The artists' series - Stephen Platt (P2)
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In 1994 Platt's run on Prophet began - this is early Image, so most titles were written by artist-turned-writer folk or friends of the founders with limited writing experience.
The entire Prophet series (1st volume) was written by Rob Liefeld (later with assistance from Robert Napton).
22 large scans from Prophet issues 5, 6 and 8 under the cut.
Prophet 5 sees the titular character immersed in a VR program, culminating in his murdering a pregnant woman (in a Vietnam-style locale).
Particularly on the cover and that first splash page, the art here is clearly a more refined version of what we saw on Moon Knight - in this instance Platt has inked his own work.
Of course, inking your own work takes a lot longer, which saw Prophet 6 featuring major assistance from Marlo Alquiza, only 16 pages of art, and an announcement that issue 7 would be delayed. Sez Extreme: "Due to the tardiness of the artist we are resoliciting the book for September. We hope you'll agree that Stephen Plat's artwork is worth the wait."
The assists (Platt "breakdowns, Alquiza "finishes") are particularly apparent on the following two double-page spreads.
By Prophet 8, Platt's back on "Pencils" with Alquiza credited only with "inks". In this issue, all pages bar the first and last feature either double-page splashes, or at least double page spreads with panels typically being wider than a single page.
There's lots of liquid being splashed around - be it sweat, blood or sewerage - lots of speed lines, lots ot hair and fabric being blown in the wind, and yards upon yards of veins.
The subsequent issue was pencilled by a young Pat Lee (later of Transformers/Dreamwave) before SPlatt returned for what would be the final issue of Prophet's first series.
Next: Prophet (Volume 2) and Awesome Comics' Fighting American.
In 1994 Platt's run on Prophet began - this is early Image, so most titles were written by artist-turned-writer folk or friends of the founders with limited writing experience.
The entire Prophet series (1st volume) was written by Rob Liefeld (later with assistance from Robert Napton).
22 large scans from Prophet issues 5, 6 and 8 under the cut.
Prophet 5 sees the titular character immersed in a VR program, culminating in his murdering a pregnant woman (in a Vietnam-style locale).
Particularly on the cover and that first splash page, the art here is clearly a more refined version of what we saw on Moon Knight - in this instance Platt has inked his own work.
Of course, inking your own work takes a lot longer, which saw Prophet 6 featuring major assistance from Marlo Alquiza, only 16 pages of art, and an announcement that issue 7 would be delayed. Sez Extreme: "Due to the tardiness of the artist we are resoliciting the book for September. We hope you'll agree that Stephen Plat's artwork is worth the wait."
The assists (Platt "breakdowns, Alquiza "finishes") are particularly apparent on the following two double-page spreads.
By Prophet 8, Platt's back on "Pencils" with Alquiza credited only with "inks". In this issue, all pages bar the first and last feature either double-page splashes, or at least double page spreads with panels typically being wider than a single page.
There's lots of liquid being splashed around - be it sweat, blood or sewerage - lots of speed lines, lots ot hair and fabric being blown in the wind, and yards upon yards of veins.
The subsequent issue was pencilled by a young Pat Lee (later of Transformers/Dreamwave) before SPlatt returned for what would be the final issue of Prophet's first series.
Next: Prophet (Volume 2) and Awesome Comics' Fighting American.
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Date: 2010-04-19 03:33 pm (UTC)I mean, maybe if you were a BOXER, fighting other BOXERS, sure. But this is all melee weapons and projectiles. Do you really want a separately-colored area on your body that says 'strike here to REALLY incapacitate'?
I assume it's just a set piece to distract from the fact that all the faces look the same.
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Date: 2010-04-22 06:36 am (UTC)At the end of one of the above issues he pulls them off and connects the wires to some of the guys he's downed, and re-programs them into being his assistants for the battle...