Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Proof stuff...

Several months ago I heard about this relatively new comic called Proof. The whole word-of-mouth thing worked, cuz I picked it up and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so that I got the artist on the book, Riley Rossmo, to do a commission for me with the characters in a club band. I also picked up the original pencils to a pinup that I thought was particularly rad from issue 11 and sent copies of a few issues up to get signed. He sent me everything back and included an extra piece of art that's just pretty whacky, but also really cool... and I really want to color it in. I might... Maybe I'll do it in photoshop tho.

So I got all of that stuff and it was rad... and then the writer, Alex Grecian, offered a this sketchbook for sale that was created for CCI and not offered anywhere else. So I took him up on it and also sent the comics that Riley signed to Alex to sign as well. Just recently got that stuff back along with 3 mini-comics that Alex did (mostly) on his own. And below is all the crazy Proof stuff I've picked up recently.

"Snowfall," btw, is my favorite of the mini-comics I think. There's something about things that can make you remember what it was like to feel things as a child that are just impossible to feel now. There's a feeling of remorse at the loss of innocence and naivety, and then it's just kind of confusing b/c why would you want to be able to have feelings like that. But, really, it's the loss of wonder about the world around you that is sad. This comic is like 16 pages and it captures much of that very well.
Proof 11...
Alex Grecian mini-comics...
Proof Sketchbook...
And finally... Riley's artwork!

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