SINDIECATE

No, I’m not being cheeky by leaving the background blank to tribute an artist who has someone else draw his backgrounds for him. I’ve got an INSANE amount of work to do this week and this weekend so this, unfortunately, is as far as I got. The other bit of bad news is that I didn’t even get a chance to read Cerebus yet! So you folks will just have to go by the recommendation of the fine Sindiecate members below. I’ll be catching up on my Cerebus reading next week and, maybe, I’ll be able to get the rest of this piece sorted out. 

Have a great weekend, folks!!

-james-

Cerebus! Thought I’d play around with Graphite for this one. 

Ryan

Dave Sim’s (and Gerhard’s) Cerebus!

I was in high school when I started reading Cerebus, in the middle of the High Society story arc. It was witty and cynical and hilarious. I didn’t understand half of the humor (I was fourteen years old!) but the storytelling was brilliant, and I always admired the texture effects Sim and Gerhard accomplished with crosshatching.

Most of my sketches are digital, but I busted out a nib pen for this one! I only wish I had the kind of fluid line Sim and Gerhard achieved.

Jorge here.

I was very late for this one.

Cerebus week, not much to say, just a few things:

-Cerebus is one of the greatest accomplishments in world comic history. 27 years commited to one project. (when was the last time you commited to something for ONE YEAR?)

-Dave N’ Ger achieved art symbiosis perfection. I mention Gerhard because he’s so great, often forgotten when discussing Cerebus, but without Gerhard there’s no Cerebus.

-Dave Sim is The Greatest Letterer In Comics History, I think that’s a no contest, if you have doubts , flip through GUYS and tell me otherwise.

-Cerebus is a great read, like nothing you have read before, and very very entertaining, even the second half of the series where most people think Dave went crazy. I read Latter Days and I see a couple of creators at the top of their game.

Sorry for the lateness folks, I hope you dig this one.

(something fell…)

-j

Lafuente here.

Jorge has a tough deadline so I’m taking his spot today, he’ll be back tomorrow. I chose this week’s topic, CEREBUS.

I think it’s a brilliant piece of storytelling. And impossible in today’s marketplace. A slow-paced story with strong, complex characters and delicate artwork.

I recommend JAKA’S STORY or WOMEN for example. Granted you would feel that you are jumping in the middle of a longer story yet within a few pages you’ll be sucked in.

As a foot note I should mention Dave Sim. Much has been said about his sociopolitical views. Don’t let labels spoil a good reading. Creator and creation are different things.

Aaaaaand here’s the colors!

-james-

James here! This is the lines of my piece before photoshop cleanup and colors. The composition of this one is something that will probably only sing once I slap he colors on. 

DMZ. Wanted to mess around with color for this, unfortunately I had no time. Straight up B&W it is!

Ryan

Colleen here!

Brian Wood’s & Ricardo Burchielli’s DMZ!

Lafuente visits the DMZ

DMZ week! picked by me.

DMZ is the great series by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli, with Jeremy Cox on colors, Jared K. Fletcher on letters. With help on covers by the immeasurable great John Paul Leon.

Also notable is this DMZ tumblr

PLease check some process shots over at my blog

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Edited to add, yesterday was Brian Wood’s birthday, so big hugs to him.

He once cited The Last American as an influence for DMZ, that gives him a +10 on my list.

-jorge

James here!

  Paul Pope’s Heavy Liquid, everybody! It’s a helluva read. Any comic featuring New York romanticism usually has me interested. Plus that pink and blue, two-color palette puts most full color books to shame. Not to mention John Workman’s AMAZING letters!

My colors are pretty rushed on this, so I’ll post the lines as well. 

This one got away from me. I’ll be posting the finished piece this weekend!

-james-

HEAVY LIQUID! I kept to the same color palette of the comic, the salmon and blues. Really a fun read, gotta thank the Sindiecate for getting me to read all these great books! And thank you for checking out our tributes!

Ryan