Eclipse Comics – Greg Goldstein's Comic Art Gallery

Tim Truman & Ricardo Villagrán — “The Future’s So Bright…

July 10, 2021 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Scout: War Shaman #12, March 1989

…I gotta wear shades.”

Ah, Dystopia.

Here is a great oversize and dynamic page from the creative team of Tim Truman and Ricardo Villagran on Scout: War Shaman, a sequel to the original Scout series, about an Apache warrior in a fairly grim futuristic USA.

Although the first 16 of 24 original issues have been collected twice, the final eight of the original series have yet to make into a TPB. Nor has any of this series, or two additional mini-series and some one-shots.

Seriously? C’mon people…

We continue our month-long celebration of the Independents! — Independent creators whose work has captivated us as much, or even more, than the traditional commercial product typically coming from the large mainstream publishers.

Jim Starlin — Magical Mystery Tour

July 21, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Dreadstar #2, January 1983

Jim Starlin’s Marvel work had a big impact on me back in the day: Space Opera. Philosophy. Offbeat humor every so often, just enough to keep us from focusing too much on the end of… well, everything.

So it was no surprise that I was more than curious about Dreadstar, his creator owned project that launched form Epic (Marvel’s creator line) in 1982. Sure enough, it did not diverge from Starlin’s established interests — or my taste. I enjoyed his entire run on the series.

(It’s always so odd when a creator leaves a creator-owned book. But it happens frequently. And I digress.)

This page is actually one of two I acquired about 10 years ago. The other page had Vanth Dreadstar on it (although minimally) but I ended up keeping this one (and trading the other) because it sums up the classic Starlin style. To me, only Steve Ditko did space and time magic with the same trippy flair.

(Crazy neon coloring by Glynis Oliver Wein on the published piece as well.)