The Bends
Green Arrow & Black Canary #9 is on sale next week. This cover was a tough one. I know everybody loooves Plasticman (those Jack Cole and Kyle Baker stories are great), but he usually works best in his own world, with his own rules. I didn’t want to do a straight-up gag cover but hopefully, Black Canary and Green Arrow catching some righteous air is fun without being too hokey. The trees were more complicated than I had anticipated, and I had to add a few branches digitally to get the right amount of depth. Click on the image for pencils and inks.
June 3rd, 2008 | Posted under Comics
Comments: 7
Comments
Comment from tommy
Time: June 4, 2008, 5:08 pm
oh, for goodness sakes– i’m tired of all this great art! give us something really crappy to rail you about!!
this may be your best Canary yet……
Comment from Shannon Wendlick
Time: June 4, 2008, 9:41 pm
Well, I must admit I love this cover. I have admired your work for some time and was very happy to pick this cover up from Splash Page. The Canary on it turned out great and with PM thrown in there it just adds a level of fun to the piece.
Thanks for the great piece.
Comment from John Popa
Time: June 5, 2008, 10:55 am
I really love this cover, Cliff — especially the way it looks colored. Love the depth the blues and the trees gives it.
Best one yet!
Comment from anj
Time: June 5, 2008, 12:48 pm
Your Canary always looks great and this cover is no exception.
But the Plastic Man is really what stands out. It is hard to draw stretchy heroes both with ’stretch’ and mass. Here you do both. Plas looks sturdy enough to support BC and GA, but still warped enough to be stretched out as far as he is.
Comment from Cliff
Time: June 5, 2008, 1:04 pm
Thanks for the comments, everyone. And I’m proud to be part of your collection, Shannon.
The original cover sketch for this is horrible. It turned out much better than I expected!
Comment from dzuka
Time: June 6, 2008, 6:00 am
i’ll have to agree with tommy here. show us your horrible sketch! >:)
Comment from chrishaley
Time: June 8, 2008, 12:33 am
I couldn’t get away from my table long enough to see you at MoCCA today!
Is there any chance of you being there on Sunday too?
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