Bissette, Stephen R. - NEW WAVE, THE #8 Cover Prelim
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COMMENTS: Stephen Bissette pencils and inks; cover roughs; 1985; image size 15.5" x 10"
The Heap!
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The Heap!
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Stephen Bissette pencils and inks; cover roughs; 1985; image size 15.5" x 10"
The Heap!Famed Swamp Thing artist Bissette takes his talents to the original swamp creature The Heap in this pair of roughs for his cover to The New Wave #8, the left image is pretty close to what would become the final cover. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed and dated by Bissette.
Artist Information
Stephen R. Bissette is an American comic book artist best known for his work with Alan Moore on their groundbreaking run on DC's Swamp Thing. A graduate of the first class at the Joe Kubert School of cartooning Bissette worked on a number of horror comics before landing Swamp Thing. In the years that followed he was an early champion for creators' rights and launched his own Spiderbaby Graphix which published the horror comics anthology Taboo and his own series Tyrant, a comic book biography of a Tyrannosaurus Rex which lasted only four issues. Bissette retired from comics to focus on teaching in 1999.
The Heap!Famed Swamp Thing artist Bissette takes his talents to the original swamp creature The Heap in this pair of roughs for his cover to The New Wave #8, the left image is pretty close to what would become the final cover. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed and dated by Bissette.
Artist Information
Stephen R. Bissette is an American comic book artist best known for his work with Alan Moore on their groundbreaking run on DC's Swamp Thing. A graduate of the first class at the Joe Kubert School of cartooning Bissette worked on a number of horror comics before landing Swamp Thing. In the years that followed he was an early champion for creators' rights and launched his own Spiderbaby Graphix which published the horror comics anthology Taboo and his own series Tyrant, a comic book biography of a Tyrannosaurus Rex which lasted only four issues. Bissette retired from comics to focus on teaching in 1999.