My comic book history...in covers...
MCP Wolverine #87 (above) first comic book I recall purchasing. I didn't know it at the time but I was looking at the work of one of the most original artists to ever work in comics, Sam Kieth. This image is just so classic to me. I love the interior story as well. These were the days when comics were just kind of around in my life. I didn't "collect" them but I would check them out when one would cross my path. I was strictly into the characters at this point. I loved the visuals but I didn't grasp or care that there were individual artists making a living creating these images. That would come later.
X-men # 5, another early childhood book, defined my vision of Wolverine. When I grew up a bit I appreciated the awesomeness of Jim Lee's artwork in a whole new way. Back when I originally was scoping out this comic, all I cared about was how cool Wolvie and Omega looked and how I needed to get me action figures of all of these characters ASAP!
Spawn #62, first comic book I bought as a teenager when I was starting to explore comic book art more seriously. I became conscious that there were individual people creating this awesome art and doing it for a living. I wanted to be a comic book artist in the worst way and couldn't get enough of all kinds of new artists. Greg Capullo's work here blew my mind and he is to this day one of my absolute favorite artists.
I believe this book was purchased shortly after or at the same time as the Spawn issue above. Again, I was just starting to explore comics in a new way, this book was an exciting breath of fresh air. Humberto Ramos is the man! One of the first series I added to my "pull list" at a local comic shop. I have to add that the cover above is not by Humberto Ramos but the equally awesome, Adam Warren.
WildCats #1, one of the greatest comic book covers of all time. Travis Charest is unparalleled at what he does.
Alpha Flight #14. I was always looking for new, exciting, unique art styles at this time in my life. The incredible Duncan Rouleau offered just the type of interesting work I was looking for.
Uncanny X-men # 362, my first sighting of Chris Bachalo's work. This reminds me of how important Wizard Magazine was to my discovering new artists at this time. I remember seeing this cover re-printed in an article or solicitation advert and I had to seek out the artist right away!
Mr. Majestic #1. One of my favorite comic book images by one of my favorite artists, Ed Mcguinness. This cover is just pure junior/senior year of high school awesomeness. This whole series blew my mind and to this day I still feel this is some of Ed Mcguinness' best work.
Battle Chasers #4. My first issue of Battle Chasers, yeah I was a little late to the party. This was the first time I saw Joe Madureira's work, life changing!
MCP Wolverine #87 (above) first comic book I recall purchasing. I didn't know it at the time but I was looking at the work of one of the most original artists to ever work in comics, Sam Kieth. This image is just so classic to me. I love the interior story as well. These were the days when comics were just kind of around in my life. I didn't "collect" them but I would check them out when one would cross my path. I was strictly into the characters at this point. I loved the visuals but I didn't grasp or care that there were individual artists making a living creating these images. That would come later.
X-men # 5, another early childhood book, defined my vision of Wolverine. When I grew up a bit I appreciated the awesomeness of Jim Lee's artwork in a whole new way. Back when I originally was scoping out this comic, all I cared about was how cool Wolvie and Omega looked and how I needed to get me action figures of all of these characters ASAP!
Spawn #62, first comic book I bought as a teenager when I was starting to explore comic book art more seriously. I became conscious that there were individual people creating this awesome art and doing it for a living. I wanted to be a comic book artist in the worst way and couldn't get enough of all kinds of new artists. Greg Capullo's work here blew my mind and he is to this day one of my absolute favorite artists.
I believe this book was purchased shortly after or at the same time as the Spawn issue above. Again, I was just starting to explore comics in a new way, this book was an exciting breath of fresh air. Humberto Ramos is the man! One of the first series I added to my "pull list" at a local comic shop. I have to add that the cover above is not by Humberto Ramos but the equally awesome, Adam Warren.
WildCats #1, one of the greatest comic book covers of all time. Travis Charest is unparalleled at what he does.
Alpha Flight #14. I was always looking for new, exciting, unique art styles at this time in my life. The incredible Duncan Rouleau offered just the type of interesting work I was looking for.
Uncanny X-men # 362, my first sighting of Chris Bachalo's work. This reminds me of how important Wizard Magazine was to my discovering new artists at this time. I remember seeing this cover re-printed in an article or solicitation advert and I had to seek out the artist right away!
Mr. Majestic #1. One of my favorite comic book images by one of my favorite artists, Ed Mcguinness. This cover is just pure junior/senior year of high school awesomeness. This whole series blew my mind and to this day I still feel this is some of Ed Mcguinness' best work.
Battle Chasers #4. My first issue of Battle Chasers, yeah I was a little late to the party. This was the first time I saw Joe Madureira's work, life changing!
Hope you dig these sweet covers. I scanned them onto my computer some time ago as they are all very significant images to me. They represent different periods in my life, my comic book collecting and artistic development. I decided to share them here because it's my blog and I can do whatever the heck I want!
Thanks for dropping by, more of my scribbles coming soon!
-Tom
posted by Tom at 6:31 PM
2 Comments:
Great post Tom. I love these guys. I've been trying to find some issues of Crimson and Chasers since I came the Ramos And Madiera (sp?) scene late.
Early one I was really influenced by Lee, and Silvestri. Now my two favorites are Young and Ramos. Hope all's well, look forward to seeing the next post.
Thanks for checking out the post, Joe. I envy you in that you get to experience the Ramos and Madureira work from that period for the first time! I don't think that stuff is too hard to track down if you try hard enough.
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