Cowan, Denys - MOON KNIGHT (1980-84) #16 Interior Page
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Denys Cowan Moon Knight #16 Original Battle Page Art – Story Page 2 (Marvel Comics, 1981); image size 10" x 15"
From the Bronze Age of Comics – Original comic art of “Moon Knight” battling the villain known as “SHARP”
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Denys Cowan Moon Knight #16 Original Battle Page Art – Story Page 2 (Marvel Comics, 1981); image size 10" x 15"
From the Bronze Age of Comics – Original comic art of “Moon Knight” battling the villain known as “SHARP”
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Denys Cowan Moon Knight #16 Original Battle Page Art – Story Page 2 (Marvel Comics, 1981); image size 10" x 15"
From the Bronze Age of Comics – Original comic art of “Moon Knight” battling the villain known as “SHARP”Moon Knight featured in 5 of 7 panels battling the villain known as SHARP. Cowan’s depiction from the early days of the superhero was published (Nov 1981) as Page 2 to the story “Shadows of the Moon.” Rare!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on Bristol board and measures approximately 11 x 15 3/4 inches. Both artists signed the work in the bottom margin. The art is in excellent condition.
Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32 in August 1975.
From a private collection.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Images of the published page and cover are for reference only.
Artist Information
Denys Cowan is an American comic book artist, television producer, media executive and a co-founder of Milestone Media. He was first inspired by superheroes as a child from reruns of the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman with George Reeves. A childhood friend showed Cowan his first comic book, an issue of Jack Kirby’s New Gods. Cowan attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. One day in the school lunchroom, the 14-year-old Cowan met someone who worked for artist and Deathlok creator Rich Buckler. This led Cowan to pay a visit one day after school to Buckler's studio, where Buckler hired Cowan on as his assistant. Cowan's first published comics work was a three-page story in Weird War Tales #93 (Nov 1980) for DC Comics. He was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986. Cowan gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, a comic book series written by Dennis O’Neil and published by DC beginning in February 1987. Cowan was the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries published by Marvel Comics, which was written by Dwayne McDuffie. Cowan and writer Dwayne McDuffie collaborated on a Prince comic book in 1991. Cowan co-founded Milestone Media in 1993 with McDuffie and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character. As Senior Vice President of Animation at BET, Cowan was responsible for the creation, development and production of animated programming for the entire. network. This included the development and production of the premiere season of the primetime animated series The Boondocks. Serving as Senior Vice President of Motown Animation and Filmworks, he created and developed a number of shows with Fox, ABC, Disney and Nickelodeon. Cowan also created the cover art of the GZA/Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan’s platinum selling hip-hop album Liquid Swords.
Denys Cowan Moon Knight #16 Original Battle Page Art – Story Page 2 (Marvel Comics, 1981); image size 10" x 15"
From the Bronze Age of Comics – Original comic art of “Moon Knight” battling the villain known as “SHARP”Moon Knight featured in 5 of 7 panels battling the villain known as SHARP. Cowan’s depiction from the early days of the superhero was published (Nov 1981) as Page 2 to the story “Shadows of the Moon.” Rare!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on Bristol board and measures approximately 11 x 15 3/4 inches. Both artists signed the work in the bottom margin. The art is in excellent condition.
Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32 in August 1975.
From a private collection.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Images of the published page and cover are for reference only.
Artist Information
Denys Cowan is an American comic book artist, television producer, media executive and a co-founder of Milestone Media. He was first inspired by superheroes as a child from reruns of the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman with George Reeves. A childhood friend showed Cowan his first comic book, an issue of Jack Kirby’s New Gods. Cowan attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. One day in the school lunchroom, the 14-year-old Cowan met someone who worked for artist and Deathlok creator Rich Buckler. This led Cowan to pay a visit one day after school to Buckler's studio, where Buckler hired Cowan on as his assistant. Cowan's first published comics work was a three-page story in Weird War Tales #93 (Nov 1980) for DC Comics. He was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986. Cowan gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, a comic book series written by Dennis O’Neil and published by DC beginning in February 1987. Cowan was the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries published by Marvel Comics, which was written by Dwayne McDuffie. Cowan and writer Dwayne McDuffie collaborated on a Prince comic book in 1991. Cowan co-founded Milestone Media in 1993 with McDuffie and later worked as a producer on the animated series Static Shock, based on the Milestone character. As Senior Vice President of Animation at BET, Cowan was responsible for the creation, development and production of animated programming for the entire. network. This included the development and production of the premiere season of the primetime animated series The Boondocks. Serving as Senior Vice President of Motown Animation and Filmworks, he created and developed a number of shows with Fox, ABC, Disney and Nickelodeon. Cowan also created the cover art of the GZA/Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan’s platinum selling hip-hop album Liquid Swords.