Anatomy of a Comic Book Page: Justice League #15

More amazing original Justice League art by Reis/Prado/Reis! At each stage of the process, from roughs to pencils to inks to colors, the amount of work the art team puts into their work is simply staggering. They haven't missed a step going from Aquaman to Justice League.

As always, we get to see these thanks to the generosity of Ivan Reis and F.O.A.M. member extraordinaire Ivan da Costa, who has much of this stuff in his personal collection. Thanks guys!

Anatomy of a Comic Book Cover - Justice League #16

These "Anatomy of a..." posts are among the most popular Shrine posts, and no wonder: we're getting an inside glimpse of Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Rod Reis' creative process, as tracking their work as it goes from rough idea to the one you saw on the stands.

While I can't find fault with the final version, I have to say I really like the tight marker rough that was ultimately rejected; the one with Wonder Woman in the background. It looks as though Aquaman, as soon as he's done with Superman, Batman, and Cyborg, is about to get a magic lasso around the neck!

As always, we get to see these thanks to the generosity of Ivan Reis and F.O.A.M. member extraordinaire Ivan da Costa, who has much of this stuff in his personal collection. Thanks guys, and keep 'em coming!

Anatomy of a Comic Book Cover - Justice League #15

Last week's post featuring the Aquaman splash page from Justice League #15 in its various stages of creation was such a hit the Shrine thought we'd try it again, this time focusing on the cover!

As you can see from the thumbnails above, penciler Ivan Reis tried putting a couple different heroes in the lead position, finally settling on Aquaman (yay!). Once that was established, he moved onto a tighter pencil version, followed by Joe Prado's inks, then Rod Reis' colors, ending with the cover you all saw on the newsstands (or would have, if this was 1976). It goes without saying, awesome stuff all around!


By the way, Reis and Prado are currently selling the original art to this issue over on their ComicArtFans page, where you can also commission Joe to a custom piece! Having seen and held Reis and Prado originals in my hand, I can tell from personal experience that as good as their work looks here, it looks even better in person!

Anatomy of a Comic Book Page - Justice League #15

Thanks to Ivan Reis and F.O.A.M.er Ivan da Costa, we get to see the evolution of this awesome splash page from Justice League #15, from rough to pencils to inks (courtesy Joe Prado) to color (courtesy Rod Reis). The boys hit the ground running with their debut on the book, and of course seeing Aquaman make such a powerful entrance only made the whole thing sweeter. I look forward to more awesome moments like this in future issues!

Thanks Ivan and Ivan!