100 pages - October 2006
Spinning off from the pages of BACK ISSUE! magazine comes the second
issue of ROUGH STUFF, celebrating the ART of
creating comics! In issue #2, editor (and top pro inker) BOB McLEOD
spotlights more NEVER-BEFORE PUBLISHED penciled pages, preliminary
sketches, detailed layouts, and unused inked versions of art from
throughout comics history! First up is a new, profusely illustrated
interview with PAUL GULACY on his career, from his early work on Master
of Kung-Fu, up to his current groundbreaking art on DC’s new HEX
series! Then, we present lengthy galleries of work by fan-favorite
artists FRANK BRUNNER, JERRY ORDWAY, and MATT WAGNER, who contribute
commentaries on pencils, sketches, and more from some of their most
beloved comics series—discussing what went right and wrong with it, and
giving background information to put it all into historical
perspective. Also: A pencil art spotlight on one of the most unsung
creators in comics today, BRIAN APTHORP! A retrospective art gallery on
the late comics legend ALEX TOTH! Plus: Before-and-after comparisons
revealing how images changed from initial concept to published version,
a look at oddball penciler/inker combinations, and more, all behind a
new GULACY “Hex” cover!
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