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Published: 2017-06-17 04:37:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1155; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 20
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This is something I've been wanting to try for a while - a straight recreation (as opposed to the mash-up cover recreations I've done in the past) of the cover of one of the comics that helped change me into a comic fan as a kid.In this case, Vault of Horror #28, by Johnny Craig. There were so many great Craig covers in the EC years, but this is one that struck me early on, with the movement and the flames and the zombie and such.
This recreation is much larger than my normal ones, done on 18x24" bristol. Super big!
Here is the original cover:
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Man, you are on a role.....................first Byrne now Vault of Horror. Could Corben be next?
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Ahhh! I just don't know of any pure b&w Corben covers I could do that aren't pure lineart!
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hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........you may have a point there. I have seen them but that's before they were published in colour. Like the Hulk art page I got.
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Very nice clean Craig lines. Craig drew the cleanest zombies and sewers in comics!
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You've got a point there! haha!
Thanks!
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The age of masters like Redondo! I love your superhero stuff, but the horror is my true nerd-dom! Amazing work, old chap!
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Thank yew! I think horror is my fav'rit.
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I find the art of this era, especially in horror comics, to be some of the greatest ever made. So the fact that you can emulate it to a T is nothing short of amazing. And man, that text is CLEAN! Did you do that with the brush as well, or some sort of ruling/technical pen?
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It still stands up to any ink work, 60+ years later. I never get tired of looking through reprints of it.
Thanks for the props! Most of these guys were brush guys as well, so I find it easier to emulate their inks than say, Byrne or Perez.
I lightboxed all the text edges with Pitt pens and a ruler, and filled the blacks with a brush.
It probably looks a lot cleaner on screen, because the actual board I worked on was much larger.
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