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Ah ha! Another from the archive! I laid this out the interior pages and the finishes were expertly done by Bill Reinhold - top fella.
This cover was inked by myself though.
L.
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From another age of comics!
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HA! hell yes. i love this issue. i still have a copy too. wicked art man. i didnt know-tice that it was your work until now. and now it makes perfect sense why i love your art AND that cover! <3
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F-me that's a sweetie.
Nice one from the Vault, Liam.
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Holy crap! I have this one! When I was a kid I barely ever read any of the comics I got. I selected them solely based on how cool I thought they looked. I think my friend owned this and I traded him something for it... what a sucker.
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Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it.
Best,
L.
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Hey Liam i'm loving your artwork, did you actually work for Marvel comics? because if you did then i think i might have one of your original artworks from Venom the mace #2 page 7
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I'll try and upload a picture for you
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That's very kind of you! Appreciated!
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This is one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE Venom covers!!
By thy side,
Figaro
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Thank you! It feels like a lifetime ago now...
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I had a lot of fun on that job! At least for most of it until deadline craziness hit!
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Cheers Bill! Fun indeed! Though I have to admit, I really didn't like The Mace's costume... He never really caught on did he?
Best,
L.
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Yes it was kind of 'different'. No I think that was the last of Mace.
Although I look back on it fondly that job was texture crazy! Still wish there was a trade.
Also it was during that job that Jack Kirby passed away. I put some graffiti on one of the p.1 splash pages reflecting that.
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I love Bill's work. It was you and he that got me back into buying comics. I had stopped for almost 5 years and then
I saw some of the posts from the two of you and the candle was lite again
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Really? Too kind!
Take care,
L.
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iΒ΄ll be damned, never knew you had your "sharp" hihi,...art in this one too.
now ,what i love about 90s its the continuity of the dynamics of Neal Adams or J. Kirby,visually speaking,not so much defined by the cinematic rules of pace and composition like today.still,change its good, thats the only constant in life,isnΒ΄t it?
best regards,Liam!
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Bring back the dynamics, and let the cinematics be damned! I've never been that great at cinematic storytelling. I love the in-your-face swagger of the early 90s - it was celebratory, and maybe vulgar, but it was exciting!
Take care, and thanks!
Liam.
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Damn, i love these 90's comics. This Venom saga and your Hulk books are the best 90's books visually.
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them! Ah, the 90's... sniff.
Very best,
Liam.
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I have this but I never read it. So I had no idea you drew this. Just threw it in a box.
I'll have to remedy that.
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LOL! Fair enough! It was very much a product of the time...
L.
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LOL! It's Venom isn't it? People LOVE Venom.
L.
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It's not just Venom. It is the cover of a comic that came from my favorite era. The era in which I grew up in and looked up to stuff such as this! and I am able to communicate with someone who contributed to the eye candy of my childhood. So it's all of it ha-ha.
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Awesome.
Yeah, I loved that attitude the early 90s stuff had - it was so full of optimism and dynamics... much more energetic and creative all round I think. Writers today might be (on the whole) better, but it's nowhere near as inspired, daring or exciting now...
Best,
Liam.
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could you explain "finishes"? how big were the layouts?
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Finishes are when the inker does more than just ink the pencils, he adds a ton of detail to very loose layout pencils, not full detailed pencils. It's a more 50/50 split creatively. That help?
Best,
L.
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yes, thanks. it's a tough thing to google.
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Blasts from the past!! Always good to see
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We all have our own particular poison, right?
L.
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OMG! 90s!! Awesome!!! which reminds me I had a copy of this somewhere around 94-95 but my brother was a paper shredder. *sigh*
good to see this one!
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Pouches, pouches, and more pouches! You know it's a 90's comic when....
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...the comics are embossed, die-cut, have multiple covers on silver or gold foil and glow in the dark...
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It was embossed too.
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I remember! Good times!
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Don't make 'em like they used too...
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For the best sometimes...I don't think issues of Speedball needed to be embossed Holofoiled covers.
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Yeah - hence the wink...
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