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December 27, 2005
She-Hulk 100 cover an homage to Starlin
Earlier this month I wrote about the greatness of She-Hulk, written by Dan Slott. This week She-Hulk 100 goes on sale, 100 pages of material for $3.99. Newsarama has an interview with Slott about the issue. There's a great double page spread by Mike Mayhew that depicts She-Hulk in various costumes (I love the 80s leg warmers) getting replaced through history by the Time Variance Authority. Slott is correct, that will make a great Windows desktop.
No doubt by now you have seen the cover to She Hulk 100. This is painted by Greg Horn, who mentions it here on his site.
As Horn says, this cover is really an homage to Jim Starlin's classic Iron Man 100 cover. Starlin drew this cover in 1977 for Shellhead's anniversary, and I thought it was the single best Iron Man drawing I had ever seen. The interior work by George Tuska was decent but it couldn't match Starlin's depiction. I wished for many years in vain that Starlin would one day write or draw Iron Man.
I hope that the interior of She Hulk 100 will mention that the cover was inspired by Jim Starlin. I've seen a lot of classic covers re-painted and no mention of the original source. Back in the 80s, I remember Walt Simonson getting pissed because Art Adams had taken a Kirby Thor drawing as his inspiration for an X-Men annual cover (with Storm in place of Thor). He made a good point in the trade magazines, that original artists need to be credited. Nuff said.
Comments
Does that cover show Iron Man with nipples? 'Cause that's what it looks like. Who drew that cover, Joel Schumacher?
Posted by: Michael G | December 27, 2005 6:37 PM
