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.
I don’t have any great reason behind putting this picture up, I just kind of like it. It’s me doing what I’m happiest doing, drawing, in my art nook. The art “nook” is actually a second floor dormer. That’s my sketchbook I’m drawing in, redesigning Engine of Destruction, a character coming up quite soon.
Attempted as a cool upshot, this illustration more just looks sadly out of proportion. It was also a vain attempt to work out the details on Johnny’s scarred epidermis. I took pride in keeping all those scars and wounds consistent as the series went forward.
This is my first drawing of Greg Buchanan, in preparation for his appearance in “Johnny Saturn” no. 1. Initially, the plan was for him to never remove his sunglasses, and we held to that for a long time. After Greg became Johnny Saturn in his own right, the sunglasses issue no longer made sense, nor did the facial hair. I’ve never been completely happy with Greg’s hair in any of his incarnations.
