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Crack at cover for Defenders #123

6/23/2020

 
image of defenders #123 cover sketch
Way back when (early 70s) I was talking to renowned comics writer/artist Howard Chaykin in his upstart studio about my inability to increase my work speed. He suggested that I pick up some cover assignments at Marvel because covers paid rate and a half, as well as having high visibility. Seemed like a pretty persuasive argument for digging up some cover assignments.

By coincidence, the next time I dropped by editor Carl Potts' office, he was struggling with the layout for a Defenders cover. I causally asked if he would be interested in having me take a crack at it. He had me look the script over and, sitting on his office couch, doodled out a rough for the cover above. (I wish things always worked so smoothly in the comics world.)

He had Bill Sienkievicz do the inking. I was a bit skeptical of the decision since Bill's approach is/was radically different than mine but really liked the result. 

See the printed cover

The New Defenders cover

3/31/2016

 
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Jim asked Sandy about the above artwork.

Sandy:


Actually, this is one of the few images posted on this blog that doesn't have a story attached to it. I believe it was the second Defenders cover I did for Marvel. Pretty straight ahead assignment. Though no one ever mentioned a similarity, I got the inspiration for the scene from a Michael Golden Dr. Strange cover that had come out a few months earlier. Not a case of swiping really, but bringing my toe dangerously close to the line. My coloring, and another strong inking job by Alan Weiss.

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Another view of this New Defenders cover
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The Dr. Strange cover Sandy mentions above

A look back: Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1 #69

8/25/2015

 
marvel comics presents #69 cover from 1991 by sandy plunkett
Jim asked Sandy for his thoughts on his Marvel Comics Presents cover from 1991. 

Sandy:

Not too much to say about this cover really. I believe it was the last one I did for Marvel before moving to Ohio and it's not a favorite of mine. The issue contained the first installment of a four part Daredevil story I wrote, laid out and eventually colored. (My apologies to all those who read this story, by the way- it was a real dog. Whatever I might have learned in the writing of my earlier efforts, I seemed to have totally forgotten on this one.)

I'd never drawn the Wolverine before and I pretty much blew it. He's a short, thick guy and the proportions I gave him are all wrong. On the other hand, the back cover still intrigues me. It was an experiment and it broke from the standard look of a comic cover. But it doesn't quite look like a poster or a splash page or a trade paperback book cover and I like that hard-to-pin-down quality. 

Despite the hundreds (?) of comic cover that hit that stands each month,  there's still a certain uniformity to most of them. Part of me is curious to see if I indeed could contribute something original if I were doing covers again. Part of me is a wimp who has no desire to once more join the fray once more and try and find that sort of work.


Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1 #69-related images from Sandy's archive are below
wolverine and ghost rider by sandy plunkett
Sandy's cover pencils
color guide - wolverine and ghost rider by sandy plunkett
Sandy's cover color guide
ink rough - drawing of silver surfer, daredevil, and shenna by sandy plunkett
Sandy's ink rough for back cover
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