Today I'm sharing one of my favorite pieces of art in my possession. A Spider-Man sketch by
John Byrne and
Mark Bagley on a piece of textured, plastic tablecover. It was a gift from friend
Anna-Maria Cool.
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Anna-Maria was a guest at
DragonCon back in 1997. She had recently stopped drawing Barbie comics for Marvel and was currently drawing Elvira for Claypool. At some point, Mr. Byrne scribbled a ballpoint pen drawing on the table to Mr. Bagley, who then inked it with a Sharpie.
I love the fact that it's a spontaneous drawing done only for fun!
Click on the image below to clearly see the texture of the plastic tablecover. It's one of the things that make it cool.
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While I'm sharing art, I'll also post some of Anna-Maria's work. This piece, which is framed and hanging on my wall, is from the profusely illustrated novel
Toto of Oz, written by Gina Wickwar. Besides the beautiful illustration, I love how quirky it is as a single piece of art, taken out of context.
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Okay, I can't let just one (quirky) piece of Anna-Maria's art represent her work. I'll scan in another, from the same book.
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Wow, this post is all over the place with art images. Here's another one. My version of Anna-Maria herself, from
Halo and Sprocket: Welcome to Humanity.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e-y-Rrz58H4/SWgVrK09I6I/AAAAAAAAAfA/gHa4BjJqXFA/s400/Art.gif)
Okay. I'm done.
2 comments:
If I make you Captain Kerry of the USS Callenprise or something, can I be in a panel with Sprocket, too?
Sure. (Of course, you're getting your Star Trek novels published more often than I'm putting out new comics. It's the pesky art piece that slows it all down.)
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