Illustration Friday: Remember

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The SPLASH PAGE!

i had been planning to do this eventually, but Matt's comment last week spurred me to action. So here's a look INSIDE the cover. the "splash page" is generally the first page of a comic book (though they can be used anywhere inside the book) and consist of a single panel. they can be as large as two pages elsewhere in the book. typically they are used for dramatic effect or to show a scene too detailed to fit in a smaller panel.

originally i had considered doing something humorous by mixing two movie titles for "Remember the Clash of the Titans". maybe with Denzel fighting the medusa or something, but decided to take a more serious approach this week.

Over the years comics have occationally set aside their usual fantasy and focused on real problems. after 9-11 there was a comic (graphic novel) produced celebrating the real life heroes of that tragedy with many talented people contributing to the effort.

for this illustration i used photoshop (for a change) and composited some images to create this faux splash page. comics are no longer produced like this (with white-out, rubber cement and cut and paste blocks of text). the original image i used as a template was from 1973.

and to answer Arkonbey's question from last week: there are numerous websites with comicbook cover galleries. most of them with high res scans. generally, i scavenge poses and other blurbs and related graphics from those and reproduce them.

created entirely in Adobe Photoshop specifically for this IF challenge. Thanks to everyone for the comments last week. sorry i wasn't able to return the favor but it's been a busy week and i just didn't have the time. Have a groovy week ahead and enjoy the show!