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icon_uk (icon_uk) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-28 00:39:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, creator: george perez, creator: irv novick, creator: jose luis garcia-lopez, creator: mitch ballard, creator: trevor von eeden, in-joke: bondage, in-joke: context is for the weak, in-joke: herodickery

A return to what we do best... or I think I do at any rate! :)
It's been noted, and not by me, that since we moved here, we've been lacking a certain something, a certain "je ne sais quoi", But I've realised je sais exactly what quoi we're missing...

TIED UP ROBIN!

And so, to rectify that, I've gone digging through my archives to come up with a selection of published pages and commission work which fits the bill. More by coincidence than anything they all feature Dick Grayson... what a surprise! :)

So, to paraphrase Stephen Sondheim in his original version of "Back in Business" from Dick Tracy (Not to be confused with Madonna's version, the Sondheim one is far more of a period piece... but I digress)

Mitch Ballard - My very first commission piece!

I love this piece "The Hunter and Hunted" so damn much! It set the standard for all my future commissions, and I've been ridiculously lucky with the commissions and pages I've got. The scan doesn't do it justice, but Dick's PO'd glare is wonderful, and as someone once said, looking at it, "You can just tell by looking at it. Under that mask, Slade is SMILING"

Irv Novick and Dick Giordano

From Batman 246 "How Many Ways Can a Robin Die?"

Trevor Von Eeden

From his backup strips in Batman, and my second ever commission piece!

Gene Colan

From the Vampiri story arc

Jose Luis Garcia Lopez

From Batman 321's cover

Dick Giordano (I think)

Walt Simonson

Also from Batman 321

George Perez

From New Teen Titans #22

And this is what seems to be a test-ink page by Rick Magyar over Perez pencils from New Teen Titans #7. The odd thing is that Magyar didn't ink the published issue, and there are no word balloons.

Bob Brown and Joe Giella

From a Batman issue whose number escapes me for the moment, but is an unused cover

Andy Price - One of my most recent commissions

And we end as we started, with the Mitch Ballard piece, this time to show the difference that colouring can make! :)

Hope you enjoyed these affectionate tributes to the Teen Wonder in assorted states of captivity, and that this will inspire others to share their... personal peccadillos!

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	mysteryfan 2009-03-27 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Very, very nice! But, Ummm. Hello! Why must you tease with only the small offering from Batman 246? Seriously. That post was how I even found S_D. Don't know how I stumbled on it, but I did. And I was very happy. Also, ~~Trenchcoated, Robin-drowning Batman~~ Bondage Sears Toys For the Win. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-27 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	A repost of 246 might be in the offing, but will require trimming because of the new guidelines... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wheresmything 2009-03-27 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Robin in distress. New s_d is now properly christened! (Reply to this)

	mysteryfan 2009-03-27 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	On the Mitch Ballard: You can just tell by looking at it. So true! How long ago did you start collecting? (Reply to this) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-03-27 10:19 pm UTC (link)

The first piece of original comic art I bought was my Cypher splash page by Alan Davis, which I got over 20 years ago now (and for a price that would make you weep if you knew how little it was). I added an odd piece or two over the next decade (the New Mutants Art Adams lithograph, my DR and Quinch page) and a bit, but I only really got interested in the notion of commissions about five or six years ago.

	mysteryfan 2009-03-27 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I love recognizing SuperDictionary in comics now. S_D made me buy a copy. Speaking of which: dammit, dammit, dammit. I found the source for this the other day in something in my big stack of comics and can't find it now. Little help, anybody? I want to say it was still about Robin, but maybe I'm just overgeneralizing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	merseybeatler 2009-03-27 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	....PANSY PURPLE TRENCHCOAT. Is it terrible of me that I find 'why is Batman wearing a giant pansy purple trenchcoat (and fatsuit?) and matching hat' a more pressing, urgent question than 'why is Batman apparently condeming his ward to a watery grave'? It's just SO HORRIBLE. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-03-27 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, that made me laugh out loud. Especially the fatsuit. LOL. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-03-27 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	You'd think he'd want to look svelte. Even when ~~especially when~~ condemning his ward to a watery grave. Gonna have to find a new ward and all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)