Here’s a great page from the Betty and Veronica “reboot” series written and drawn by Adam Hughes from 2017.
Re-reading the 3-part story, I’m amused by the irony more than anything else — one of comics’ most talented and compelling artists created a dialogue heavy series that takes away from his own visual storytelling and covers up some of his own glorious art. (This page is an exception, fortunately.)
The story does have its charms at moments, (albeit with some odd narrative choices), and ultimately not much in terms of depth…
This fun Star Wars cover from Adam Hughes brings a giant smile to my face.
It reminds of the pre-digital age of photos, when we all used film cameras (with some notable exceptions thanks to Polaroid). We took the roll of film into a processor (Fotomat* anyone?) and never knew what we would find in return.
Didn’t quite frame all the subjects the way we planned? Oops, too bad. I had a few of those photos. Probably more than a few.
The focal point of Adam’s composition, of course, is to highlight the Millennium Falcon, something more obvious in the original art. The detail in the ship is just great, as is the clever cropping. (Much of the Falcon’s detail is obscured in the published color version.)
If it weren’t for the tiny ship in background flight, by the way, It looks like Han and Chewie visited Star Wars Galaxy’s edge at Disneyland and couldn’t quite get the selfie right. I think I may have one of those pictures myself.
Happy Star Wars month — more to come, of course. And of course, Happy 45th, Empire Strikes Back, as well.
*Odd fact of the day: Fotomat processing centers peaked in scope in 1980, with 4,000 locations, at about the release time of ESB.
Fun covers all around: The Hughes variant and the “main” cover, courtesy of Phil Noto.
Paolo RiveraVincent Zurzulo (Metroplis Comics) w/ Erica ValeBob Layton & Dave JohnsonMike Allred with one of the largest Allred originals of all timeLaura and Mike AllredSimone BianchiAdam Hughes, Brian Stelfreeze, Greg Goldstein
Somehow, four months passed, and these pics from the Original Art Expo haven’t made it to the blog.
Print, Star Wars Celebration IV and Star Wars Celebration Europe, 2007
Continuing our multi-part countdown to Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, opening December 20, and concluding, apparently, the Skywalker saga.
This print, limited to 250, and now selling for as much as a nice page of original art, checks three great boxes for me:
Adam Hughes. Star Wars. Art Nouveau via the master, Alphonse Mucha.
(And a fourth actually — a wry sense of humor not seen often enough in Star Wars related content)
Stellar artist Hughes is supposedly keeping his original art for this giclee. Who can blame him? For an artist who generally sells all his originals, that probably tells you all you need to know.
Some great prints by the Nouveau Jedi Master, Alphonse Mucha.Adam also tackled “Slave Leia” earlier in this reprint of the Return of The Jedi adaptation.
