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Captain America: First Vengeance #1 Cover. 2010.
Gouache and acrylic on bristol board, 11 x 17". |
I'm going to the Super Bowl! Well, sort of. Actually, I'm not really sure. Here's what I
do know: I provided the cover for
Captain America: First Vengeance, a movie tie-in that will debut, along with the movie's first trailer, during the Super Bowl. Marvel
recently announced that the comic will be made available for free at the movie's official site,
captainamerica.com, on Sunday. Finally, a reason for me to watch football (my apologies to all you fans out there—I actually love watching the Super Bowl... I just don't follow sports and never have any idea who's playing).
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Captain America: First Draft, an extremely rare variant... |
When I first painted the image, I had only as much reference as was widely available on the internet, which consisted of an
Entertainment Weekly cover, concept art, and
low-res pics of a stunt man on a motorcycle. In other words, I didn't know exactly what the helmet looked like, and so did the best that I could with what I had. Just prior to the cover's on-line debut—and after the
helmet was revealed—my editor asked for a revision with more faithful details. But I don't think I was fast enough; it looks like the image they used in the press release was a Photoshop fix. We'll have to wait and see which version makes it to the digital comic.
In other news, I'm heading up to Providence today to give a lecture at RISD, my alma mater. This will be the third year I've done so for my long-time friend and colleague, R. Kikuo Johnson, who teaches a winter-session comic book storytelling class. I hear I may be meeting a certain Marvel movie celebrity as well. I'll try and get pics, but no promises. Have a great weekend!