover you mentioned (sorry bout the sad shape) and also the version as a splash in Comic Book Marketplace

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  3. RussFebruary 6, 2016 at 5:29 PM

    That other guy is the fanzine superhero Space Guardian, created by Bob Cosgrove during the sixties, maybe, for a Rich Buckler zine called Intrigue. I hope I've got this right; I recall a crossover in Bill Black's Paragon featuring Marty Greim's Defender, Black's The Shade, and the Space Guardian. Steranko had occasion to draw every one of them for fanzines like Comic Crusader and Paragon. Cool times.

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  4. Cap'n's ComicsFebruary 7, 2016 at 2:19 PM

    Wow, Che Cool! How can a schmuck like me see these other Steranko illos? By the by, Space Guardian is much cooler than Sightless Guy--I can hear him now, saying "Step off!," y'know, in defense of my space

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  5. RussFebruary 7, 2016 at 3:25 PM

    I checked and actually, you ran them both on 4/6/2013. That's the Shade on the cover of Paragon and David Manning, the Defender on Comic Crusader.

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  6. Cap'n's ComicsFebruary 8, 2016 at 7:44 AM

    Sheeesh! No wonder they call this blog fun but redundant

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