Saturday, November 14, 2020

Jim Balent Indiegogo Cover


 While Im on about Frank Cho's cover, I suppose I should mention Jim Balent's special $40 cover (if you live in the UK). I dunno...something feels off about the art.

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  1. "something feels off about the art"

    Indeed it does. This is Red Sonja by way of Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose. When the series first began, Balent's drawings looked a lot better than they do now, when the series has over 120 issues.

    In this cover, Balent makes Sonja look more flacid than sultry. Maybe it's her left leg (that line, cutting it off completely from her body. It's as if the leg has been added as an afterthought. And, Sonja's face here doesn't help. Guess Balent just made a cover for Tarot and somewhat deflated the character until she had Sonja's less pneumatic body measures. As is the case with everyone who loses a lot of weight too quickly, she got flabby...

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