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This was a shaded graphite drawing I did to entertain myself. By this point, Greg Buchanan had been Johnny Saturn for a while, and John Underhall retired, but I kind of missed drawing the old guy. I later tossed the original of this in with a customer’s order just because I wanted to: Sometimes, it’s more fun to share.
Hi, Folks!
Here is an assortment of new banners and graphics to copy and use as you see fit–Help us promote Johnny Saturn!
This piece was a proposed cover for Johnny Saturn no. 1, the black & white edition. It’s drawn entirely in design marker, and it uses the collage method of cover composition I’ve used so many times. I loved those collage covers, because so many Marvel Comics, especially those drawn by Gil Kane, were composed this way when I was a kid.
Indavo – Freelance Explorer, Volume 1 “The Mayhem Begins” by Nathan Bonner – Remnant Press © 2007 – http://indavo.comicgenesis.com
Reviewed by Benita Story, http://johnnysaturn.com, www.basicallybenita.com
I will start this review by admitting that I had not read many manga-styled books, before. But since this book, I have read several others and am becoming a fan of the style and story-telling approach.
This all-ages book starts with main character, Indavo, an Exploration Corps Academy student-wannabe, working at the Degraken Memorial Storage Facility doing inventory, where he runs across an old ship that has never been logged into the system.
Jump four years into the future where Indavo has teamed up with a gunner named Racheal and a “robotic ex-thug” named Guaron T. A run-in with some space pirates, a brush with some of Guaron T.’s former “business associates”, explosions, near escapes, a mystery man who seems to be pulling several ropes to lead our heroes onto the path he desires them to be on and some witty repartee make for a fast-paced and entertaining story. And to top it off, Indavo is noticeably lucky in his ability to escape from harm and to get out of some really bad situations. In fact, it is so noticeable, that is becomes a bit of a running joke through-out the book.
While the gray-scaled art style can be a bit undeveloped in spots, Mr. Bonner’s has a knack of keeping the story interesting and the faces of his characters are very expressive.
If you enjoy science-fiction adventure stories with lots of action, interesting characters, and sound story-telling methods, you will get a kick out of Indavo. I can be hard to please with my reading material, but I couldn’t put this book down once I got started on it.
Hi, All!
1) I’ve got a new article in this month’s Sketch Magazine, and this time it’s in full color! It’s a revisit to one of my favorite Photoshop topics, building your personal color palettes.
In a way, I’m always amused that so many of my tutorials center around Photoshop, because I came to digital art and coloring late in the game. Once I dug in, though, it became a passion, and I’ve walked almost every odd corner, nook, and byway in Photoshop at this point.
2) One of the ideas floating around the webcomic world lately is that of premium content, or extra stuff for the fans who pay for it. I don’t like this idea. To me, it’s a backdoor return to the old webcomic subscription model, which pretty much died away. I believe in the open source model, so any premium content I devise, such as “Inside the Book,” is free and available to everyone.
3) That having been said, we have a new features here on Johnny Saturn that we will be beginning quite soon, as soon as we figure out all the details and do all the scanning. It’s pretty cool, and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before.
4) My old illustration website at www.scottstoryillustrator.com has been underperforming in the new “soft” economy, so I’ll soon be replacing it with something new, more innovative, and a little more cutting edge. Beware the coming of the Graphimancer!
5) Thanks to all the fans who took my new promo graphics and spread them around the web! Do remember to link them to http://johnnysaturn.com. Thanks so much!
Have a great weekend!
Scott
