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Almost every regular ABC artist is showing pieces of his (or her) work, some more, some less.
| Chris Sprouse | 14 Seiten | Character studies for Tom Strong, pictures in different stages (pencilled, inked, colored), Sketches of weapons and gimmicks. With short notes by Chris. |
| Hilary Barta | 4 Seiten | Black and white pictures of Splash Brannigan (and one of Tom Strong): little cartoons and scenes from the comics. No notes. |
| Rick Veitch | 2 Seiten | A sketch for a Greyshirt one-pager, character studies and some notes about the making of Greyhirt. |
| Kevin Nowlan | 4 Seiten | Jack B. Quick sketches (among them a very early version) and scribbles of the first two pages of a JBQ-story. |
| Gene Ha | 2 Seiten | A big portrait of Smax and a page filled with lots of ABC characters (previously seen in ABC Preview) - both pages are fully inked and colored. |
| Alex Ross | 6 Seiten | Drafts for the cover pages of the 64-Page Giant (very interesting to see the different states of development ), also for his covers of Tom Strong #1, Promethea #1 and Top 10 #1. |
| Arthur Adams | 8 Seiten | Character designs and pin-ups of Jonni Future with short notes by Arthur. |
| J.H. Williams III | 4 Seiten | Some Promethea sketches, no notes. |
| Jim Baikie | 1 Seite | Two small First American sketches (one of them previously seen in ABC Preview) - no text. |
| Melinda Gebbie | 1 Seite | A colored picture of Cobweb (seen similarly in ABC Preview). |
Comments:
Most of this book is pretty good. Especially the sketches by Sprouse, Adams, Ross and Nowlan, accompanied by their personal notes, offer a good glimpse behind the scenes. It's a pity that other artists didn't receive (or want?) as much pages as them. And it's really a shame that there's no single picture by Kevin O'Neill. Isn't LOEG supposed to be a part of the ABC line?
The whole book will be reprinted in America's Best Comics HC.
© 2003 LeGuy.
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