Friday 25 September 2015

Chris Burnham - Officer Downs!

 
Prog 1950 is a fantastic 'jumping on' issue of 2000AD which sports this smashing (ha ha ha, I am hilarious!) cover by none other than superstar artist Chris Burnham! The artist has brought us Grant Morrison's Nameless, Batman incorporated and, of course, the brilliant Officer Downe - a cop who would give our beloved Joe a run for his creds!
 
Below is Chris' thumbnail, quite coincidental that Chris' thumbnails look like Dredd blasting out a window. I wonder how he holds his pencil...  
 
 
 "You talkin' to me?"
 
Chris sorts the layout...
 

 
Dredd always got carried away at a Greek wedding... 
 
Next are Chris' pencils as the cover really starts to take shape...
 
The boy in blue...
 

Why can't he just use a doorbell like everyone else?
 
 Which lead to these frigging awesome inks...
  
 Dredd really hates those Jehovah's Witnesses...
 
Finally, the inks get passed to the wonderfully named Nathan Fairbairn to colour with his digital felt tips, absolutely stunning!

Curly, Larry and Moe meet Joe with hilarious consequences! 
 
And here's how the cover looks on your comic, cor!
 
Window popping.
 
HUGE thanks to Chris for taking time out in his busy schedule to send the images for this fantastically action packed cover! I'd love to see him do a carnage-filled Dredd strip! You can check out Chris' other work here: http://chrisburnham.com/ 

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